Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2010

Yesterday, an advanced copy of our book, The Networked Nonprofit , arrived. My son, Harry, who is in video making summer camp, decided to make a little movie of me opening the book! Here are a few upcoming book launch events over the next two weeks: June 17, 2010. June 21, 2010. Virtual Book Launch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Not too long ago Seth Godin announced on his blog that he was going to reinvent the way books were published and read with The Domino Project. In his words: The notion of the paper book as merely a package for information is slowly becoming obsolete. The race was part of the World Malaria Day in 2009.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In addition to all those wonderful programs, I wrote up 11 more for 2010. Clothes, books, mugs, calendars, computer accessories, and even gift certificates. Online Gifts Catalog by PBS: Ideal for supporters of public television, PBS’s online shop has videos and books ranging in topics from arts and culture to travel.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2010

Earlier this year I presented at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference and knew I’d have the chance to see many friends and colleagues again, and meet new ones! In Grizzard’s new review series, Eric shares a video book review of the book! Thanks to Grizzard and Eric for sharing the review of the book.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Book Reviews October 21, 2007 I read three books recently that I thought would be worth reviewing here. They fall into that category of “business&# books that I basically never read.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2012

It’s been awhile since I posted on the TechSoup for Libraries blog on whether digital books and the devices that people use to read them like Kindles, Nooks, and tablet computers are greener than printed books. Be that as it may, e-reader devices and e-books are here to stay. In my " Are E-Readers Greener Than Books

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I thought the launch of my new book would be the perfect time to make a few changes! In May, 2010. I moved from my old typepad blog to a word press blog that was designed to match the cover colors of my book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Alison Fine. The Book Is Available for Pre-Order on Amazon!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I discovered it because of a charity challenge they're running on Twitter to raise awareness of their book, plus raise some money to help Room To Read. The Challenge: Get as many people as possible to tweet a link to this article, especially the people in the list below by midnight (ET) on Sunday, February 21 2010. x (Total Retweets).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

“Purpose is the why behind everything within an organization,” says author John Baldoni, of the book, Lead With Purpose. Some of my other favorite observations from the book are these two: We follow leaders not because they bring us down, but because they lift our spirits with their attitude, words, and examples.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

“Purpose is the why behind everything within an organization,” says author John Baldoni, of the new book, Lead With Purpose. It hits the brick and mortar and online book stores this week. It also includes the results of an exclusive 2010 leadership survey conducted for the American Management Association (AMA) by NFI Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2010

If you’re in the Bay Area and didn’t make it to our launch party at TechSoup , there’s a book party in the East Bay on Friday, July 23rd. The staff of Donordigital Bay Area are throwing a #netnon book party. I’ve been enjoying the photos of friends and colleagues with the book popping up on my Facebook Page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

To help me take full advantage of all of these wonderful support systems, I decided to hone my goals down to 3 Big Vision Goals for 2010, 3 Big Vision Goals for each season, and 3 Big Vision Goals for each lunar cycle (New Moon to New Moon). Sell The Have Fun Do Good Guide book proposal, or complete e-book.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2011

Currently the top selling electronic devices are e-readers like the Amazon Kindle , the Barnes & Noble Nook , the Sony Reader , and also the Apple iPad , which runs the iBooks application , a free e-book reader program and gateway to Apple's iBookstore. The question is: are e-readers greener than books? read more.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 1, 2013

New Book Announcement: Loveworks is researched and written by Brian Sheehan , a professor of advertising at the S.I. In 2010 Advertising Age magazine named Lovemarks one of their "ideas of the decade." Leadership Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Customer Service Loveworks Book Brian Sheehan'

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

That's the topic Sarah Durham, Principal at Big Duck , is going to tackle in her 2010 NTC session, " Brandraising Online: One Organization, Many Channels.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 26, 2010

During the past few months, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What Is Your Favorite?" Here's the list of all 235 recommended books in alphabetical order.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2010

As I mentioned in my post, Community, Beauty, Party, Wisdom: More Reverb 10 Reflections , one of the highlights of 2010 was organizing a virtual social change book club. A few people have asked me how to organize their own virtual book club, so I thought I'd share the process with you. Rotate who picks the book.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2010

You can view all of the 2010 worksheets here. Because the Winter section goes into January, you could start writing your 2011 goals in the Big Vision section too, but personally, I kinda like the idea of staying with your 2010 goals in the Big Vision section, and then getting a hint of your 2011 goals in the Winter Section.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

A few months ago, Robert blogged about Idealware's 2010 Field Guide to Nonprofit Software , a guide covering a broad range of software that nonprofits should know about. FLOSS books are available free online , but they're definitely printworthy. Idealware's own articles page and blog offer a wealth of knowledge for nonprofits.

