NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

Social media has forever changed how nonprofits and journalists distribute and consume news stories, yet the format of nonprofit press releases has not evolved at all. Almost every communication medium out there has been impacted by the rise of social and mobile media, but not press releases.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2013

That said, it’s a recurring trend and worth noting that nonprofits who work on environmental issues and international development tend to be the early adopters of most new social networking tools. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). linkedin.com/company/public-broadcasting-service. LinkedIn Social Media'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. In addition to overall giving increasing these next two months, the number of your donors giving online and via social media channels is growing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening. A collection of economic and media trends and stats.

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Fun Resource Nonprofit Social Media 275

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2011

There are ex-pats in every corner of the globe, media outlets of every nationality, and allies from other countries that your nonprofit does know exist yet. The world is getting smaller with each passing day, and nonprofits as the agents of social good , should try to think bigger and stretch their Twitter wings beyond their own time zones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening.

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Fun Resource Nonprofit Social Media 262

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Due to the decline in reach on social media, nonprofits should prioritize email communications and fundraising in 2018 [ Benchmarks for Success ]. Digital Payments on Social Networks. Live Reporting Using Social Media. Live broadcasts are streamed within the Periscope app and #LIVE on Periscope.

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Communication Trend Online Fundraising 274

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 6, 2009

This Wednesday, MIT and Tie-Boston are hosting The 140-Character Mission: Social Media & Entrepreneurship event. About the event: Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. Tags: case studies events socialmedia preso social media twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the apps and tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer :: buffer.com. NameCheckr :: namecheckr.com. Periscope :: periscope.tv. Photo Editing.

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Mobile Tools Online Nonprofit 275

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening.

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Fun Resource Nonprofit Social Media 262

The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

million to launch Block Party , an anti-harassment startup that helps people filter abuse out of their social media experiences. Behind all these stories, I think, is a kind of despair over what public social networks have done to public debate. Last month, Tracy Chou announced that she had raised a little under $1.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. You can either broadcast live (think of it as your own radio station) or host the messages on the Cinchcast server for later listening.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy. Based in the U.K.,

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Web Tools Free Nonprofit 277

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy. Based in the U.K.,

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Web Tools Free Nonprofit 245

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the apps and tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer :: buffer.com. NameCheckr :: namecheckr.com. Periscope :: periscope.tv. Photo Editing.

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Mobile Tools Online Free 264

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. An entirely new version of the Color broadcasting app was built and never released. Those apps were then abandoned after he showed them off.

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Share Los Angeles Media Files 161

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. Social Media. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

But I'm a member of the Social Media Advisory Board for SmartBrief, Inc , a terrific daily summary of social media insights and they asked me to do a roundup post for this week. Social Media Fundraising As Part of A Multi-Channel Strategy. A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

I'm not saying that social media is harmful to your brain or an addiction. (Well, maybe for those people who Twitter on their mobile phones while on the toilet ). I have found posts where brain researchers equate the how the brain functions to social networks. For example, Carol Torgan, Ph.D, That's impressive.

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Care2

AUGUST 25, 2013

Even though social media has been around for several years, many organizations have not adapted a formal social media strategy. Having a social media strategy is important to measuring its impact on your organization and the community you serve. Broadcast communications does not build community.

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Social Media Strategy Effective Media 77

NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

She's working on her Capstone and wanted to hear a few of my opinions about the impact of social media on the nonprofit sector. Do you believe the use of social media helps nonprofit organizations to achieve their mission and goals more effectively? Social media is about relationships.

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Social Media Media Social Impact 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

Nonprofits pioneered social media. They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes. What is the shape of the network mean?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Not just to broadcast, but to have a conversation, share ideas, and provide context. Building a Network. Tags: community networking jumo nonprofits social media social network. Messaging. I’ve had quite a string of issues with the messaging in Jumo. Isn’t that the point?

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Reflection Facebook Profile Donation 279

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. Additionally, I wanted her to share how they determine which social networks to use and their most successful campaigns. AP: Data is key.

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Social Media Broadcast Global Media 56

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

As an added benefit these types of classes are often easy to broadcast live. Then, either choose the winners yourself or ask people to vote over social media. Set up a social media page where people may submit their costumes and offer a prize for the best-dressed at the party. 30) Social Media Challenge.

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Virtual Ideas Fundraising Nonprofit 343

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The trick is to balance working with larger networks and some of the more specific networks to create a very useful and strategic approach to community building. The Value in Smaller Networks. Finding a Niche Network. If you're active in social media, you've probably gotten used to searching for what you're looking for.

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Social Network Network Social Social Media 90

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

For more than a decade the blogosphere has touted the power and promise of social media (this blog included) , but there is also a downside to using social media for your nonprofit. Nonprofit social media managers are bombarded with depressing content. The Next Big Thing in social media has no tangible ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. In fact the range of issues is pretty wide ranging.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.)

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Myspace Technology Causes Social Network 158

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.)

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Myspace Technology Causes Social Network 158

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The goal is to help participants create a social media strategy AND take a deep dive into the tactics and tools of social media. I've come up with synthesis - a worksheet, how-to points, and resources that would guide an organization to think strategically about social media. Identify Objectives.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 107

NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Online networks have transferred the tools of organizing and programmatic leadership from organizations and placed them into the hands of the citizen/member. Meanwhile, organizations typically approach social networks as a staff-driven, top-down push towards higher numbers of fans, friends, and followers.

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