Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. Look at your score and ask yourself the following reflection questions. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. .

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

One of the big perks to being registered is the exclusive conference social network, NTConnect brought to you by the fine folks at Acteva. A few NTConnect highlights: Connect: Meet other NTC attendees before the show! NTC Sessions: You can create your own personal NTC Agenda! I'm getting a lot of email.

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MAY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by edtemeles As Holly notes, it would be silly to try to sum up the NTC in one blog post , so I'll give you something digestable. As the Program Coordinator at NTEN -- the one trying to wrestle everyone and everything together to bring you the NTC -- it's fitting that I evaluate the program side. We Are Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

It enables anyone to create streaming media 'channels' that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds. These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page. Another link for the NTC Video Geek Out session , I suppose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2008

Photo by Evan Hamilton. On Monday, my article, The ROI of Social Media , was published in the NTEN Newsletter and in March I'll lead a panel at the NTC on that topic. One point that Alison mentioned made me think of this photo by Evan Hamilton. ROI is a ROI is a ROI. I agree 100% with a lot of what Alison is saying.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

Photo by Halloween Jack. Many nonprofits have are actively exploring social media - from dipping in their toes into the water with a low-investment experiment to jumping off the cliff. On the recent panel I did at NTC called Social Media Housewives , I talked about the importance of the funnel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

" So, I thought I'd use a screen capture of the photo inside flickr instead, but wasn't sure whether I could. Jim laughed and told me that the photo was in the public domain so I could blog it anyway I wanted and that he was going to change the default license. In this way, photos could be shared internally without worries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

I am the director of a non-profit that promotes open museum practices, and we are in midst of launching a free service for arts organizations: a web site that permits any museum to create a participatory exhibit space and social network centered on the museum's collections. It takes content, strategy and elbow grease.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

You can see all the virtural exhibit booths at NTConnect.org , the conference's designated social networking site, provided by Acteva. Blackbaud : Visit Blackbaud in booth #66 during the Science Fair, and while you're there, record your NTEN memories in the digital photo booth. Charity Dynamics, Inc. What does your future hold?

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APRIL 16, 2009

Flickr Photo by cathytx2001 Many nonprofits understand the importance of an online strategy but are unclear on how much to invest in online marketing and fundraising -- and what to expect in return. Blackbaud is conducting a survey as part of their State of the Nonprofit Industry (SONI) series. Take the survey here ! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. Nonprofits have the Social Network Calculator from Care2. Only then will you be able to tap into CRM or e-commerce databases to validate your framework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits. Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. He came back an evangelist for social media. It is a challenging and exciting at the same time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I suspect the issue of social networking - just say no without feeling pushed. Speaking with an authentic voice on behalf of your organization - where is the line between personal/professional networking and being a spokesperson for your organization on a social networking site. What lies beneath this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. It will also allow you to store 12 hours of videos and photos in Space Saver format so you can take your favorite content wherever you go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Flickr Photo from SteveTookIt. Photo by RedRaspus. Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. It is about being a better network weaver and the ability to scale.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

We've always done search ads, blogger outreach, and posts on our social networking profiles, but this year, I was ready to take it to the next level. I wanted to make this a social conference. And I wanted to prove that it could be done, even if we weren't SXSW or NTC. Flickr slideshow of photos from the conference 9.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

We will be launching the full version of the site in March at NTC, at a hackathon we are co-producing with Code for America. This is an astonishing technology for good in which large numbers of ordinary people analyze photos of cells cultures to identify irregular shaped cancer cell cores. Hacker Helper is currently in beta.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

Our brains our packed with ideas and inspiration for how to do our jobs better, our social networks are a little richer because of the new relationships we have forged, and our hearts are full with the comradeship of being with so many people that share our passion and perspective for the role of technology in work promoting the social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? NTC will take place in New Orleans March 19-21. KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

NTC is just days away! Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development. The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Photo by Becky J McCray At SXSW, I participated in the " Social Media for Social Good BBQ " co-hosted by Jeff Pulver and Porter Novelli. Lina Srivastava says much better: As a sector, we still have work to do to clarify the distinction between charity and social good/systemic change.

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