Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. That’s not a believable theory of change.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Female respondents reported a significantly higher usage across all the top 4 networking sites.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The 2010 Social Networking Map / Flowtown (@flowtown) – I love maps and I work in social media; so I always love the maps of social media!

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Read all of the lessons Carol learned – and I'd love to hear what you learned! I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. NonProfit 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I've summarized below. However, in the comments, readers point to the benefits of a folksonomy and suggest that combining the two approaches can lead to a best-of-both-worlds outcome. social network and community sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), an event that he first learned about through his social networks. But consider the following: Networking. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post. The lessons for arts organizations.

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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 reflection of the society in which we live.

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APRIL 21, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Social Media’s Changing Landscape to Make A Profit – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – I'm really looking forward to this conversation – what do you think? "Admit

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JULY 13, 2009

They employed about 80 staffers on the new media department, focusing on online content, outreach, and social networking. s also a firm believer that every organization, no matter how small, should have a full-time social media manager to craft content, email, and social networking strategies. Use the word ?please?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2008

And according to a comment from Laura on this post , once it reaches $5,000, they will receive the first $5,000 match. Laura left a comment describing the vision for micro fundraising. But I have a vision for a world where mobile social networks have an easy built-in currency for in-the-moment giving, (with low overhead fees!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

An external champion is a new breed of donor who cares so much about your campaign that they’re willing to spread the word to their friends and ask them to donate, especially through their online social networks. They have been called “ brand advocates ” or “ super fans.” Please leave a comment below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

It is called " The Art of Social Web " Coolcat Teacher blog gives a wonderful post about how blogging is a work in progress - she concludes blogging is more like football than a once in a lifetime performance at Carnegie Hall. It will interesting to if there is reciprocity. More information here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Kari Dunn Saratovsky (@socialcitizen), publisher of Social Citizens An interview with Facebook’s “in-house sociologist” Cameron Marlow, appeared in last week’s issue of The Economist and has since created an interesting debate about the value and depth of our online social networks.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Steve MacLaughlin , Blackbaud’s director of Internet solutions, will discuss key technology trends impacting nonprofits, the role of social media in online fundraising, the emerging channel of mobile giving, and the importance of building a multi-channel strategy.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Many of the lessons apply across new media tools. We have systems in place to help keep us on track, such as an internal summary blog/Twitter/social network updates. These email updates share information on new followers, blog subscribers, comments, retweets, video views, etc., Plan ahead. Make it personal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Swedish-Lesson - (Photo: International Federation of Red Cross/Hakan Flank/VolunteerMatch). Note from Beth: Last month, we did a Networked Nonprofit session at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. As they explore in their new book, fear of failure holds many organizations back from a networked nonprofit approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

I republished the post on my blog and offered a free copy to a nonprofit who left the best comment about how their organization is applying these principles. Here's an interview with them about how they using social media part of their hospital's patient relations and communications strategies. Social media is two-way communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We learned a lot about what did and didn’t work, and in the interests of transparency, we thought we’d share some of the lessons we learned along the way (and see if we can collect some ideas for next time.) Here are some of the lessons we’ve learned, and the things we’d have done differently. Tags: socialmediametrics.

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MAY 27, 2010

It's time to go beyond listening and responding and get into several key areas: monitoring , running bold campaigns , adding video , and fundraising in online social networks. They built an iGoogle dashboard and fed RSS feeds based on information they were seeking in online social networks. Be transparent.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Review the Social by Social Handbook (read for free online, or buy). Be sure that you create mechanisms for feedback and input throughout your process and throughout whatever you “build&# or use (whether it’s a social networking space, a website, a blog or anything else). What do you think? What did I miss?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Conference Tag: CU08 ConnectingUp Conference Warning: I am live blogging these notes as the conference unfolds. This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits. Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. Need time and patience.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

As social media grows in popularity, one fact cannot be ignored: if used well, it can generate impressive amounts of traffic and increase engagement around your cause or organization. These overall strategies aren't anything new in the marketing world: social media is just a new way to do old business. Know Your Goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

For the two months leading up to my brief vacation, I've been doing a lot of training and presenting - chewing on some lessons learned from the America's Giving Challenge , Social Media ROI , and Cute Dogs. The art and practice of blogging for nonprofits (planning, policy, writing, commenting). The Socially Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. NpTech Software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Does the future of online fundraising lie in mobile social networks that have an easy built-in payment system for in-the-moment charitable giving of very small amounts by thousands and thousands of people? As Laura noted in a comment , "Imagine it for public radio: hear something great on the drive to work? What do you think?

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JUNE 6, 2008

Now that the dust has cleared and the kids are banging on the exhibits (and showing us what we have to change next), I have the time to step back and share some of the lessons learned from this experience. Here are my top ten lessons from The Tech Virtual experiment with regard to design exhibits with a community of amateurs.

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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! Take some of the free lessons at Wired Safety.

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APRIL 10, 2008

framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated. When David explained that each of the Holocaust Museum’s myriad comment boards, blogs, and online forums is moderated by a staff member, the audience turned a little green. manage an online comment board on your website.

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MAY 5, 2009

The conference program book has become a lesson in letting go. We've definitely learned a lot about using a social network around the conference, though: it's too much to ask folks to create another login and have yet another (overly complex) system to learn. Tags: 09NTC NPTech NTEN.

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APRIL 28, 2011

The webinar, hosted by Jayne Cravens and Erin Barnhart , focused on four tools to use with volunteers — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs — with an emphasis that the recommendations could be adapted for any social networking tool, including those that may replace these four as most popular in the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. This made curious: How did Twestival get started?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. I think that all organizations should track what people are saying about them, about the issues they are concerned with, about the communities they are concerned with and then they should comment on those when appropriate. Greg Beuthin, ext311. Zac Mutrux, ext437.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. Please leave a comment if you're one of the bloggers I should be reading and pointing to) . Tags: goals. What are your goals for 2009?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Not alone, of course, but with lots of help from my friends and network. This is a passion-driven effort on my part with two goals: to support Cambodian children through the work of the Sharing Foundation and to share my lessons learned with other nonprofits so they can use these tools for the greater social good.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

the comments on this one, including a response manifesto by educational technologist Ira Socol. Real artifacts are not suffering with the rise of digitization; they are gaining new lives in personal memory sites, blogs, and collection-based social networks. Tags: Core Museum 2.0 Here are my 714 words.

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MAY 5, 2009

A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (Shelley Bernstein), the Tech Virtual Test Zone (me), along with a new participatory research project, Children of the Lodz Ghetto (David Klevan), to talk about our lessons and struggles working with the public to create "museum-quality" exhibitions and research projects. Tags: professional development.

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