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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. One of the sub-themes was to point out opportunities to use excel in your social media work flow.

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June #4Change Chat: Local Community Organizing

Amy Sample Ward

Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social. And when we get connected, and can connect our networks with other networks, we get even more social and have huge potential to make great things happen. What metrics are valuable in measuring success of social media tools for organizing?

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery.

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Social Media and Nonprofits: The Line Between NGTD and ROI

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One barrier to adoption of social media tools (and other technologies) is a concern from management or your boss about the value or benefits. I know of no organization in which the benefits of blogging have been measured. And both can be difficult to measure. What is the ROI of the Social Web for Nonprofits?

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Social Media Burnout: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The article goes on to point that while the novelty is wearing off for some social media consumers (aka "younger people" or what has been dubbed "digital natives"), it doesn't necessarily mean that people will stop using them alltogether. And some are cutting back. Steve's post offers some great ideas.

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Book Review: Measuring the Networked Nonprofit

Amy Sample Ward

I recently got my copy of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye Paine. In the foreward, Beth and Katie say that “measurement is the secret sauce; we provide the recipe.” Before I worked at NTEN, I managed the NetSquared program at TechSoup Global. ” And that they do!

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Next Year's NTC in New Orleans is Here! I'm a session designer!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm presenting on a few panels, coordinating the Day of Service (have done this since 2002 as a paid consultant), and designing a panel on Social Media and ROI. I've been blogging and tracking conversations about social media measurement and ROI over the last few months. s part of the fun.)

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