Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. 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). Cute Dog Theory. Back in 2007, I noticed a pattern in the US.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08 5 friarminor 09.30.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008. Good Pitch is an effort that brings documentary filmmakers together with a wide range of partners in distribution, financing and outreach for activism.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. How research or any type of findings are packaged and presented can impact how readily the knowledge is put into practice.".

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I keep 2 blogs of my own, and contribute actively to one community blog (at nosi.net ) and could, potentially, contribute to quite a number of others. Wikis are another great collective to do list/project management tool, but they don’t integrate, either. First, there’s the blogging issue. So that’s good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Note from Beth: It is strange sometimes how social networks can have your past, present, and future collide. When the New de Young opened it did a 32-hour party and community celebration , starting a trend that was then picked up by the Contemporary Jewish Museum with Dawn in 2008 and now the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. They have also been very active on Facebook and Twitter along with a few entries on the Jumo blog. They bring with them new ideas, approaches, and tools to engaging with people.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

They had short five minute presentations, which I think worked well. Presented a nice paradigm for to model/plan citizen engagement: from outreach. That's too bad - given the role GSA has played, e.g. in negotiating blanket agreements for use of third party tools. Someone from CDC presented their ?2x10 to agreements.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2019

Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. with more than $3.7

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking. If a website is the hub or an organization’s activity (a big if) then does it necessarily follow that just because the masses go there the organization best serves my needs?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. The activities had a really low barrier to entry. The museum itself was well-integrated into the event.

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

They understand that an organization, or a campaign, must tell a story to build an audience, and then activate that audience with a compelling call to action. They understand that video is a critical communications tool in creating that narrative, especially online, and they strategically incorporate video onto their web pages.

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

The first session is at 10:30 and is called: A New Tool for Online Campaigns: How to Show, Tell, and Activate with a Video-centric Microsite The second session is at 3:30 and it’s all about online video, it is called: The Age of YouTube: Using Video Online to Reach the Masses We pleased to have a special guest at this session.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You will learn the 5 lessons of raising Whuffie through online communities in this presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Over 179,000 nonprofits utilize Facebook Causes but just how sticky is Facebook?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

bring your own device) movement has been a staple topic in the IT press, and it is commonplace for us to use our own mobile phones and tablets for work related activities. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The Basics I experienced day two of the SoCap09 conference where one of the first presenters joked about “glimpses of demystification”. Margot Brandenburg embodied this when it was pointed out the kind of metrics that are being gathered are more "outputs" or "activities' than impact indicators. Some are calling it impact investing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years -- from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey. many of the tools have similar elements - status updates, profile pictures, short bios.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. Sometimes the difference comes down to preferred tools.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. What are the communication tools you could use to achieve that goal? If a blog is one of the tools you think would meet your goal, ask yourself: 4. I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2011

Technically, we could have started the movement towards working remotely much sooner, but we tend to define work by the activities we’ve come to believe look like work: sitting at a desk, occupying a cubicle, being in a meeting, talking on the office phone, and working at a computer. I read it cover-to-cover on my flight and was hooked.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

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Care2

MAY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Cultivate, Educate or Activate? Choose your mysteries/metaphors 5.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I started using Twitter on September 24, 2008, and my first tweet was, "Working on two new loan requests on Lend4Health." I was challenged by the thoughts and ideas presented there, but since I was seeing the same attendees day after day, I became familiar with their styles and moods. Current Usage. communications strategy.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. Sometimes the difference comes down to preferred tools.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

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Care2

APRIL 26, 2007

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. While campaigns employ a variety of communications tactics to win an election (from door knocking to lawn signs to TV commercials), it may be hard to determine exactly what role social media tools have played in this historic year. Tools you can Use. For the first time in U.S.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. The back-channel was an especially active and important part of the conference this year. It was refreshing to see a wide array of projects and presentations that put sharing authority at the center of the visitor experience. And now, on to the exciting bits.

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