Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Instead, I’m going to be presenting by proxy: the wonderful and talented John Haydon will be walking you through my slides. About the event: Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. They can even help elect a new president.). Attend in person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

TechSoup has just published the second article on a three-part series on Social Networks and Nonprofits. The first article, Should Your Organization Use Social Networking Sites? Signs that a social networking site might work ??? or not work ??? This thinking approach keeps us from fondling the hammer.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

You’ll gain some interesting and actionable insights that will help guide how you create content and manage your website with a focus on SEO. Can Social Media Help Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Efforts? Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. Finally, there are icons for SMS that you can download and integrate with your social networking icons on your website and your blog. Use Bit.ly

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AUGUST 24, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. And for good reason: I love tools that help make quality content and storytelling something that all of us can create.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times.

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NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

Include links to your website and other social networks. Most schools (and nonprofits) have a long history of helping the community through impacting the people they serve. Most schools (and nonprofits) have a long history of helping the community through impacting the people they serve. Add milestones.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

Blood and Milk » Blog Archive » Ushahidi, Twitter, and the future of foreign aid – Alanna's post is a great example of the power of networks, social media, and open systems. It's about having a CONVERSATION with people who care about your work and can help you reach your goals. Great slides.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

This will help build trust with supporters, making them more likely to give again. When you’re communicating with your supporters, be sure to include the following data from this helpful solution: The donor’s preferred name. Highlighting your donors in a photo album or digital slide show. On social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

This was one of the best webinars I've attended (not just because I helped co-produce it) because there was so much resource sharing happening in the comments. Online safety quizzes can help you assess how much your audience already knows and what topics they might need more training in. Slide Decks and Activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet? ” that I will be presenting at the Social Media for Nonprofits. Your content strategy is essential to the success of an integrated social media strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Several websites were set up to help family members find out information about each other in the chaos. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? In my presentations, I use a slide from Nina Simon's blog post called " How Much Time Does It Take To Do Web2.0 Tools to help you participate are Twitter and Co-Comment. In A Museum?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities. Integrate Social Media into Secondary Pages. Icons and buttons have strong appeal and impact in Web 2.0 Overall, avoid clutter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

Join me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. Last week, I was in NYC to deliver a keynote with Allison Fine about our book, The Networked Nonprofit. My slides are above and my reflections are below. An Impressive Week-Long Learning and Networking Event for Nonprofits.

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AUGUST 28, 2014

As we all know, the nonprofit tech community is loaded with smart and thoughtful organizers who give their time and efforts to help the rest of us do the good work we do. The presentation slides have been uploaded to Slideshare. We learn new community organizing tips and tools from them all the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. I invited him to help with the research for the keynote. When possible, I get a list of attendees at workshops or conferences, and I visit their web sites and social media outposts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

I like Rashmi's new slide show, especially the title. It helped me clarify some fuzzy thoughts about social networking, pattern analysis, and information overload. The general overview: Friend of A Friend Model: 2002 Let's connect on LinkedIn so we can help each other with referrals. A community tag stream.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

They are most likely already sharing great stories about your organization on their social media streams and making suggestions to their friends and followers about how awesome your organization’s programs are. Talent Acquisition: NPR uses social media channels to help with staff recruitment and talent pipeline development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

I think this was the point that Peter Deitz was making in his slide show " I am not an ATM Machine: Your Charity from the Donor Perspective." How can we look at this from an networked organization perspective? This slide shows the different type of relationships and shift in thinking. Social Relationship Development.

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MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. See the slide deck below and notes from the panelists: WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore. Network for Good : $29.95/month

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

On Friday November 4 , 300 nonprofit and social good professionals gathered at the Marines’ Memorial Hotel and Club in San Francisco for Social Media for Nonprofits – a national conference series on the use of social media for social good. Upcoming Social Media for Nonprofits Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Beth Dunn’s presentation covers the basics, complete with case studies, and suggests Quick start and Advanced Quick Start tactics to launch your nonprofit into social media. Social Media for Non Profits Primal Media’s sideshow is loaded with information on trends, recent statistics, and examples of social media used by nonprofits.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Add visual variety by highlighting new photos, captions, and links in the slide rotation every week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

As an activist and evangelist for creative commons ' values and tools, I want to play a major role in helping to ensure that our culture remains as free and accessible as possible. I donated $75 so I could get the t-shirt and photograph myself in it - and added it to all my social networking profiles. He's only 8 too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

" So, I have been immersed in boiling down 50 days of socially-networked fundraising strategies and stories into a succinct and engaging presentation about the America's Giving Challenge. and use the same slides?" " If you look at my slideshare collection, I have like 50 different slide shows.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

Include links to your website and other social networks. Most schools (and nonprofits) have a long history of helping their community. If you haven’t yet, think of at least five milestones that help tell your story, then hop over to Facebook and fill them in. Add milestones. Use photos as much as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

Peter Deitz, of Social Actions , is an expert on micro philanthropy and social fundraising. If you want to learn about this topic, you must read his blog and his slide presentations are not to be missed: Peter Deitz, Personal Fundraising Presentation. If the Social Actions automated wizard. Here's more. Here's one thing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches. While it is a feature of many social sharing sites, often times those very sites do not provide beginner-friendly instructions on how to use tags effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Help Me Send Leng Sopharath To College in Good Health! Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. Social Media In An Economic Downturn.

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