You might have read this article in the New York Times this month about how Apple makes it really difficult for nonprofits to collect donations from within iPhone apps and the ensuring kerfulffle from many in the nonprofit and CSR sector, including the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nonprofit Quarterly, Cause Marketing Forum, and Foundation Center. But the outcry was not limited to the social sector industry in US, we also heard complaints from Australia, UK, and Canada. It has also been … [Read more...]
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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing
Crowdsourcing 101 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Over the past two years, as part of my work as Visiting Scholar for nonprofits and social media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I have had the opportunity to participate in The Network of Network Funders (NNF) , a community of practice for funders who are intentionally investing in and working through networks. The focus has been to develop practice and share insights on networked effectiveness. I've had the … [Read more...]
How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas
How networked nonprofits use twitter View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. During the conference, there was a hashtag campaign - #beatcancer where PayPal and SWAGG will donated $0.05 for every hashtag mention to cancer charities. (Hoping … [Read more...]
The Dragonfly Effect: Win A Copy, Leave A Comment, Swab Your Cheek
On Sunday, I attended the book launch for the Dragonfly Effect, a book about quick, powerful ways to use social media for social change by Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith. This book party was different, not because it had kids activities or the fun photo booth (see above), but because it also had a table from Be The Match to encourage people to sign up for the bone marrow registry. Let me explain how all these ideas tie together ... I met Jennifer Aaker about a year ago when she invited … [Read more...]
8 Principles of Social Media ROI
Social Media Roi Slidesbk View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I am honored to be a part today's WomenWhoTech online summit. I'm doing a panel titled "Social Media ROI" with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux from Fission Strategy. Here's the description: Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line? How do you put a monetary value on branding? This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any … [Read more...]