Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

The tagging discussion included an action learning exercise where we shared a lot of resources about tagging as well as explored the discovery aspect of delicious. group" about tagging and social-bookmarking. She gave me some very rich reflections as a reply in the comments. e-collaboration???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

While we've used traditional research methods, including a survey of 720 Challenge Participants and interviews, we are facilitating “Conversational Case Studies” that explore best practices in integrating social media with fundraising campaigns by the America’s Giving Challenge (AGC) winners. Tags: america giving challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Last night, I had the great opportunity to interview Clay Shirky , the author of Here Comes Everybody. Last month, my blog here on SSIR discussed the idea that nonprofit organizations, with the use of social media, can now create shared spaces online for their communities—truly convene groups online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? There's a thoughtful comment from Givewell that points out the work flow involved. New Blogs Yes, Tobias Eigen blogs and we've just discovered his blog in the NpTech Tag stream.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The big changes to fundraising in the coming years will spring from the power of the web, according to Azadi Sheridan, chair of the Institute of Fundraising’s Technology Special Interest Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia. Everyone is invited to make any last minute plugs in the comments or trackbacks! There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Comparing 5 Ways To Tag Videos hit dig popular. without leaving the virtual world! , you can catch up with Mike Seyfang's live blogs, twitters, pipe, and more , including this interview with Daniel Ben-Horin from CompuMentor.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I think museum visitors are ready and eager for museums to catch up to retail and the forprofit world and recognize them as individuals rather than homogeneous groups. We started with focus groups with current and prospective members, asking about their interests and what kinds of experiences they would really value as part of membership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I didn't see that practically a week ago, Nancy White, tagged me with the NGO/NPO Memo. I did an interview with Michael back in May, 2005 and it is just fascinating to learn about his content gathering process. The Nptech and Net2 tags in flickr, delicious, and technorati are also good knowledge streams to dip into. (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp. blog shares an interview with entitled " Camera Rwanda: Storytelling using Flickr." It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. We sampled 201 ChatRoulette sessions, noting characteristics such as group size and gender. We also conducted 30 brief interviews with users to inquire about their age, location, and frequency of ChatRoulette use."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Drop a comment or link back and I'll round it up for next week's summary. Marnie Webb (who appears to be blogging a bit more these days since she switched to a MAC ) tagged an interesting article from the Wall Journal that asks " Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have? Check out the introduction video for more.

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JULY 18, 2011

A few weeks go by, you've gotten a few comments, and you're feeling good about your efforts. Raffle off a free event ticket to anyone who posts a comment on your blog post sharing why they are excited to attend the event. Even better - do a sneak peak mini-interview with the honorees or speakers. I have nothing to write about!".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2005

Ed Batista posted some of his reflections about nonprofit blogging in response to reading the interview with Michael Gilbert as did Jon Stahl. Update: Michael Gilbert responds to Jon Stahl's comments: Michael Gilbert Says: June 23rd, 2005 at 9:58 am. But the groups I work with tend to be mid-sized at their biggest.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Today, an interview with Shelley Bernstein , the Manager of Information Systems at the Brooklyn Museum, and the engine behind that museum’s fabulous forays into Web 2.0. We were finding that so many people were coming to the exhibition just to tag the wall. We also created the Brooklyn Graffiti Group. Is there such a place?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Lucy Bernholz tipped me off to Groundcrew is a web/mobile software that organizes groups of people in real time in real life to work on projects and allows for complex coordination of tasks and communities. I've been noticing that in the comments a little bit of self-organizing on going. Tags: maps mobile working wikily.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

In tough times like this, it's so critical to focus on the core of your mission that any support you can receive, such as the one that comes with being a fiscally sponsored project as explained in the interview with Melanie , is something to consider very seriously. Tags: Books. to partner around.

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JANUARY 27, 2009

We've been helping groups for many years with ways to have a little more influence and get a little more impact out of their online and offline events. With users' increasing confidence in participating together online, there's never been a better time to take a leap and try a new tactic to engage a group. Check it out !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Today, we had an amazing conversation and interview with Cecile Richards and Tom Subak to learn more about Planned Parenthood 's Social Media Strategy and their movement building techniques. A couple of takeaways from the interview: Leaders Lead Culture Change. Tags: movement building. We support it, guide it.". .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

I also video blogged the session and caught up with a participant for a quick interview about their impressions. I learned a lot from Andy Carvin about A Role and B Role - and interviewing techniques (like get the person to repeat their name and the whole answer and asking them to look into the camera). It isn't very active.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

A blog post has, like this, one person writing it and sharing it at the end for comments. Mostly we measure it in whether we get positive feedback from our supporters and whether they seem engaged (commenting on stuff on Facebook, Retweeting, etc.). real time, and 2. co-created. From @jonasthanatos: Can communicate effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Many of this latter group of are veterans of what Extraordinaries’ Jacob Colker calls the “Command & Control Model” – programs that seek to control the relationship of the volunteer with the organization and/or cause. As applications come in, the VC helps to narrow the pool, coordinate interviews, and run background checks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Just yesterday I read a tweet that called the #nonprofit twitter tag a “cavernous echo chamber.” You may find some of these comments in the thoroughly engaging video as well, though some of the Ann’s more salient points didn’t make it into the footage. Now don’t get me wrong, I love you people. Generic license ). starts around 20:58).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Not sure if this matches demographic studies of RSS users or not because this group was under 18) They were aware of tagging, but in the sense of how it is used on Facebook - to tag your friends in photographs or notes, etc. In the article, the author interviewed Walter J. ll twitter, ???I???m m traveling,???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Next, focus on your goals – Are you trying to raise a million dollars or mobilize a group of offline volunteers? I’d love to hear your take on each of these in the comments. Networked Nonprofit – Interview with Allison Fine. Tags: Conferences Guest Post. First, create a page on Causes and activist resource center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

tags: blogs facebook ). What I need is your input -I'd love to hear about your social media "adaption stories" - please leave me a comment. They determine what comments need action, whether to say thank you and build a relationship, repair a customer service issue, or ignore. Now say that five times fast! More on that later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Travis August tags this announcement from TechSmith, makers of SnagIt and Camtasia, about Mac development. Most of the links identified have flowed through the NpTech Tag stream but nice to revisit them! Good discussion in the comments too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." I was just reading an interview with The Nature Conservancy's Jonathon Coleman on Treehugger. The PBS group is a good example.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Scott Anderson from ClientTrack , a software solution aimed at increasing the impact of social benefit organizations and their work by “integrating people, processes, and technology.&# You can learn more about Scott and the work ClientTrack is doing in the interview below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Viirak interviewed her during the video blogging workshop) She presented in the morning of the first day about why blogging has been useful to her. Learn more about the comments. On the right, is Sopheap who I interviewed for BlogHer. Sopheap did an excellent facilitating the group. Technorati Tags: cloggersummit2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. A cluster is a bounded group of people who are connected, but have few connections to other nodes. I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Dave Witzel tweeted it.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. This list is by no means exhaustive: please add your favorites (especially non-American ones) in the comments. Both staff and visitors host TV programs in the space that range from interviews to game shows to salon chair ministries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. The group consisted of @amanda , @ tommalcolm , @ renate and @ timhoang.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Getting some important groups to hop on board . But even more interesting is that we also looked at the financial performance of the brands, grouping the companies with the greatest depth and breadth into a group called “Social Media Mavens”. Tags: ROI. with your chapters and volunteers? greatest success?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. All those people and groups have just as many different goals, small and large. Some of the goals your organizations has for the community and the future are shared by that same community and other groups.

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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. Tags: movement building.

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