Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

.” My colleagues at Momsrising, the poster child for Networked Nonprofits, offered this amazing guest post filled with great tips on how to get your blog noticed. Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed, Guest Post By Elisa Batista, Donna Norton, and Monifa Bandele from Momsrising. It’s every blogger’s nightmare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2012

MCON 2012, a virtual summit to help nonprofit leaders learn how to engage the Millennial generation as donors, takes place online on July 19. I’m one of the bloggers and I will be covering a session called “Leveraging Peer Influence” with Paull Young, Charity Water and Holly Ross, NTEN. The description.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Stay tuned for a blog post about it. GEO’s 2012 National Conference will offer a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Blogger’s Choice Award Lastly, there will be a Blogger’s Choice Award of $1,000 (USD). The CTK Foundation will choose a blogger (hopefully Beth) who will hand-pick one winner from any category. Finalists will appear on the CTK Facebook page for public voting during April and winners will be announced on May 1, 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. WWF Mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. He’s the managing editor of the White Courtesy Telephone blog. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. He blogs frequently on the CEP Blog. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas [.] Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle. Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

There was a lot of buzz about crowdfunding in 2012: a video game called Star Citizen raised more than $7 million, Kickstarter banned nonprofits from using its platform (see #3 on that page), and a Tumblr popped up that takes aim at suspicious crowdfunding projects. So why is this buzzword suddenly all over the place in the nonprofit world?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2009

As a part of Blog Action Day 2009 , bloggers around the world are being asked to think and write about climate change. Many outcomes and non-outcomes could result , but the goal is to establish a new climate change agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. read more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Like any good blogger, I follow the results of my Google Alert and Twitter Search for the phrase "have fun do good," to see who else is writing about it. In October 2012, his blog post on Virgin.com, Have fun, do good, success will come made the rounds, and a couple weeks ago, his piece, What’s the best measurement for success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start. Flickr Photo by Zen. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. Finally, I will be offering a Google+ and Google Products Webinar for Nonprofits on February 28, 2012. Create your nonprofit’s Google+ Page.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Back to the land of the blogging! My eyes may be bloodshot, but the sight of the blogger interface still warms my heart. I''ve spent the last eight weeks on a "blogcation" so I could focus on the birth of our new baby, Rocket. Check out the comments for more unlikely connections between Mao and the American national past time.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

TechSoup Blog. Guest blogger Grant Howe, VP of research and development for Sage North America's nonprofit solutions, kicks off a series of posts about providing great IT leadership. Michael offers some suggestions for developing Your Tech Game Plan for 2012. Alicja rounds up upcoming 2012 European conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Use All the Tools in Your Tool Box – guest post by David C.

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Seattle Exercise Philanthropy Grant 102

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

Last week I spoke at BlogHer '11, a gathering of over 3,000 women bloggers. Teaching The Essential Blog Content Development Workshop I loved co-facilitating the Essential Blog Content Development Workshop with Elizabeth Soutter of Da Momma: Motherhood is Not for Wimps , and Julie Weckerlein of Julie and Martin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Photo by Sea Turtle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Can you have your cake and eat it too?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Very inspired by the bloggers and @ mashable @ 92y & @ unfoundation at #SGSGlobal. Al Gore (@algore) September 23, 2012. scsglobal young people are capable of doing more good in the world than ever before because of online connectedness — Beth Kanter (@kanter) September 23, 2012. Remember to watch today at 2:45pm!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The NOHO Senior Arts Colony and the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony will open in 2012. P.S. I have three blogging classes coming up in October: Oct. 14 (Berkeley, CA): Tea and Cupcakes with Creative Bloggers (Bring a friend!: What other innovative aging and senior living projects have you seen?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Whether I'm working with bloggers and creative entrepreneurs , or talking with a friend, everyone I know is trying to grow good habits. They want to write "morning pages," meditate, exercise, blog, cook dinner, make art, stretch, drink 8 glasses of water, eat healthier, and give thanks more often (sound familiar?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by S. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Seattle Measure Conference National 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by AnEye4Pictures. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. All evaluation data was posted on a public wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

Public 94

Public Learning Evaluation Seattle 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. He’s the managing editor of the White Courtesy Telephone blog. Photo By Kalexanderson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. Beth Kanter has blogged about the topic for years. Flickr Photo by Mburpee. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. At the 2012 GEO conference, I learned about a Big Experiment for Learning in Public undertaken by the Packard Foundation, together with TCC Group and Beth Kanter.

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Public Learning Sound Environment 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. The Capacity-Building Frontier(s) – guest post by Barbara Kibbe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by hanspoldoja. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. – guest post by Paul Shoemaker.

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Network Seattle Conference Org 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Flickr Photo by Helokee. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

Los Angeles 94

Los Angeles Phone Seattle Problem 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Flickr Photo Jakob Montrasio. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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United States Seattle Attitude Fund 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Photo by Tsmall. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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San Francisco Seattle Conference Knowledge 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Photo by Aaron Schmidt. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

Learning 92

Learning Seattle Knowledge Management Evaluation 92

Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

This CEO’s response also spread across social media and blogs and people began flooding the company’s Facebook page posting angry comments. For example, when the first Kony 2012 campaign video was released and went “viral” it helped energize their own constituents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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