sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Basic data sets allow organizations to take action—such as communicating with members or soliciting donors. There are grassroots groups on social media, listservs, and informal peer groups for users of various Blackbaud products. Check out the Blackbaud Community to get started connecting with other data-focused friends.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

to share files, and sundry web applications for online communications. That’s not surprising since faith-based organizations are all about community. Church Technology Listservs. I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Other findings include: More established forms of online communications — e-newsletters and Listservs — are regularly used by foundation CEOs at a much higher rate (65 percent and 45 percent, respectively) than the newer social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

You’re likely using more than one channel to communicate. Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on. Want to know more about strategizing, planning, and implementing a solid integrated communications regime? Enter source codes.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

" How do your social media channels fit in your organization's emergency communications plan? " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S. Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org org inspired him in ways he never imagined."

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

WOMM (word of mouth marketing) and earned media should be key components of any communications plan to market your nonprofit’s website. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

WOMM (word of mouth marketing) and earned media should be key components of any communications plan to market your nonprofit’s website. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. YouTube Nonprofit Program: YouTube.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Source Codes: The Most Useful Measurement Strategy You May Not Be Using | Beth’s Blog : "Source Codes: The Most Useful Measurement Strategy You May Not Be Using – Guest Post by Laura Quinn You’re likely using more than one channel to communicate. Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

There are no better champions for your organization’s communication’s strategy than your staff. Policy makers, another target audience, were also using Twitter as a communications channel. Says Murphy, it was a tough barrier for advocates and researchers who not used to communicating in 140 characters.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

Cindy, one of our volunteers, shared the following on our volunteer listserv (and she said it better than I could!): I never thought until I read one of the articles about the problems of a blind father and a deaf son communicating. A Bookshare.org member is going to be featured this weekend on on TV on Extreme Makeover.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Blogging is a great way for organizations to communicate and establish themselves as thought leaders. She advises organizations to make blogging a part of a their content strategy only if it aligns with their communication plan. Ideas for content can be sourced from staff, supporters, other blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and listservs.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

As with all popular communications channels, sometimes social media gets a bad rep. Here are the top five ways building a community on social networking sites benefits nonprofits advocating for social change. Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

A close read of the lyrics provides a good framework for thinking about communicating horizontally (across departments or silos) and vertically (with everyone from senior management to interns) in your organization about technology. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) No, really.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. 4) Learn the basic business skills that are essential to success and sanity: - communication (timely, clear, complete, appropriate method: sometimes a phone call, sometimes an email, sometimes a memo, sometimes a meeting.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community. But if this is going to go viral, it has to be baked in to where folks are already communicating. For folks who live in their Salesforce orgs, it's probably fine.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

While there are ways around it, that typically ends your ability to communicate with the donor, invite the donor to events, re-engage the person, steward the person, or understand why a subsequent gift or bequest came from that donor. I just wanted to see if you had any insight you could offer regarding this subject." Others Who Agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

Last October, Livingston Communications partnered with the United Way to develop a comprehensive social media strategy for the campaign. Iavor points out that training (in the form of Webinars to be delivered by Livingston Communications ) and content kits are critical.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2018

How and when do you communicate impact? Major gifts has taken a midlevel donor out of the communications stream and has then ignored her. It will address probable deficiencies in your gratitude communications and foster a culture of philanthropy, all in one fell swoop. How do you thank donors for mid-level gifts? How quickly?

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See3

APRIL 22, 2009

When I left my position at Easter Seals , I had seven-plus years of research covering the field of nonprofits online flowing (more like gushing) in daily via email newsletters, listserve digests, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Ivan Boothe helped start the Genocide Intervention Network in 2004, and was responsible for communications, web development and social networking strategy. So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

Most of my work in social media and nonprofits has been focused on the how to integrate a social media strategy as part of an organization's external communications plan or "outward" facing to engage audiences, consumers, and supporters. Step 3: stewarding technology in use, in the life of the community and at its closing.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Superstar NTEN member Amy Sample Ward interviews Clay Shirky -- NTC09 Plenary Speaker and author of Here Comes Everybody -- about how social media will affect the future of nonprofits, specifically about how nonprofits are (and should be) communicating with their members/supporters. If you're an NTEN member with some news, let me know!

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Hopefully, while we improve communication on our end, you all will start to see the endless opportunities for the free, in-depth networking and educational experiences that CoPs will provide. The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

writing on the web regularly to communicate with their audience. tried turning email discussions on listservs into blog posts and opting to record conference call presentations. with each other, and to help them and the community easily share and. Have you ever communicated. information overload may be a problem.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. based consortium of 31 leading international relief, development and conservation nonprofits focused on information and communications technology (ICT) and collaboration. Pick one that fits your size and mission, and addresses technology. NTEN and TechSoup list a few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

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. Blogs, wikis, photo-sharing and other forms of online dialogue (unless posted by authorized Easter Seals personnel) are individual interactions, not corporate communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Laura White wonders whether " Twitter and Facebook, will they change the way we connect and communicate ? Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition. All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

The problem is that many people use the text bullet points templates to communicate their information, rather than the power of visuals to tell their organization's story. See Amy Gahran's advice : I also started an affinity group (listserv) over at N-TEN called Flickr for Nonprofits. (See here , here , and here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. Mobile communications are extremely accessible however, with very few dead zones." She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

After determining the key stakeholders that should be involved in making the hire, gather their visions for the role by asking them questions such as: What hardware, software, communications, and technology-driven systems do we need to function across all of our programs and departments? Screening Candidates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2005

I can communicate with new people who share an interest in my country. s why I started a listserv to help people from Cambodia to learn how to do it. Eath is video blogging her life story. Why did you start vlogging? I think vlogging is an interesting way to express yourself and the right medium for my. How did you learn vlogging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. Since the courses are very interactive, learners gain experience in online communication and teamwork as well as new knowledge in the subject of the course.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Huge lost opportunity by not communicating fundraising expectations when you are bringing people onto your board. It allows an organization to communicate authentically. So it is essentially a vision for the future that illustrates the impact that philanthropic investments will have, and that we can communicate to help inspire support.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this.

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