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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. Some Reflections. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice based on my experience in 2008. Perhaps I didn’t ask the question well.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. When learners enter the room, I ask them to reflect on their “burning question” or why did they want to take this workshop.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They can be used for a nonprofit’s mission and that is why nonprofits should exercise transparency on web site analytics. That, however, WILL not be reflected in our webstats for a while, if at all. Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone. 7 Beth Kanter 09.21.07

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How I'm Celebrating My 53rd Birthday: Cambodia, Chocolate, and Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It also helps students learn the process of a rapid prototype experiment that has viral effects, can be measured, and improved with reflection. Beth's 51st Birthday : This was part of an overall campaign for the America's Giving Challenge in 2008 for the Sharing Foundation that raised over $50,000. Metric: Content created.

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Measuring the Value of Your Blog: Reflections Over the Last Year

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, in April 2007 I wrote 52 posts, but in April 2008 I wrote 61. In early 2008 it was slightly lower for several reasons. In June 2008, it has more than doubled. One reflection exercise is to look at your posts and notice which ones attract more comments than others. What does that mean?

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

My first time in really understanding what that meant was in 2008. Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased. And so their job is a reflection of that. How many of y’all remember the housing bubble bursting in the U.S. Oh, my gosh.