Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Posterous: BigCatRescue.posterous.com.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

You may have noticed: Social media seems to be the talk of nonprofits for the past few years. A quick scan of nonprofit-focused publications and websites, as well as the session topics at nonprofit conferences, will confirm that organizations are interested in how to use social media. Nonprofits and Social Media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. The above visual is a social network. Each dot represents a person or in network jargon, a node. Who are the influencers?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. 1) Set up and prioritize LinkedIn Pages in your social media strategy.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Here are five essential, efficient ways to eliminate guesswork and make your startup a success on social media. Strategy Adopted: Leveraging Social Media Analytics. On social media, you can pinpoint an audience in real-time. Before you can afford staff dedicated to social media, spread the duties around.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. Here are a few reasons why using multiple social networking platforms doesn’t just mean you repeat your effort. Community First.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. As social media, marketing and communications, and fundraising types continue to download and read the report we’re seeing more interest in the value nonprofits are placing on a Facebook Like (i.e.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

59% of Gen Zs are inspired to donate to charity by a message/image they saw on social media. hours a day on their smartphones and can not remember a time before the internet or social media. [ Global Web Index ]. years. [ Influence Central ]. Gen Zs get their first social media accounts at an average age of 11.4

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Social media can be the handiest new gadget in an organization's tactical toolbox -- but how can you be sure that the time and dollars you are investing in it are really paying off? But what about equally important intangibles, such as increasing your organization's influence or shifting the public debate on your key issues?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2010

Based on the discussion threads in my Facebook page , I’ve updated my mega list of tools in my social media listening and engaging instructional wiki. NutshellMail : About a month or so ago, Manny Hernandez mentioned this free tool as a social media time saver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Note from Beth: In this post, Craig offers a few tips on using social media for nonprofits. Folks, if you check out the infographic ( click here for full version ), there’s one big lesson: effective use of social media has little to do with size or funding. It has to do with engaging your audience. Craig Newmark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2014

My colleague, Alexandra Samuel, has published a report over at Vision Critical based on integrating survey data with consumers actual social media usage versus self-reporting. So, in other words, research respondents opt-in to integrating their answers with their social media profiles. Let’s dig in.

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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. When possible, I get a list of attendees at workshops or conferences, and I visit their web sites and social media outposts. Effective Social Media. Example: Red Cross.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 19, 2010

There is no end to the challenges of social media for nonprofits. How can we identify the "influencers"? Which social media tools are best? How can we keep our personal and professional lives separate online? read more ).

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Social media isn’t a platform to generate sales, but a powerful medium for generating demand for your business. Here are seven ways to use social media to improve the quality of your email list. Offer relevant promotions. Participate in targeted groups. Use paid advertising to boost content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Thought leaders drive conversations – online and off, influence others, and shape perceptions in their field. They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. Using social media isn’t just a distraction, it amplifies and enhances the work your CEO is already doing.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. What is social media? -

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TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

We all know social media is the preferred means of connecting among millennials. According to Twitter, 80% of millennials are accessing Twitter through their mobile phoen at least once per day, with 15% of millennial users accessing the social network over 10 times per day. Image courtesy of The telegraph.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

We’ve seen a growing number of organizations looking for ways to raise funds using social media with varying success. Consider starting with engaging event fundraisers and providing tools such as AddThis or ShareThis for them to promote their fundraising efforts on their own social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2010

This morning Allison Fine and I got up extra early for a Bagels and Books Event for The Networked Nonprofit at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service here in NYC. At book events, one of the most common themes we hear from nonprofits is about the fear that organizational leaders have about social media.

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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

APRIL 13, 2010

Social Media Measurement Tips View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I had a lot of fun doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." Our task was to present practical and tactical information about social media using metaphors that related to housewives.

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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? So, how can you quantify - as close as possible - the amount of time it takes to put social media in practice with good results? In A Museum? It's so hard and you could cop out with "It depends."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

I'm not saying that social media is harmful to your brain or an addiction. (Well, maybe for those people who Twitter on their mobile phones while on the toilet ). I have found posts where brain researchers equate the how the brain functions to social networks. For example, Carol Torgan, Ph.D, That's impressive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The goal is to help participants create a social media strategy AND take a deep dive into the tactics and tools of social media. I've come up with synthesis - a worksheet, how-to points, and resources that would guide an organization to think strategically about social media. Identify Objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

Note from Beth: Social media is not a waste a time, but there are ways to waste your time. If you know of other tools (or tips) that make you more efficient managing content, engagement, and tracking on social media, please share them in the comments. So Many Social Networks, So Little Time.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

She's working on her Capstone and wanted to hear a few of my opinions about the impact of social media on the nonprofit sector. Do you believe the use of social media helps nonprofit organizations to achieve their mission and goals more effectively? Social media is about relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The rise of social media has also given rise to online giving on cause awareness and giving days. The rise of social media has inspired in-the-moment fundraising on cause awareness and giving days. million mentions on social media). million mentions on social media). are still available.

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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.&#. Are they enhanced by social media? For example, what is being tweeted about the use of social media.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 18, 2009

There are 7 things identified by Mediagiest that are benefits of social media. In addition, these small groups will be able to gain an increasing amount of social capital and influence if their activities become viral. Social media is a new power and it comes in two flavors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

In our book, Networked Nonprofit , we describe the principles for becoming a networked nonprofit – a nonprofit that is simple, agile, transparent, and works more like a network than an isolated fortress. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. Their impact is to make the world a better place.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2022

Social media is no longer a novel concept, so you’ve probably seen firsthand the impact influencers can have. Experts and popular advocates will support the organizations they care about on social media and market that organization to their thousands — or in some cases, millions — of followers. Industry experts.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

New platforms like Crowdrise , Razoo , HelpAttack and many others are springing up along side establish platforms like Friends Asking Friends to help passionate individuals raise money through their social networks for causes they support. It’s called the Davie-Brown Index.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s no secret that social media has experienced incredible growth over the last couple of years. 67% of online adults use social networks, according to Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. In addition, almost all nonprofits have a social media presence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. 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.

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