Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. This post summarizes the results and a few insights about social media fundraising and network strategies as a way to share back what I learned and to help bring some closure.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

Create Imagery for Social Media. If you’re struggling to come up with high-quality imagery for your social media posts, AI image generators can help. This is a great way to stand out on social media and get more people to engage with your posts. Up close and personal sad turtle pic. 13 per image.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause. They mention why they are doing the challenge, the disease, and their personal connection. They also tag their friends. It is a reminder to have some good examples ready for your champions and supporters to emulate.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. Contrary to popular belief, successful social media accounts are not run off-the-cuff!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2012

Hulk (fill in the blank) Twitter accounts are popping up all over Twitter, the latest Twitter meme. The HULK meme has many variations and spotted easily on many social media channels like pinterest and YouTube to name a few. . HULK WILL BEFRIEND THIS PERSON BECAUSE IT IS NOT WHO I AM, I AM HULK! HULK STRATEGIC.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

A new whitepaper by Jonny Bentwood, a PR consultant for Edelman, Distributed Influence: Quantifying the Impact of Social Media. The white paper is based on a roundtable held last year with a number of social media experts. Maybe the phrase "meme lurker" is better? There's a lot to digest here.

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Greater Giving

MAY 12, 2021

Interactions delivered during the solicitation phase come in many shapes and forms and through many different communication methods, like the phone, social media, direct mail, text message, etc. Connect with your donors regularly through a variety of social media networks and via text with a variety of messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

And, as you know being successful with social media is the opposite of that." I first became aware of it from a nonprofit blog meme from 2005 started by Ed Batista. How does the culture shift from closed to open to leverage the success of social media? . What are the cautions?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

In fact, according to Nielson , 92% of people claim they trust personal recommendations and other earned media, while just over half trust messages found on a company’s website or sent via email. These are your social media ambassadors. . Social media aims to connect people with people. It’s that simple. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. This is the Social = Me First meme , I have spoken on widely. Individuals, notably, adopt them for their own purposes.

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MAY 11, 2022

According to the CDC, “A person can experience poor mental health and not be diagnosed with a mental illness. Likewise, a person diagnosed with a mental illness can experience periods of physical, mental, and social wellbeing.”. How can you foster social connection, especially when navigating a digital world?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Personally, I am not surprised or annoyed much by the changes. on the Social Web must come to an end – that until we start paying for premium services ( and staff time ), nonprofits will continue to be at the mercy of for-profit revenue models and non-existent customer service, but that’s another blog post.

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JUNE 30, 2014

People love being personally thanked by a real human voice. Do a social media shout out. If you have a social CRM and have done social media appends, you have access to where your donors are on social networks. Surprise them and thank them publicly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Miami City Ballet took home a $1,000 prize for the first gift of the day; Men and Women United in Justice, Education & Reform took home a $1,500 prize for generating the most buzz on social media about the Give Miami Day campaign. Using more visuals, such as memes, also helped. Other prizes ranged from $500 to $1,500.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

I personally really like any activism that includes individual expression like this (like www.sorryeverybody.com ) If someone gets out the crayons and makes a sign, they are definitely engaged in your cause. This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

In the past, people have given side-eyes to using icebreakers or check-ins, one person even calling is “hippy touchy-feely s**t.” You can also ask the person to demonstrate it). What is the most humorous COVID meme you saw in the last week that made you laugh? ” . How am I getting outside today?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. Make up your own nostalgia meme. Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. Engagement'

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In the past few weeks, one person emerged from the Super Bowl as the clear-cut winner with plenty of new-found fame. In the weeks that followed the big game, Left Shark has been a hit of internet memes , t-shirts and even a This is SportsCenter commercial. You probably saw them fill up your social media feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

So, the meme goes something like this -- What are the five resources that you would recommend to anybody working in an NGO who wanted to know about information management and technology but didn't know where to start. As a result, been behind with the online/blogging part of my life. NGO/NPTECH Web2.0 resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

He broadens this to tackling what he labels “the packaged intervention,” the neatly wrapped solution that will solve a social problem. When the personal computers were first dropped into American schools, they didn’t have the desired impact because the supporting environment wasn’t there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

If you are the person tasked with supporting this team, remember you have to model enthusiasm and make it contagious. Let your champions and supporters roll with adapting and remixing your content or jumping onto fun memes. I’d suggest making it realistic, so think “stretch” not pie in the sky.

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APRIL 2, 2015

You can also post memes that relate to your cause. And yes, cute animals have serious social media power. Holidays, pop culture events, memes (there's a blog post coming early next week about this), or even just plain old Friday are good excuses to post humorous or engaging posts. Bad Rap Pitbull Rescue. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2017

The book gives us an introduction to imagination and the important role is plays in all aspects of our lives – personally, professionally and as a community. It also isn’t the same thing as creativity or innovation. Above all, imagination is about big NEW ideas.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Similarly, Facebook "decided to downplay stories from publishers on users' news feed, in order to promote more personal stories from their favourite people," as observed by Search Engine Watch. The goal was to bring its members into its social media fold and tap into each of their personal and professional networks.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

We’ve all been there: staring at a blank screen, desperately trying to create captivating social media fundraising content that resonates with our audience, while keeping up with the latest algorithms and trends. So, are you ready to harness the power of social media for your fundraising efforts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2005

To see an example of one of these memes, view the front page of flicker.com. It lets you create a personal tag cloud of your delcious or flickr tags. While browsing the nptech tag list for recent bookmarks -- which is sort of like browsing a flea market - you don't know what treasures you'll find -- I found the site: extisp.icio.us

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MARCH 31, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a social fundraising tactic that relies on the personal networks of your supporters. Additionally, the people donating personally know the individual promoting your fundraiser. The winner will then get a special prize or a shoutout on social media! Download eBook. Venue Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. " What do you think about measuring social media? NTEN's Call for NTC Sessions - Deadline October 24th. The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Last year, I couldn't decide and ended up writing the look back as a lessons learned, a personal New Year's resolution post, and a round up of what nonprofit folks had on their minds as they entered 2008: Four Lessons Learned: Social Media and Nonprofits Meme: I listed four lessons learned and tagged four other people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. On your social media pages, “pin” or prioritize acknowledgments to donors. These exist already!

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Chris Milk combines data, music, and images to create a personalized experience for you as part of an interactive Arcade Fire video. Can we all collectively promise to let that meme drop? Social Media ROI: " If you're spending more time counting than you are doing, has your ROI focus run amok? Nobody upstages Grover.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Social Change Behind the Firewall. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Your subconscious shapes an image of the person from the Tweets. Bryan Person has started the Twitter "MeNotMe" meme in which has analyze his last 100 tweets categorizing them into me (personal), not me, me (professional - about work). Twitter is like pointillism. Up close it can be meaningless. mememememe???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Right before he bolted to watch the Red Sox Game, I was chatting with Bryan Person at the Saturday evening party. It meant that I missed what Joe Casco had to say about Social Networking Fatique - I hope he blogs it). David Tames and I did a session called crash course on social media tools for filmmakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Chad graciously agreed to write up a guest post — and start a meme asking nonprofit and social media folks to add their favorite social media tactic in the comments below or using the hashtag #50smt and aggregated here. 50 (More) Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits by Chad Norman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

he Hold The Sign Meme : Examples of different campaigns on flickr. Voter's s (flickr and other social media sites). Getting the Most out of Flickr from Toronto Podcamp - Bryan Person Using Flickr Photos As Source Material. Overview article from December NTEN newsletter. One.org Campaign Add Your One Face To Flickr Group.

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