Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2009

Our goal is to encourage individuals, corporations, and non-profit organizations to help promote this website and help us obtain at least 1,000 pledges. This will provide 140,000 meals for children in Austin. So by helping us send a semi-trailer truck to Austin, you might be able to get one sent to your home state, too.

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MAY 4, 2009

One of our 2009 class of NTENnies, who also happens to be an Austin 501 Tech Club organizer, is at it again: David Neff is organizing another event for media-savvy do-gooders. From their site: A Film festival for non-profit and grass roots organizations. . Introducing the Lights. Film Festival.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

I'll be attending SXSW in Austin, TX the week after next. I organized at the NTC last year. Each panelist will share a story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy and how they considered the ROI. I am participating in several panels and events at SXSW. So, what's a poetry slam ?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

In any event, Kintera’s API goes a long way to help organizations be freed from yet another data silo, and they are free. They’ve got this great Facebook application – basically a template that allows an organization to create their own Facebook app. Convio has, seemingly, gotten some serious Web 2.0 apps out there.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

When faced with a severe technical crisis -- think mail server down, fried DB server, website hacked -- it's important to approach the situation methodically and in an organized manner. When the "fire alarm" sounds, be the calm leader in your organization. Howe has presented at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) since 2009.

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APRIL 30, 2013

If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. LCH) is one of the leaders in nonprofit digital storytelling.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Probably the most vivid case in point is our hometown of Austin, TX. I chatted with a nonprofit executive last week as we let her know that Austin ranked 7th on the list when it comes to per capita online giving. The 2009 rankings are based on the more than $420 million processed in the first half of 2009.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2010

If you aren’t already familiar with LCH, it’s a nonprofit organization that works to help other nonprofits use film to spread awareness and action for their causes through volunteer matching, education and its annual nonprofit film festival. Hope to see the Austin community out in full force this weekend at the event!

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2009

Flickr: cwalker71 The 2009 Women Who Tech panels were announced this week, and we're glad to see so many NTEN members representing the women who nptech! Fellow Aussie NTEN member David Jacquier has already made the long trip to the US to attend the SxSW conference in Austin. That's a long flight, y'all!

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH). A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. All functional and productive organizations share certain characteristics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. It was organized by Ed Schipul. But free agents are smashing headfirst into nonprofit fortresses—organizations with high walls and wide moats that work very hard to keep insiders in and outsiders out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

at least thre that I know of Pam Mandel , Duncan Riley and Dave Delaney ) Tyson Foods and the Austin Social Media Club organized a HAM TweetUp to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. How will Twitter be using for fundraising for good causes and by nonprofits in 2009? They got enough comments in two hours to fill a truck.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

In my experience, too many organizations don’t take advantage of this “free money.” HEP Development Services will be an exhibitor at the Fourth Annual Convio Summit , November 16-18, 2009, in Austin, TX. Today, ACS is among the country’s largest nonprofit recipients of matching gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. It was organized by Ed Schipul. The Real House Wives of Social Media You've heard the buzz around how nonprofit organizations and corporations are using social media for social good. Submitted by Dave Cohn.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2010

The pre-screening previewed video from organizations including the Miracle Foundation and the Scottish Rite Learning Center , and the LCH organization is aiming high to recieve more submissions in 2010 than 2009. So now the LCH team is asking you: Does your organization have a film that helps promote its cause?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. It was organized by Ed Schipul. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2009

If you haven’t already heard, 2009 is the year for nonprofits at South By Southwest Interactive ! This annual conference is where movers and shakers from around the country - and even globe - gather and talk about the latest and greatest in interactive technology, online best practices and examples of what's working online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. We'll touch on academic research, business implementation, and grassroots organizing strategy. This panel discusses ways to incorporate online, interactive video into your organization's digital space.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. It was organized by Ed Schipul. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. Submitted by Dave Cohn.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 21, 2009

This year some of my coworkers and I were inspired to volunteer with an organization called TAP - Theatre Action Project , which works with youngsters to encourage creative expression while learning critical life skills and building self-esteem and confidence. So we got to work… And they turned out beautifully I think!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media. This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. In it, she says organizations can use Twitter to spread the word, connect to the community and humanize your organization. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. Statistics are courtesy of HubSpot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. I saw one colleague, Keene from UT Austin, had this little Verizon hub, that could share through wireless 4 network connections that fed from the mobile network.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. In it, she says organizations can use Twitter to spread the word, connect to the community and humanize your organization. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. Statistics are courtesy of HubSpot.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2012

Collaboration among nonprofit organizations is near to becoming a necessity. The individual outcomes that single organizations are capable of can rarely produce large-scale, comprehensive advancement. Sources: ^ [1] Austin, James E. Cooperating to survive and thrive: innovative enterprises among nonprofit organizations."

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2010

Well it is officially spring in Austin and with spring brings a return to warmer weather, longer days, Easter egg hunts, and metrics for the nonprofit professional. Overall, 69 percent of organizations raised more in 2009 than 2008, while 31 percent saw declines in their online fundraising. Small organizations grew fastest.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Harnessing Your Organization’s Story: Marc Pitman, Sean Sheridan, Vanessa Chase. Creativing Movements with Digital and Social Media with Austin Graff. They were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of China and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2009. Friendly Savages.

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