Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

The interview is with Sharath Jeevan and his colleagues Rachel Smith and Svetlana Gitman. After explaining Globalgiving Svetlana wrote: I was wondering if you were interested in learning more about us and maybe featuring us on your blog or offering us ideas about how to improve our social media avenues? But once you???ve

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DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Interview with Jonathon Colman. Measuring the Value of Your Blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

Read an interview of an Android developer. There are some other interesting moves outlined in that great post by Marshall Kirpatrick, my currently favorite ReadWriteWeb blogger Android for the masses, iPhone for the rich? It’s an interesting question, what Android might (or might not) turn out to be. So far, it’s simply vaporware.

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

She writes the popular blog, My Plastic-Free Life , and is a founding member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, or a do-good organization that would like to sponsor the show, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. You can follow her on Twitter at @PlasticfreeBeth.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog and was authored by Amy Sample Ward. Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. They made the change after my blog comments and I assume some others commented also.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

I'm going to be speaking at two free teleclasses, one this month, and one next month, about how book authors can use blogs before, during, and after the book publishing process. The second will be next month: Get Blogging! The How and Why of Starting A Blog Presented by Write the Damn Book!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants October 30, 2006 This Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants has given me a chance to read some blogs I don’t usually get to read, since I’m so often focused in the tech field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

What better to celebrate than with an interview with Kim Murray who became the 10,000th fan. I attended a local unconference for nonprofits about two years ago with the intention of learning how I, as a blogger, could help local nonprofits… you & your blog were mentioned several times. Any words of wisdom about blogging?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

In 2008, Tim was named an Ashoka Fellow. You can listen to the interview on the Arts and Healing Network's website , through iTunes , or on the player below. P.S. I have three blogging classes coming up in October: Oct. In 2011, he received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! For 2008, the CPS put the Arizona volunteering rate at 25 percent.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Part of the application process is to submit links to places you've been quoted, interviewed, or mentioned in the media. I thought I'd post the list here, to give a little "link love" to the folks who quoted, or interviewed me, and 'cause some of the pieces might interest you. December 2008. October 2008. May 14, 2008.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

I was particularly moved by an interview with one Stanley Hotel resident, a heroin addict, who said, "I wish people had a better understanding of the kind of people we are, 'cause we're not animals, and we're not contagious. For example, I live in Oakland, CA where according to an August 2008 Oakland Tribune article , 17.6%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Second, in 2008 and 2009, when the economy dipped and membership renewal rates started to soften, we started to think more seriously about the emotional factor of supporting the arts in the community. Kristen will be responding to comments and questions here on the blog. Projects interview membership.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

in the Spring of 2008 at an Innovations in Journalism conference, I thought, this is going to be big. was a 2008 Knight News Challenge Winner. On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us Below is an edited transcript of the interview which you also can listen to online , or subscribe to via iTunes. I totally agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

To top it off, I did an interview with Wendy Harman from the Red Cross about her recent experience using Twitter and other tools to spread buzz for campaign - Social Media Roadblock. I posted a blog entry announcing it on Redcrosschat.org, and we used twitter to announce. Other chapters announced it on their blogs, in Twitter, etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

I'll be starting the challenge again on October 30, 2008 so that the 29th day of my challenge will be on November 27, 2008, American Thanksgiving. Below is an edited transcript of an interview from October 11, 2008 with Cami Walker, the founder of the 29-Day Giving Challenge, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Eisenmann : The Lean Startup movement swept out of Silicon Valley starting in 2008 or so and has since been embraced by entrepreneurs around the world. Rather than writing yet another how-to guide for people wanting to launch a startup, Tom Eisenmann conducted original research on startup failure to better understand startup success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

1) Downer News Cycle: Last week, in an interview with NPR , I pointed to the long cycle of bad news we had experienced over the summer as one possible reason the Ice Bucket Challenge had so much appeal. I chronicled some of these back in 2008. What can or cannot be reproduced? (1)

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 15, 2009

Although podcasts haven't reached the same popularity as blogs and online video, their audience is increasing. He starts most shows with a few minutes of news from the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, and then transitions into an interview. Interview topics range from religion, to ethics, to spirituality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Manny answered my question with a fantastic post titled " How To Create Social Change Without Forming a 501-c3 " to run as a guest post on this blog. We decided to become a nonprofit in early 2008 and formed the Diabetes Hands Foundation in April 2008. It's filled with good advice on this topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Connie Reece shared some insights in this interview and you find more links to case studies and post campaign reflections here. January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2010

You can read her blog and learn more about her work at amysampleward.org , and you can follow her on Twitter at @amyrsward Amy Sample Ward, Community Builder and Nptechie: How I Have Fun and Do Good For me, there are lots of ways of having fun and doing good. . #2 I like to find ways either in real-time, or after a project, to share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

The speakers included an amazing morning key note by Arianna Huffington, luncheon talk by Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg, and an all-star closing discussion panel. (I live tweeted and blogged the event) One of the best quotes of the day came from Arianna Huffington who said, "To be generous, practice generosity." The Challenge raised $1.8

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

Here are ten things that have worked for us well in the past: Conduct a live online interview with one or more interesting figures to warm the group up to the event & to get a feel for the big issues in advance. We happen to have a software for this very thing: Live Interviews Online.) Use video, audio, or text--all work well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

I've been following Christian Kreutz 's blog, CrissCrossed Blog , which explores social changes through communication and focuses on the impact, potential and challenges of using Web2.0 So, I'm posting this here on my blog to alert my Cambodian blogger colleagues (whose email I don't have) that Christian is coming to your country.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

As ASU Professor Mark Hager discussed in his blog post , this led to the popularization of one particular metric – the overhead vs. program costs ratio – as a way of judging the effectiveness and donation-worthiness of a nonprofit organization. An Interview with Ken Berger, president and CEO, Charity Navigator. Sources: 1. Carman, J.G.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

nice interview - especially the tie bit! Bigger and better next February :) September 12, 2008 | Steve Bridger Its always wonderful to see successful individuals who have dedicated their careers to nonprofit management. Melanie Guin MNM www.charitynetusa.com/blog September 16, 2008 | melanie Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 18, 2009

I was excited to see that Cristi Hegranes of the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World , who I interviewed in early 2008 , was included in the Political Activism chapter. Check out the AWEARNESS blog and AWEARNESS Twitter feed too for your daily dose of AWEARNESS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2007

I'm not as creative as Chris Brogan who wrote about 2008 needs or CogDog Blog's Top Zero List. What lessons have I learned that will stick with me for 2008?" Yes, I check many out because I might be writing about it or interviewing some nonprofit who has done something interesting. What would I do differently?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

nice interview - especially the tie bit! Bigger and better next February :) September 12, 2008 | Steve Bridger Its always wonderful to see successful individuals who have dedicated their careers to nonprofit management. Melanie Guin MNM www.charitynetusa.com/blog September 16, 2008 | melanie Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

» Friday Mar 28 2008 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:53AM | by James OMalley Convio recently released their second annual nonprofit online marketing benchmarks study. April 15, 2008 | Jordan V Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Check out the full study here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

That percentage, based on exit surveys of more than 4,300 employees from 80 companies, is up from the 42% of employees who in 2008 said they wouldn't recommend their employer. New research by Corporate Executive Board Co. reveals that more than three-quarters of departing employees say they wouldn't recommend their employer to others.

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