sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It has taken off in recent years thanks in part to the ease of online giving and accessibility of social networks. Because crowdfunding campaigns tend to have many donors giving smaller gift amounts, make sure you articulate the difference a gift will make if it is $15, $25, $50, $75, $100, and so on. Share the impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

This value network, or web of formal and informal relationships that must be managed, is the third level of network a leader needs to understand and articulate. At all three levels of network, and across the formal/informal dimension, leaders need to learn to leverage technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

We’ve listened to our supporters online and attempted authentic engagement with various social media platforms. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. These two differing cultures recently came to head over social networking.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Other activities include Games nights (Pictionary, Articulate, Bingo…); Theatre, Performance & Storytelling Workshops; Wine Workshops; Beauty & skincare classes and Guided Meditations. But why would someone not just throw up an Eventbrite page or something similar to achieve this?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Board members feel like they’re being asked to make uncomfortable “asks” of their social networks, without the support they need to do it well. First things first, you should be able to articulate to your board what role you’d like to see them have in your development plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

They have codified a social culture and make it easy for other departments to have a presence and to empower all stakeholders to spread the organization’s mission on social networks. Networked Nonprofits know how to listen, engage, and build relationships on Facebook that allow them to reach their goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2006

John Udell articulates a reason why screencasting is really cool: In my talk I suggested that this kind of unconscious transmission of tacit knowledge may be a key rationale for the practice of pair programming. To translate into nonprofit tech language - screencasting creates shoulder-to-shoulder training in a social networking way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

It also analyzes the skills – which are often misunderstand as the ability to use the social network platforms like Facebook. The books answers many questions that are useful to nonprofits in their quest to spread and harness social good. Each profile is illustrated with an in-depth case study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. I work at Acumen Fund and I manage the organization's social media work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Being iterative or rapid pro-typing is the secret to getting tangible results from your social media efforts over time, yet many organizations find it difficult to do. . I was most curious about is how an organizational leader encourages learning and experimentation and decides to implement that first social network experiment?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I love the way Laura articulates this. When we adopt social media strategies, we often tell ourselves that it's not just about donations, it's about starting a conversation. It might be a letter, an email blast, or a social media campaign, and it might be a phone call.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

By its nature, sales is one of the most social faces of a business, so it’s no surprise that there are tools being built for sales teams that are tapping into some of the most interesting dynamics of the world of social networking, and that the startups that are doing this most successfully are making a killing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

In order for your community strategy to be sustainable, you need to be able to articulate value back to the organization. This value has to be articulated, at least in part, in the cultural language of your organization. Nonprofits have the Social Network Calculator from Care2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

And before even getting to the meat of the metrics, conceptual models, and ideas, the introduction provides a powerful case for using social media that is well articulated: For the first time in history, technology has reached a point where everyone has a voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

If we stay true to these five simple measurement steps as articulated by colleague KD Paine, then we’re on a good, steady course of continuous improvement. Measurement of your processes and results—where you spend your time and money and what you get out of it—helps you make better decisions.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « A. 60) Search « A. 60) Search « A.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Social movement builders who understand this understand that they have to do whatever is necessary to ensure that the qualities of purpose, authenticity, and self-actualization are embedded in their messaging when engaging supporters and would-be supporters. Your supporters act without purpose.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Good article, Allyson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

social network and community sites. Alf Gracombe (a relatively new in the nptech blogosphere and whose blog looks promising) suggests that the debate reflects the shifting paradigm away from the more traditional content taxonomies to the emerging folksonomies on today???s "It seems to me that the tag is not that useful ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

3. The big ah ha after viewing the maps on the wall next to each other is that these NGOs had strong and vibrant networks established on the ground.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

" Jayne Cravens from Coyote Communications offers advice and commentary for nonprofit organizations about online social networking. Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation. The topic is " How do Nonprofit Communicators Compete for Audience Attention? " Web 2.0,

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Forj

JULY 22, 2021

The platform they were using for social networking and community building would not support the build of online courses. Alliance articulated their vision and how they wanted the platform to support them from a business and impact perspective, and then designed backwards to this vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. Her post places an emphasis in looking at SL as simply virtuality (read this too) not social networking - as did Clay Shirky. If Danah is so deeply rooted in social spaces, like MySpace and others, it???s

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The chance to do work with an impassioned, articulate, and engaged CEO behind whom they can rally. They enjoy the challenge of organizing and interacting, have outstanding social networks, and are excellent with details. Know where else they have served, their giving history, and the extent of their network. Matchmaking.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Have a clear , concise mission /impact statement that can be summarized in a short social media post. Millennials are looking to invest their resources in organizations that can articulate a clear, concise mission/impact statement that is no longer than 1 or 2 sentences. Empower us, challenge us, influence us. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. Then, use the web and social networking for research. In past postings Ive shared Marriotts core values.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" c) Trust your gut.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2010

While "social" is a buzzword that has become nauseatingly overused today, the internet was social to the core from its very beginning. It was by articulating it that Oldenberg allowed a common platform of understanding through which others could develop, debate and refine these concepts.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, if you already have a fairly well-developed brand, even if it’s not formally articulated, you may want to avoid making drastic changes that could be poorly received. Social Networks: Which social networks do your organization have profiles on? How will individual branding decisions be accepted?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At the same time, leaders continue to struggle with one of their toughest jobs, developing and articulating their overall strategy and priorities, especially during times of change." Then, use the web and social networking for research. GEN X Employees -- Think up a list of solutions on their own.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Recently, some museums have launched initiatives to rebrand as community spaces, acknowledging and attempting to harness the positive social energy around visitation. Notably, the Brooklyn Museum's heavy involvment with social networking sites like MySpace has extended the idea that museums are sites for discussion.

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Influence Community Support Game 20

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Another source of resources comes from the growing body of social media evaluation tools. I’m particularly enamored of this simple diagnostic used at the Museum of Life and Science in North Carolina to articulate the types of institutional goals they are trying to achieve with forays into participation.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

You’ll land on Braincake , their social networking site for girls, parents, and teachers focused on math and science education. I like that; here’s an educational site that also has social networking at its core. What’s so special about the GMSP? Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

While requiring people to build their virtual designs required more work (and expertise) from them, it also allowed them to clearly articulate their designs and to engage on a more professional, specific level about the exhibits. Some museum professionals asked me, "couldn't the participants have just described their exhibit in text?"

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Online social networks in general? For example: Mobile devices?

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Online social networks in general? For example: Mobile devices?

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It’s the #2 social network, and nonprofits everywhere are being encouraged to use it to expand their reach and share their story, but the need to quickly build a social presence leaves many wondering where to begin. Creating share-worthy content means understanding your audience and the story they want to tell.

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