Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Social Networking Tools and Location-Based Communities. If your nonprofit is considering tapping into mobile technology, my advice to you would be to start a with a mobile website and then expand from there. 350.0rg :: m.350.org. Best Friends Animal Society :: m.bestfriends.org.

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NTEN

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Of all the mass communications tools your organization is using (website e-newsletters, social networking sites, mobile), which is resulting in the most online dollars being raised (directly or indirectly)? When I came on board a couple of years ago, I think people still didn’t understand what social media was.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay You use social networks at work, right? In fact, we want you to tell us all about it in a survey about social network use by nonprofits that we're running with Common Knowledge and ThePort. > The Nonprofit Social Network Survey is a joint project of NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort. >

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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. But we want to give nonprofits with limited resources access to quality tools and training that will allow them to build a house social network even if they don’t have a big budget or a social networking guru on staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: Groups, on the other hand, are designed for people to come together around areas of common interest, so you could set up a group about your org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

It is generated partly from the story, and the social network that enables that story to be told. And it is generated partly by social cues. And where are you likely to fine more personally relevant social cues than embedded in a network of your closest friends and contemporaries? Where does motivation come from?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Whether you are already using Facebook for your organization or not, this is a good place to go to learn more about how to use the social networking platform to it's fullest. org: giving new meaning to “new organizing&# | Working Wikily – This is a great case study about community organizing from the 350.org

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away. It's real time and location based social networks are also impacting advocacy.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

If an org has 5,000 employees, Chatter is a fantastic way for folks from one side of the building to keep up with what's happening on the other side. These new offerings bring Chatter outside an org without additional cost. For folks who live in their Salesforce orgs, it's probably fine. There's a big Chatter component to it.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Facebook bought CrowdTangle in 2016 as it was courting media companies to post more on its News Feed, and the tool is still used to track viral posts on the social network. I’m not sure what the future holds for CrowdTangle or data transparency here at Facebook, but I’m optimistic,” he wrote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2009

Carie Lewis, HSUS Social Networking Maven I just discovered that Carie Lewis of HSUS has a blog ! Staff - prominent people in your org, like your CEO. Better yet, she shared her listening techniques. She uses Igoogle which is a really easy, simple way to set up a dashboard. Here's what she is listening for: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. How have social networking tools helped spread the word about your cause?

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

It offers a solution for campaigns and orgs looking to post links and focus on rapid response and breaking news. Our recommendation: If your org or campaign has been struggling with the question of “What to do about Twitter,” it makes a lot of sense to try out Threads. We’re not trying to migrate to a new platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

We need offline events to meet each other, bond eye-to-eye, and forge the collaborations that will make our social networks stronger, better connected, and ultimately transformative. org Actions are a great example of coordinated events with a shared agenda. What kind of offline events are the best fit for your community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I am wondering about the role of an evangelist or what Networked for Good report calls super activist, an individual who acts on behalf of an org, business, or other entity. They build and cultivate a personal network (on their personal FB profile) and leverage this for an organization.

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2010

We've recently released the 2009 IT Staffing and Spending Report and the 2010 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report (in conjunction with Common Knowledge & thePort). Report season is in full effect here at NTEN. Next up: the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study we're releasing with M+R Strategic Services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2011

What’s interesting is that many of us have five or more years experience on social networks. We were early adopters when Facebook opened up – and some of us were kicking the tires of social as far back as 2003-2004 in the blogosphere. Nonprofit techies organized a protest on Facebook.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2014

This will make ads much more affordable for your org. People are still very engaged on social networks, and Facebook is still playing a very prominent role in your constituents'' lives. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' Facebook ad impressions are up 40% year-over-year. So to circle back around, the answer is yes.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

In the meantime, I'm happy to be able to send a piece of this type of strategy to today's appreciated NTEN member : Sara Leedam , from the Level Playing Field Institute , we're sending you: People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities by Ted Hart, James M. Greenfield, and Sheeraz D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 18, 2010

Because social media may be about networks, communities, and collaboration; but it is only possible because of the dynamic and powerful tools individuals are using. Social networks are built from all the content individuals share.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

I think that Twitter is, in many ways, a harbinger of the future – I think eventually, a lot of things that happen between people over the net will work a lot like twitter, even if it’s not actually twitter – social networks carrying short snippets of people’s thoughts, ideas and events. 7 blogcoach 11.22.08

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

Social media is a hot topic these days. While we’ve seen explosive growth in use of social networks ( NYT reported last week that time spent on social networks has exceeded that of emai l ) many organizations are asking how do you effectively deploy a social media strategy and what is the return on investment (ROI)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. At hi s organization, he told me, the system blocked anything with the word “Facebook,” and online social networking was forbidden because the boss thought irrelevant for volunteer coordination.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

Here are a few main points of the second half of the presentation that resonated on the backchannel: anilkanji : Social influence: should orgs measure reach or affinity? anilkanji : In writing your social media policy & guidelines, build in answers for your org to “what’s the worst that could happen&# @kanter #ncwk.

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

proprietary, sessions for small orgs and sessions for large orgs. Women Who Tech’s thought provoking virtual panels offer the latest resources and tools for launching a successful startup, tools and apps to build your online community, Social Media ROI, and more. ROI of Social Networking. Female Ferocity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

There has been an explosion in size of nonprofit sector over last twenty years, huge increases in donations and number of organizations, and yet needle hasn’t moved on any serious social issue. Growing individual institutions ever larger has failed to address complex social problems that outpace the capacity of any individual org.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Org charts, like maps, aren't given the attention they should be, especially in large institutions. Org charts are not just about putting people in their place. They are the basis for a social network of professionals. I was captivated.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Facebook is pretty picky about what you can and cannot do on their platform, but the available tools and options are beginning to shift as they test what works for people and orgs, and what doesn''t. Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' So, unless you actually delete your status, no prior edits can be permanently deleted or hidden.

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Care2

AUGUST 2, 2010

org blog to complement our long-form e-news articles. But as we’ ve been deluged by social media tools, I’m concerned to see nonprofit marketers forsake the basics to do a ll social media, a ll the time. Tags: Online Marketing Social Networking Trends. Finally we communicators are on the leading edge!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Jessica Kirkwood , VP for Social Media,HandsOn Network agreed to write this about their latest social media experiment and what they were learning. Behind the Scenes Experimentation with Social Gaming for Social Good from HandsOn Network by Jessica Kirkwood.

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Care2

MAY 27, 2009

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!" 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2009

Nonprofit association NTEN , consultants Common Knowledge and social networking software providers ThePort conducted a joint study of nonprofit organization and their use of and attitudes towards social networking tools. The survey asked about two types of social networking presences a nonprofit organization could have.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Cyberbullying social network ( [link] lying.ning. You can learn more by participating in the social. network, or you can visit resources like. org, www.stopcyberbullyi ng.org, www.ncsriu.org. Talk with your families, your colleagues, your students, your neighbors - we could all benefit from. com ) Since there's.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

When nonprofits started using the web, it was largely disconnected from what the rest of the org was doing. "The Web is still its own silo in many organizations. It isn't used as part of an overarching strategy. It started out as something done by communications or marketing or "owned" by IT. That makes sense, but it created a silo."

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