No matter where I’m speaking or teaching workshops, the same questions come up: • How much time does it take to do social media effectively? • Who in our organization is going to do the work? • How are ever going to find the time to do social media? Social media does take time even […]
WeAreVisible: A new social media literacy site
Ifirst met Mark Horvath on Twitter and later face-to-face last December during a trip down the California coast during the holidays. Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness. A free agent is a person — many times a GenY, but not always — who is a passionate about a social cause but […]
Does your nonprofit have a Dilbert social media policy?
As part of my work as Visiting Scholar for Social Media and Nonprofits at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’ve had the pleasure to do a number of workshops in the area. Monday evening I had the pleasure of presenting a Networked Nonprofit mini-workshop for a group of about 50 local nonprofits and government […]
Actionable analytics for your social media efforts
How to keep data collection from being an onerous task Lately I’ve been obsessed with the idea of SpreadSheet Aerobics, an actionable social media measurement strategy that is fit and trim and light on its feet. When I coach nonprofits on tactics and talk about measurement, their facial expressions change from happy to annoyed. […]
Ebook on how nonprofits can raise more money
Guest post by Beth Kanter bethkanter.org It’s the sweltering dog days of summer and many nonprofits are deep into planning for year-end campaigns and perhaps looking for ways to raise money now. While I was sitting on the beach on vacation, Network for Good published a free ebook called How to Raise a Lot More Money Now – […]