Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

Chronicle of Philanthropy Give and Take. Philanthropy 2173. The NTEN Blog. You want to incorporate it in your existing marketing strategy and the very first thing you should do is put a big link and announcement to your iPhone App to download on your web site, blog, social media profiles, print publications, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

5) Send Myself A FutureMe Email: I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. And, of course, I continued working on a number of volunteer projects, including serving as a board member to NTEN and LLC.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

NTENny winner and general NTEN rock star Peter Campbell has a great run-down of the various nonprofit technology related extra-curricular work he's doing -- and by work, I mean the resources he's building and sharing with other nptechies. Tags: community buzz NPTech nptimes nten members twitter. You can see the latest here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Also, there is secondary data to review and your web site analytics. A new report from Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University suggests that “Millennial&# donors (adults born since 1981) have different approaches to giving, and suggests ways to adapt to a more connected and global-minded generation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Here are some good examples of CEO and Executive Director use of social media in the US social sector: Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN, the nonprofit technology network in the US. She uses Twitter to share what's going on at NTEN, announce new initiatives, and have conversations with NTEN members.

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APRIL 20, 2012

Winning Webby Awards, talking strategy, using Pintrest, and posting infographics are just a few of the things NTEN members are doing this week. Time magazine recognized NTEN member Ben Rattray as one to the The 100 Most Influential People in 2012 ! It’s great to be a techie for good! Have more news to share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Over a century after its inception, over 52,000 people in 1823 places across 17 countries participated in the Christmas Bird Count – using email, web sites, and social media tools. Here’s an overview of the different types and some examples for each in philanthropy and doing. (1) 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

This includes using email, web site presence, google ads, face-to-face events and reaching out to the online and mainstream media. . Last year, Facebook Causes added its birthday wish feature and we saw more peer to peer fundraising unfolding on social network sites. More than $550,000 was raised last March. .

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2013

Luckily NTEN members never cease to contribute their wealth of knowledge to the nonprofit tech community. Katya Anderson points out that a mobile-friendly website is key to keeping mobile visitors to your site. Groupon Grassroots finds the same pioneering spirit in tech to be alive and well in philanthropy.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

are permeating our everyday lives: According to a San Francisco Chronicle article earlier this year, Facebook has outstripped Google as the main traffic source for big sites like MSN and Yahoo! Tags: Leadership NPTech NTEN Social Media. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) This post was originally published at [link].

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NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Force.com Sites was the big announcement and it will be interesting to see where that goes. The afternoon keynote focused on philanthropy and bigger thinking than the latest Dell laptop, featuring Google’s Larry Brilliant and author Malcolm Gladwell. I wasn’t the only one. Extremely interesting.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

The site also enabled LDF to break out of their normal website messaging mode and dig deeper, providing more detail, substance, and emotion. Making AIDS History is an example of how a microsite can complement its parent site and act as a powerful fundraising tool at the same time.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Responsive web design (also known as mobile optimization) refers to designing a site to provide an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of devices. This number has doubled from a Pew 2009 survey, which found that 6 percent of Americans 16 and older had used a mobile device to connect to a library site. Why Mobile?

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2015

Check out the latest articles, news, and events from NTEN Members! Nonprofit MarCommunity shares 12 stock photography sites to help you find the right photo to convey your story. Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) will be holding their annual conference in New Orleans, May 12-14. Registration is now open!

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy ''s upcoming webinar, Bringing Entrepreneurial Skills into Grantmaking Practices , will explore ways in which you can employ the skills and practices used by social entrepreneurs. nptech member news Member Round Up Web Sites' Register now! Download the report. Anything we missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Write A FutureMe Email : I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post-dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. Board Service : I’ve been part of the NTEN community since its inception and the last six as a board member. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing.

