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DECEMBER 14, 2011

I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011). That’s one of my favorite photos from Beirut, taken in March, 2011 during E-Mediat Train-the-Trainers intensive workshop that kicked off the 18-month capacity building project for NGOs in the Arab World about using social media to realize civil society goals.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time. In less than an hour after the 2011 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Ushahidi platform was used to spotlight areas of refuge.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

The process has opened – so you can browse and vote for the nonprofit panels you think are worthy of being on the program until September 2, 2011. And, if you’re thinking your organization can’t afford to send you to the conference, there are scholarships available for nonprofits folks.

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MARCH 1, 2011

You must submit an application by midnight on March 28, 2011, and you’ll be notified if you’ve won on April 10. There is a quick turnaround on these grants. Visit [link] to apply. Follow the effort on Twitter at #ctkgrant.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

On Monday, I attended Compasspoint’s Nonprofit Day 2011. On Monday, I attended Compasspoint’s Nonprofit Day 2011. The theme was “Inspired Resilience: How we sustain People, Organizations, and Causes.” How does your organization deal with mistakes and failure? Blame game or learning?

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JANUARY 2, 2012

Last Sunset of 2011. As I watched the last sunset of 2011 fade over the Pacific Ocean, I wanted to formally say farewell to Zoetica , the company I co-founded with Geoff Livingston and Kami Huyse that we announced in January, 2010 one day after my birthday, and one day before the Haiti Earthquake.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

In 2011, Bernholz sold her consulting firm, Blueprint Research & Design, Inc. As a Visiting Scholar, Bernholz will advance the Foundation’s literacy on a range of issues, particularly digital civil society, open data, and social good. She will be working with the Foundation’s multiple grantmaking programs on myriad projects.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Generosity Day: This got started in 2011 by Sasha Dichter, Scott Case, Ellen McGirt, and Katya Andresen. It’s first Valentine’s Day logo appeared in 2000, looks quite primitive compared to today’s this American Life style animated and audio doodle. Visit the Doodle Museum to view the history of doodles.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

According to this recent nonprofits and mobile survey summarized on the NTEN Blog , only 16% of the surveyed nonprofits plan on having mobile websites in 2011 compared to 90% of surveyed nonprofits use email marketing and social media in their engagement strategies. Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011?

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The Accelerated Millennial Manager ” by Devon Scheef and Diane Thielfoldt of The Learning Café is a summary of a research survey from 2011 through 2013 of 400 millennial managers, their managers, peer managers, team members, HR, and business leaders.

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MAY 2, 2011

Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites. By the end of 2011, we will increase the number of people who “Like&# us on Facebook to the median Facebook network or x%. Sometimes benchmarking studies can be more rigorous and survey an entire field.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best Debut Artist” and “Best Supporting Actor.”.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Part of what makes the NTC unique is how they involve the community in every aspect of conference planning. Community voting on the 400+ session proposals has begun and will run through September 30th.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Facebook users had uploaded more than 100 billion photos by mid-2011. • YouTube users upload 60 hours of video per minute and they triggered more than 1 trillion playbacks in 2011 – roughly 140 video views per person on earth. What will the future 2020 be like?

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MAY 6, 2013

The second year in 2011, we did two sets of peer groups using workshops, action learning projects, and micro grants to encourage experimentation. The first year I experimented with a peer design that included face-to-face workshops, action learning projects, and monthly calls back in 2010 called ArtsLab.

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JUNE 13, 2012

In 2011 the first virtual convening, MDS11, was held with the Case Foundation to explore ideas, strategies, and to hear directly from experts on how to organize millennial engagement programs. This year’s study had more than 6,500 Millennials, 3 focus groups and 90 nonprofit professionals respond/participate.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Leave a comment on this post explaining what your organization’s singular, most important activity will be in 2011 that will at-once drive social impact, engage supporters and increase revenues. Note from Beth: Carol Cone was kind enough to offer several copies of her a book as a giveaway. Deadline: December 23rd.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

” The first nonprofit technology conference (NTC) was in 2002 in Orlando. I was a coordinator for the Annual Day of Service from 2002-2011, a day where nonprofit techies gave their time and skills back to the community where the conference was hosted. We were called “Circuit Riders.”

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JULY 23, 2012

Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011). Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012). Interviews with approximately 30 grantees (April-June 2012).

