Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

I’m in Minnesota for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference where I am doing a plenary session on Saturday morning and two breakout sessions. My Curated Lists and Wikis. Information Coping Skills on Scoop.It. Information Coping Skills Wikispaces. How To Focus in an Age of Distraction. Visualization Techniques.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2013

TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is here! All April long, we're putting on events to sharpen your digital storytelling skills. Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below. Participate in the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #TSDIGS.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Get your world-changing ideas together and warm up your programming fingers because the National Day of Civic Hacking is happening across America on June 1 and 2, 2013. Using publicly-released data and code, participants will be able to swap ideas, share skills, and solve challenges that affect Americans on both local and national scales.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Now imagine if you could harness the talent, skill, vision, and drive of all the smart people you know to create massive change for good. Whether you are a hacker at heart, a social do-gooder, a youth activist, or a developer with an innovative mind and skills to implement, we want your creativity entering the Microsoft marketplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The network was a new way of learning and interacting with our Knight community foundation partners, and it worked well; the seven participating foundations with 2013 campaigns surpassed their goals, and participants said the sessions had a big influence on their work.

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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. Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it. .” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Virtual Volunteering Wiki : in conjunction with the 2013 release of the Virtual Volunteering Guidebook later this year. United Nations Online Volunteering Service : features online volunteering opportunities with organizations working all over the world, including microvolunteering tasks.

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