Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
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. It also made me wonder about how you could parallel what happens in other channels, like the phone.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. One of the reflections. (Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)
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Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 15, 2010
More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. Whether you were, or weren’t, I’m hoping you’ll join with me for a few minutes to think, and reflect. TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. What is Blog Action Day?
NTEN
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
This is an indication that nonprofits are definitely moving in the right direction, which is also reflected in the Nielsen Study (What Americans Do Online, August 2010 ). Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 5, 2009
But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Make Time for Reflection. Build in daily or at least weekly time for reflection on your social media strategy and use to make improvements. Good for you! Great work. What needs to change?
ASU Lodestar Center
MARCH 18, 2011
The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. One in four.
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