Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Holly Ross, after her 21-day experiment, now says she's an addict and others are trying to like twitter. All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption ! million users.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

took over the world, people were part of smaller online participatory communities called listservs. Yet even after all these years, many organizations still haven’t mastered how to use listservs in building successful and engaging online communities. The biggest barriers groups face is how to structure listservs.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

Pick Two Social Networks: My two favorite social networks are Twitter and Facebook (Fanpages). Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed.

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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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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

On Twitter , Gebru wrote the note was far from an apology. Last week, Gebru tweeted that the company had abruptly fired her over an email she sent to the Brain and Women Allies listserv. Finally it does not say "I'm sorry for what we did to her and it was wrong." 4 — Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru) December 9, 2020.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs. The development of apps and tools like Act.ly , an online petition tool that leverages Twitter and TweetProgress – a comprehensive list of 4000+ progressives on Twitter. You should follow Frogloop on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

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. Twitter and Nonprofits On January 8th, the next NetTuesday meetup will focus on Twitter and campaign organizing. Details here. Not at all?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

Pick Two Social Networks: My two favorite social networks are Twitter and Facebook (Fanpages). Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. Spend 15 minutes a day talking to the community and cross promoting your campaigns, news, etc.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

Set up a Twitter ' Tweme ' feed so that you can consolidate all of the Tweets of participants at the event. And then Tweet about your blog posts on Twitter. If the event is offline, conduct follow-up online discussion using a simple listserve or a group collaboration tool to keep the lively discussions going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. She describes herself as having a "unhealthy obsession with Twitter." " Indeed, her first post summarized some observations from her research on how museums were using Twitter for her masters thesis.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

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. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

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. Updates from Twitter: Ckreutz points to his del.icio.us I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez). Carmen left me a follow up comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

Iavor works closely with individuals responsible for social media and the web at Local United ways, right now via a listserv that serves as a just-in-time support network for social media and web. I'm also maintain our social media outposts on Twitter and other social networks."

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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. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

I've noticed this in the nptech stream, we have conversations scattered in listservs, forums, blogs, twitter, facebook, myspace, and other social media nooks and crannies. The other day, Chris Brogan left a comment about how conversations online were becoming more distributed and fragmented.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

friends or colleagues in my Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds." " - Example from Marnie Webb on Twitter. - "Bruce Lesley is one of a growing number of nonprofit executive. directors and senior leaders that use Twitter. He uses Twitter to curate information related to his. already have? and budget decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

You need to do both, but as colleagues suggest via Twitter and as Nancy, John, and Etienne lay out in their step-by-step practitioner guide - don't start with the tools. listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.). The first is to feed my inner geek who wants to explore the tools and how to use them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? Alexandra Samuel has a great idea for using twitter - provide updates on how you've changed the world! And now for a chuckle from LOLnptech about twitter.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Ideas for content can be sourced from staff, supporters, other blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and listservs. Looking to other people and channels gives you an idea of what others are talking about and lets you comment on it. Blog posts that reference other sources should include proper attribution via links back to the original source.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

This can include social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin) and industry publications and websites. An association usually hosts the event and will market it on their website, through academic and social forums, through listservs, word-of-mouth, and more. This will also be your ticketing site. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. I tracked Chris down on Twitter ( @lighterfootstep ) and asked him if there were other free feed management tools available. Here's the thread.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

UNF has a YouTube channel and uses Twitter to engage support online. I'm also picking up on the buzz I hear on listservs, Twitter, and directly from you! One tactic is going online. If you're an NTEN member with some news, let me know!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

Public conversation has been happening on the Internet since it started - via listservs, newsgroups, and online forums. about how the social media conversation has shifted again - this time it has moved from Twitter to Friendfeed. Update: There's been a lot of discussion lately.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on. This means that whether they’re coming from Facebook, email, Twitter, or anywhere else, they’ll go to a central webpage to read more or take action. You’re likely using more than one channel to communicate.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

I use an RSS reader to aggregate articles to read, a bookmarking tool (pinboard) to save links of interest, and conversational tools (Twitter and Facebook) to share. Most of the professional networks I belong to online operate using the most antiquated of text-based tools: the listserv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

I mention Andrew because he is seeing if there any Twitter t-shirts that I can take to Cambodia. Some possible uses: I put this out on the SalesForce Nonprofit Practitioners listserv. Then I noticed that Andrew Parker had just tweeted it. (I TechSmith is the maker of my favorite apps, Camtasia and SnagIt. That's the only thing missing.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Way more numbers had already started to circulate in audio-industry listservs when, less than a week ago, a bill was passed to mandate salary disclosures for all job listings in NYC, where many media companies are based. Icing on the cake. -AB. Companies keep trying to take down the radio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

bleeding edge tool, twitter. David Wilcox shares an example of growing divided in the UK nonprofit sector between "traditional" online communities (listservs) and those who are adopting Web2.0 Andy Roberts has a good roundup of advice for encouraging participation on wikis, yet another new kind of online community.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Email listserv signup. Twitter and other social media feeds. You don’t need to have all the bells and whistles, but start with what works best for your mission and purpose of your site. Here are some possible features you could include on your site: Event registration. Blog for content. Shopping cart. Volunteer Information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

leading to an impassioned request for best practices for minimizing damage when this security breaches occur on several listservs. Micro Media: Strategy, Tools, and Techniques A few months ago, Jeremiah Owyang coined a term " MicroMedia ," which is the next evolution of micro blogging (think Twitter).

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Woody launched it with an email to the ASTC listserv--a good group to target for his content. But people who read a listserv aren't necessarily incentivized to contribute to the wiki. This week, she wrote about the balance between participation on the "homebase" (the wiki) and "outposts" (blogs, twitter, discussion forums).

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

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!" All of these tools are cheap and easy to use.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You can also send us a tweet, I’ll keep an eye on Twitter as well. So feel free to get on our mailing listserv or whatever the real phrase is called and stay in touch. I always like to get the weather report. But we love to hear from you. We love for these sessions to be interactive. But don’t sit on those hands.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Twitter | LinkedIn | The post [VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID appeared first on Bloomerang. From 2018 - 2020, she served as the Director of Communications for the Public Relations Society of America's local Hoosier chapter. Prior to that she served on several different committees and in committee chair roles.

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