Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

It was a fantastic opportunity to learn what types of questions are raised about social media in the context of strategic planning with nonprofits. When I'm asked questions that I don't know the answer to, I admit it and use it as opportunity to demonstrate the value of the social brain or having a good network on Twitter.

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JUNE 9, 2006

Nancy White recently blogged about a tool called ChipIn which is designed to simplify the process of connecting with people in your social network to collect money for a personal cause, to purchase a gift, or for community fundraising. Donors Choose (which came my way via Blogher Lisa Stone's sister!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

I'm working on a brief presentation for next week at Graphing Social Patterns called " Giving Good Poke: Using Social Apps and Social Media for Social Causes." To be honest, I'm sort of scared, although the session last week with Laura Fitton (Pistachio) and her advice has helped reduce some stress.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Share your posts on your favorite social networks (e.g. Write posts with links to blog posts you love, share other bloggers' posts on your social networks, ask your favorite bloggers if they'd like to guest post on your blog. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn). Link unto others as you'd like to be linked to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Tuesday has done a lot of experimenting with using social networks to promote her cause and we had an extensive conversation about that which I'm going to include in my a post for the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on Social Marketing. So, stay tuned.

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AUGUST 25, 2006

Over a year ago, I interviewed Carnet Williams , a long time member of the nonprofit technology and riders community and who recently launched a tool called Chipin which is designed to simplify the process of connecting with people in your social network to collect money for a personal cause, to purchase a gift, or for community fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

What have you learned about personal fundraising that might be helpful to other bloghers? There are some interesting ways people are connecting and using social media to raise money for Diabetes. One of my favorites was Alan Levine (Cog Dog Blog), who ran a marathon last year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

I'm just back after a ten-day business trip beginning with Blogher and ending with NCDD (Dialogue and Deliberation). I might even try it on the VOX system where I scored a beta invite from Mena Trott during Blogher. " Maybe the blogging will be about their learning what is a blog from real life experience.

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MARCH 13, 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!" Then why is it so hard to explain the value of social media to people who dont get it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Nedra Weinreich, Spare Change Blog Nedra Weinreich was one of the first nonprofit tagged blogs that I discovered while browsing the blogher blogroll a few months back. She works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. What makes a successful social marketer?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. and was in the room asked "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist. Is there resistance?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

Now that many nonprofits are using social networking actively during the holiday, I recently caught up with Danielle to learn about whether Ranger Rick is back on Facebook and what she has since learned that might be useful to nonprofits thinking about working on Facebook. Powered by ScribeFire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2008

One of conversation threads was about how to make the story of how this network works more visible - and how a network goes about resourcing itself. The session I did at Blogher was about tools for community fundraising (Marnie Webb set up a wiki with notes and links). tools that facilitate this. Marnie Webb by JD Lasica.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). Three years ago, in the wake of the devastating storm, social media and others started organizing online. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee.

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MAY 6, 2009

Lisa Stone, cofounder of BlogHer. Charelene Li, co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Check out these awesome panels: Social Media ROI. Social Networks and Diversity Barriers. Here are a few of the rockin' women who will be joining us: . Natalie Foster of the DNC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2007

Lisa Stone at Blogher has responded to the situation here with a post called "Hating Hate Speech: Safety for Kathy Sierra and All Women Online." 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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DECEMBER 8, 2009

According to nonprofit author Allison Fine, “Social media [in particular] fits into the lives of working women much better than traditional communications tools. BlogHer – a social networking site for women who blog – is a great place to find women writers who may care about your political and/or social issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

Wells, Blogger and Community Organizer "We need to treat many of our social tools like door knocking, if someone comments on our site, we should take that as a hello, and use it to open a door to a potential relationship with a new leader, member, or supporter." That's the importance of goal number 2 for FIRM's social media tools.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Connect with readers on social networks There are a lot of social networks out there where you can meet with present and potential readers. Here is an example of author Kim Keltner's page on Gather.com, a social network oriented for folks over 30. You may also want to start Twittering. Flickr photo contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

She also has the definitive list of Cambodian BlogHers here. He is an active tagger and expert in social networking sites. He was a participant in the small group role play on social media and we had great fun. John Weeks (aka jinja ) has lived in Cambodia for a long time and has been blogging for many years.

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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.    Then check out the justcause - a social networking site that is encouraging people to take action behind a cause.    But, on Friday, my blog turned from red to pink! 

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JULY 7, 2009

Changeblogger Ning Network I've also set up a Ning network for Changebloggers, people who use their blogs, podcasts and vlogs to make positive change. BlogHer I've been a Contributing Editor, along with Beth Kanter , for the past 3.5 years of BlogHer's Nonprofits and Social Change section.

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APRIL 11, 2008

She started out writing about what she gave away on her blog, Manifesto , but after a week or so, decided to set up a 29-Day Giving Challenge social network so that other people could share the Challenge with her. Stories can be posted in the 29-Day Giving Challenge social network's forum, or emailed to story@29gifts.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Reciprocity : Roger Carr helped me with winning the America's Giving Challenge he blogged (more than once I might add), left supportive comments, retweeted to his network ( connected me to Dr. Mani ), and personally donated to my campaign. He invested some of his social capital in my cause and I want to invest in his.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2005

While browsing the blogher schedule , I came across Lisa Meyers Brown's blog " The Rhetoric of Me " which is focused on: "What I think about everything.especially nonprofits and social network technology."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I've been following Charlene Li ever since I heard her speak at opening keynote at the first BlogHer Conference in 2005. Here's the official bio: Charlene Li is an independent thought leader on emerging technologies, with a specific focus on social technologies, interactive media, and marketing. Social Media Etiquette by Chris Brogan.

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MARCH 27, 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!" Maybe success is as simple as providing something people want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc. Next he talks about how our online social behavior has shifted the power system, but first defines the old power system: The entire nature of power has changed, as have the burdens of power.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Make it easy to subscribe Have an rss feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

First off, I want to thank Andy Carvin for organizing this day and the ning site and leading by example - showing us how to take an issue and integrate the use of new social media tools! Looks other nptech bloggers and social networks are supporting this effort too! Ethnic, racial or gender slurs. Violent or threatening images.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

It meant that I missed what Joe Casco had to say about Social Networking Fatique - I hope he blogs it). David Tames and I did a session called crash course on social media tools for filmmakers. I gave the Social Media Metrics session. Keywords in your profiles in your social networking site, like flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. Can I Sit With You? Can I Sit With You?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Social Web. " What do you think?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

LinkedIn LinkedIn is a professional social network, so it's ripe with job search opportunities. See who in your network knows someone at the organizations you'd like to work for. The post, 7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media , on Mashable suggests creating a video resume. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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MARCH 24, 2015

A startup, social venture, or nonprofit that has a rapidly scalable business model. Conferences Nonprofit Events Online Fundraising Social Networking Technology Trends Web 2.0 Care2 who runs this blog is a sponsor too. Your Organization Can Win Up to Another $50,000. Who Can Apply? crowdfunding'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I probably should stop, but if you want to focus on what women are blogging about in the nonprofit space, check out the blogher ngo/npo blogroll. On the social networking end, I would swim through the various frappr groups that are nonprofit technology related.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even though I was “offline,&# I couldn’t completely escape reminders of how social networks have become a part of our lives. Once over the Golden Gate Bridge and connectedness restored I noticed this post from Melissa Ford over at BlogHer in my Facebook feed – “ Is RSS Dead?

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