Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Here are some key highlights from The Changing Demographics of America by Smithsonian. Most of America's net population growth will be among its minorities, as well as in a growing mixed-race population. Map your network. Once you know the business goals you are trying to achieve, map your network. Get educated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Netroots community is built around progressive politics in America. A vibrant community is built around a social object that is meaningful for its members. The social object can be a person, a place, a thing or an idea. The My Barack Obama community was built around Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. The Obama Girl.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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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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Moldova Australia Knowledge Leadership 94