Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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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 teach the ins and outs of the nonprofit sector? How do you get providers to invest time and energy in what is really a marginally profitable business?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

I’ve been using Feedly since 2008, when Kevin Gamble from the Extension community mentioned it during an online workshop that I facilitated. I’ve flirted with this, but have not written about it regularly – so expect more of that from me.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2008

While you should be wary of anybody promising to teach you how to make people laugh, some of the advice itself can be pretty funny. You might also consider taking some advice from a 67-year-old blogger. Then, if you haven't already, jump on the Cluetrain : be open, honest, and direct. Humor helps, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

I was a circuit rider for their Rurals Program where I drove all over New York state working with Rural Arts administrators - teaching them anything and everything from how to set up an excel spreadsheet to using email to powerpoint - to plugging in modems. (I I don't crawl under desks anymore, I'm too old).

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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 workshop started with a welcoming ceremony. We sat in the hall – two rows – the guests and the Maori.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” I’m headed to New Zealand and Australia to facilitate workshops in both countries and to keynote the ConnectingUp Conference (Australia’s version of the Nonprofit Technology Conference).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Question: What is the largest change in entrepreneurship you've seen during your 24 years teaching? Eisenmann : The Lean Startup movement swept out of Silicon Valley starting in 2008 or so and has since been embraced by entrepreneurs around the world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. My professional role includes three aspects: teaching, research, and service. I am also interested in the intersection of the government and the nonprofit sectors, which includes cross-sector collaboration, nonprofit provision of public services, etc. What were you doing before this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy. Social Media Breakfast: Help Leverage A Tyson Foods Donation. How To Set Up A Listening Post on Twitter. Fighting for the Arts With Social Media. What Color Is Your Nonprofit's Blog? Microblogging Reports Worth Your Attention. E-Metrics Panel Presentation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

As for the gentleman teaching music and media: The day that I can recommend GIMP and Audacity over Photoshop and Garageband will be a wonderful day indeed. This require human centered-software and human-centered communities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You also ignore my argument about the 2008 security audits of Drupal that resulted in numerous vulnerability reports, but more on that later. At the same time you made, IMHO, a very critical mistake by teaching people something about security that just isn’t useful. I can only assume you concede these points. “itâ??s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

June 11-12th we will both be speaking at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. Britt will be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session. in Chicago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2008

Jay Dedman is going to lead a video blogging workshop in New Orleans as part of the line up for the NTEN's NTC Day of Service 2008. Disclosure: This is a paid gig I do to coordinate the event and have done for the past 7 years). The rest of the line up includes the installation of a wireless network project at the Community Center of St.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Applying economic reasoning to the strategic questions that challenge any business, the authors reveal what real American small businesses can teach us beyond the bounds of most MBA programs or curriculum. Mazzeo : We were continually surprised by the creative strategies that small businesses had developed to compete better in their markets.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Applying economic reasoning to the strategic questions that challenge any business, the authors reveal what real American small businesses can teach us beyond the bounds of most MBA programs or curriculum. Mazzeo : We were continually surprised by the creative strategies that small businesses had developed to compete better in their markets.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2014

Applying economic reasoning to the strategic questions that challenge any business, the authors reveal what real American small businesses can teach us beyond the bounds of most MBA programs or curriculum. Mazzeo : We were continually surprised by the creative strategies that small businesses had developed to compete better in their markets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

4) PhilanthroKids and Philanthropy Education: We are seeing the rise of PhilanthroKids , as GenZ starts to use the technologies for good causes. As more kids are heading back to school, teachers and whole schools are embracing the challenge and teaching some important lessons about philanthropy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 28, 2008

Seems like there is a group of readers who read both of our BlogHer Blogs, and our personal blogs, so I thought I'd let you know when we'll be at the same place at the same time over the next couple months so we can meet you (: June 11-12th we will both be speaking at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference in Chicago.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Technology Support as Teaching April 24, 2007 I’ve been thinking a lot about technology support lately. Really a lot. Or, they’ll call you because the website really is down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

At a massive ceremony that took place on 22 January 2008, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport presented its new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Textbook for all schools that have computers, all universities and all teacher training facilities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2010

You can also check out my lists from 2005-2009: Favorite Do Good Books of 2009 Favorite Do Good Books of 2008 Favorite Do Good Books of 2007 Favorite Do Good Books of 2006 Favorite Do Good Books of 2005 Favorite Have Fun Do Good Books of 2010 (in alphabetical order) I always enjoy Anna Lappe's books. When we stop playing, we start dying."

