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Re: 8 Nonprofit Podcasts You Need on Your Radar

BigDuckFarra — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:06:23 -0000

Great write-up. You and your readers may also learn a lot from Big Duck's Smart Communications Podcast. You can listen to episodes at http://bigduck.com/podcasts

Re: Raising Awareness for Your Cause – Nonprofit Blog Carnival

BigDuckFarra — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:34:39 -0000

Great round-up Kivi! Thanks so much for including the post by our Senior Strategist, Rachel Allison, about steps groups can take to develop a campaign and featuring Big Duck's work with Sharsheret. Hope your readers find both pieces helpful!

Re: NTEN Celebrates National Volunteer Week: Appreciation for 501 Tech Club Leaders

BigDuckFarra — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:59:18 -0000

Proud to be among this great community! Hats off to all.

Re: How to Ctrl + S the World, one #14NTC Event at a Time

BigDuckFarra — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:16:47 -0000

Thanks for the shout-out and recommendation for our session. Here are some more things to check out: http://bit.ly/14NTCduck. See you tomorrow!

Re: What Nonprofits Should Stop Doing in 2014: Advice From Experts

BigDuckFarra — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:20:28 -0000

Thanks for the love Ted. You rock too!

And I agree with your points... especially re handing off social media completely to an intern or volunteer. Interns and volunteers can be a great supplement--doing research, drafting content, gathering stories, etc. but it is the staff who know the organization best and who can best answer questions/comments/etc.

Re: What Nonprofits Should Stop Doing in 2014: Advice From Experts

BigDuckFarra — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:18:10 -0000

Thanks Adam. I know most nonprofits have limited people power so I'd rather see more groups setting themselves up for success than failure. Happy 2014.

Re: How to decide between rebuilding, redesigning or refreshing your nonprofit’s website

BigDuckFarra — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:05:55 -0000

Great article, Mike! You and your readers might also find this flowchart we developed with Environmental Defense Fund helpful. Is It Time to Rethink Your Website? http://www.bigducknyc.com/i... -- Thanks!

Re: Nonprofit Branding - Through Your Website, and Beyond

BigDuckFarra — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:49:31 -0000

Great article Julia! I couldn't agree more with your points that strategy should lead any website redesign discussion--and that branding can be a great guide. You and the other readers of the NTEN blog, may find this handy flowchart helpful:
http://www.bigducknyc.com/w...

I worked on it together with Kira Marchenese of the Environmental Defense Fund and Rebecca Hume, art director at Big Duck, to help nonprofiteers figure out where in a rethink process they might need to focus.

Thanks again for sharing these great ideas.

Re: Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators

BigDuckFarra — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:04:55 -0000

Thanks for including my NTC recap in your weekly highlights. I added in some of the other NTC blogs you cited here to it too. Thanks!

Re: “They’re the people that you meet, they’re the people you retweet…”

BigDuckFarra — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:08:36 -0000

Wow. Thanks Annie and the team at Small Act for including me in this list. I'm beyond flattered, especially to keep such fine company. Glad to hear you find my tweets useful. Always happy to share the goodness.

Re: Tagline-Overview-Awards-Report

BigDuckFarra — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:12:33 -0000

Looking forward to hearing the winners!

Re: Mixed Links for Nonprofit Marketers and Fundraisers

BigDuckFarra — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:06:59 -0000

Thanks for including the survey recap in your mixed links. Really appreciate it, Kivi!

Re: Mixed Links and Pass Winners

BigDuckFarra — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:23:59 -0000

Kivi--thanks for including the roundup I did--and the lovely video for the NTEN award. So honored. And I should say, I loved co-panelling with you, Nancy, and Katya!

Re: 6 Nonprofit Technology Takeaways and One Killer Find from #12NTC

BigDuckFarra — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:53:41 -0000

Frank--this is a great recap. Thanks so much for including our session. You and your readers might also appreciate the flowchart Kira Marchenese from EDF and Big Duck created to help nonprofiteers make decisions about their websites. See http://www.bigducknyc.com/b... and http://www.bigducknyc.com/w...

Re: Are you following our top five #nptech-ies yet? You should be.

