Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

I just got back from BlogHer , the largest gathering of female bloggers in America. I was there because 46% of mommy bloggers have contributed to a cause or a political campaign. The world of mommy bloggers is unique even among the Web and has its own culture, cliques, leaders, stars and foot soldiers.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). Posting status updates and photos while backpacking through Central America or from a cafe in Paris is their normal mode of travel. Good luck. 2) Ask for a social media budget.

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Note, please don’t confuse “compelling posts&# with long articles that take hours or days to write, a simple photo and caption that illustrates a good point around your issue is compelling). Our plan is to use guest bloggers 4-5 times per month. Frank who works with the Partnership for a Drug-Free America in Arizona.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2008

Cambodia4kids Flickr Photos. I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To That's a photo I took this summer of a child at the Sharing Foundation 's Roteang Orphanage. At the time, I was raising money to support the Cambodian Bloggers Summit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2009

Photo by Joi No, I'm not talking about texting in your take out order. Hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these hard times. Bloggers have helped raised awareness of this important issue. Share Our Strength is the leading national organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2009

Tveskov ( Photo from Lynn ) Manager, Community Impact Leadership United Way of America. Tveskov from the United Way of America letting me know that UWA has caught social networking spring fever! When not to respond: If the blogger or commenter is talking about another United Way. This morning I got an email from Lynn M.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

From Nhung Son's Facebook Photos Two weeks ago, Blogger Michele Martin , set up an America's Giving Challenge widget for the Sharing Foundation to support the project over at Global Giving. Other bloggers have also signed up to participate and many have. Link to other bloggers. thanks so much. deedeedoll.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

I've been following Eugene's photos on flickr for about two years now. Link to other bloggers. Donate $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation through Global Giving Fundraiser set up by Blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo project! If you are a blogger and want to participate in this blogger's campaign, you can sign up here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity. The winner was Cogdog blog because my kids were the judges and he used a cute doggy photo). If you are a blogger and want to participate in this blogger's campaign, you can sign up here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America !) Next, I asked them to stand and take a photo of someone next to them and to post the photo on their Facebook or Twitter using our hashtag, #netnon. Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America!) Weak Tie/Strong Tie Ice Breaker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I celebrated with a flickr photo birthday card remix contest. That's a photo of me celebrating my 5th birthday oh so many years ago. This year I'm gonna celebrate by trying to get 51 people to donate $10 in 51 hours to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge over at Global Giving. Last year for the big 5.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Roger Carr, Everyday Giving Blog , signed up to help me with a Bloggers Campaign part of the Sharing Foundation's Americas Giving Challenge , Today, I observed a twitter exchange from Angela to Roger. I was so delighted that I just had take a screencapture for my photo documentation and scrap blog I'm designing on. Thanks Julia.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Retailers and corporations like CVS, H&M, Bank of America, and more have been getting into the #GivingTuesday game, and many businesses already find ways to give back during the holiday season. Think of creating an embeddable photo gallery or a place to add videos, all of which can be easily viewed and shared. The photo helps, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

Photo by Noneck. The luck of seven is an open-source, around the world project by noel hidalgo , a new york city based activist, organizer, blogger, barcamper and coworker. I was a donor to his campaign and he has contributed to the America's Giving Challenge (and let encouraged his network to support the Sharing Foundation).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

" I think about that photo when I think about a culture of giving. Dr. Mani not only donated to the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge, but we've having a conversation about social fundraising. Aussie Bloggers ??? It probably distills down to the influence of culture. and said: ??? s why I don???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Visitors to Web site can eliminate one pixel from a photo of Guant??namo s America I Believe In campaign that seeks to restore America???s Blogger Rik Riel writes about his harrowing experience as a virtual prisoner there. namo by signing a pledge protesting the U.S. government???s s detention center.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2007

from the Director's Statement, Black Gold Oxfam America has joined the movement to give Ethiopian coffee growers a greater percentage of coffee profits: "Oxfam is calling on coffee industry leaders to sign agreements that recognize Ethiopia’s right to control the use of its coffee ’brand names.’ So far, 186 photos have been posted.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

For the last two years we’ve been bombarded with articles from bloggers and the mainstream media that MySpace is dead. Many bloggers were surprised by that data and have no clue as to why. Sadly, at the same time, libraries and schools across America were blocking MySpace, but allowing Facebook. took over MySpace.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

." -- President-elect Obama's acceptance speech November 4, 2008 In her post today, Congratulations President-elect Obama: Now, BlogHers, what will YOU do to change America? BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone asks us to make our own "transition plan," and ask ourselves how are we are each going to help create change in America.