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

On November 16, 2011, more than $13.4 Here is the breakdown of where our unique visits came from: We earned 202 new likes on our Facebook page on November 16, 2011 and increased our fans by 1,263 since Give to the Max Day 2010. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

I am currently raising funds for a story that I believe needs to be told about the 2011 people’s uprising in Madison, Wisconsin. In the months of February and March, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin, we saw thousands upon thousands of people occupying the Wisconsin State Capitol building.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Top 10 Young Nonprofit Bloggers to Watch in 2011. Time Management for Nonprofit Social Media Professionals: What’s Your Best Tip? How Networked Nonprofits Visualize Their Networks. My LinkedIn Network Map – a set on Flickr. Donate $5, $10, or $25 to Lights. to Provide a Video Workshop for Five Area NonProfits.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

But, maybe you’ve done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media activities in 2011 and have gleaned some insights. We’ll share tips, resources, and tools for saving time on engaging in conversations, listening, content strategy, measurement, tools and more. Good for you!

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

I’ll never forget the advice that my colleague, Ettore Rossetti Director, Internet Marketing from Save the Children, offered during a panel I moderated at the NTC in 2011 on free agent fundraising He said suggested going out and trying to raise money for your organization through a social network as an individual and learn how easy or hard (..)

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APRIL 30, 2013

I first came across Harold’s Seek Sense Share model back in 2011 and I actually made my New Year’s resolution for professional learning. Today, one of the foremost content curators Robin Good highlighted an updated version of Harold Jarche’s “ Seek Sense Share ” model applied to content curation.

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JULY 4, 2012

.” According to Mari’s email, this coalition had worked for 10 years to get a comprehensive Bill passed by National Assembly legislators which criminalizes sexual and physical violence against women and girls, and that it had been rejected/failed to pass twice, both in 2010, and again in 2011.

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MAY 5, 2011

The State of Marketing 2011 report recently released from IBM analyzes over 300 online and direct marketers across a wide range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. I expect to be blogging more about this topic. It is a hot topic in the corporate marketing world.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Specific measurable objectives included: Increase page likes to 12,000 by 12/31/2011 (achieved on 12/1/11). Tactics: Measure what content works, especially during Online Action Challenge, and implement throughout 2011 holiday season. Increase post feedback by 300% in September and by 200% in following months.

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APRIL 2, 2013

I’m especially looking forward to learning from these sessions by colleagues: April 11, 2011 – 10:30 – Noon. I had the pleasure of designing this session with Will Coley – who interviewed the best content curators in the world and get them share their best practices. April 12 at 8:30-10. Keynote by Dan Pallotta.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Looks like 2011 is going to be the year where I do a lot more thinking and writing about the convergence of social media, mobile, and nonprofits to better understand what the best practices are for integrating a mobile strateg y. On Friday, the Fedex man arrived with two packages from Apple’s competitors. Guess what was inside?

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MARCH 17, 2011

All in all, a packed day before the official start of the 2011 NTC. I think there is a lot of opportunity for nonprofits to share their practices around creating campaigns. More about the launch from Rohit Bhargava and Mashable. I’ll be shadowing them to learn pearls of wisdom about how to capture video stories.

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MARCH 25, 2012

In the fall 2011 issue of our quarterly journal, we published short pieces by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and the Foundation for the Mid South about why they think it’s smart to combine funding for services and advocacy. I sure hope so. NCRP has contributed to this discussion, too.

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MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. According to this recent nonprofits and mobile survey summarized on the NTEN Blog , only 16% of the surveyed nonprofits plan on having mobile websites in 2011 compared to 90% of surveyed nonprofits use email marketing and social media in their engagement strategies.

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APRIL 4, 2011

In late 2011, Funder’s Guide to Networks will synthesize the knowledge and publish a print publication for the broader field of philanthropy. Over the past 18 months, I’ve been participating in The Network of Networked Funders , a community of practice for grantmakers facilitated by the Monitor Institute.

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MARCH 23, 2012

As of August 2011, an astounding 8.1 As a social media specialist at MomsRising.org and a Latina who has published a blog for seven years, has two Facebook pages, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn page and now a newly opened Pinterest account, easily the biggest misconception I have encountered is that Latinos are not online.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

While I have been doing content curation for the past twenty years that I’ve worked as a technology trainer, in July, 2011 I discovered the Scoop.It Instead, content curation helps us keep focused.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Watech4good Summit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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