Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy. Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. Twitter Demographics. Social Change Behind the Firewall. Twitter is the Second Highest Referral After Google.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Not knowing how to use IRC to get support for your OS, for example, is a really big barrier to using Free/Libre software — because you are missing out on the network support system that makes open source work. I think that the culture barrier is a really big deal, especially when it comes to dealing with very technical issues.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Applying economic reasoning to the strategic questions that challenge any business, the authors reveal what real American small businesses can teach us beyond the bounds of most MBA programs or curriculum. A great example was Panhandle Converter Recycling , a company that we met with in Dothan, AL.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2014

Applying economic reasoning to the strategic questions that challenge any business, the authors reveal what real American small businesses can teach us beyond the bounds of most MBA programs or curriculum. A great example was Panhandle Converter Recycling , a company that we met with in Dothan, AL.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Applying economic reasoning to the strategic questions that challenge any business, the authors reveal what real American small businesses can teach us beyond the bounds of most MBA programs or curriculum. A great example was Panhandle Converter Recycling , a company that we met with in Dothan, AL.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

" I have heard of interesting examples using mobile phones getting RSS feeds from blogs. One example to publish comes from Africa - here and here. Christian also sent me some links that answer an earlier question I've had, " How Can We Use Cell Phones to Bring Web 2.0

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Think back to your school days, and which teaching style was most likely to keep your attention long enough to learn something â?? Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. But youve really hit the nail on the head here with the real-world examples. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

How odd is it then to teach Google Analytics to nonprofit techies but then say that site statistics had nothing to do with a nonprofit’s mission? If they want to brag about an accomplishment (a certain number of page views or visitors to a particular campaign page, for example), that’s fine. Why bother having a web site at all?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For example, if we are telling a story about a client who lives in a certain area, we make sure the constituents that live in that part of the city know our clients are their neighbors. An example of this: After a recent survey, we learned that many of our constituents were interested in gardening. Special constituents.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 6, 2009

In contrast, many philosophical and religious teachings have asserted that it is giving that leads to prosperity. For example, according to the U.S. A September 2007 Ode magazine article, Giving Makes Us Happy , describes a 60-year study by Paul Wink of Wellesley College that followed the lives of about 200 people.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Technology Support as Teaching April 24, 2007 I’ve been thinking a lot about technology support lately. Really a lot. Or, they’ll call you because the website really is down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. It’s free but you can purchase additional data for reasonable amounts (for example you can get Klout Scores ).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. For example: We worked with a local psychologist to create an implicit associations-based game called "Smart, Hot, Honest or Not?" Experimonth started out as play. Once compiled, I also asked folks to vote on them, promising to do whatever the top twelve were.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 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 Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

The initial cyberstrategy was to capitalize on the inmates' interest in music by using music as a means of teaching digital skills. He imagines a Jamaica ten years in 2008, ten years after the initial discussions about this project began. "We might imagine J amaica in 2008 that has become a remarkable leader in the world.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation. I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. Geoff Livingston mentions it here and points to examples and blog posts about the problem in the corporate PR sector. Shiny Object Syndrome.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Here are just two examples from organizations that I found to be most successful and effective. In 2008, the event netted about $18,000. (Friendraising, by the way, is the concept of cultivating and developing relationships for purposes other than soliciting philanthropic gifts, such as for a volunteer role or in an advisory capacity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2011

Its easy to extrapolate from one bad experience/example and assume that corruption is rife throughout the sector, figuratively hiding in the kitchen cabinets, under the refrigerator, and even in the walls themselves. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Thats a pretty disturbing statistic! Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

For example, at one point, I thought I wanted to be a massage therapist, but then I took a massage class, and realized I had to massage naked people I didn't know. If you've already got an idea for an organization you'd like to create, the deadline for Echoing Green's 2008 Fellowship applications is December 3, 2007.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

Think elephants, for example.) Grasshoppers, for example.) Relatively few new museums are started each year, and those that do rarely fail (compared, for example, to the rate of start ups and failures for small businesses.) Change is more likely to be bad (maladaptive) than good.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

For example, use “Donate” or “Contribute” but not both (Donate is probably preferable in that instance). My post can be read at [link] May 2, 2009 | param Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Try to attach at least one compelling image to each page. Also try and use headlines, par"you" or "your" where possible.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. For example, policies like AB22, which is a family cap policy that basically restricts the amount of aid that a family can get after they have one child in the house who is getting welfare support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

" So, for example, MAPLight.org brings together campaign contribution data and legislators' voting records to raise awareness about the connection between money and politics. Submit your idea for a mashup with social impact by MARCH 14, 2008 at 5 PM PST. So, if you were teaching a workshop called "So You Wanna Build A Mashup?,"

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2011

In 2008, while working as a research director for IT security software for Aberdeen Group , I began researching green IT and sustainability. For example, their Serious Good initiative enables the donation of sound, working computers to charitable organizations like Habitat For Humanity. I felt the subject was a very important.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 8, 2011

Additionally, the report cites the participation of 100 women in a specific 2008-09 campaign, which generated $141 million with a minimum gift of $1 million. in 2008, which accounts for 40% of privately held U.S. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? The desire for anonymity appears to be related to generational differences.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 25, 2012

In the book, Branham teaches readers how to : Avoid employee-job mismatches. Then came Enron, Worldcom in 2002, then the crash of 2008 exposed the depth of corruption. Yes, it's all about the manager, but it's the senior leaders who set the tone and culture and the example for managers to follow.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

As one example, you can view the building where Daum is located now, under construction in 2008. Usahidi , an interactive map-based information collection tool was born out of a need to capture and report post-election violence during Kenya’s 2008 presidential elections. And maybe that can teach us something about ourselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. I've also been looking at examples from the corporate sector like the POST method from Forrester and thinking about adaptions for nonprofit. Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

The example I talk about in the poem covers the initial use of NWF's twitter accounts and then continues to how we actually starting using it to improve and grow one of our programs- "wildlife watch". is a great example of this. Can teach field to use. link] com/2008/07/02/tweetup-blood- drive/. link] wildlife_watch.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I mean, she’s a CFRE and she even teaches a CFRE class. My first time in really understanding what that meant was in 2008. And for all of us who are parents who had privilege of teaching these children, just be glad you’re still like those little people. And I don’t know how she has time for all this stuff.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has named February 11-17, 2008 Random Acts of Kindness Week. Buy the person behind you in line’s coffee, lunch or toll Tell your co-workers you appreciate them and give examples why. Things: Find a Goodwill or public library near you to donate clothes and books. Small acts of kindness count too.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

" --Favianna Rodriguez Below is the edited transcript of a Big Vision Podcast interview from November 13, 2008 with Favianna Rodriguez, a political digital artist and printmaker based in Oakland, California. I'll start with some examples. I do a lot of things around identity. Can you describe your creative process? He was 15.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

2008 study by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton and colleagues : Researchers found giving to anyone other than themselves lifted participants’ happiness more than self-spending, despite participants’ predictions to the contrary. Benefits come from serving and helping others in a conscious way. ” — Winston Churchill.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Most people agree that Bitcoin was in some ways a reaction to the financial crash of 2008 and sort of this pervasive distrust of the banking system and global finance. And I saw some people asking about policy examples too. It was really right after the financial crash. So it was pushed out in 2009. Almost nobody knew about it.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Most people agree that Bitcoin was in some ways a reaction to the financial crash of 2008 and sort of this pervasive distrust of the banking system and global finance. And I saw some people asking about policy examples too. It was really right after the financial crash. So it was pushed out in 2009. Almost nobody knew about it.

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