BigDuckFarra — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:17:40 -0000

Wow-I'm overwhelmed with the love and flattery. This group is some of my fave peers and people generally. Thanks so much for the props. Right back at ya!

Re: Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators

BigDuckFarra — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:42:12 -0000

Thanks for including me, Kivi! That Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in NYC was full of great presentations and I encourage people to take a stroll through the slides (all available in my post above). Cheers to Friday!

Re: Welcome to the EGOsystem: How Much Are You Worth?

BigDuckFarra — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:46:18 -0000

Thanks Brian. I've been exploring Klout, but some of these other services are new to me. By the way, I think you have the wrong link to PeerIndex (listed as http://www.peerindex.com/, but I think the site you meant to link to is http://www.peerindex.net/). Thanks as always for the great posts!

Re: 3 Incredible Social Good Champions [MASHABLE AWARDS]

BigDuckFarra — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:47:43 -0000

I second Danielle's recommendation for Holly Ross of NTEN. And Ms. Danielle Brigida too of course!

Re: 3 Incredible Social Good Champions [MASHABLE AWARDS]

BigDuckFarra — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:51:34 -0000

I second Danielle's vote for Holly Ross and add Ms. Danielle Brigida herself!

Re: http://epicthanks.org/card/92

BigDuckFarra — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:46:57 -0000

What are you thankful for? Celebrate #Tweetsgiving at http://epicthanks.org

Re: New Online Identities: Figuring It All Out

BigDuckFarra — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:16:47 -0000

Debra,

Great post. I actually think there there is some equity--and impact--in your blog's current name. And even as you switch jobs, you will likely remain interested in how to organize communities online. Because many know you here, I'd suggest leaving it as is.

Like everything else, your online identity is what you make it. There are many who likely know you as askdebra (a la Twitter) and others who know you as community organizer 2.0. I think it is okay to have slightly different 'names' but connect them all through great, related content.

Looking forward to seeing how you evolve this for yourself.

Re: Mother’s Day 2010: 4 Social Good Gifts for Mom

BigDuckFarra — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:52:20 -0000

Great overview of ways to do good for your mom. I just got CARE's Wall of Mothers too - https://www.wallofmothers.org/ Nice photo wall w/ messages that display upon click and users can send as e-cards. Ties into CARE's work to honor women who die from what should be preventable complications during pregnancy and childbirth every year.

Re: When YOU Are the Brand

BigDuckFarra — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:58:43 -0000

Great article and I just wanted to echo this comment by John Paul: Be who you are. As you've remarked in other columns: it is essential to be authentic. I've been fascinated by this topic recently and have been exploring it with the nonprofit staffers and consultants I work with. It still surprises me when people question how different the online you should be from the offline you. While some traits might be expressed more in one channel than another, the versions of yourself should match.

That said, I think this issue gets increasingly complicated for folks whose personal brands are so closely tied to company brands--especially when social networking sites like Facebook tie the two so intimately. What happens to the 'brand assets' when that person leaves?

Re: 5 Tips for Creating Non-Profit Online Communities

BigDuckFarra — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:34:19 -0000

Ditto to Marcus and Clinton. A strong online community needs to first start with a strong community that wants to connect and is looking for an opportunity to take those conversations in newer/deeper ways. Audience is important too--if the folks you are trying to reach are already on Facebook in a big way, building your own branded community might not work. But for some organizations, particuarly those in the health space like Tu Diabetes or alumni, a community site can really take off.

At Big Duck (www.bigducknyc.com) we've built several sites for nonprofits on Ning that would love to hear your thoughts on:
* http://community.parentproj... - a support community for families affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy
* http://ccscommunity.org - an alumni community for an awesome volunteer abroad organization; has helped with recruitment as well
* http://leadersforcommunitie... - a professional network for mentoring, support and knowledge exchange for folks working in community development field.

Re: Three victories with free social media tools

BigDuckFarra — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:33:13 -0000

Hi Lindy,

Thanks for the mention of the 'End Duchenne Photo Campaign'. Good points and suggestions for enhancements. We've got the slideshow embedded on their community site too: http://community.parentproj...

Take care, Farra