Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? Wonder if smashups are eligible?) The Nonprofit Blog reviews InStedd.

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MAY 4, 2011

TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. MacArthur Foundation and Humanity United , held their second Human Rights and Technology conference at the new David Brower Center.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Inspired by the film, Rachel of Vampituity is asking people to create a Pie That Evokes Your Dreams for February's food blogging event, Sugar High Friday , and to help support the dreams of the nonprofit, Pie Ranch , in the process. Make a contribution to a nonprofit helping to transform the world of food through pie: Pie Ranch.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar. I youve ever wondered how mapping can help your nonprofit, this is THE webinar to attend. October 7, 2007 | Dan Bassill Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. How can we do that? Their mother might be in one of those photos.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar. I youve ever wondered how mapping can help your nonprofit, this is THE webinar to attend. October 7, 2007 | Dan Bassill Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. It is authentic, it is caring, and it is beautiful. Go vote here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Facebook application developers who want to help change the world and work with nonprofits and activists need to better understand how Facebook culture and behavior meshes with activism and fundraising behaviors and workflow. Sort of a 2008 version of build it and they will come syndrome we saw in the 1990's. s the secret sauce?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world. More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here. And if you???re

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. Google Sketchup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

There are some technical or graphic design needs that I can't do myself, so I'm getting help from some of my colleagues, including Laura Whitehead, Tony Karrer, and Michelle Murrain. Return on Influence: This will be a deep dive into social media metrics and keeping an eye on the new tools that will no doubt debut to help us measure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

60) Search « CASE STUDY: Care2 Recruits 10,000 for CHEJ Campaign | Main | NetSquared Meetup Roundup » Thursday Jun 21 2007 Online Branding Takeaways Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 12:09PM | by James OMalley Yet another fantastic Internet Advocacy Roundtable took place at the Care2/Oxfam offices! Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. You may know the winner of the Challenge, but without your help they'll never know to enter the contest! A YouTube video about the Challenge. •

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Don''t worry though, we can help you change that. Social media is like a cocktail party and it’s your job to help everyone create more real world impact. For over a decade Allyson has helped non-profit organizations and political campaigns create dynamic and award-winning websites and online marketing and recruitment campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started contributing to Global Voices where I did blogging roundups from Cambodia. In 2007, I raised money to help sponsor the first Cambodian Bloggers conference and raised a lot of the money via Twitter as Shel Israel noted in his book, Twitterville. All in all, it was a exciting evening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

echoDonations.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping charities start or grow their online fundraising programs by offering financial incentives for donors to give more. The causes range from helping Joe pay for his MCSE to helping Leslie cover her emergency eye surgery hospital bill. And if you???re

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. I say all this not to score cheap political points.

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