NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed - for example with text-to-give after disasters. For example, if two people had just had kids, regardless of age, they had more similarities than just age.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Social media is a conversation the world is having. There’s an important listening aspect that helps you hear what people are saying about you online, and there’s a second aspect that includes hosting conversations. Your organization can’t afford to be left out of it. Social media often has two aspects.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 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! Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Take a look at the examples on the G-team page and let your imagination run wild." Check it out! "So

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Do you have examples on this topic, has this happened to you? Do you have insurance? "Saw

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 15th).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now posted, you can visit the SSIR blog to read it there or read the full text below. Connecting conversations and people means cross-pollinating or jumping across platforms to share messages or actions from one to the next. And likewise with a personal side.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

At Zoetica, we facilitating a social media peer learning project called “ Leveraging Social Media: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog. You'll also lose the spontaneity that is important for this type of conversational channel. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ].

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 1st).

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Connections are longer-term relationships built on commonalities of interest, geography, conversation and exploration of ideas, place, and trust. Bari Samad, Internet Director at Green for All , characterized it well in a recent conversation. "We Recently, he has been blogging at Bright+3.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 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! February 25, 2011 5:34 PM Stephanie La Loggiasaid. Paying staff adds up!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. I’m not sharing these examples of mergers as a way of saying I believe there are too many organizations. What is a movement? Or engagement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2011

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

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2012

We introduce ourselves, talk a little bit about NTEN’s resources, and then open the conversation up to learn about all of those on the call. Free Report: 2011 Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems Report Blog Post: WordPress vs Drupal. Each month, NTEN’s Membership team hosts a phone call for new Members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Beth’s Blog, September 2011. SSIR Blog, January 2013. We identified several great examples of nonprofit using social media data for decision-making, mostly to support communications strategy. Not Data Driven.”

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article that first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Have a Facebook group/page, a Twitter account, or other social web channels, and provide an open channel (like a blog or other social tool) on your own website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Use Twitter to Bring More People Into The Conversation. Watech4good Summit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The event is sold out, but they are live-streaming it ) They are crowdsourcing questions for the conversation here. I can’t help but wonder if their methods are similar to how VolunteerMatch measures its impact and results , although VolunteerMatch does not receive the same scale of foundation funding as nonprofits in this sample.

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Achieve

MAY 6, 2015

When I first heard Ethan Marcotte speak on the topic of responsive web design in 2011, I remember the whole room being filled with a thick layer of wonder as we all mulled over what this meant for the web industry. For example, if you notice in the above graphic in the top right corner, there is an option to search the website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. For example, 13% of handhelds are smartphones, but account for 78% of data traffic and there are 180 billion text messages monthly. Making your web site readable on a mobile phone can be as easy as picking low hanging fruit , especially for blogs using WP platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 I would add another way to add or get value and that is join the conversation in the comments of follow curators and ask them your questions. Is it missing something?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Talk to Millennials about your goals, for example if you are trying to do something big and raise a large amount of money, break the goal and gifts down into smaller buckets so it isn’t overwhelming. Engagement.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Today, January 17, the 30th anniversary of the Betamax decision, we’re proud to mark Benetech’s participation in Copyright Week —a week of action that aims to engage communities in the ongoing conversation about changes to copyright law and celebrate six principles for a balanced copyright system.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Though each tool is a little different, they all create opportunities for your organization to start conversations and to show the personal side of, and the personalities behind, your work. Wait, what exactly are you doing again?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

6: Social Media Can and Should be Measured: This principle is about incorporating the discipline of measurement into your approach and to go beyond just measuring “coverage&# but also measure conversation and communities. 2011 Putting Principles in Action: Valid Metrics Matrix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. Here’s an example from nonprofit tech day at Microsoft in Seattle last year. Small groups can be conversations, peer assists or shares, or an exercise that can be done collaboratively or working alone together. Working in Cohorts.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Here are some tips to consider and great examples of how to create a successful event: 1. Veterans Hackday 2011 , kicked off a couple of weeks ago, and alotted their participants four days to create something that will benefits our veterans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. Here’s an example of a video See3 produced in partnership with Charity Dynamics for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. Why is 2011 even more important?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! What’s the foundation of CDSI? Best Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Societal Change: Impact on society, policy discussions, and conversations that advance sustainable practices. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies. For example, they launched a series of Twitter Chats called “ Bikenomics: Make Cities More Bike Friendly ” using the hashtag #bikenomics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. We launched a mobile site , in 2007 aimed at feature phones, and we’re developing an Android version of the app for release in 2011. The Pocket Guides are a great resource and conversation starters. How will you measure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

For example, CREW –Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington just released a report about. researchers suggest Apple could sell 25 million units in 2011 — or even their smart phone. Conversations like this one are happening all over nonprofit executive offices these days. The PDF is. Why are PDFs so bad?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2016

Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Stacey Marie Garcia came to the MAH first as a graduate intern in the summer of 2011. The purpose of my thesis was two-fold: To research and analyze community and civic engagement practices, methods, theories and examples in other museum programs. You can download and read the full version of my thesis here.

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Care2

JULY 22, 2011

Email reading on mobile devices rose 81% from October, 2010, to April, 2011. Clear, short and actionable subject lines followed by quick easy to read text with a link (to whatever your action or conversion might be) early on. You want to convert people and conversion on mobile is hard. See the donation form below, for example.

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