Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

To celebrate, I concocted an action learning experience in user generated content, the Beth 5.0 Flickr Photo Birthday Remix Contest. I set up a flickr group, uploaded some instructions and some photos from the past half-century, and invited people to celebrate. 54 people joined the group. You can also tags.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. What People Were Saying. " The year was 2005. The Iraq War was raging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . ask each member of the circle to pick two people, but don't tell them. When facilitator says go, everyone moves so that they are always equidistant between those two people who they chose. 1) Everybody is People.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Tobias Eigen from Kabissa presented at the Web2fordev: Remixing the Web for International Development. Hurry the deadline is today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Taking action for social change without lifting a finger. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Sl’ack-Ti-vism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Watch the video that Preetam Rai took to see the game in action and the video by Thomas Wanhoff to see a report out of the game.). The game has been remixed into different languages and used in different training contexts, but this is the first time it has been to Southeast Asia. workshop, I spoke about tagging. During the Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

tags: nonprofit socialmedia ). One thing I've come to appreciate Twitter is that it allows me read the thoughts, ideas, and musings of lots of smart people and thought leaders in many different disciplines. He said that things in the field happen in spaces between particles- the analogue is a conversation between people.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

It's a place for Scratch users to upload, share, and remix their Scratch projects. ScratchR is a true social network, connecting hundreds of thousands of people--kids and adults--in about 200 countries around the world. Why people participate. Why people participate. Some people make games where you catch fireflies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2009

The latter, the area of my core expertise, is used for engagement, support, fundraising, outreach, and taking action. We created a network of fans who are remixing our context and spreading our message, how do we guide them effectively without controlling them? Tags: network effectiveness.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

If people can take their own photos, they won't buy them in the gift shop. Yes, some people (especially vocal museum staff!) hate the sight of people taking photos in museums. When people share their photos of your museum, they promote and spread your content to new audiences in authentic ways. But what about visitors?

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2009

We're certainly not going to ditch our mobiles , so how can nonprofits get in on the mobile marketing action? Just remember, you NEED people to opt-in before you text them.). Consider this particularly hilarious YouTube remix video. Since we don't want to seem like obsessive hermits, we'd like to bring you in on the action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There is no better way to structure your thinking that the POST which stands for People, Objective, Strategy, and Tools. Who are the people you want to reach? You can also reach out to people on your email list, your database, your aligned partners, and others. 4: Offer many ways to people to engage with your campaign.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2009

This post shares some of the development story, and most importantly, issues a call to action to add your two cents to the exhibit. Now, I and thirteen other students are creating an exhibit designed not around content goals but social action goals. Signage should encourage people to leave questions in the free spaces and respond.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I have a lot of conversations with people that go like this: Other person: "So, you think that museums should let visitors control the museum experience?" In these conversations, people often say, "don't expert voices matter?" Me: "Sort of." Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" and my emphatic response is YES.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

This week, I've had multiple conversations with colleagues in the arts, symphonies, and urban planning about the fear professionals have about "losing control" when opening up new opportunities for people to participate. welcoming people with more diverse perspectives and backgrounds to participate meaningfully).

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