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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. This network of community foundations are actively experimenting and learning how to get better results on their Giving Days and adding to the knowledge in the Giving Day Playbook.

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MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education. In Philanthropy.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Kathy Reich, Director of Organizational Effectiveness Grantmaking at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, write up this summary of the session. I am looking forward to the next chapter of work which will continue to focus on networks, but how they can be used by nonprofit for learning that leads to greater impact. Stay tuned.

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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. .” Says Barb, “We need to learn from each other and collaborate more.”

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Being able to have your stakeholders engage with you – through social channels or otherwise, is what can help you win their hearts and minds, and eventually their donations. Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). … Read More

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JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009.

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. If you’re doing social media and you’re trying to be perfect, get over it – you won’t learn how to improve what you’re doing. Schoemaker.

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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. I have designed and facilitated a number of networks like this, although I have called them “Peer Learning Exchanges.” It doesn’t do more than that.

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JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012).

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JANUARY 3, 2011

My Three Words for 2011 inspired by Harold Jarche's Networked Learning Model. In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. Mixing in social media, the practice has been called developing “ personal learning network ,&# but some, like Harold Jarche, are calling it “ networked learning.&#.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

 You see, @fatcyclist wants to be a professional cyclist and who better to help him than the manager of Lance Armstrong’s racing team? By this time (12/11/2009 2:23 pm pst) he's raised over $135K. What can Nonprofits can learn from this? what else can we learn? joking) as if he were applying for a job. You

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MARCH 1, 2012

For more in-depth learning experiences, I do a pre-workshop assessment, but for this mini-workshop I did a living assessment in the room. Set realistic expectations and objectives for pilots, focus on learning and engagement. Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work.

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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. Even more inspiring was to learn more about the work that PopTech Fellows are doing to change the world.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

We both had a front row seat at start of the Web Industry (back then we called it “New Media”), helping to shape how people use new digital technologies. Aliza and I ran into each other again in 2009 at the first Wisdom 2.0 We’re combining forces to learn about how nonprofits are mastering self-care. Mindful Leadership.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I have had the honor of working with Stephanie since 2009 when I arrived at the foundation as Visiting Scholar. Stephanie was a huge help in what seem like a daunting process. What I like best about Stephanie is that she wasn’t afraid to experiment with the tools , learn quickly, and instantly share what she learned.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

By “pitch”, I mean opening the door to deeper engagement with your organization, whether through a quick conversation with someone who is learning about you for the first time or the ask in a year-end appeal letter to a donor who has supported you for a long-time. Those initial conversations tend to be awkward and creepy.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Note from Beth: I’ve learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale’s Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

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. Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

And how might we help bring these two groups together to create healthier nonprofits, healthier networks, and ultimately, healthier communities? What we learned is surprising. And, the amount that Silicon Valley companies has given away has more than doubled since 2009, from $56 million to nearly $117 million.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

From here she was selected to take a Microsoft ICT course, where she learned about the power of technology for connecting people around the world. It’s so encouraging to me that Microsoft can partner with nonprofits that care as deeply as we do about helping youth reach their full potential.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned. In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned.

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MAY 3, 2010

In ongoing conversations with John Gautam on Twitter, I've learned more about how their overall social publishing strategy which balances their curated content or "branded" content with community conversations to co-create social content. He offered to write a guest post sharing more about how their social publishing strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? The last drawing/map is from a peer learning group of Packard Grantees that I am facilitating based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” from Radio Bilingue. What did you learn? How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning. There’s another benefit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Mozilla is reaching out to geeks far and wide to give a helping hand to nonprofit organizations and people all over the world to experience the joy of using the Web! Create your own opportunity: Reach out to a local school, organization or people near you to find out what sort of technology help they need.

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JULY 4, 2010

His total for the day was 64 hot dogs. In 2009, he won again, beating his own record by consuming 68 hot dogs. It’s the same sort of discomfort that some people feel about approaching the task of listening for learning using the social web. One strategy is to use it as a professional learning tool. Pay Yourself First.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Why the number 52?

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AUGUST 27, 2010

Balancing Learning Through Content Delivery and Sharing Experience. What I’m most excited about is “networked learning&# – it is part peer learning, part content-delivery, and another part engaging people in the room and not in the room in conversation through the use of social media. Some Reflections.

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APRIL 22, 2016

Note from Beth: In the decade or so that I’ve been doing social media, I’ve always been an advocate of the “Listen, Learn, Adapt” approach to doing social and a decade later, it is still very important for success. Your People Are Talking. Are You Listening?” Get it here: https://attentive.ly/listen.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

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 more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. What are the lessons learned from Free Agents about working with nonprofits? Trust me.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

That’s my “cause,” if you will… to ensure that the new domain name extensions help organizations, individuals and companies alike market to their communities on a safe and trusted venue. If you’re curious to learn more, check out ngotld.org.). million non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and companies worldwide.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

These local giving days focus more a community approach and help nonprofits build capacity in fundraising on all channels, while also promoting the idea of a Giving Day in the local community or geographic area. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow. It was an amazing day of giving for our state—$16.3

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JUNE 9, 2010

In 2009, a dollar spent by the organization on online tools helped to improve 10 times as many neighborhoods as a dollar spent on playground equipment. The more you can simplify your program model and codify it, the easier it will be to help others replicate it in their own communities. What lessons are YOU learning?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

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 about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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MARCH 26, 2009

As of March 23, 2009, I started my 9-month journey as the Visiting Scholar in Residence at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. It has three definitions: 1: a person who attends a school or studies under a teacher : pupil 2: person who has done advanced study in a special field b: a learned person 3: a holder of a scholarship.

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