Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. B0nus Insight: Linking Social Media Results to Job Performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Erika Croxton, the grist.org staffer who oversees social media strategy, says. “We

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

By Maria De La Guardia , design director and brand strategist at Bureau for Good , a design agency that helps nonprofits explain why they matter across digital and print media. Does it still reflect your mission, purpose, strategic goals, and the ways your audiences use the internet? The environment is always changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I encounter a lot of social media skeptics who ask me pointed questions. What if your goal is large scale systemic change, why bother with social media?". A few weeks back I met Melinda Venable, Associate Director Digital and Ethnic Media at Resource Media who told me about the ClimateChangeUS Twitter strategy. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. What are the right tools to help measure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. In response, there was a campaign to hire her back on Facebook, it garnered mainstream media attention, and was a public relations nightmare for AppleBee’s.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

City Health Dashboard , a project of the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health, supported by Forum One, is a model for making their rich data accessible to all of their audiences and at data-driven storytelling. Know your audience. Understand your capacity. Design your data storytelling products.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. With our blog firmly established as a valuable source of content, we are now developing strategies to further leverage our blog to support our policy goals.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

If it does poorly, it can quickly pivot and put out something different to please their audience and boost their profits. Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. This is a measurable number that could be adapted if the survey needed to be given in different formats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? Did you experience resistance from higher ups in the organization initially utilizing about social media, or were they supportive?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network. But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. I wanted to get a better understanding of context for this audience and the approaches they were already using. Register here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

Living Case Studies: Social Media and Sustainable Agriculture. As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Spectragram. Living Case Study.

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

AI-driven marketing tools can help create personalized content, optimize campaigns, analyze audience engagement, and even help brainstorm new ideas. Data Privacy: Implement robust data privacy policies to protect sensitive information and build trust with your donors and supporters.

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Bloomerang

JULY 1, 2021

The hardest part is measuring the effectiveness of a particular campaign and trying to predict gifts in wills’ income for the future. You have to measure more by sign up rather than funds coming in, which is quite different to most other donor drives. Show your audience those who benefit most from your work.

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Media Cause

MAY 31, 2023

When is the last time you read through your organization’s privacy policy? All of this is done not only because it is the right thing to do, but also because it’s an approach that will build trust with audiences and help build long-term relationships. Maybe… never? How about your cookie consent banner?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Staff the organization’s social media account inboxes and repeat the above. Stay in regular contact with newsrooms and pitch stories to help the organization reach a larger audience. Be Informed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. As readers of this blog well know, digital and social media can be difficult to keep up with.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

Whether you’re looking to contact lawmakers, gather petition signatures, or mobilize public support using social media, you can measure and increase support for your mission by presenting your audience with a digital form across their preferred channels. Why should nonprofits use digital advocacy forms now? Ease of experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. When possible, I get a list of attendees at workshops or conferences, and I visit their web sites and social media outposts. Effective Social Media. Conversational Key Note. Example: Red Cross.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Establish initial governing documents and policies. . You’ll need to create Bylaws and Conflict of Interest documents and policies because both are needed for your IRS application. . Establish your organization’s branding (establish target audience, logo, brand colors, and messaging). . Start staffing and hiring, if applicable.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Especially with COVID-19 and the rise of physical distancing measures and extra precautions, providing your attendees with as much information about what to do is well appreciated and almost expected. . You don’t want them to be surprised when they learn that the 10 minutes Q&A is actually split between an online and in-person audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Networked nonprofits are experts at using new media (social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies) to spread their missions, design and scale programs, communicate with stakeholders, or inspire behavior change. In this model, there are four different levels of social media practice: Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Videos, interviews, client stories, audio, emails, podcasts, social media posts—there are so many types of storytelling opportunities available to nonprofits of all missions and sizes. Tokenism: According to Merriam-Webster, tokenism is “The policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort.” goals acronym).

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

Narratives have the power to liberate or oppress because they have the potential to influence the beliefs and behaviors of individuals, which in turn can shape institutional policies and practices. Narratives are profoundly shaped by social media and can be a marker for tracking changes in attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. You can segment data in dozens of ways to help your board members understand your audience and what’s important to them.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Idealware just released an updated " Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide ". It's chock-full of tool comparisons, strategies and case studies – and since it serves as the basis of our " Social Media Decision-Maker's Toolkit ", you know you'll be getting the latest information from this hands-on training. >

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Davey Awards are sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts , a top-tier body of select professionals from the “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. NTI Nuclear Security Index. Gold – Activism for Websites. Silver – Features, Art Direction for Digital Content.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Those results should give pause to anyone convinced that email is losing sway to text messaging, social media, or other channels. “I Updates three years ago to Apple’s data privacy policies allowing users to limit tracking of email open rates have further complicated efforts to measure audience engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

With the debt ceiling debate raging in our nation’s capital, health care advocates have kicked into high gear and are using new social media tactics to engage elected officials in the fight to protect health care rights – Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. Use the “ Valid Measurement Grid &#.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

That's usually where social media decisions fall. Decisions in social media have their own unique challenges, what with the barrage of options available -- and with new ones emerging daily. We empathize with your desire to choose the right tools for implementing your social media strategy. But should they?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. TechSoup's Social Media Resources. TechSoup.org.

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TechImpact

JUNE 4, 2014

Despite the efforts of social media networks like LinkedIn , many nonprofits still struggle engaging, gaining, and retaining volunteers. Find out if all your volunteers are up to date on your nonprofit’s processes, language, best practices, and policies. Image Courtesy of Blues By Starlight. Deeper understanding of Volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Measure Networked Nonprofit. Post a variety of different media types, photographs and visuals get attention, shorter status updates, and curated links. If the audience is local, it is important to framing content and issues for local geographic area. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Today I had the pleasure of giving a presentation for the Packard Foundation board of directors to provide a brief report on how I spent my time as Visiting Scholar and share some insights about social media and the nonprofit sector. engagejoe social media helps us connect so we can come together in the real world. packfound .

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Especially with COVID-19 and the rise of physical distancing measures and extra precautions, providing your attendees with as much information about what to do is well appreciated and almost expected. . You don’t want them to be surprised when they learn that the 10 minutes Q&A is actually split between an online and in-person audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

Note From Beth: I’m on my way to Australia and New Zealand lead a series of workshops on Networked Nonprofits and Measurement, culminating with a keynote at this year’s ConnectingUp Conference in Australia, so expect to see a few interesting guest posts. Today, it’s a whole new ballgame.

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