Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. With shorter sessions with half as many people and a decent room layout, you can run the mic yourself.

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Is Quora Yet Another Social Network (YASN) or Something Different?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As I discovered with my initial forays, each question intelligently guides you to new people and new related topics and that keeps your interest in it strong. As more people use Quora, will the subject matter expertise and replication be diluted? Take for example this thread about launching a start up at SXSW.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some questions: What have you seen in terms of partnerships for people seeking funds for games? There are different ways of approaching games and different outcomes. There won't be one system of assessment - and there different types of dispositions. It will be different for universities than smaller nonprofits.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. The assessment helps nonprofits look at eight different areas: Technology, Content, Channels/Devices, Audiences, Analytics, User Experience, and Governance. It is also used in education, although it is called something different, “ The Human Continuum.”.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Alan Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. As the facilitator, you have give clear instructions to people and keep time. Participants volunteer their question for the Spectragram. We ate lunch first.

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NTEN Webinar: Social Media Measurement Steps and How To Measure Engagement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Back in 2007, I got a little obsessed with ladders of engagement – a way to describe the different stages that supports go through in deepening their involvement with your organization.

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Day 12: Let’s Help Send Some Cambodian Kids To College – #12days of giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each day a different blogger champions a cause. Today is the last day and it is finally my turn! I’m fundraising for the Sharing Foundation , that supports children and young people in Cambodia. I was lucky enough to meet Leng Sopharath when I traveled to Cambodia in 2007. Each day a different blogger champions a cause.