Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 Schools have all these legal and political mandates to get this kind of network, and increase their computer:student ratio, and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

My goal wasn’t to compare raw numbers of each organization’s Pinterest scores to each other, but more to use the numbers to find those with highest engagement and reach and take a look at their boards, techniques and content. Here’s the stats I asked for and why: Average Repin Ratio : Gives a measure of engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

I covered the basics of content curation, how it differs from social sharing, the art and practice of curation, a frameworks to get started, examples of nonprofits using curation, the tools, and some techniques for minimizing information overload and managing attention. Back in the 1990s, the overload was coming from email.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

One of the most common gamification techniques is the progress bar. Another fun and effective gamification technique appeals to our competitive nature. Traditionally, companies offer a 1:1 match ratio but some employers do a 1:2 or even a 1:3 match on all donations, up to a maximum amount. Progress Bars. Prize Incentives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Asking for feedback about how to improve the school experience is also a good technique, as used in the example above is from URJ Camp Kalsman. There are several tactical techniques that consistently work on Facebook to inspire engagement. Here’s a brief summary of the tip with a link to the full post with more tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

I think it is a fabulous technique for capturing and sharing knowledge from conferences and other nonprofit gatherings as I noted here. There was lots of good advice and specific recommendations (see my summary here.) Also, if we want to see a more balance female/male ratio of podcast gatherings, more women need to show up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The session will provide a brief summary of the recent thinking on this topic by thought leaders in the field, but mostly provide an opportunity for small group discussion and sharing about current practices on this important topic. (Raw What is your post to comment ratio? Raw numbers aren't as important as trends) Unique Visitors.

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