Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

Of note, I wanted to let you know that the reflection paper about America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation has been published ( Allison Fine and I were the co-authors.) The experiment called the Giving Challenge was: A 50 day event from December 2007 through January 2008. I attended Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp on Saturday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. Let's take a look.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

One-third of executives said that they do not spend enough time managing and developing staff. Next Generation Leaders Speak Out (2008) and Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership. In other words, performance management requires rigor. And rigor demands ongoing attention.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The blog has evolved over the years to reflect the trends of the time and the interests of the community. When our beloved "Curious Apricot" Rebecca Leaman joined us at the beginning of 2008, she brought a dedication to unearthing the latest web technology.( read more ).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

However, it is equally, if not more important to reflect on the things we’ve learned, and what we’re grateful for. LG: There was a time during the pandemic when hands-on volunteer opportunities all but disappeared. At the same time, people were even more interested in giving back. How do you do that in an all-virtual world?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

” This isn’t the first time the nonprofit community has been screwed by using free tools own by corporations. I’ve been using Feedly since 2008, when Kevin Gamble from the Extension community mentioned it during an online workshop that I facilitated. I tend to do this one or two times a year. ” moment.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Mark Becker, Founding Partner at Cathexis Partners – Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2012

She spearheaded the successful Take Back the Filter Brita recycling campaign in 2008, and her life and work have been profiled in Susan Freinkel's book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story , in Captain Charles Moore's book, Plastic Ocean , and in the award-winning film, Bag It.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. 1 But let’s compare their numbers for 2008, the year for which the Chronicle recently reported. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion. Why the difference?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Why are Silicon Valley community-based nonprofits struggling to meet demand, and having a hard time maintaining their organizational health? Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. Guest Post By Heather McLeod Grant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

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. The spiritual nature of the welcoming ceremony set the tone for a day of reflective practice for participants.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2009

The good news is that the proportion of nonprofits reporting decreased contributions, 52 percent, remained unchanged from our previous survey, which covered October 2008 through February 2009. The bad news is that the numbers don’t reflect the stress the economy is placing on nonprofits. We were very fortunate.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. posted by Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, CEO, Public Allies. First published on Ozy.com. Now should be no different.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

There are many challenges – how do you teach self-reflection and self-evaluation? How do you get providers to invest time and energy in what is really a marginally profitable business? How do you teach the ins and outs of the nonprofit sector?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

In some ways, this event reminded me of the Ontario Science Centre's YouTube Meetup in 2008 --a real-time, physical event to support an online community. I was so proud to see how our overall ethos of participation and social bridging was manifest in making the experience really wonderful for everyone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Brand pages are expected to be launched some time this fall. It’s worth noting that beginning July 31 Google will delete all private Google Profiles (this best practice will then be revised to reflect the new sign up process), so at the very least your first name, last name, and profile picture will be public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

What I learned from this campaign that it is important to get help from influencers on Twitter and that inbetween campaigns if you cultivate your network, the donations will not be a one-time only thing. This was the first time I observed the use of "retweeting" a fundraising message. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. Is grantmaking getting smarter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

I was able to hear questions, reflection, and dialogue representing a rich diversity of thought and perspectives on this topic of movements and networks, especially in light of what is happening globally with the Arab Spring and nationally with Occupy Wall Street. 3, 2008. ** Unstill Waters: The Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

But I do want to spend more time thinking about this issue. How do I help people to dig deeper into the core of issues when we usually spend a lot of time on the surface? But I don’t see this blog spending so much time on the surface of things. You’ve inspired to reflect on them and write my own blog article!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It was not born out of a marketing plan, it's just a reflection of what we wanted to be." - Robert Wolfe This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Robert Wolfe, the co-founder of Crowdrise , an online fundraising website that's all about, "raising money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t want to start a race to the top of the Nonprofit 25 – where organizations start spending more time worrying about their position on that list, and less time feeding people. Even if Allan’s vision does become reality some time in the future, why rush to present your figures now. Allan assumes two points here.

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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 ). of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. Amy Sample Ward lays out a 5 things to think about before you get into the execution of a social media strategy for the first time. Make Time for Reflection. Good for you! Great work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Much of the my reflections and noodling on this idea has been around how existing nonprofits balance these two approaches. We decided to become a nonprofit in early 2008 and formed the Diabetes Hands Foundation in April 2008. We started our communities in 2007, more than a year before we started the nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Foundations have consistently remained conservative in their grant and operational spending since the financial market crash of 2008 and have been looking to do more with their limited resources. Foundations are now investing in diversity to ensure that their organizations reflect the organizations that they are serving.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017). The truth is, it takes human resources, or employee salaries, to run most programs and make an impact. Gregory, A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Sometimes connections cross the boundaries of time. When the New de Young opened it did a 32-hour party and community celebration , starting a trend that was then picked up by the Contemporary Jewish Museum with Dawn in 2008 and now the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” This was one of the reasons why I wanted to write the book, “ The Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author Alison Fine back in 2008-09. I noticed a big change in 2010, the year the book was published. One of my all time favorite Clay Shirky quotes: “When the technology gets boring, it becomes socially interesting.”

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Care2

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Simplicity played a big role in the success of the first TweetsGiving in 2008. The website which integrates with Twitter and Facebook is carried further in new co-branding of TweetsGiving as Epic Thanks and reflects the reality of the social space today where nonprofit supporters are engaged on multiple social platforms.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 19, 2016

One cannot help but reflect back on these past few weeks, the incredible athletes and what they have accomplished. This is how our cohorts have gotten to where they are now, and why they are willing to become a better element within the workforce over time. The Olympics – A Guideline to Continuous Learning. Develop a Strategy.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

There were internal benefits as well, with 68% citing an increased access to knowledge, up 30% from 2008, and 54% claiming reduced communications costs, up by 20% from 2008. ” One big standout for me was the statistic that claims 52% of respondents feel they have increased the effectiveness of their marketing using web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Web Huddle – The only other one I can find that at this time offers the possibility of sharing a Linux desktop. at 1:04 pm Hi Tracey, I will ammend the post to reflect these comments, because you’re right – for nonprofit organizations, your rates are relatively reasonable. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP.

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