Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

And the press scorned the fundraising effort. We see examples in the ongoing success of Kickstarter , in the record number of small donations President Barack Obama collected during his 2008 campaign and, humorously, in the manner Stephen Colbert has solicited funds for his satiric Super Pac. Except for Joseph Pulitzer.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The newest report, out today, focused on the use of social networking platforms by young people who are/aren’t also involved with charities. Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) There’s no reason to leave them out of your plan for connecting with young people in social networks!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. I think that for a while, at least, Linux won’t be a good desktop option this broad group of people. 3 Seth Schneider 06.24.08

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MARCH 1, 2011

Our guests are two of the people behind the Google Art Project - Anna de Paula Hanika and Kai Kewei. Anna has been forthright in the press about her enthusiasm for Google Art to open up museum and art experiences for a wide and diverse audience.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on The Last Polar Bear reached more than 20 million people. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America."

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on The Last Polar Bear reached more than 20 million people. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America."

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Simplicity played a big role in the success of the first TweetsGiving in 2008. We asked people to tell us what they were thankful for on Twitter and to donate in honor of that for which they were most grateful. Simplicity Rules.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Do you have a pulse on what the most pressing local needs are at this moment? John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. Where does your organization sit in your community?

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MAY 18, 2020

We all likely have people in our portfolio who have been lucky enough to feel minimal financial effect from the pandemic; therefore it’s still important to reach out to a broad group of donors. Strategize with this economic downturn in mind, not the 2008 recession. Work with mid-level donors.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

It means different things to different people, but the most literal meaning is probably this: real-time systems push information from a publisher to a subscriber (be they a human reader or a machine consuming information) as soon as it’s available, without the subscriber having to ask if there’s anything new.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City. As you can imagine, I'm totally psyched, plus, I'm a total sucker for famous people, especially do-good celebrities. It's not often that a little do-good blogger like myself gets invited to cover a big 'ole event, but I am!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

That post was one of my top ten posts for 2008 ! So, why would someone send me a story pitch and press release and invite me to write about social network designed for women who are divorced? I can't tell you the many times I've been pitched with an attached press release without good pointers to online information.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Just got a press release this morning announcing the launch of the YouTube Nonprofit Program ! YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S. YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

For the WeAreMedia Module 4: Spreading Awareness and Buzz With Social Media , the community has built an awesome resource - lots of tips, resources, and ideas from people's experience. We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). I would have maybe spent more time asking people to share the info on Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

12 organizations are in the running to win $100,000 to amplify their message during the 2008 election. Wendy is spreading the word for people to vote for the Genocide Intervention Network through her MySpace blog. The Plougshares Fund is celebrating its 25th anniversary by sponsoring the Peace Primary. Just to give you the idea.)"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It is still clearly in beta, with the usual tech glitches and 500 errors , which will smooth out as more people play with it and give them feedback. As the platform matures , we’ll get a better sense of the power and potential of this network that lets people find, connect, and support social change organizations and issues.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Please note that because the conversations take place over six years, some people's work and lives have changed. If you're an iTunes user, one of the ways you can help me celebrate this anniversary is by finding the Big Vision Podcast in the iTunes Store and giving it a star rating (hopefully a good one!), I'd *really* appreciate it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Please note that because the conversations take place over five years, some people's work and lives have changed. If you have suggestions for people I should interview in 2011, please let me know in the comments. They have new job titles, work someplace else, and in some cases, have new names!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

The listening as a first step is familiar - it's free market research, it's brand monitoring, it's an analysis of press mentions. That you may use it to extend relationships with people you've met at conferences. Using social media is an enhancement to your offline professional networking and relationship building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

She is also the co-author of the business bestseller, " Groundswell: Winning In A World Transformed By Social Technologies ", published by Harvard Business Press in May 2008. But I use these sites, as well as Twitter and FriendFeed, to stay up on what people are doing. So I pretty much accept any invitation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2009

It was pretty darn exciting to be a member of the press for the opening plenary of the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service where First Lady Michelle Obama gave the keynote address today. The story of progress in this nation has always been the story of people who chose - in times of trial and struggle - to serve it.

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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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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Be sure to visit the site and press "Play" on the map. Most people are already familiar with the American Red Cross and the speed with which they jumped into action after the January earthquakes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

February 18, 2008 was the 2nd anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast ! Please note that since the interviews take place over two years, some people's work has changed and they may have new job titles, or may be working somewhere else now. Over the past two years I have had the privilege of interviewing 30 "Big Visionaries."

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

With all the depressing stories on the news, you'd never know that there are all kinds of amazing people out there who not only have big visions for a better world, but are making their big visions real, but there are! Please note that because the interviews take place over four years, some people's work and lives may have changed.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

bring your own device) movement has been a staple topic in the IT press, and it is commonplace for us to use our own mobile phones and tablets for work related activities. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide. Jobs was as usual quite prescient.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

During those two years, not only has the used computer market been in question, but also there has been major buzz in the IT press about whether or not we're entering a “post PC” era. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 21, 2007

Update January 17, 2008: She won first prize ! I get LOTS of emails and press release from people asking me to write about the good work their doing. I really wish I could post about all of them, but a girl's gotta work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. David Wilcox has been doing a lot of thinking about re-inventing membership organizations or associations given that one can connect and meet people who share their interests online more easily with social media tools. Here's here write up on word press.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in. The 2011 TMWL activity on Twitter was driven primarily by people very close to the campaign, whereas the first Tweetsgiving was driven by people Stacey didn't know yet or hadn't invested time cultivating relationships with.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Please note that because the interviews take place over three years, some people's work has changed. Listen Read Eric Fenster & Ari Derfel, Co-owners, Back to Earth Listen Read Brahm Ahmadi, Executive Director, People's Grocery Listen Read Mei-ying Ho (now Williams), Co-Director of SOUL. Thanks for listening and reading!

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See3

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Obama’s list now tops a whopping ten million people, according to today’s Washington Post. A source in a position to know also told me that the email list has reached eleven million people. .&# A source in a position to know also told me that the email list has reached eleven million people.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Gartner “the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company” issued a press release around the results of a worldwide survey of CIO’s in the commercial sector. Maybe we just have to tell people to get their heads in the cloud as a way to pique their interest. Author: Tad Druart.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Numerous blog posts and articles have dissected the campaign and provided key strategic takeaways (see Transparency, stupid , Will Mobile Really Move People ?and July 2008 : Supporters launch an uprising on mybarackobama.com in response to a vote made by Obama. May 2007 : A grassroots Obama MySpace page hits 100,000 fans.

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