Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Creating Healthy Nonprofits in Silicon Valley

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And how might we help bring these two groups together to create healthier nonprofits, healthier networks, and ultimately, healthier communities? Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 billion to $4.8

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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was also a nod to the &# Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism &# which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O’Reilly’s E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel of Wired Blog). Ethan points out that the Web was invented so physicists could share research papers, but Web2.0

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. Having a formal closing to your training helps extend the learning to action. Getting fresh air and walking helps people digest.

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The (Lil) Green Patch Facebook app has now donated $33,600 to TNC's Facebook Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

By planting cute little (virtual) fruit plants with your Facebook friends you can help make the world a greener place! According to Developer Analytics it has 5,217,180 installations with 521,718 or 10% active users. The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre. Lil) Green Patch is a social gardening game.

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Guest Post by Manny Hernandez: Transitioning From Social Media Cloud to Nonprofit Organization

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We decided to become a nonprofit in early 2008 and formed the Diabetes Hands Foundation in April 2008. Working as a nonprofit with an active presence in the social media cloud comes with its benefits. We started our communities in 2007, more than a year before we started the nonprofit.

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SXSW 2013 – Social by Global: Failure Is Not An F-Word!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” An AAR is an assessment conducted after a project or activity that allows everyone the team to discover and learn what happened and why. How can we improve the activity the next time we do it? The team looks at some questions: What was the goal of our project? What actually happened during implementation?

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jumo helps connects people with issues and organizations on the first rung of the ladder of engagement, but the challenge will be how to cultivate relationships to bring people up that ladder to higher levels of engagement and involvement – from following and connecting to making donations to making change offline. Chris Hughes.

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