Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Do we know enough about the differences between users and non-users of social networking sites ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. NetSquared. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words.

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JUNE 21, 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!" Make the first words they read the ones with the most impact and importance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. The article concludes with this thought: The larger lesson for other organizations is this: As social networking sites like Flickr, del.icio.us (also just bought by Yahoo!), and MySpace. MoveOn Ever Spent: Flickr via Jon Stahl.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Network for Good : $29.95/month The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I finally got to meet Jayne about a year at the netsquared conference. I'm really glad that she sent me this email because I had bookmarked one of her recent commentaries on nonprofits and online social networking. Her piece begins with a simple definition of online social networking tools and asks: What's the appeal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Post that video on your website, any major sharing sites, and social networks -- then encourage people to share the videos far and wide!! them how to promote your cause. And if you???re

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Ecamm Network Call Recorder for Skype $14.95 (for Mac) [link] HotRecorder for Skype $19.95 (for PC) [link] Powergramo for Skype $14.95-$34.95 (for PC) [link] Podcasting Editing Software Audacity: Free. Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network. Use when recording with Skype. $42

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

" The article uses the term "Social Networking Fatique" and the trend about younger people cutting back their use. Social networking sites such as MySpace and Palo Alto's Facebook have exploded in popularity, drawing new users into the fold each day. The article include some quotes from Nicole Ellison, Ph.D

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Carie is a recognized nonprofit and social networking guru who was written up in the Chronicle of Philathantropy Blog for her organization's efforts on MySpace in June. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. million users. Powered by ScribeFire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections. The more Weak ties/ the stronger the network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Tools Here's yet another post declaring the death of email due to Facebook and Myspace. O'Reilly Radar has a post about networking in Facebook. Another online social networking cause-related fundraising site ! Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Some people choose one site or method to connect with others, while others are "network weaving," jumping from one site to another. Beth Mazur shared Keep Your Eye on FriendFeed It May Be The Google of Social Networks. Reed Stockman shared Is Social Networking/Causes the Next Big Thing? Exploring FriendFeed.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. The fact is that program officers at foundations, boomers, and prospective employees are all turning to social networks to get a sense of your organization. This is a flawed assumption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Digidave of Spot.Us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I also want to thank Ken Goldstein for sharing with his network on YouTube. I posted an announcement of the campaign on my blog and on Netsquared Posted a guest blog post at Katya's blog soliciting campaign advice in exchange to share my learnings. use your social network to help you with the campaign. . Your goal is $750.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 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!" We look forward to seeing you at the next roundtable! To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Beth : Here's my little library - the second row has my picks for social media and networking. Also CauseWired - which was recently published and is all about online fundraising using social networks. Q: What is the best way to acquire or create a widget for a Facebook or MySpace page? Beth : See [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 The Knowledge-at-Work blog writes about when learning and knowledge collide -- and the importance of collaborative learning networks. Zaadz : MySpace for the Do-Gooder Set.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2007

Change.org , the social network where users can find like-minded do-gooders based on shared issues that they want to change, or nonprofits that they support, has launched a fundraising widget (pictured left). The widget can be placed on a blog, MySpace, Facebook, or a website. Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

The two top posts of the week were about Twitter and MySpace, both Web2.0 The other big story in Kikono was Best Practices in MySpace pointed to by Solidariti blog. These stories are summarized and aggregated with some previous articles, posts, and resources about Nonprofits and MySpace here. Kikono - Digg for NpTech.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The first full session I was able to catch was “Tools Galore in Online Communications” moderated by Netsquared’s Amy Sample Ward with speakers Natalie Foster , Director of New Media for the Democratic National Committee , Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach and Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware.

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