Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning site? Community Media Workshop???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. Chris's post gives a condensed history of Feedburner and how the need for its services has changed given the social media landscape over the past 5 years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

I was curious how a large national network with local affiliates approaches a social media strategy in a networked way. Iavor says they started with an over arching strategy, "We had to think through what we do as a brand in the social space and how it relates to our business goals so we could deploy social media strategically."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

WOMM (word of mouth marketing) and earned media should be key components of any communications plan to market your nonprofit’s website. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. YouTube Nonprofit Program: YouTube.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

As with all popular communications channels, sometimes social media gets a bad rep. While it's true that social media is not a silver bullet for major list growth or mega fundraising yet, it is helping to strengthen social justice movements. Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

WOMM (word of mouth marketing) and earned media should be key components of any communications plan to market your nonprofit’s website. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

Photo by SCFiasco on Flickr. A great big thank you to Ryan over at PICnet for this hack -- I can now move my NTEN Affinity Groups emails over the reader. This, of course, assumes that haven't reaced the point of RSS reader overload and I can successfully shift my email reading habit.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Church Technology Listservs. I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group. Another is the ChurchMgmtSoftware listserv. Most of them are social media quick guides for using things like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Keep your supporters and donors updated on the progress you’re making in real time via email and on social media. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Close the loop.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One of the most common questions we see on nonprofit listservs is: “Who’s the current op-ed editor at such-and-such-outlet?” This is one of the many tools you can find in the M+R Toolshed. Head on over there to see what other resources we have for nonprofit communications and marketing professionals!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv. Andrew is already cooking up some big changes for next year’s conference, so don’t miss out. right here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Last month, in a blog post that I wrote called " RSS As Information Coping Tool " - experimented with switching some my listserv subscriptions to RSS reader. Makes sense to really think about whether an information source/listserv is giving you value or not. But, not all listserv RSS feeds are a like!

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M+R

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One of the most common questions we see on nonprofit listservs is: “Who’s the current op-ed editor at such-and-such-outlet?” This is one of the many tools you can find in the M+R Toolshed. Head on over there to see what other resources we have for nonprofit communications and marketing professionals!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

As Marnie Webb put it, to participate in this network, you simply has to raise your hand and be willing to meet people in a bar to talk about social media and social change. Some of the lessons learned include: -Could have provided the Netsquared community with more tools to do their work like listserves, web sites, etc.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds). Start thinking about success stories that you can share with your organization. to get success stories. is going end-of-life!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2007

This is a resource directory and social networking space for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative, a 4-year funded project going into its 2nd year. This person will also oversee G4C's online presence, listserv, and future social networking space. For detailed info see here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. There was also a good post on Social Media Today by Collin Douma that looked at Best Practices for Facebook Fan Pages. Social Media Today, Best Practices for Facebook Pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I've been doing Internet skills training workshops since 1995 and way back when I used to do one called "Digital Literacy" which was all about how to use email, listservs, and Internet search functions. I have in the past tried to access email from listservs that had RSS feeds. changing habits is another story).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. He has since started doing freelance work on his own at rootwork.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

Hat tip, Katrin Verclas - NTEN Discuss listserv (yes I still read listservs). The NOSO experience offers a unique opportunity to create NO Connections by scheduling NO Events with other NO Friends.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2011

Beyond the Center, there are also dozens of listservs, blogs, and electronic "hallways" devoted to philanthropy, nonprofit leadership and management, volunteerism, and other facets of the social sector. Our Center's AZGates web-based knowledge platform is a free service that links grantmakers and grantseekers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

We’re going to start a listserv and take some initial steps to become our own combination of learning community and support group. Luckily, the learning, evaluation and knowledge management pioneers want to keep talking and meeting. We’re happy to carry over some additional chairs to widen the circle so you can join too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

About six months ago, we connected via a listserv I posted to and she emailed me privately to say hello. I interviewed educators in five countries on a multi-media conferencing platform, using over Internet. More than ten years ago, I met Janet Salmons the founder of Vision2Lead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

Here's a description of the series: As media, politics, and civic activity shift online, a new cadre of opinion leaders is stepping forward to shape public discourse about nature protection and pollution control. This week, I???ll ll interview five of them ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's the same kind of impatience I feel reading email from listservs -- only because my RSS reader makes scanning and reading a lot of information very eficient. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2006

via an email from Dirk Slater posted to Rider-News listserv. comes TechCamp for Organizers brought to you by Progressive Technology Project. Looks like a tad more structured than barcamp

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

The conference may be hosted in a live stream format or with an integrated social media component. This can include social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin) and industry publications and websites. A Cache of Pre-recorded Media. Another great reason to host a virtual conference is for pre-recorded media.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit. A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Whether podcasting or maintaining a website, the amount of content you create makes your Groundswell Social Technographic group a valuable target for social media marketers. It is a valuable way to think how your nonprofit's target audience fits into the social media landscape. Now turn off the computer, your family misses you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

The "bacn" from this program was sent to a listserv, and it annoyed people on the list. I've gotten too many messages from colleagues that have the subject line "Do We Read The Same Books" and it encourages you to sign up for a social software called Shelfari.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

There are grassroots groups on social media, listservs, and informal peer groups for users of various Blackbaud products. Having the support and encouragement to scrub data or write down basic data-related procedures will get your data person on the path to good data management. How do I harness my data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

After posting a query about various conferences people attended on some peer listservs, I got only one reply with four more leads -- two of which I had discovered via cha cha guide and search engine by digging deeper into the leads provided. Wow, better than a listserv! Okay, it is time to actually do some (billable) work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

Brands, media companies and dedicated individuals can all become curators. Snacker: As conversations and resources become more distributed -- some on social networks, some in tag streams, some on listservs, or blogs -- and the rise of micro media - some people just snack on information -bouncing or multi-tasking from one bit to another.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2006

Here's a few vendors mentioned on the listserv: Live Office Conference Call ReadyTalk Conference calls and web conferencing. So, here's a quick summary of good stuff that was shared on the N-TEN discuss list today about conference calls. Free Conference Calls - for simple needs. FreeConferenceCall - for simple needs. You can also.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Will Coley , founder of Aquifer Media. Thurman has been blogging about leadership, nonprofits, and social media since 2007. Promotion should be done via an organization's website, on social media, and even in staff email signatures and on business cards. Melissa Schilling , writer and photographer for Project Hope Art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. I was multi-tasking scraping the archives of some nonprofit listservs to see what else might turn up. The final list will be available over at the client's workspace on Omidyar, a wiki-like space. I thanked her.

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