Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The most common topic of discussion in meetings lately and the theme of many sessions during this unusual fall conference season is the need to advocate for volunteer engagement as a strategy to help sustain organizations during these challenging times. Today, people believe civic action is more important than ever before.

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MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. How many people visit your organization’s website each month? Download the report now! . 2011 Online Giving Report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The organization's goal is to makes it easy for people to find and share opportunities to give or volunteer for social causes using social networking strategies. He has identified nine goals for 2009. Hand in hand with those goals, is a peer-to-peer social fundraising campaign to raise $20,009 by February 2, 2009. or $200.09.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I’ve been going every year since 2009 to cover the event on my blog. Out of all the amazing speakers and discussions , I was lucky enough to sit down with Barb Newhouse, President & Chief Executive Officer. ALS Association and discuss the Ice Bucket Challenge.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds." Receive monthly updates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. at 8:42 am I think the biggest pain point that Twitter has is getting people to start using it.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 21, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy held an online discussion on January 21, 2009 about how nonprofits can publicize their work. And how can you stretch your resources to make sure your messages gets to as many people as possible. What can your organization do to make sure these efforts are meaningful? Whom should you try to reach?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

(like right now, on the Linuxchix IRC channel, we are discussing elections, HFS+ filesystems and terabyte switches.) On the other hand, a lot of people are IMing, and tweeting, etc. Of the IRC clients, I like XChat the best, although I’ve tried quite a number. It’s also scriptable.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

For instance, I’m reading the book, Made to Stick , and this week’s post by Jeff at Donor Power talks about taglines that organizations use – how they make internal sense, but don’t make sense to people outside. Solidariti has a great discussion and graph of Web 2.0 Some other great tidbits: Also in the Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) But here’s the thing – half of the world’s nonprofits wouldn’t exist if people didn’t do it because a new nonprofit isn’t going to make a dent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Note from Beth: During the Mashable Social Good Summit earlier this week, I ran into Akhtar Badshah from Microsoft with colleagues who were on a panel to discuss the challenges facing youth today or the “opportunity divide.” ” Their solution is Microsoft YouthSpark. This youth panel was truly inspiring for me.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 » Sunday Feb 01 2009 Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 08:56PM | by Allyson Kapin What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? All rights reserved.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

Gather a group of social entrepreneurs to brainstorm ideas to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and you will harvest an array of innovative solutions. Senator Harkin is a longtime advocate for people with disabilities. history, but the work ensuring equality of opportunity is far from over.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcamps are local events for people passionate about using mobile technology for social impact and to make the world a better place. interactive discussions. In short, Mobile Tech 4 Social Change camp is: A one-day event in London on May 23, 2009 at Vodafone. What is Mobile Tech 4 Social Change?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Does the incentive of monetary support influence how people allocate their altruistic desires to help others? 2009) found that stipends promote inclusion, efficiency and effectiveness. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. The researchers (McBride, et.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Participant Fundraising. What started off as a means to stay connected with people and share content, has transformed the way we interact with each other. What worked for your organization in 2009? From these, I pulled together this set of lessons learned. A little social media can go a long way.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Spirituality and Technology January 19, 2007 A number of people have written me, and said that they appreciate that there is a blog with a spiritual take on technology. Spirituality is in creation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

It looks like users can find, read or submit stories and vote on them; have discussions; and generally network. Junction49 - Junction49 want to challenge the negative perception that young people don't volunteer in traditional ways anymore. Mozilla Service Week! - Are you a techie who could donate some skills?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

This year SXSW is offering something new: workshops on a wide range of topics from some of the top people in their industry. In 2009, the “Social Media ROI Poetry Slam” SXSW lead to a book “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” The workshops are included in the price of an Interactive, Gold, or Platinum Badge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2009

There's an interesting conversation happening in the UK at a seminar on May 20, 2009 to explore digital inclusion for social capital, building on a paper written by Will Davies on The Social Value of Digital Networks in Deprived Communities. A Really Simple Guide to Digital Inclusion View more presentations from clarewhite.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” million in 2009 to $687.6 Below are five opportunities for nonprofits: #1 Be a connector Reporters are always on a deadline, and they are always looking for relevant people to quote that can offer a unique perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Folks at NTEN have been thinking about APIs , and will host a discussion about them on Friday. I have dreams of applications that combine, say, available bed space in shelters and soup kitchens, all mapped for people to find. It’s all possible if people freely share the data they share anyway on the web in an API. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. It’s been there since 9/7/2007, two days after my call for getting people on Quantcast.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. Watching the collaboration of people across time zones developing these proposals has really been inspiring to me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes. NodeXL and Marc Smith.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. The human rights issue we’re discussing are the human rights of people with disabilities that cannot effectively use the printed word. And famines have consequences. But, it hasn’t happened.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with Lindsay and discuss how volunteering has changed over the last few years, the multifaceted benefits of pro bono programs, and the power of skill-based volunteering to help us build resilience and navigate uncertain times. At the same time, people were even more interested in giving back.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

in 2009 to understand how and why millennials do what they do with causes, there was one question advisors, practitioners and it seemed like everyone wanted to know –. In our work we learned that social issues are tied to the intersection of community, family, friends and where people live, work, and play. This blog first appeared on.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 17, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Einolf (2009) [1] analyzed the baby boomer generation and predicted a similar increase in volunteer numbers and rates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I think that for a while, at least, Linux won’t be a good desktop option this broad group of people. I hope you’re discussing the option of buying systems with linux preinstalled in the webinar. Because most people will only use what they are familiar with. Which is unfortunate, and I hope it changes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Understandably, it has come to be somewhat different than I designed it back then, but it still feels good that something that I worked hard on is still serving people. And as time wore on, I lost touch with people and organizations. I wanted to work directly with organizations and people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I have been near Camden, Maine for the past few days at the PopTech 2009 Fellows Program as part of the PopTech 2009 conference ( streaming live ), which starts on Wednesday. PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. The cards include a set of "people cards" which includes snippets of market research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Way back in 2009, when I first Peter and Madeline, we brainstormed some questions about the strategic use of social media to build a network. A generative social impact network links people together through relationships. They have joined forces and along with John Cleveland, have written “ Connecting to Change the World.”

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