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

October 15th is Blog Action Day , an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and videocasters to post about the same issue on the same day. Here are some photos from the event: We also passed out this resource guide compiled by Global Developement Matters: How Can I Help?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

I've been hearing a lot about the Social Innovation Fund lately, an element of the Serve America Act. Check out what the bloggers listed below have to say about the Social Innovation Fund, and tell the White House what you think about the idea on the Corporation for National and Community Service website. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Photo by M. Dan Michel from Feeding America shared how his team measures and tracks their social media and links to key performance indicators. Schenekenberg. The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

From a blog post in my archives, June, 2005 I took that photo of myself with a sign to illustrate a post that talked about the professionalization of blogging. But hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these difficult times. It was the first mainstream article that I saw that described people being paid to blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

"[S]top thinking about how crazy the times are, and start thinking about what the crazy times demand."-- Seth Godin A couple weeks ago blogger Latoya Peterson posted her 2008 Activist Resolutions on Racialicious. I recently finished reading A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

Photo by Rich Anderson. I'm also taking this opportunity to remind anyone who wanted to donate to the Sharing Foundation: If you haven't already, donate $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation through Global Giving Fundraiser set up by Blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo project! The question is "when is enough enough? (in

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

The photo above is of me, Cheryl Hanback, and Joel Remigio from 2002 when we won the "Swimming Upstream Award" for the diligent staff person who worked on the Riders Conference to make it a success. Donate $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation through Global Giving Fundraiser set up by Blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo project!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Photo by Danamdefebbo. The funds will go to two hunger-fighting organizations: Share Our Strength , which works to make sure no child in America grows up hungry, and Action Against Hunger , which provides immediate and long-term solutions for hunger to people around the world. So, leave a comment and let them know that Beth sent you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Here's a terrific article from the Nonprofit Communications blog called " 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive" and from the Blog Bash event here's some tips specifically for bloggers on productivity. Christine.net writes about recommendations engines. You know, I'll have what she's having).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Over at the NTEN blog, you can read reflections from nonprofits that are participating in America's Giving Challenge. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

" I'm sure we could find a few examples in America and elsewhere. I love that some nonprofits are sharing photos of their messy offices on Flickr! lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." I bet if one searched flicker you might come up with some more photos to add.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

The photo above is of my children, Harry and Sara, who were both adopted from Cambodia. When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. My children will meet her for the first time. By the time you read this post, I’ll be in Cambodia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

The rise of mobile and social media has profoundly altered how journalists frame and format their stories, and the same is true for nonprofit bloggers. Photo Essays. Due to most readers now scanning content rather than consuming it in its entirety, photo essays have emerged in recent years as a powerful means for telling a story.

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JULY 19, 2016

Someone in accounting might be a fit to be a blogger. Debbie : In today's visual world, Instagram is the standout social platform to provide photos and quick videos. My favorite accounts are Sherwin Williams, Tiffany & Co, ABC7LA, Oreo, American Cancer Society, Make A Wish America, and the Empire State Building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. I'm writing this post from 30,000 feet aboard Virgin America as I fly back to California from a whirlwind week on the East Coast. more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. George Brett who took some great photos of conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

story and photo via Ricardo's Blog. Barrett , during his keynote at the Digital Leaders Forum as part of his Latin America trip. BTW, Ricardo Carreon is a blogger living in South America and works for Intel. The young woman in the pink shirt and gloves is Maria Estela Godinez. Official Intel Press Release here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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