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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. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest / Colorado Springs, CO / $1,100. Global Summit on Community Philanthropy. Global Summit on Community Philanthropy. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $125. NTEN / Washington, DC / $850.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. is the queen of nonprofit philanthropy predictions. Case Foundation bloggers Kari Dunn Saratovsky , Sokunthea Sa Chhabra , and Megan Stohner cover philanthropy, social change, fundraising, and activism.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has partnered with the Entertainment Industry Foundation to create the VolunTV Challenge. Tags: contest COP Social Media Web Sites Communications. Coming soon to a TV network near you: " iParticipate Week !" But it gets even better. Your plot ideas could be used in your favorite show! .

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

It's a relationship driven by their experiences with their bank, their airline or travel site, and yes, Google, Apple, YouTube and eBay. . According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the amount raised or pledged for Haitian relief efforts, including corporate donations during that period was $575.4

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

According to this summary from The Chronicle of Philanthropy , the survey also found that young donors had only given small amounts to nonprofits and charities, but were open to making small donations more frequently. This roundup from NTEN. A new survey from The Millenial Impact. Has your organization done a text-to-give campaign?

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2022

In order to help great people find great jobs in the social sector, we have created a comprehensive list of job posting sites, job boards, and non-traditional foundation sites, all for nonprofit job seekers. Check sites early and often. Create a regular habit of checking your favorite job posting sites and searches.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Cost: 2024 ticket prices have not yet been released, but NTEN members receive discounted ticket prices for NTC. In 2023, early ticket prices for NTEN members ranged from $350 for virtual tickets to $649 for in-person, while non-members could purchase in-person tickets for $949 and virtual tickets for $650.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

LolNptech commentary about a recent NTEN Discuss List thread. Google qualified nonprofit organizations can use GoogleCheckout to accept charitable donations without any fees as first reported by the NTEN blog. Peter Dietz gives us a video walk through of his site, Social Actions which focuses on micro-philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

The site was developed by Democracy in Action. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

An organization's dashboard is an internal report and the data not shared publicly (although NTEN shared its Dashboard spreadsheet template recently). . Perhaps create a special web site and discuss the results on Twitter or your blog ? Is it risky to provide statistics about finances and results on a public Web site?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

"Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. " She maintains that we are only at the beginning of learning how to use data well for social purposes and philanthropy. State of the Nonprofit Cloud survey conducted by NTEN. Top Nonprofit Technology Buzzwords of 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

When there, volunteers set up a laptop that guests could use to make a donation via CC’s web site. On the web site, users enter their name and e-mail address, and that data is immediately written on a virtual care package of health-care supplies that will be sent to a needy community overseas. www.taprootfoundation.org. www.karma411.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts. Sean's take, "Innovations in online philanthropy is often attributed to ???young Check the web site for the application and more details.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. Nonprofit Software (and hardware) Ryan at PicNet hacks Email to RSS for NTEN Affinity Groups !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts. David Wilcox riffs on Steve Bridger's shout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

The young and the wired are moving at an accelerating pace away from old-school destination Web sites and toward the social media ecosystem embodied in the real-time Web. A sharing and learning hub We invite you to cruise around the site — and we hope you'll help us spread the word. You’ll notice that we’re not starting from scratch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

It will be easier to ask many times if your site is focused on the topic of philanthropy or related to the mission of the charity you are raising funds to support. Alison Fine wrote a reflection about what we need to learn from networked activities in response to my NTEN article and our subsequent email conversation.

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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. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2016

Nonprofit educators, leaders, and consultants from multiple countries submitted over 540 session proposals to NTEN. You need to log in with your NTEN account. If you don't have an NTEN account, register first. Click on the title of the session to go to NTEN's space. Keep Your Site Accessible! It's free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" Allan also offers an analysis of the nonprofit micro-philanthropy applications, but says it is too early to speculate where things will be in the next 21 days or next few months. David Geilhufe said on an NTEN list earlier this week: " Watch out for Google's Facebook killing strategy, OpenSocial. What is Openness?

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