Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 27, 2007
A big hat tip to Nedra Weinreich for a link to this study about nonprofit social media adoption: Nora Barnes and Eric Mattson at U Mass Dartmouth surveyed the 200 largest nonprofits and found that they are adopting social media. Makes a lot of sense, given that these tools are mostly free or low-cost, and yet so effective.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 13, 2008
I put together a wiki for this presentation which includes a set of conversations questions. It is a remix of 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. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory?
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
The specific technologies highlighted in the reports are place along a continuum of near-term, mid-term, and far-term field adoption: One year or less to adoption: Cloud Computing (K-12), Mobile Learning (K-12), MOOC (Higher Ed), Tablet Computing (Higher Ed).
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 18, 2007
Without getting into Google’s plan for world domination, what would help there is to see more universal adoption of OpenID[2]. [0] I know it is awfully Web 1.0 of me, but what I really want is something powerful that just works locally. 0] [link] [1] Three offices, no sys-admin.
Have Fun - Do Good
JANUARY 29, 2008
My friend Beth Kanter, of Beth's Blog , is working hard to win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation by January 31, 2008 as part of the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. Beth is on the Board of the Foundation, and she and her husband have two children, Harry and Sara, who were adopted as orphans from Cambodia.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. It is not just that people need to know of a technology, but they really need to have it already integrated into the way they communicate and share for adoption to take hold during a crisis.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf Some are calling it impact investing. link] [link].
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