Comments on: Can Social Network Analysis Improve Your Social Media Strategy? http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/ How Networked Nonprofits Are Using Social Media to Power Change Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lee http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/comment-page-1/#comment-22466 Lee Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:01:28 +0000 http://www.bethkanter.org/?p=373#comment-22466 Hi Beth - an interesting post, but you don't seem to answer the question in the title. I appreciate the overview of SNA and tools but am left wondering about your thoughts on the title question - does having a map of your (or your company's) social network help in your social media strategy? Do you have a subsequent post about this (I'll look after I post this comment but thought I'd ask anyway)? Hi Beth – an interesting post, but you don’t seem to answer the question in the title. I appreciate the overview of SNA and tools but am left wondering about your thoughts on the title question – does having a map of your (or your company’s) social network help in your social media strategy?

Do you have a subsequent post about this (I’ll look after I post this comment but thought I’d ask anyway)?

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]]> By: Marc Stein http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/comment-page-1/#comment-6815 Marc Stein Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:18:02 +0000 http://www.bethkanter.org/?p=373#comment-6815 Hi Beth, Great to see the word spread about using social network analysis to further the cause of NPOs. At FirstGiving we've taken the analysis in a somewhat different direction by analyzing the relationships between the NPO, fundraiser, and donor. Eventually the goal is to incorporate the beneficiary of the NPO's efforts into the social graph as well. By creating a visual representation of the flow of charitable donations and their impact within a network model, we can work to optimize the network to improve it's overall efficiency; more donations from more people for more worthy causes. Hi Beth,

Great to see the word spread about using social network analysis to further the cause of NPOs. At FirstGiving we’ve taken the analysis in a somewhat different direction by analyzing the relationships between the NPO, fundraiser, and donor. Eventually the goal is to incorporate the beneficiary of the NPO’s efforts into the social graph as well.

By creating a visual representation of the flow of charitable donations and their impact within a network model, we can work to optimize the network to improve it’s overall efficiency; more donations from more people for more worthy causes.

]]> By: Joel Lueb http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 Joel Lueb Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:29:31 +0000 http://www.bethkanter.org/?p=373#comment-6531 Greta post, thank you for your thoughts. Have you run into any tools that allow you to visually map your LinkedIn network? Cheers, Joel Greta post, thank you for your thoughts. Have you run into any tools that allow you to visually map your LinkedIn network?
Cheers,
Joel

]]> By: azeem http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/comment-page-1/#comment-6370 azeem Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:10:18 +0000 http://www.bethkanter.org/?p=373#comment-6370 Hi Beth Great post- and good selection of tools.I can really recommend NodeXL to anyone wanting to experiment with this sort of data. However, it is just a start. Analysing a small network (with say 5,000 nodes and 200k edges) can give you weeks of fun, as you discover clusters, clumps and other things. So I'd recommend readers start with something smaller and more manageable. Azeem Hi Beth

Great post- and good selection of tools.I can really recommend NodeXL to anyone wanting to experiment with this sort of data.

However, it is just a start. Analysing a small network (with say 5,000 nodes and 200k edges) can give you weeks of fun, as you discover clusters, clumps and other things. So I’d recommend readers start with something smaller and more manageable.
Azeem

]]> By: John Baguley http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/comment-page-1/#comment-261 John Baguley Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:53:29 +0000 http://www.bethkanter.org/?p=373#comment-261 Hi Beth We are building a fundfraising wiki at www.wikifund.info and need exactly this kind of content. Do help us build it as a resource fofr eveyone and add anything you think would be useful. John Baguley www.internationalfundraisingconsultancy.info Hi Beth

We are building a fundfraising wiki at http://www.wikifund.info and need exactly this kind of content. Do help us build it as a resource fofr eveyone and add anything you think would be useful.

John Baguley
http://www.internationalfundraisingconsultancy.info

]]> By: Andy Smith http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Andy Smith Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:52:51 +0000 http://www.bethkanter.org/?p=373#comment-228 So timely and thoroughly researched, Beth. Thank you, this is a great resource for anyone who wants to be effective advancing their efforts on the social web. One tool I you might find a good compliment to the others on your list is Mentionmap: http://apps.asterisq.com/mentionmap/#user-kanter Mentionmap creates a dynamic chart that connects users by their mention of usernames and hashtags. It's fascinating in its ability to chart indirect connections among users and topics, and surf from user to user. Looking forward to your book's launch event! Andy Smith @kabbenbock So timely and thoroughly researched, Beth.

Thank you, this is a great resource for anyone who wants to be effective advancing their efforts on the social web.

One tool I you might find a good compliment to the others on your list is Mentionmap:

http://apps.asterisq.com/mentionmap/#user-kanter

Mentionmap creates a dynamic chart that connects users by their mention of usernames and hashtags. It’s fascinating in its ability to chart indirect connections among users and topics, and surf from user to user.

Looking forward to your book’s launch event!

Andy Smith @kabbenbock

]]> By: charlotte burch http://www.bethkanter.org/sna/comment-page-1/#comment-226 charlotte burch Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:11:25 +0000 http://www.bethkanter.org/?p=373#comment-226 Excellent ideas as always - just sent a link this post on your blog to the people I know in the Wash. DC offices of the National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA). The nonprofit I am affiliated with is a Friends group that supports a local National Wildlife Refuge. NWRA is our *parent* organization which supports Refuges by connecting with members of congress and supporting legislation which supports all Nat'l Wildlife Refuges. This is not an advertisement for them!! I just wanted you to know how useful your Networked Nonprofit concepts are for a wide variety of nonprofits! I tweet as @mimimuircastle which is the name of my Second Life avatar who also loves wildlife refuges :) Excellent ideas as always – just sent a link this post on your blog to the people I know in the Wash. DC offices of the National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA). The nonprofit I am affiliated with is a Friends group that supports a local National Wildlife Refuge. NWRA is our *parent* organization which supports Refuges by connecting with members of congress and supporting legislation which supports all Nat’l Wildlife Refuges.

This is not an advertisement for them!! I just wanted you to know how useful your Networked Nonprofit concepts are for a wide variety of nonprofits!

I tweet as @mimimuircastle which is the name of my Second Life avatar who also loves wildlife refuges :)

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