Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Corporate Altruism: The Blurring of the Lines Between CSR and Cause Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We will publish a number of these stories as “Conversational&# case studies over the next few weeks on both Kami’s blog Communication Overtones and here on Beth’s Blog. on November 5, 2010. We have also looked at some failures, and harvested learning about best practices and how they could have been better.

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Day 12: Let’s Help Send Some Cambodian Kids To College – #12days of giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Long time readers of this blog will remember Leng Sopharath who I sponsored for college with early experiments in fundraising on Twitter and creating case studies of social fundraising. Through the Sharing Foundation’s college sponsorship program and our support, Leng was able to go the University to study accounting.

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A New Year: A New Learning Journey Begins

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book will publish in the second half of 2012.

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Using Social Media to Share Research

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We experimented with “Conversational Case Studies&# and found that conversation in the comments helped improve the richness of the final report. By Patricia Martin, 2010. That model uses social media a mechanism to give feedback. Another way to use social media is for the sharing and distribution of the finding.

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. I’d be interested in a case study that looks at lessons learned and results. Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011?

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. Next, Danielle Brigida gave a case study about how NWF uses Twitter.

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How Can Volunteer Coordinators Help Their Organizations Become Networked Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently I got my first full-on blast of the Networked Nonprofit at a session the authors presented at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Rosenthal, Director of Communications for VolunteerMatch was a participant. He offered to write a guest post. Opportunity Design.

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