Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2009

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual. Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. 4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr : A great source for images for your organization’s website, blog, e-newsletter, social networking profiles, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

You can access your nonprofit’s profile and the Change.org tool set by signing up for a Nonprofit Admin account. Brand your organization’s profile on Change.org. Nonprofits can easily design their profile on change.org to match their website and other social networking sites. Grab Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. Blogger relations (not to be confused with blogger's relationships like I'm describing above) that is blogger outreach came up as a topic in a workshop I did on social media and the arts last year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Interestingly, Instagram was the second most popular social network after Facebook for donors on #GivingTuesday 2017. Did you know that individual Facebook profiles AND nonprofit Facebook Pages can add the donate button to their Facebook livestreams? As of June 2018, there are nearly 1 billion monthly active users of Instagram.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. I am now down to 7 profiles, 5 days a week, and a 45-50 hour work week. Here’s a few tips on how to deal with it: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. t have naughty gifts on your Facebook profile if your ???friends???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Eleven Qualities of an Effective Social Media Manager. The Big Picture: Social Networking. Introduction to Twitter Profiles. Introduction to LinkedIn Profiles. Eleven Profile Tips for Nonprofit Professionals. The Big Picture: Creating and Distributing Content for the Social Web. Google This! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. Based in the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. MySpace is not just a community of poor people!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Blogger relations (not to be confused with blogger relationships like I'm describing above) that is blogger outreach came up as a topic in a workshop I did on social media and the arts earlier this week. Don't have your office intern hapzardly send out a canned pitches, get to know the bloggers first.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

." 29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter « Nonprofit Tech 2.0 - I'm so honored to be part of this list! "Last week I asked the followers of @NonprofitOrgs to nominate their favorite nonprofit bloggers. The list below is the result of that “Tweet Out&#. ."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pundits and bloggers in the nonprofit sector often lament the inability of social media to raise money for nonprofits. widgets and apps have yet to raise large amounts in online dollars for most nonprofits, but that doesn’t mean that social media is not resulting in large amounts of dollars raised online. It’s true that Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2011

Maria Rainier , Freelance Writer & Blogger. Social media is a powerful marketing tool for businesses of all types, and it is especially useful for nonprofit organizations, which typically struggle more to reach a large audience on a tighter budget. Organizations can't create a profile on Facebook — only a page or a group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. So What and Who Cares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

You can also participate vicariously through bloggers by encouraging them to write about your organization. (10 Generate Buzz: Your raising your organizations profile and spreading awareness of your organization's programs or campaigns. And of course, Einstein's theory of social media relativity. 20 plus hours a week).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The question came from a diversity consultant while we were discussing how young people today are being brought up on social networks AND some statistics about age and email/social network use. I referenced Liza Sabater's Brown Bloggers meetups, but could not point to any studies or stats. Twitter Poll - ???Which

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2008

I've been on Hi5 , yet another social networking site, that is popular outside the US, particularly in Central America (and Asia). I've been a member for over a year only because my Cambodian colleagues and blogger friends introduced me to it. A new profile called "Nonprofit Organizations" friend me to day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

LinkedIn is a professional network for business and (and nonprofit professionals.) It is often described as an online social network for job seekers. Perhaps because initially your profile was structured like an online version of your resume. Oh, did I mention that I like the way they look on my profile?

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. I said, "I don't know if this will be valuable, but it can't hurt," and any tactic that could help raise our profile was received well. What inspired you to join?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

As a blogger and social media maker, I have a strong interest in the future of my work and participatory culture. I donated $75 so I could get the t-shirt and photograph myself in it - and added it to all my social networking profiles. I hope you will do the same and donate too. He's only 8 too!

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Cycle through a combination of blog authors and guest bloggers from within your organization, board members, influencers, etc. Spotlight/Profile, Interview. Nonprofit Online Advertising Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing Social Networking Technology Trends Web 2.0 Publish 1-2 blog posts each week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Roger Carr, Everyday Giving Blog , signed up to help me with a Bloggers Campaign part of the Sharing Foundation's Americas Giving Challenge , Today, I observed a twitter exchange from Angela to Roger. I thought she might be referring to our campaign, so thanked her. Yes, indeed Laura is helping us out. Thank you Laura! Yep, it's working!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Elizabeth Perry, an artist in Pittsburgh and pioneer of "sketch blogging" reported that local arts organizations have been good at integrating social media without having to create or maintain anything new. Similar strategy to what the San Francisco Symphony did with its blogger outreach event. s Blog about?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. Creating a Blog within your Community - Why send the traffic back to Word Press and Blogger? Enhanced Volunteer Directory - Volunteers want to network with those whom they will be working with. Higher emotional investment indubitably yields higher contributions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening to Bloggers You'll want to identify and follow key bloggers in your nonprofit space, especially if you are planning to blog or doing any blogger relations program. Find Bridge bloggers alltop.com. You can monitor social networks and YouTube for mentions of your organization and issue.

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Care2

MAY 22, 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!" What is Earned Media? Word of mouth, etc. Leave comments on blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2007

I'm hoping that we'll end the discussion with a kick-a** tip sheet for video bloggers who want to get started promoting their blogs and shows. post to any social networking profiles and ping your friends. 33 Places to Hangout in the Social Networking Era. 10:00 - 10:30 Mingling. 10:30 - 11:30 Roundtable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2007

Cyberstalking and Cyberbullying is a real issue, impacting many women (and men) online - not just the high profile a-list bloggers. ve created an online social network called Stop Cyberbullying using a free tool called Ning. Anyone who joins can post resources and share ideas, including text and video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.    And, for what it is worth, I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile.    But, on Friday, my blog turned from red to pink!     Early detection is important. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

MyBlogLog is a social networking system for blog readers to connect and learn about each other around their favorite blogs - and for blog publishers to access detailed information about their readers. Deborah Finn has been playing with widgets and decided to install the MyBlogLog widget today. She writes about her experience here. (I

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Care2

APRIL 22, 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!" Receive monthly updates 1 Comment | by Share Article in Social Networking , Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

I saw there mesmerized watching the animation and reading the other names of the petition signers (not all 47,000 of them, though) and was offered a badge to put on my social networking profile or blog. Blogger Rik Riel writes about his harrowing experience as a virtual prisoner there.

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