Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. 2013: A Year in Social Media.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

There have been countless studies about the damaging effects of social media on mental health, particularly on teens. And yet, most of us just can’t quit social networking. Enter Inpathy , a new kind of social network — a “healthy” one. Even if it makes us feel bad about ourselves.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

It was my first first experience with online social networking and from that first “Friend Request” I was absolutely hooked – obsessed even – with the potential of social networking for social good.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

A spokesperson for parent company Facebook tells The V erge this recent change in policy is an expansion of an earlier rule specifically banning ads promoting the practice put in place earlier this year, and that the policy now includes a ban on any content that directly promotes the practice, too.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Having a social media policy in place will help you answer these questions, and inform you or your social media manager on what to do in similar situations. What’s in a social media policy? Handling controversy: This quite possibly the most important part of any social media policy.

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JULY 17, 2007

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JULY 26, 2007

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The study looked at the flow of donation pages on each of the nonprofits websites as well as email appeals, follow up emails, etc. Save your press releases for the media, and your “talking points” for policy makers. Marketing Research Metrics Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Fundraising'

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

According to a 2020 Edelman study , 89% of decision-makers surveyed believe that thought leadership improves their perceptions of an organization — yet only 17% of them rate the quality of the information they read as very good or excellent. A social media following doesn’t guarantee that exclusive pedigree. This is critical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

There were 2o people in the dining party, and AppleBee’s policy is to add the 18% tip automatically to any parties over 6. The bill was divided up and Alois Bell wrote on her receipt, “I give God 10% why do you get 18%?” 3: Social Networking. 3: Social Networking. 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. People had joined the social network primarily for the visual experience – not to read. 10) Study Facebook Business Suite.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

Social media brings thousands of ppl w/diabetes together at the SAME time | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Manny Hernandez (@askmanny on Twitter), the creator of TuDiabetes.com has shared a great case study on the NetSquared Community Blog about how they have used social media tools to bring a community together.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Social network analysis can help you determine whether you are making an impact in these areas and help you more effectively target your efforts. Using network analysis strategically can you help you stretch your budget -- and enhance your effectiveness. Defining the Network. Mapping the Network. Measuring Impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Every social networking community has its own unique ebb and flow, and your supporters have no interest in liking, following, or friending a robot. While these tools can help you streamline your social media campaigns, they have made poor social media managers of many. Create a Simple Media Policy.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Except the door you opened was to your social network space. Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds? Close the door! Not really.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2012

The proliferation of social media has left many organizations playing catch up with their communications and privacy policies. Ross began the discussion by covering the personal side of social media use. Guarding Your Organization on Social Media. Managing Social Media Use for Your Organization.

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MAY 4, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

These are mobile, sensors everywhere (wearable technology), location data, social networks, and big data and machine learning. ” Scoble did not discuss the privacy implications when there is a human at the other end of this aggregated data and what the ethics policies should be. Books Research Studies'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

4: Identify influencers on social media spaces and cultivate them. Example: Northern California ACLU social network analysis of their followers on Twitter. I introduce a couple of basic social network analysis concepts and how they apply to an organization’s friends, fans, and followers on social media sites.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Last week, I partnered with nonprofit communications specialist and Getting Attention blogger Nancy Schwartz to tackle these questions, share guidelines, and highlight case studies on using social media tools to build buzz (and reach) via a webinar for the Communications Network. Social Media Policies. Personal v.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2021

As some users are more willing to share private information with an app like Flo than a major social network, the disclosures can feel invasive. A 2019 study published in JAMA Network Open also showed that apps marketed to people with depression or who wanted to quit smoking were sharing health data with Facebook and Google as well.

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MAY 8, 2009

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JULY 2, 2009

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

in recent years: accelerate smartphone penetration, increasing consumption of online video and social networking, and boosting mobile ad spending, e-commerce, and more. Excellent STEM teachers should be recruited, supported, and trained by new government policies. One step forward, but many more to go. an amendment to U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

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. . Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies. Do you have a friending policy ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

See this IBM Social Media/Corporate Culture Case Study ). What's important is a social media policy. Wendy balances her personal/organizational social media profiles. When she uses her personal social networking or twitter account, her rule is not to say anything that would embarrass her mother.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

for a while, people meant ‘facebook’ although that’s a social network of people you already know. What Twitter isn’t… Twitter isn’t a message board, or a social network of people you already know… So, is it a community? The minute it goes up. and Gina took them to court.

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MAY 27, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

Organizational Network Analysis). The illustration above comes from a book by Rob Cross called " Driving Results Through Social Networks " which is about how to leverage informal networks within your organization or cross-organizational teams. Tags: network effectiveness policy. So, I'm giving it away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

m a self-proclaimed social networking junkie. important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don???t I run the org???s and online advertising campaigns. Our mission is ???celebrating

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2013

What kind of risks would your organization be taking if you adopt that new social network into your communications? We're All in This Boat Together (Your Social Media Policy and Steam Power Have More in Common Than You Think) ," from Lisa Colton, See3 Communications. How can we be sure that the rewards outweigh the risks?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Her work on nonprofit studies has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , Nonprofit Management & Leadership , Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , and Public Management Review. The findings of these studies often have important practical implications.

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APRIL 22, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

The digital tools we have at our disposal are limitless — allowing great stories to reach more and more people, and providing new opportunities for recruiting advocates, changing policy, public education, and creating real change on the ground.

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