Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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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? Understanding and mapping your network is one of the indicators in my “Crawl Walk Run Fly” maturity of practice model and looks something like this: Click to see larger image. Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. Radio Bilingue.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Are our students learning? . That's the topic Kurt Voelker of Forum One Communications will tackle at the 2009 NTC in his session, " Gobs and Gobs of Data: Strategies for Visualizing, Mapping, and Sharing Policy Content " I talked to him about his session, and my fear of numbers, last week: .

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 4, 2009

Vote for your local organization: Some cities have already chosen the organization and others need local people to vote, so use the map on the Twestival site to find your city’s Twestival page to learn more! Twestival Local aims to support not-for-profit organizations through global events on 10-13 September 2009.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. As I write this, I keep learning about more and more NTEN Members and NPTech-ers joining Blog Action Day.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The bombings created confusion and as people were able to put details together for themselves, they did so in a way that others could learn and follow the developments. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Indirect Content.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

" Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0 Conference 2009 – O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 – 21, 2009, San Jose, CA – Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians The students sent their first tweets from the TweetsGiving classroom built from your gratitude."

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

" Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0 Conference 2009 - O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 - 21, 2009, San Jose, CA - Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians Meru, Shepherds Junior School was connected to the internet for the very first time. " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Location: MIT room 3-270 (click for map). Please register and join us as we learn and engage about the use and misuse of Twitter, Facebook, and the rest. 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. Time: Networking and dinner begins at 6:00pm. Register: to save your spot.

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MARCH 22, 2022

The truth is that Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, began in 2009 and so too did the genesis crypto culture. Consider how your organization’s narrative may map to these values of giving power and voice to stakeholders that have been traditionally ignored by financial institutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The first step is mapping your network so you understand the connections – hubs and influencers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

You can read more about the framing leading up the convening in this Learning Brief that synthesizes FSG’s latest thinking on the future of social sector evaluation. ” I was lucky enough to meet and interview Patton in 2009. That learning and pivoting was embedded in the strategy. There deep dive sessions for each method.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

Successful mobile apps are almost always the result of continued experimentation, learning from failure failure , and gradual improvement over time. The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. Historic St. Louis apps by Missouri History Museum.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Google Earth Outreach from Rebecca Moore: Google’s mapping tools may seem like an obscure tool to use in your work but these aren’t traditional maps: the new generation of mapping technology is fully interactive, enables storytelling, and more. (Did Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth.

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MAY 27, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! It was completed and published in November 2009. Click here to download a PDF copy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! I’ve given approximately 2,900 hours of work for America since 2009.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

During my first visit to the Nigerian capital of Abuja last April, I learned that a member of the NHRC who had been monitoring local elections had been beaten and unlawfully detained. Nigerian security forces have been accused of a series of abuses including extrajudicial killings, election violence and vote rigging.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3. Well take a look at how to use both qualitative and hard data points to refine and adapt your strategy as well as the role of continuous listening and learning through implementation of pilots. April 27 , 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 5.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! 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. What lessons are YOU learning?

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

It will be interesting to see what they learn from this experiment and how they leverage the success or failure of it.   created to mark their 2009-2010 Season of Belief.  Also, if we are successful in getting 50 or more Foursquare users to check-in at the Copaken Stage, all will earn the coveted Swarm badge!

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

She re-mapped the data in Google Earth and shared the new map with community members, local politicians, and presented it at the community meeeting to a much different response. The new map galvanized the community because they were able to really understand the impact of the plan. Read the full case study here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

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. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. Learn the techniques of simplify and apply to your social media use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

I’m betting that in 2009, many folks will move from shared hosting to VPS servers. This is an awesome cross-platform mind mapping tool. I love discovering new music, seeing what people I know are listening to, and learning more about what I listen to over time. There are a lot of good reasons to consider this. SaaS Tools.

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Care2

APRIL 25, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3. We'll take a look at how to use both qualitative and hard data points to refine and adapt your strategy as well as the role of continuous listening and learning through implementation of pilots. Without further ado here are my favorites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 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. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good! It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. Quite the opposite. What does it look like? Obviously, we can all picture a car. Difference.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. People revisited the Stringing Connections map several times to see what had been added, and Xavier participants came back to watch the Flickr sideshow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Since social media encompasses many different types of tools, and each tool has specific characteristics and a steep learning curve, a toolkit approach can quickly become overwhelming. In its first iteration, Vote Report India leveraged Co-creation by creating a platform for collectively tracking irregularities in the 2009 Indian elections.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. He also shared an interactive map on his website so people could track the road trip’s progress visually using a tool called Track My Tour. Diverse Goals. Over to You.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Tom Ahern makes his living by writing cases and direct mail … by doing audits, reviewing and recommending fixes for donor communications … and by teaching others what he’s learned during decades of trial, error and the occasional spectacular success. Ahern didn’t start in fundraising. She is also a certified executive coach.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 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. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good! It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 24, 2009

On the heels of the NTEN webinar on Community Building and Management showing nonprofit organizations how to socially enable their missions, Carie Lewis of the Humane Society of the United States has launched the TAFA Online Community for the 2009 Taking Action for Animals conference. The Community Dissected (elements of the page).

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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. Last year at Princeton, we added a Google Map for people to geotag their home location , an invitation to share photos of the number “15? (it

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