Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

org is using Sam to call attention to the environment and harness puppy power on behalf of the climate. org is using Sam to call attention to the environment and harness puppy power on behalf [.] That’s Sam, grist.org’s office puppy. So, grist-.org They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Blue” orgs get a small fraction of environment funding. We’re a nonprofit, data-driven social media PR agency with one client, the ocean, and one goal: more people talking about the ocean. It’s our mission to make the ocean more famous online. Competition is real in the marine conservation space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Five Hot Conversations. The proposed call agenda is here. Change the World!

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

A way to connect your org to your community? When an org sends an email, the open rate can be low - but when a person sends an email to friends, the open rate is 90%! When it comes time to ask your network for something, they will not need the time to interpret your motivation - because they know you and your org.

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MAY 2, 2011

It turns out that nonprofits of all sizes are able to scale their fundraising efforts on social networks. The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of Master Fundraisers – those that brought in more than $100,000 – were small organizations and a further 8% were medium-sized.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2009

Many of you maintain both individual and organizational profiles, leaving the "cause talk" to your org profiles. We were impressed (but not surprised) to see these Green orgs on the list: Defenders of Wildlife : @Defenders. National Wildlife Federation : @NWF (Danielle Brigida's org). Earth Justice : @earthjustice.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2013

Shari Ilsen. Online Communications Manager. VolunteerMatch. Social Media is an important tool for engaging with your community -- but what are the risks and rewards of working with volunteers to implement your social media strategies?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. " The 1cent thoughts on NPTech blog muses , "Is technology the step child of older organizations? lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech."

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The “nptech&# (or nonprofit technology) community is one of the best networks when it comes to sharing ideas and case studies, so here’s another example to add to the lot! >> >> Review the IFRC Social Media Staff Guides here. What I like best about the IFRC Guidelines is that they start with best practices!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Every org is different and must build its community to work toward its own goals and mission. Tags: Marketing and Communication Social Media #nptech Blackbaud Non-Profit Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools. I’d love to hear about all of it!

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2010

Tags: benchmarks NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Carie Lewis. Director of Emerging Media. Humane Society of the United States. We realized we were trying to do too much, and we lost focus and interest and just gave up. Figure out what really matters and how you can get that data. The Humane Society of the United States has a well-established and successful online communications program.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

" Where does Social Media belong on the Org Chart? " Tags: roundup adoption bookmarks community communitybuilder communitymanagement engagement list net2-recommends nptech postalicious report resources socialmedia strategy training tweet twitter women. We spoke to Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2011

and looks like more NPTECH folks found their way into the sandbox. I’ve managed to find about 200 other people who work with nonprofits or nonprofit technology exploring it. No one has figured it out yet , so we are learning together. Colleague Geoff Livingston was in the WhiteHouse and filed this report. Analysis here.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Paula Jones, Director of Technology, The N. Center for Nonprofits In my role at the N.C.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2010

" Often, she sees senior managers and people at the bottom of the org chart pushing for openness, meeting resistance at that middle manager level - the cream of the Oreo. Tags: Change Management charlene li Leadership NPTech open leadership Social Media. They get licked. And what are you doing about it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

at 4:57 pm Hi – just one point, I see in nptech world the bend/promotion towards Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla alot which is no bad thing I work successfully with all of them, they are all good and great, and fairly easy to use for the end user. 3 Laura Whitehead 02.05.08

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an expert of an article in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Tags: NPTech NTEN theport social media common knowledge social networking.

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

proprietary, sessions for small orgs and sessions for large orgs. Tags: NPTech womenwhotech WWT IT Staff. After that comes the hard part: figuring out what to put on the final agenda. It's a balancing act -- literally. We're always looking to balance sessions across tracks, open source v. Oh, and women vs. men presenters.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2012

In a wonderful slide presentation, " What Does The Data Say ", George Weiner, CTO, at DoSomething.Org reminds us that "all orgs need to look at the data you have available and make it actionable." Here's what you need to do.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

org on Climate Change and Building a Movement – "Social Media Coordinator, Joe Solomon took some time to explain what 350 really means, talk about transforming community inspiration into political power, and share a story about how his work with 350.org org inspired him in ways he never imagined."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

What’s interesting is that they did a size of org and recommendation analysis - to break down recommendations by size of organization. Raiser’s Edge, for instance, did much better among large and very large organizations, and very poorly in small orgs (which probably shouldn’t be using it anyway.)

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

If you have 12 total staff members, and you know that the average ratio of tech-to-org staff for your budget size is 1:24, then you know that having at least 0.5 Another way we measure technology staffing levels is determing the Tech Staff - to - Organizational Staff Ratio. This gives us (and you) a more comparable metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

org Actions " We're coordinating a distributed day of events for 24 October 2009 , uniting the world around a common call to action--and we're asking you to help. org model enables any individual or organization around the world to create and promote events ("actions") - with a call to action for a fair global climate treaty.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

The changes sweeping the Middle East this month have re-ignited the debate over the power of social media in fomenting revolution. It's odd, really: social change requires people willing to work for what they believe; social media are simply tools that can be put to use toward those ends. What's to debate?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2010

fill out your Bio and Org Description fields). Tags: NPTech NTEN. Haven't done it yet? It's easy to update your profile right now !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

is right for you and your org? I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" " or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? What are items on the checklist to determine whether web2.0 is and why it matters to their organization.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

And, because your org is discussed on infinite communications channels, it's more important than ever to brand your organization, programs, and campaigns. This must be real, or it will undermine everything your org is trying to do. This is much more effective than your org making the ask directly. BS meters are very sensitive.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2010

Many times it is after the fact that an org calls in a professional to repair the intrusion. Having some simple guidelines and understanding of the different doors malicious activity can enter is the best defense and prevention an org can have. Tags: 10NTC Bruce Wolfe Infrastructure NPTech IT Staff. Twitter: @brucewolfe.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter. Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Peter Drury, a child's right a child's right either had a problem or an opportunity—the distinction hinged only on our perspective. First things first: we clean water for kids.

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