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Think back to your school days, and which teaching style was most likely to keep your attention long enough to learn something â?? Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. June 2008 (9). May 2008 (9).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Pie Ranch is a Bay Area nonprofit that teaches urban youth about food and farming: "We have planted wheat for pie crusts and berries for filling, and are raising bees for honey, goats for milk and chickens for eggs on a 14-acre parcel above the historic Steele Ranch at Green Oaks Creek.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

How odd is it then to teach Google Analytics to nonprofit techies but then say that site statistics had nothing to do with a nonprofit’s mission? 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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Thus, you can use Palbee for small group video meetings but also, you can use it for presentation, teaching, or any other information delivery. You are not only able to re-play them but also embed the meeting on your blogs, wikis or other social media sites. You can share the recorded webinars as you do with YouTube.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Now I mainly do one-on-one work with people via phone, and teach classes on occasion. Payment must be received by December 31, 2008. Some of you know that in addition to the blogging, podcasting and other nonprofit technology stuff I do, I am also a career consultant. You can learn more about my work at brittbravo.com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 6, 2009

In contrast, many philosophical and religious teachings have asserted that it is giving that leads to prosperity. A September 2007 Ode magazine article, Giving Makes Us Happy , describes a 60-year study by Paul Wink of Wellesley College that followed the lives of about 200 people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2008

--Beth Kanter Although I've known Beth Kanter for a long time, and we write for BlogHer and NetSquared together, I've never heard her present until today when she gave the keynote at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. Learn what they teach you. Decide what you want to learn. Figure out what you don't know.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

University, he teaches thousands of marketers, change-makers, and. The nonprofit Story of Stuff Project was created in 2008 to respond to tens of thousands of viewer requests for more information and ways to get involved. Michael Margolis is president of Get Storied , and host of the Reinvention Summit, the world's largest virtual.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2011

iCivics grew out of the OurCourts project, which began in 2008, inspired by the desire of Justice Sandra Day O'Conner for young people to understand the judicial system better. Since then, iCivics has expanded to include a broader focus on teaching about the governmental systems through different online games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Amazon, in 2005, and Google, in 2008, learned the hard way. Online seminars that teach non-profits how to use social networking tools is also very helpful as is assigning mentors to projects, which Pepsi will be doing in their program. Just evaluating all the submissions can take many, many people hours.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Can you teach a watchdog new tricks? Her focus of study is program evaluation and research for international nonprofit organizations. She currently works for the ASU Lodestar Center as a Research Assistant of Knowledge Resources. Sources: 1. Carman, J.G. & Fredericks, K.A. Nonprofits and evaluation: empirical evidence from the field.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

December 17, 2007 | Meghan Request permission to use your beautiful snowflakes picture in a course Im teaching. Sarah Sheard sheard at 3MilSys.com November 17, 2008 | Sarah Copyright © 2008, Care2.com I am a consultant and graduate student in complex systems and wanted an illustration of "self organization."

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? We welcome your comments and feedback. 1] In the past few decades, the nonprofit workforce has become increasingly professionalized. We welcome your input and feedback. ^ [1] Wing, K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2008

HIV pregnant women who have previously registered come here near to term, receive teaching in group classes, and when in labor go to the Hospital, where they receive nevirapine in labor. Published by Global Voices bloggers on World Aids Day 2008. Over the years, web awareness raising campaign have gotten more sophisticated.

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