Workshop at Helsinki University: Social Media and NGOS
1. Becoming a Netwoked NGO: Best Practices in Using Social
Media for Networking and Relationship Marketing
Beth Kanter
Master Trainer, Speaker, and Author
3. My Work: The Networked Nonprofit
Networked Nonprofits are simple, agile, and
transparent
Listen and engage with networks of people
and organizations to reach outcomes
Staff and board leverage their professional
networks in service of mission
Experts at using social media and online
collaboration tools to make the world a better
place
6. Think and Share
• What is one example of a small
or big win that your
organization has experienced
using networks or social
media?
• Just three words to describe
your organization’s biggest
challenge using networks
and/or social media
effectively? Slido.com
#FIN-2
27. CRAWL WALK RUN FLY
Where is your organization?
Leader does not
have a
presence on social
media channels
No social media
policy for all staff
and board
Leader has a
personal social
profile, but does not
have a formal
personal brand
strategy
Social media policy
exists, but only
organizational
brand’s social media
presence
Leader uses social media
informally
Have staff social media
ambassadors, but no
strategy or system to
support and encourage
them.
Social media policy provides
guidelines for all staff, board,
and volunteers in personal
use of social media
Leader has authentic personal
brand strategy, aligns with
organizational objectives, uses
best practices
Ambassadors has formal plan,
supported and encouraged
Social media policy includes
regular training and support
for all staff, board, and
volunteers
Take Assessment
Slido.com #FIN-1
28. Share Pair: Where are you now?
• How well are you
leveraging your
professional networks on
social media in service of
your organization’s goals?
• Is your organization at
crawl, walk, run, or fly?
• What do you need to do
to improve?
29. Networked Leadership Mindset and Skillsets
• Leadership through active social participation and
engagement
• Listening and cultivating organizational and
professional networks, including influencers
• An authentic voice and compelling personal brand
• Transparent, agile, and responsive
• Shares content with and from network to create
positive loop
• Social media literacy and comfort
• Effective online collaboration internally and w/
outsiders
30. Start With Your Insiders!!
Staff
Board
• Believe in your organization
• Have the desire to work to
make things better
• Understand your nonprofit
mission and the bigger
picture
• Already have great stories
about your organization
• Have networks who may
already be interested in your
organization
• Know your organization and
industry really well
• May already be using social
media channels
32. RWJF: Foundation Strategy - #cultureofhealth
“We believe that striving
toward a culture of health
will help us realize our
mission to improve health
and health care for all
Americans. ”
GOALS
Inform
Behavior Change
Audience:
Grantees, Researchers, Policy
Makers, Practitioners
40. Turtle
• Profile locked down (or not present)
• Share content with family and personal friends
• Little benefit to your organization/professional
Jelly Fish
• Profile open to all
• Share content & engage frequently with little censoring
• Potential decrease in respect
Chameleon
• Profile open, curated connections
• Engagement Strategy: Purpose, Audience, Persona, Tone
• Increased thought leadership for you and your organization
Based on “When World’s Collide” Nancy Rothbard, Justin Berg, Arianne Ollier-Malaterre (2013)
What Kind of Social Animal Are You?
54. Your Social Profile is an Elevator Speech
• What is your professional expertise?
• Why should someone follow you?
• What hashtags or keywords align with
your objectives, audiences?
• Does your cover image align with your
objectives, audiences?
• What makes you human?
• Disclaimer?
57. Write Your Elevator Pitch
• What is your professional expertise?
• Why should someone follow you?
• What hashtags or keywords align with
your objectives, audiences?
• Does your cover image align with your
objectives, audiences?
• What makes you human?
• Disclaimer?
58. Redefining Brand Ambassadors for Digital
• Any stakeholder who is
passionate about your
organization – Staff, Board,
and Supporters
• Shares information about
your organization on social
channels
• Asks their online social
networks to support to the
organization.
Digital Brand
Ambassadors
59. Social Media Ambassador Programs
Staff/Board
“Insiders”
Supporters
“Outsiders”
Organizational Campaign
60. Human Rights Watch: Organizational – Employee Engagement
• Goal: Supports Program and
Fundraising Campaigns
• Leverage individual networks of
over 200 staff members on Twitter
• Social media policy encourages all
staff to participate as personal
brands
• Provide training and support, with
social media manager providing
support
• Internal coordination via listserv
• Provides value to staff for content
curation and media relations
73. Challenge for Networked Nonprofits: Networked
Overload
● More connectivity externally and
more collaboration internally is
positive, but can lead to being
“overwhelmed”
● Burnout from too many e-mails,
meetings, and collaborative tech
tools that limits our ability to get stuff
done
● Research shows that today’s office
worker spends 90% of their time
engaged in tasks with other people.
Research Source: Rob Cross, Adam Grant
74. Is this familiar?
• Long work week
• Come home to realize
you didn’t get stuff
done
• You start doing solo
work in evenings and
weekends
• You don’t do it because
you are too exhausted
77. Tips to Improve Planning
● Clearly Define Workflow for Online Collaboration
Platforms and Training
● Adopt Formal Practices Around Team Emails
78. Tips to Improve People
● Write emails that are precise
● Create a remote working charter for your team
Subjects w/Keywords
[ACTION] [SIGN]
[DECISION] [CORD]
[INFO]
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF)
Fewer Words
Link to Attachments
79. Tips to Improve Priorities
● Rethink Status Updates Meetings
80. Tips to Improve to Presence
● Device free zones in your workplace
● Meeting policy about use of devices to avoid “technoference”