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. We will explore how nonprofits can unleash the power of social good by transitioning from stand-alone institutions to networks energized by abundant resources in their ecosystem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Media Genius View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Here are my slides from the Convio " Social Media for Social Good " for tomorrow. Convio asked me to prepare something for organizations that are just getting ready to embrace social media.

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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. Elliot Harmon Creative Commons , Communications Manager.

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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. These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We are having a great time at the Convio Summit 2009 in Austin. One thing he talked about was video and social media and how these new online tools have become more important to nonprofits. Today at lunch Vinay Bhagat, Convio’s founder and an expert in nonprofit web marketing spoke about trends online.

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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. 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. The SXSW Interactive Festival. Carie Lewis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2009

This will provide 140,000 meals for children in Austin. With thousands of social industry folks coming together for South by Southwest 2009 (SXSW ‘09) in Austin, we're hoping to get 1,000 people to take the pledge, so we can make sure the Tyson semi-trailer will arrive in Austin during the SXSW ’09 interactive festival.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

You don't go into using a Twitter strategy without having built up a little social capital or as Tara Hunt calls " Whuffie." I also wonder about the effectiveness of fundraising on Twitter as more and more organizations or individuals start doing it? How will Twitter be using for fundraising for good causes and by nonprofits in 2009?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

There are also cultural, social, and interpersonal challenges that will go along with this transition. As the popularity and use of social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter continue to grow at staggering rates, we can expect these tools to become more and more a part of everyday business for employees.

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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. You can see video from the session here.

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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. Social Change Behind the FireWall submitted by Holly Ross Successful nonprofits using social media are masters of social change behind the firewall. Who will prevail?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Oh, and please do give a thumbs up to the panel Beth and I cooked up: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change ]. scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009.

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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. However I wanted to record, primarily for my own sake, while fresh in my mind a recap of the social media tools we used (and other related factors) for our conference.

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MAY 6, 2009

Social Media strategy and execution. And we look forward to seeing you in Austin, Texas this November! And to give you an idea of topics that people have spoken about or submitted in the past, here's a short list to get your creative presentation ideas flowing: Multi-channel marketing. New trends in fundraising.

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MARCH 11, 2009

If you haven’t already heard, 2009 is the year for nonprofits at South By Southwest Interactive ! Nonprofit/Advocacy/Social Good sessions. My Boss Doesn't Get It: Championing Social Media to the Man Room B Friday, March 13th 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Delicious Tech for Localism: Sustainable Food 2.0

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APRIL 7, 2010

Monitoring for this tag in different social media outlets is a great way to get a feeling of being here or learning about events that are happening while you are at the conference. This year there are also remote events happening in Austin and DC too. First off, watch for the #10ntc hash tag.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

2009 was the first year of the contest, which was the brainchild of Gretchen Hoffman and Jane Kirchner in AFT’s Marketing department, and Julia Freedgood, Director of AFT's Growing Local Campaign. PS: To my esteemed colleagues in Austin I say, being in the top 20 ain’t bad, but try harder next year! :).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Today, I am moderating a panel at SXSW about Social Media Nonprofit ROI in the format of a poetry slam. A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. SXSW Poetry Slam Slides View more presentations from kanter.

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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. People from the Austin area who are on Twitter and either came across the tweet-up or were in by someone else via tweet congregated to meet each other, and of course, donate blood. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008.

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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. People from the Austin area who are on Twitter and either came across the tweet-up or were in by someone else via tweet congregated to meet each other, and of course, donate blood. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Alan Graham, President of Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), said it perfectly during his presentation at the AFP Austin luncheon today – there is no magic bullet, and there is no get rich quick method when using technology to raise funds for your nonprofit. Check out the video below to see what MLF is trying to accomplish and how.

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MARCH 12, 2009

Alan Graham, President of Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), said it perfectly during his presentation at the AFP Austin luncheon yesterday – there is no magic bullet, and there is no get rich quick method when using technology to raise funds for your nonprofit. Check out the video below to see what MLF is trying to accomplish and how.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

Or maybe it’s because of the Big Idea Sessions and the new Social Media Lounge. The Social Media Lounge. Creativing Movements with Digital and Social Media with Austin Graff. Go here to download your 2015 social media guide. Or maybe it’s Ashley Judd. Friendly Savages.

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