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NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

For large nonprofits here is some even scarier news: the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported in October of 2010 that donations to the nation’s largest charities dropped 11% last year. The median expected change for nonprofits in 2010 was supposed to be an increase of 1.4%. conference of 2010 [1] the top thirty “ thon ” (i.e.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 31, 2010

Last week in my post, Keeping Your Balance While Helping Haiti , I suggested that you research organizations working in Haiti that you would like to support by donating, volunteering, or helping in some other way throughout 2010. Have you chosen a way to support an organization working in Haiti throughout 2010?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2017

But most exciting of all is that my Happy Healthy Nonprofit co-author, Aliza Sherman, will be the featured keynote.She will share ideas in our book about self-care and avoiding burnout, especially the kind that is cause by technology use. In addition to starting the first woman-owned Internet company in the early 90s, Cybergrrl, Inc.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2012

The how-to of launching a mobile website and best practices for mobile design are covered in the book, however, they are also presented and elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar on Mobile Technology and Mobile Fundraising for Nonprofits. In 2009 and 2010, nonprofits were busy launching and improving their social media campaigns.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

I asked our NTEN Tweeps to reply and tell me why they should receive the book. After dueling responses, we have two winners: So Matt Denner , you're getting the book! Anna Palmer , Winwin Apps , you're getting the book, too! Thank you to all our members, and stay tuned for more daily give-aways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Now in it’s third year (View the 2009 Edition and 2010 Edition ), the 11 holiday gift programs listed below benefit nonprofits and thus help make the world a better place: 1. 11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits :: 2010 Edition. Related Links: Nine Holiday Card Programs That Benefit Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2010

One of the most compelling and entertaining arguments for reducing consumption is Annie Leonard’s famous little online video The Story of Stuff , and now her new The Story of Stuff book, subtitled How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health — and a Vision for Change.

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Care2

DECEMBER 17, 2009

On January 13th, the nonprofit world will be celebrating the book launch of the Nonprofit Guide To Going Green. This book offers practical advice on how nonprofits of any size can green their own organization, even on a limited budget. Date: January 13th, 2010 at 5:30pm. Come on out and meet editors Ted Hart, Adrienne D.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2021

To cut a long story short, in 2010 I contracted Meningitis and overnight I went from being a fitness teacher to being on death’s door. I’m sure we could all write a book about this but in my experience the emphasis rests on management to raise awareness within the salaried staff about how important the volunteers are. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

Milliennials also value privacy and time away from mobile and social media, reading print copies of books, and regularly visit libraries. In 2012, 58 percent of boomers donated online compared to 44 percent in 2010. However, the millennial generation doesn’t consider technology to be a panacea for living the good life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. Writing and Blogging: I’ve been writing Beth’s blog since 2004 and on this updated wordpress blog since 2010. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. That’s a long time.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2010

I’m getting my bags packed to fly to Atlanta for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference and discovered that I have 4 copies of Social by Social left – and I’m going to give them away! So, to win a book, you have to want to tell me all about the work you do – simple enough, right? About Social by Social.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

For our final daily NTEN prize for this week, we're sending the The Nonprofit Marketing Guide , by Kivi Leroux Miller, courtesy of Jossey Bass/Wiley Books , to: Sarah Peck , from Oxfam America. All NTEN members can get this and other books from Jossey Bass/Wiley at the 20% NTEN Member discount -- log-in here to retrieve your discount code.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. Before this initiative, critical illustrations in math and science books could only be studied by those reading traditional texts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

“Purpose is the why behind everything within an organization,” says author John Baldoni, of the book, Lead With Purpose. It hits the brick and mortar and online book stores this week. It also includes the results of an exclusive 2010 leadership survey conducted for the American Management Association (AMA) by NFI Research.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I have the fun opportunity to be a presenter at the 2010 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits! Social by Social : a handbook for using social technologies for social impact – you can read the full book for free online or download in PDF. My session today focuses on the topic of “Unlocking the True Value of Social Media.&#.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We're sending you a copy of Seth Godin's book, Linchpin. And the winner is: Jenifer Daniels, Communications & Marketing Speclalist at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Thank you for being a member of NTEN! And don't forget about our awesome free webinar line-up this month.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

In 2010, the event had a transformation. The Conference “Curse” While so much good was happening with Cause Camp, the first instance suggesting a “Cause Camp Curse” happened in 2010. Future Cause Camps experiencing last-minute speaker cancelations used the “when all else fails, form a panel” plan, learned from 2010.).

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