Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. If you’re considering running this game yourself, definitely check out what we learned ! An explosion of EDF bloggers. Find more photos like this on So You Think You Can Do Social Media.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Remix Social 94

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. It’s been there since 9/7/2007, two days after my call for getting people on Quantcast.

Stats 100

Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause. Example: The Case Foundation's Blog includes posts from multiple staff members , including Jean Case , and guest bloggers.

Green 42

Green San Francisco Tennessee Nonprofit 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

His definition: projects that are not well funded. DEIdea Lounge blogger Melanie Coulson offers a roundup of Day 2, including some reflections on David Weinberger's Keynote. is definitely worth checking out - like this interview with Christina Arnold from Project Hope. NTC 2007 Pipe. More pointers to NTC posts here.

NTC 50

NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

What about blogger outreach? Charlene Li has a great graphic on measuring blogging impact from her 2007 report, and I can't say it any better than the Q&A that concludes this blog post that announced the report : Q: Is there a standard ROI for blogs? Just as there isn’t a standard ROI for a Web site, there’s no standard for a blog.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Measure Media 50

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Thats not definitive, but this is another one I suspect wont be too worried about the revocation. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger. They reported $1.2

Research 92

Research Arizona Arkansas Phoenix 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The Nonprofit Software Development Summit Lots of notes and blog posts over at the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit wiki to read. Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? nonprofit technology.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Courseware 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

We have definitions of legit nonprofit. Free software, but expensive in terms of your time -Set out with minimal (achievable) goals and guidelines (policy) They differed in the audience building strategy and definition. Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote. It's a simplistic vetting process.

Australia 56

Australia Conference Guidelines Comment 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Here's but one example from a blogger: “I took an American Red Cross class I thought was less than satisfactory. […] Someone found my blog post and told the local chapter director. They spend time reading other posts by the blogger to help make this decision. Wendy documented many different stories and shared these internally.

Story 72

Story Learning Organization Metrics 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

I got involved with PledgeBank in April 2007, after a chance meeting with Tom Steinberg, mySociety's founder/director, at a conference on e-campaigning in Oxford, England during the winter of 2006. How can PledgeBank help me and other bloggers change the world? At its most basic, PledgeBank is a positive peer pressure tool.

Money 50

Money Pledge Advice Raise 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. In other words, don’t make a copies for a workshop, or for a colleague who isn’t inside your organization, and definitely don’t make a copy for your mother to read.

Journal 100

Journal Change License Model 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code. Geotagging Photos.

Social Media 81

Social Media Media Social Flickr 81