Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The annual awards luncheon is always one of my favorites and this year was a little bittersweet. The Life Time Achievement award went to Rob Stuart, the godfather of the NpTech movement , who sadly passed away in October. After a wonderful video tribute, she said, “Thanks NTEN, you have my back!”

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? Do you want your organization to be recognized for making great videos and maybe win some incredible prizes? Organizations are more video savvy than ever.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

TechSoup has been running international video and photo competitions for some years now. Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. Our story challenges get lots of attention. The Winners in Their Own Words.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Some of the most impressive ones include: Blue Drop Awards 2013 - Best Non-Profit Websites. The Webby Awards is sort of the Academy Awards for web design. It is replete with celebrity awards for people like actor Kevin Spacey, musician David Bowie, Internet Co-inventor Vint Cerf, and Arianna Huffington.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Dennis McCarthy gave us a sneak peak of the 2013 online benchmark report last year , who will make an appearance this year? Tolkien discussed their epic stories in the pubs of Oxford and I envision the same level of world changing ideas happening within the conversations at #NTCBeer. The doGooder Awards. The Breakout Sessions.

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JUNE 12, 2013

The Social Media Surgery community (of which Net2 Manchester organizer Steven Flower is a key member) won the BBC Learning Through Technology Award. Check out this wicked explainer video. Jim Lynch delves into the archives to tell the story of NetSquared: In the Beginning. Vancouver, Canada: Using Video to Tell Your Stories.

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MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Time for Nonprofit and Charity Videos. They're looking for newer videos created no earlier than January 1, 2012.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

Each year the Electronics Reuse Conference awards a lifetime achievement award in my name (it's a long story on how that came to be). This year the award went to Kyle Wiens, the co-founder of iFixit. The Story of iFixit. Kyle is only 30 years old but has done quite a lot already in his career.

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MARCH 19, 2013

It's easy to see why Twitter wanted a foothold in the video messaging game — dynamic storytelling apps like Instagram and Cinemagram. Twitter recently launched its nifty video-looping service earlier this year in. less to tell your story. — Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) January 29, 2013. animations. meetups.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The Baby Steps Video Competition makes one big statement… that engaging with a child in the first five years of life, regardless of the activity, is the single most important step parents, care providers and educators can take to helping that child succeed. Producing a Compelling Story: Video Production , Thursday, January 9, 11 a.m.

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MARCH 24, 2014

We’ve had multiple celebrations of the web in recent years: the 20 th anniversary of the first public web page in 2011 , another 20 th anniversary webpage anniversary in 2013 , and this month, the 25 th anniversary of the idea of the web. All the news stories I saw on this urged us to not confuse the web with the Internet.

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APRIL 18, 2014

We took time as a group to remember the irreplaceable Bob Russell, we cheered for all of the other award winners , and we laughed and cried watching the finalists for the DoGooder Video Awards. Guts and vulnerability With all of that generosity on display, we’d have to be robots not to show a little emotion.

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MARCH 6, 2015

Everyone had a favorite celebrity Ice Bucket Challenge video. But the video that left the most lasting impression on me was the raw truth of the video by Anthony Carbajal , the winner of the 2014 Cash, Sweat and Tears Award. I cannot adequately express what this video means and how it affects the viewer.

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JANUARY 1, 2015

Be sure to give the 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 reviews a look too. That was a significant increase from 2013 and nearly as many emails that I received on December 31st. That was slightly down from 2013. About 6 faux forwards this year which was more than 2013. My multichannel award goes to The Nature Conservancy.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Best Subject Line Award goes to Oxfam America Ambassador Aziz Ansari for his “Bad fruitcake news, Steve” message. The Humane Society of the United States gets the award for Best-Email-That-Looked-Like-The-CEO-Sent-It-From-An-iPhone message. Did You Know?

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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