Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

How is it being organized? Decentralized event organizing, it's grassroots and anyone can organize a local event. The charity isn't the central organizer of the event - it appears that they are letting their stakeholders run with it and not imposing "branding and messaging" standards. How did the relationship originate?

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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. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Thanks to wonderful organizations like Kiva , and the ONE Campaign , people are becoming more aware of the huge difference a small loan, or donation to an international organization can make to purchase a net to prevent malaria, or help a family start a business. Start a Giving Circle to fund local organizations.

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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. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

Kiva breaks it. And the 2008 U.S. Nonprofits used to have the luxury of letting other organizations take the plunge first. There will be organizations that get lost in the depths and others that thrive at the edges. All of this change is spurring the growth of more nonprofit organizations than ever before.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

While it may be obvious that programmatic strategy – decisions that affect your coworkers, your volunteers, or your organization's mission – shouldn't be based on "snap judgments", it's incredibly hard to make the human mind work any other way. Here are some examples of cognitive bias, and how our organization has dealt with them.

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