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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

No matter how important you think your work is (and I am sure you are doing amazing things for others in the world), your organization needs to be notable, according to Wikipedia’s guidelines , before it can be Wikipedia-worthy. This set the rules of their site and it’s worked for them so far… though the jury is still out on this one.

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DECEMBER 14, 2008

Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. 2008 has been a record year for disasters and therefore a record year for disaster response. Recently, a change in policy has allowed access.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 This widening gulf between the working poor and the wealthy—and between local nonprofits and philanthropists—is not unique to Silicon Valley. billion to $4.8 Bridging the Gaps.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

But before I rest, I wanted to let you know that it’s Tweetsgiving time again, a global celebration of gratitude and giving lasting 48 hours to support the work of EpicChange. .

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I’m a writer – currently working on a novel that explores the dangers of too much science/technology, especially in the realm of extreme religious fundamentalism. I don’t work with nonprofits currently; however I do have a project that I’m working on that will eventually (ideally) turn into one.

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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 been using Feedly since 2008, when Kevin Gamble from the Extension community mentioned it during an online workshop that I facilitated.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Note from Beth: Last May, Mark Pescue published a provocative essay called the "Tower and the Clouds" which talked about the tension between working in traditional, hierarchical nonprofits and the "cloud" like behavior of working with social media. Should they establish a nonprofit for their work to support growth?

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Here’s how it works, according to their recent Facebook and Tumblr posts: The Nature Conservancy has used photo contests to crowdsource photos from its network through social media in the post, as far back as 2008 when it ran a contest on Flickr. There are some obvious benefits: Engaging its network beyond the like on Facebook.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Coordinate efforts, take joint action, and dis­seminate information about what works. What if a funder is also an activist deeply connected to the movement work? I am struck by how much this work is still evolving and am glad there is a community of learning to dig into these topics further. Engage in advocacy campaigns.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

In May of 2008 when I joined The Lumpkin Family Foundation I was given the challenge to figure out how to develop a network to support the nonprofit capacity building work of The Foundation in downstate Illinois. I was quickly affirmed in that there are more questions than answers in this work. What do members give to get?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. As a premier provider of digital services , they deliver a steady flow of work to people around the world.

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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. &# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. 3 We are a youth summer program.

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JUNE 1, 2012

This year I’ve been focusing on data visualization and techniques for nonprofits – and working on my visual thinking skills without letting my basic drawing skills become a barrier. I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

I chronicled some of these back in 2008. Ice Bucket Challenge in winter time would not have worked. (6) Kevin Conroy who works for Global Giving created a quiz about ALS to help everyone learn more about. ” Why not “crowd nonprofits” that share program delivery, administration, and fundraising.

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APRIL 12, 2011

This started in 2008, and as Kathy notes, “We didn’t know what we would learn, or how it would change our own work and our work with grantees. Now they are starting to use it to engage with other grantmakers and professionals working on the organizational and network effectiveness.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

grist.org has discovered what social media folks who work for zoos, aquariums, and animal welfare organizations already know. So, grist-.org org is using Sam to call attention to the environment and harness puppy power on behalf of the climate. They’re inviting folks to submit their own cute dog photos.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2008

What seem to work was: Some influential people responding publically that they had donated. January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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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. ” Does this signal that working in networks been become normal in the nonprofit sector?

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

My first ladder of engagement was developed for the America’s Giving Challenge contest that I won in 2008 - it was a framework that used the “community manager” or “network weaver” as the human face to connect with people and bring them to the next level of involvement.

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JULY 2, 2012

I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. One of the first schools was launched in Bangalore, catering to working parents in its technology industry who are seeking high quality pre-school. The profits from the daycare support the school.

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MARCH 21, 2010

Photo Source: Yuba Colleage Public Space Back in September, 2008, after reading this post by Chris Brogan about taking your blog to the next level, I was inspired. My Zoetica colleague, Geoff Livingston , suggested that I don't go the DIY route and work with a professional web/blog designer! But I got stuck! So stay tuned!

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APRIL 6, 2008

Does your work and interests include how information and communication technology (ICTs) can be used to promote social change? Do you use or champion innovative uses of ICTs to work or network more efficiently? Do you work in an organization whose mission includes social or economic development? The Women???s

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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. One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. Sometimes it has worked swimmingly like this one with Amy Sample Ward in 2008, other times not.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. What works? It was organized by Ed Schipul. Trust me.

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008. And runner up, Gasland, has sparked a powerful movement to restrain the unchecked expansion of “fracking,” the controversial natural-gas drilling procedure of hydraulic fracturing.

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MARCH 13, 2013

This leads me to a question, “Why don’t more people who work for nonprofits embrace this “learning from failure” or growth mindset – especially when using technology? How does you deal with a mistake or failure in your work? How can we encourage this as both individually and organizationally?

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

years, Peter has been working extremely hard to build Social Actions from scratch. I've been following Peter's work since October 2006, when I first discovered Peter's research on group giving when he introduced himself on Netsquared. His hard work has paid off. For the last 2.5 He has identified nine goals for 2009.

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JUNE 22, 2009

It's more than that - it as an API. (It looks very similar conceptually to the pioneering work from Social Actions.) The experiment called the Giving Challenge was: A 50 day event from December 2007 through January 2008. The site streams volunteer opportunity content from sources like the Idealist, VolunteerMatch, and others.

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MARCH 29, 2009

Million For 20,000 Charities And NonProfits by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.Com, Washington Post, May 29, 2008. Million and Counting , The Agitator, May 29, 2008. Social Networks: It’s About the Relationship by Stephen MacLaughlin, BlackBaud Blog, May 29, 2008. What works? Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5

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MAY 30, 2008

For the past three years, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Britt Bravo at BlogHer and Netsquared. I can't say enough how much I enjoy working with Britt - she rocks. June 11-12th we will both be speaking at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. We rarely get any face time. in Chicago.

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MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. How many people call you to ask for help in analyzing why a relationship is not working versus working. We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working. Why do obsess about projects that fail and not those that work?

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APRIL 3, 2008

Hosted in New York City by Parsons The New School for Design, the 5th annual Games for Change Festival will take place in June 2 - 4, 2008. Expert practitioners -- academics, activists, non-profits, funders -- will be called in to examine the impact of current games, evaluations planned and the ongoing work to build the field.

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JUNE 10, 2008

The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre. According to Jonathan Colman, (Lil) Green Patch's most recent donation just occurred this past week, but they've been donating $6-$10k a month to Nature Conservancy Cause since January, 2008.

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MAY 7, 2010

I met James Leventhal via Twitter and we ended up working together on a project. 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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APRIL 29, 2008

Here's how it will work. Leave your comment before May 9th, 2008 at midnight EST 3.) You can grab the paper from this cool Sprout Widget.). Anyway, I'm giving away a copy of Ben's book. Leave a comment in this post about why you want the book and how you might use it 2.) We'll pick a winner by random and announce the following week

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AUGUST 19, 2009

According to Katie Couric who recorded a special clip from the set of CBS Evening News for BlogHer 2008 (as seen above), 36 million women write or read blogs each week. We worked with MomsRising to reach out to mommy bloggers and those discussing Mother's Day on blogs and over twitter. retail purchases.

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