Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The other day I wrote a post called " Social Not Working and Other Social Networking Challenges " riffing on a post by Jeremiah Owyang who summarized the challenges - the flip side of social networking exuberance and really just a normal part of the technology hype curve. Social not -working???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. Friendraising Not Fundraising If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

Let’s step back a minute and consider why a nonprofit or social benefit group wants to include social networking as part of a social media strategy. Why would your organization want to have a presence on a social network? Go where the community already is! Instead, go where they have already set up shop.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Use social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. There are a few different reasons we offer contests: to recruit riders to join the ride and promote the event, to raise more funds, and to promote our social networking sites with re-tweets and fan ‘likes’. They: Register early. Belong to a team.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

There is a lot of hype around new digital channels, but little evidence is published to back this up. Here is the evidence from one global campaign in 2010 to demonstrate how different digital channels compared. I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?" Should we use Twitter and Mobile?" "Is

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Get super stoked, because we are hype. Kanye West , also known as Ye, is buying niche social network Parler in a deal that will see the musician, fashion mogul, and controversy generator buy the service — but not the infrastructure that powers it. And it makes us here on the show look good! Hell yeah, this is our Monday show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. We are in the very early stages of how nonprofits and social activists can leverage social networking applications for good causes and just learning what works and what doesn't. s the secret sauce?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. People had joined the social network primarily for the visual experience – not to read. Write Good Captions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Some of the new tools now being launched to create a single profile that can be used across social networks will as analysts predict make social networks like air. According to Paula Kahumbu, Executive Director, their approach to fundraising was to build a worldwide online conservancy community.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 22, 2014

Jelly is basically a cherry-picked combination of features which already exist within social media tools and networks like Quora, Pinterest and Instagram, but Jelly has been has been created by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone which explains the hype around its launch. . Create early hype for a new product of service.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Care2

MAY 28, 2011

If you work in Communications, escaping the latest hype around social media can be tough. Population Does Not Spend Their Day Using Social Media. More Resources: Social Media: A Bubble About to Burst. An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns. Fear of Missing Out. Is It Worth It?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

As she says, “ Go one way, and you risk overstating the influence, go the other and you’re dismissed as assuming individuals in the Arab world incapable of leveraging social media tools for organizing.&#.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 23, 2009

Tips for Using the Web, E-mail and Social Networking to Net Wired Wealthy Donors : By Abny Santicola : FundRaising Success: "In the session 'Taking Leadership Online: What's Hype and What Works in Online Fundraising' at Fund Raising Day in New York 2009 presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater New York Chapter in early June, (..)

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

One part definition, one part aspiration, one part hype In recent months you may have heard about something called the metaverse. Microsoft’s Minecraft gets less hype than Roblox these days, but it enables similar activities through modding. Didn’t we have a whole metaverse hype cycle around Second Life in the ‘00s?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

The question: "When will online fundraising using social media and social networks become more than just a niche source of income?" " I believe social media will become as ubiquitous to development offices. as is the phone, direct mail, and email. In the next decades, we???

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Among those was the audio social network TTYL , a sort of “ Clubhouse for friends.” Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store. Like many apps now, it smartly leveraged the TikTok hype cycle to drive App Store preorders. “Poparazzi was maybe the 11th or 12th app that we built,” Alex says.

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Care2

JANUARY 27, 2014

And if you look at their website right now, you will find that some of their headlines are simpler and not the hyped up "and you won''t believe what happened next.". Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' What about Facebook?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. National Wildlife Federation , for example, is very active on various social networking websites and they immediately appeared in several places on my Jumo page. Is Jumo Worth The Hype? So What and Who Cares.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2022

After years of unbelievable growth, you’d probably expect that TikTok has taken plenty of user activity from competing social networks — the Facebooks, the Snapchats, etc. This week, after months of teasing/rumors/hype, the company announced its first phone — the aptly named Phone (1). TikTok is eating…what?

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2012

It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. Is that responsible social change? The issue is complex.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2007

That's a diagram I created to illustrate Gartner's Technology Hype Cycles. Social Networks is the killer app of social media and Facebook is the most enjoyable place I have yet seen to meet people with whom I share common interests. " He points to some early warning signs, but admits he doesn't have a crystal ball.

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The Verge

MAY 10, 2021

Nobuo Uematsu (known for his many compositions to the Final Fantasy series): gets me hyped to defeat some bad guys (after I am finished driving, of course). Trent Reznor (of the band Nine Inch Nails, and composer for The Social Network , Watchmen , and Soul [alongside Atticus Ross]): ambient, creeping dread.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2010

Fundraising: How We Combine Email, Social _Media, and Phones to Reach. The Hype and the Potential of Social Network Fundraising . Million Online Supporters . Trends in Online Fundraising: What We Can Learn From the Data .

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The funds will go toward charitable causes and WT.Social, a donation-backed social network that Wales launched in 2019. Wales’ WT.social platform is an experiment in paid social networking, but not in the style of systems like Friends With Benefits that restrict access with high-priced cryptocurrency tokens.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Set up a chatroom on your website or through a “messenger” feature on your most active social networks for your community to be able to connect with each other. It will also give your emcee plenty of time to hype the performance or keynote speaker, with multiple requests for funding along the way. Fun and games.

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Forum One

MAY 26, 2009

We are excited about the upcoming June 4 event, " Beyond the Hype: Government 2.0 We'll learn how different federal agencies are blogging, holding online meetings, using social media, and implementing social networks to accomplish their missions. Click here to register.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

At issue is that Apple updated its developer guidelines this week, one of which “seeks rent on revenue made by social networks around promoted posts.”. ’s new prime minister will live up to the hype he’s received from the crypto community. techcrunch+. 5 tips for launching in a crowded web3 gaming market.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

With that in mind, Sesamm enables businesses to track textual data from across the web — including news portals, NGO reports and social networks — and convert this into actionable insights. Supply chain Sesamm founders Pierre Rinaldi, Sylvain Forté and Florian Aubry.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Can True Activism Be Fostered Through Social-Networking Sites? Gladwell's article in this week's New Yorker magazine, criticizing the hype about social media's ability to stir social movements, is drawing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Hype or ripe? Meanwhile, the social network is said to be reversing a political ad ban to bolster up its revenue , Ivan reports. .” 5 failure points between $5M and $100M in ARR.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2011

As you've probably heard, they created their own social media site, Google+. It is still in its Beta testing phase, so its not fully released, but the amount of hype surrounding it is enormous. So Google finally did it. "), clearing up page clutter, and making me a happy blogger. What do you think of Google+?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. I wholeheartedly agree !

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Care2

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

This new show is the brainchild of some really smart social media practitioners and consultants from various industries, and the purpose of the show is to debunk some of the social media bubble/hype around various issues. The tone will be irreverent, but the concerns we have are very real.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

And please, remember the technology hype-cycle. (I’ve 4) List growth - Do you have a strategy and budget to continually grow your email list at least as fast as people come off of it? I’ve included it here in fact). I prefer to avoid the trough of disillusionment and hold out for the slope of enlightenment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. While the plugin makes it easy to expand your network, you have to think about your contact acquisition behavior.

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