Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign. It is authentic, it is caring, and it is beautiful.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

Right now, there is an excellent example of this by the team behind the Davos 2009 World Economic Forum. They can house key resources & event materials/background resources, or bulletin boards for ride sharing, or contact information for people coming in from the same city, etc. Use video, audio, or text--all work well.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop. Yes, some people (especially vocal museum staff!) But what about visitors?

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

The true power of the Connected Age is the ability of many people to participate in conversations. Now, as with the immigration marches last spring, people are becoming engaged from friend-to-friend communications, such as email or text messages. Which way do you think connects people more to one another and the cause?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. People went to check it out, but no one added their own demos. My second example is more personal and slightly embarrassing. Otherwise, people won't contribute.

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