Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thus, over the next three weeks I am going to blog a series of fundraising and social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs with the hope that I can use my experience and my social networks to be of service. Of course, being based in the U.S.,

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2012

When it comes to technology, it's often assumed that smaller organizations just don't have the resources to use the tools and services that larger nonprofits do. Up-to-date computers on a working network? We see it year after year in our IT Staffing Survey – unless, as it turns out, you are talking about social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

So, how can you quantify - as close as possible - the amount of time it takes to put social media in practice with good results? " It does take more time in the beginning if you're just acquiring the skill with a particular tool. Also, the categories have overlap in terms of tools. And for spreading buzz for that matter).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

But we’re also using social technologies which made think of the various “Ladders of Engagement&# that communications strategist use to shape a campaign. Some are tool specific The Twitter Ladder or the Facebook Ladder or it may describes different levels of engagement across channels. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media. However, I know there is a lot of expertise and knowledge about social media and nonprofit use out there. So, in the spirited of social media, I want to know what your brilliant thought is.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. 19) Trivia night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Peer exchanges help participants not only form good habits, but they also naturally start to collaborate and work in a networked way. Also, networked learning or peer learning is a person-to-person learning and therefore it is important to establish connections and points of reciprocity during the face-t0-face session.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Twitter Twitter has long been a tool for organizing and bringing people together around topics of interest. Rapleaf has an API for personalization that provides you some knowledge of your constituents. The majority of nonprofits use email as a primary method of communicating with their constituents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

One of my main projects this past year, and continuing into 2015 was to serve as the facilitator for a learning network of community foundations who are hosting Giving Days, funded by the Knight Foundation. To be successful as a facilitator in a peer learning isn’t about subject matter expertise, although having that knowledge helps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

And for expert level knowledge, read these blog posts about FriendFeed that Louis Gray has bookmarked.). Some participated in the formal experiment I designed which involved a quick knowledge sharing task. Beth Dunn shared Social Media Club: Join Our FriendFeed Room and Kill A Mailing List. A: They talk about tools!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Battle Non Profit submitted by Beth Kanter Using just one special ingredient (a small in-need non profit), three web teams will meet in the heat of Austin to craft an exceptional meal, featuring a tasty new homepage design, a well-seasoned fundraising email and a perfectly balanced social networking plan. Who will prevail?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

Over 80% of all adults under 50 use social networking sites of some kind. But the days of these donors only having knowledge of, and contact with your organization through personal face-to-face interaction are long gone. Provide information about alternate methods of donating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2007

One barrier to adoption of social media tools (and other technologies) is a concern from management or your boss about the value or benefits. at the moment it's a tool for individuals to express their somewhat random musings. If anything this tool has detracted from productivity, not increased it. What's the roi?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

We have to make the implicit knowledge of how to do this explicit so that the knowledge can spread more quickly. The tool that we are working on provides this support. In short, the beta tool (described in more detail below) shapes the DNA of the right kind of story. Some intuitively know and use the new model.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The purpose of my thesis was two-fold: To research and analyze community and civic engagement practices, methods, theories and examples in other museum programs. This can be accomplished through a variety of feedback methods conducted both inside and outside the museum. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Peter's analysis of my "method" made me stop and take a look at what my "method" really is because, certainly, it has not been strategically planned out or even really considered until now! This was interesting to me -- that people joined the Facebook social networking site specifically because I (Lend4Health) was there.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. First, as with Bitcoin, the distributed ledger method is an ideal way of tying credits to individual learners’ accounts, reducing the potential for counterfeiting credits. You’ll notice that right away below the fold. Innovation Trigger.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Search engines constantly scour the web for information using this method -- but bots are also used by those nasty folks on the web that like to steal your information or trash your website. Social networking sites are the next and prime targets for cyber do-no-gooders. Careful about buying cheap software from unknown sources.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

There are, however, specific strategies and tools that will position you for success in the hiring process. Remember to include both hard skills (specific knowledge and technical qualifications) and soft skills (behavioral characteristics, personality traits, and attributes of work style). Needs Assessment. Screening Candidates.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2011

And, some may even want to become involved by contributing to your cause, sharing knowledge, experience, or contacts, and/or financially. Of course, there's a lot of competition out there among social networking sites, but you should know that according to eBizMBA Inc. -

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

I may just be cynical, but I’ve seen too many technology providers claim that their tools will help organizations raise money, engage volunteers, mobilize action, or generally address organizational challenges in ways that only the internet is suited to do. The rules are changing, so whatever assumptions or knowledge we have needs updating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc. They use many more devices, channels, and tools then "regular" people. supports for the sharing of connectivity, information, knowledge and power. I'm struck by this.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

We had to rely on those staff for their technical knowledge. We have tried numerous methods with varying results, but learn from it each time. We have seen growth in metrics, attendance at trainings, increase in requests for access to tools, suggestions for improvement and a general shift in culture. Think back 10-15 years.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Congressional offices are overwhelmed with the significant increase in volume and the diversity of delivery methods used by advocate organizations. Surprisingly, 53% of congressional staffers still believe that advocacy campaigns of identical form messages are sent without constituents’ knowledge or approval. Social Media.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" said Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation. Sounds fun right?

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