Council on Foundations ROI Panel View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I participated on a panel called Face, Tweet, Link - Socia Media, Grantmaking & A True Social ROI. Laura Elfurd, Vice President and Chief Community Investment Officer at ZeroDivide moderated a panel that included Stephen Downs, Assistant VP, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Alexandra Mitchell and Jeff Pryor from Pathfinder Solutions, and Kathy Reich, Program Officer, Organizational Effectiveness & … [Read more...]
Sneak Peak of New Facebook Nonprofit Use Research from Idealware
Note from Beth: For those of you who have been following my blog for a long time, you know of my obsession with research reports, particularly social media research snippets. The good folks at Idealware offered me a sneak peak of their new Facebook research - how could I resist? Charts, graphics, analytics, metrics, and data are like crack to me ... A guest post by Kyle Andrei, Idealware Who's seeing success with their Facebook page? In February, Idealware distributed a survey (thorough an … [Read more...]
Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks
Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called "Connected Citizens" that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? And, how can funders leverage them for good? The report analyzes many examples of networks and provides tools and tips for Network-Centric Grantmaking. Diana Scearce, who I've had the pleasure of working with on the Network of Networked Funders project, is the report author. The … [Read more...]
Twitter Community Organizing Rules for Non Profits
Note from Beth: I love when I discovered folks who are community organizers and successfully transfer what they know about community organizing offline to the online world. Robin shared some of her thoughts in the comments of a recent blog post, and I invited to share her community organizing rules for Twitter. Enjoy. As a community organizer, Twitter makes a lot of sense. Organizing is about building relationships and mobilizing people around a cause. Twitter does exactly that. I have … [Read more...]
Social Media Policy Best Practices: Trust Is Cheaper Than Control
In my book, the Networked Nonprofit, we devoted an entire chapter to creating a social culture, including the development of a social media policy. On my Facebook page, I asked folks what the best practices were for creating a policy. Here's a summary of the responses and some tips. What's In A Social Media Policy? The tone and philosophy in a social media policy depends on the risk appetite of the organization. As this was explained in the discussion on Facebook, organizations with a … [Read more...]
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