Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. 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. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez).

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

One that really speaks to me is the point that “measurement helps nonprofits understand and improve their social networks.” I am giving away a copy of Beth and Katie’s book to be sure that I do my part to spread the knowledge and share the insights. Why the dog photo? Get your copy!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

NPtech Colleagues: @zanarama Zan McColloch Lussier @ericamills Erica Mills @seattledrury Peter Drury photo by Akhtar. Photo by Microsoft Global Citizenship. I used their problems to share a few points about how to begin to address those challenges, holding the space for other participants to add their knowledge.

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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. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Their mother might be in one of those photos.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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The Next Web

APRIL 29, 2013

You guarded your trade secrets, kept your business-plan to yourself and used your knowledge to your advantage. There is room for more than one social network, photo-sharing app or technology news blog. It is a cute quote and generally makes people smile. But is it true? It used to be true, for sure.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay You use social networks at work, right? In fact, we want you to tell us all about it in a survey about social network use by nonprofits that we're running with Common Knowledge and ThePort. > It's okay to admit it. > Take the Survey ! > Take the Survey !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Make sure you promote them in a way that is both effective and appealing, with clear descriptions and attractive photos. Trivia themes that are relevant to their interests and knowledge can generate a competitive atmosphere. You can also take photos and share videos on social media to make this more of a community event.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Nonprofits are taking advantage of this technology; according to the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey by NTEN, Common Knowledge & Blackbaud, the average nonprofit’s fan or follower base grew by 30 percent on Facebook and 81 percent on Twitter in 2011. Asking never hurt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Photo by Mill Zero. NTEN's WeAreMedia project has been discussing and building six tactical modules on social media - the practical tips and resources you need before you start to focus on the tools. This week, we're talking about Module 5: Social Networks (and widgets) for Community Building, Taking Action and/or Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

Photo by Nic's Events. I put out a query for examples of blogging and social network/media policies for nonprofits and got lots of good examples. " To my knowledge, no one had ever told employees that they were allowed to talk about their job before. That got me thinking about the process for developing the policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I'd also include your individual social networking profile which can be a great way to spread buzz (or spread yourself too thin.) (10-15 Share Your Story: You share the impact of your organization's programs through blogging, podcasting, sharing photos on Flickr, or YouTube or other video sharing site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Jek in the Box. The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for peer knowledge sharing, but we hope to distinguish it from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls. We launched the Zoetica Salon this week. One thing we’re trying to do is model abundant behavior.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. Use a large font size for title and body content: npca.org. Prioritize image and video content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. Use a large font size for title and body content: npca.org. Prioritize image and video content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

Photo by Eric Eugene Kim. Guest blogger, Patti Anklam , author of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World , explores the role of organizational leadership in a network world. Social media in its many forms – blogs, Twitter, social networking sites, wikis, etc. –

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2021

Among all that auditory stimulation, if someone added alt text to their photo, you might hear something like “John and I standing with our ankles in the water at the beach. The result, Danielle McCann, the social media coordinator for the National Federation of the Blind, tells me, can be pretty funny.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

The Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report , our joint project with Common Knowledge and thePort, told you that 86% of nonprofits have a presence on Facebook. Tags: facebook NPTech NTEN Social Media. What it doesn't tell you is whether or not those Fan Pages are meeting their organizations' goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

The participants, most of them women, are exposed to a variety of tech tools, which are easy to adopt and help in organizing community activities, such as: messaging via cell phones, mapping tools, remote conferencing, arranging meetings for large groups, social networking, and more. link] (photo by me).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

Courtesy of Katya Andresen, publisher of Getting to the Point I am asked almost weekly how to convince nonbelievers in an organization give social networking efforts a try. There is no shame in gaining knowledge from mistakes – for you, or your boss. Flickr photo credit: cbcastor by CC Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

He printed photos posted on Instagram to document a large gathering in Sweden. Instagram is a photo-sharing app (for Android phones and the iPhone) that has a built-in social network. Like Twitter, you can add searchable hashtags (like #event2012), and then view all photos with that particular hashtag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

Photo by Eurleif. I was Jill of all trades, assisting with a wide range of technology needs, from training to installing local area networks. (Yes, We've been seeing the end of the era of free social media applications over the past few months. I've been working in nonprofit technology since 1992. So, if era of free 2.0

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2010

Having a venue from which your organization can share its knowledge will expand your audiences, and build a robust internal culture. If writing doesn’t appeal to everyone, you may want to enlist your colleagues to publish photos, audio or video. Tags: Online Marketing Social Networking Trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

Photo from Ian Kennedy. I met Ian Kennedy who is the product manager at MyBlogLog, a blogger social network. " An activity stream is a feed of recent activities by your blog friends on various social networks - blog posts, new photos, bookmarks on Delicious, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

I use knowledge trees, outlines, and focused thinking to identify what I need to learn and questions I need to ask. What role does social media play in it? Many years ago before the digital cameras and children, my husband used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography.

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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. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes. Some are tool specific The Twitter Ladder or the Facebook Ladder or it may describes different levels of engagement across channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Photo by Media Fury Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks first published in 1979. This interactive webinar experience will begin with a plenary session providing an overview of social media strategy, organizational adoption issues, capacity, metrics, and strategy execution. Online Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. But many nonprofits are using Ning for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and learning. Build off your existing brand. s about more than raising money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

It made me think about another digital divide - for those who don't have the Internet connection or haven't yet engaged on Twitter - the knowledge divide. The question I was asked had to do with the demographics of social media. The consultant also pointed out that flickr photo I used seemed to indicate that the percentage are low.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Photo by M. The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. Schenekenberg. This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches.

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Care2

JULY 2, 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!" link] SocialToo: Creates surveys and tracks social media stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

In order to pull off this event, we need not only need enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers, but strong local partners who serve as our bridge to the local community of nonprofits. Photos: Lydia Mann - Flickr. We were lucky to work with the Georgia Center for Nonprofits , IfPeople , and TechBridge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

My social media plans for 2010 involve 1) developing my own knowledge and skill set, 2) helping to develop a strategy for my organization- Metro United Way in Louisville, KY - and 3) teaching within my organization to develop the knowledge and skills of others. Erin even wrote a little poetry as part of her entry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2008

Photo by Mayr. Ah, those intangible benefits that many of us identify related to some technologies, say Social Networking sites, that are difficult, if not impossible to quantify, and often lead us to wonder whether it is all waste of time because there is now ROI. Do you agree that ROI isn't just about the numbers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Photo by Ben Golub. Online seminars that teach non-profits how to use social networking tools is also very helpful as is assigning mentors to projects, which Pepsi will be doing in their program. so too should a body of knowledge be developed about contests for good.

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