Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections. They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections. With our blog firmly established as a valuable source of content, we are now developing strategies to further leverage our blog to support our policy goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. Users pin images, videos, and articles that reflect who they want to be, places they want to travel, things they want to try. You can directly pin your videos from YouTube and your photos from Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. ” My colleagues at Momsrising, the poster child for Networked Nonprofits, offered this amazing guest post filled with great tips on how to get your blog noticed. .” Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Blog Gets Noticed, Guest Post By Elisa Batista, Donna Norton, and Monifa Bandele from Momsrising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Not creating Flickr slideshows to tell your nonprofit’s story. Not blogging. Blogging is the glue that holds your social-media strategy together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Flickr Photo by Locator. I'm doing a panel at NTC with Susan Tenby and will be talking about Flickr and (and Twitter). I'm working on article too. So, I'm hoping that your nonprofit is using Flickr, could you leave me a comment and a URL? I'm hoping to update this list.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

After months of wandering you’ve made it to the (nonprofit blogging) promised land! You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. Just tracked down the original article, The Best $24.95 MoveOn Ever Spent: Flickr via Jon Stahl. The article describes how MoveOn is experimenting with flickr, believed to be the first political campaign to make use of flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2017

Flickr Photo by J Ronald Lee. This Harvard Business Review article, “ 5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work.” In the nonprofit sector, resiliency is framed as both a leadership skill for nonprofit professionals as well as organizational capacity. Resilience as a concept is not new. ” offers some good tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity group will meet in Washington, DC on April 4 at 1:00 PM ( check agenda ) to share experiences, tips, and ideas about how Flickr can be used to support nonprofits and their programs. Given my interest in flickr that's why I set one up last fall. Overview article from December NTEN newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. Or blogging. Your blog traffic increases. Nor does Twitter. Or e-newsletters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. Or blogging. Your blog traffic increases. Nor does Twitter. Or e-newsletters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. As a result, I'm publishing a briefer than usual edition of the NpTech Tag Summary because I can only get to fast loading blogs and web sites. In addition, no visuals either.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 29, 2013

This week's New York Times Magazine will feature the article, Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead? The article explores the work of Adam Grant, a Wharton professor, and author of the forthcoming, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success. According to the article, "The most successful givers. by Susan Dominus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2017

Flickr Photo by Real Blades, Creative Common License. For example, this might be a good opportunity to read that great article about a professional topic that you bookmarked but never have time to read. I’m overwhelmed getting back into the daily grind, how about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

My article, Using Participatory Media Tools in Nonprofit Campaigns. I provide about half dozen examples of nonprofits using community tagging and publishing, flickr and video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

If you use your website to publish news stories or press releases, make sure that the titles of the press releases and articles include words and phrases that people who may be interested in your mission and programs are likely to type into Google, Bing, or Yahoo! Articles and information pages that are text-only tend to overwhelm visitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Flickr Photo by Haldane Martin. The HBR article has a handy decision-making tree. If you can’t get by with fewer meetings, try to make them shorter. In the article, they suggest creating a coat-check for cell phones. Flickr Photo by Haldane Martin How many meetings and conference calls did you have yesterday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush. Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. If your stress is being triggered repeatedly at work (or elsewhere) this can lead to burnout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

My NpTech Tagging Community Presentation Slides and Notes in Flickr. I had the opportunity to collaborate with Marnie Webb on an article about the NpTech Tagging Community over at the NTEN Blog. You can read it here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2011

And TechSoup's Learning Center has more than 500 how-to articles and webinars on technology topics created especially for nonprofits and libraries. Look for us and let us know what you think; you can find us at any one of the following: TechSoup Blog. billion in information technology expenses. SlideShare. Del.icio.us. Flavors.me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

I recently discovered a blogging work flow tool called Zemanta , that according to its web site. It works on a number of different blogging platforms, including the one I use, typepad. maybe it is suggesting that I should write a post about my blogging workflow! How do you get your inspiration or ideas for blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Flickr Photo by Brittany Bush. If you are short on time, we published this very brief article on GuideStar, Four Smart Ways to Avoid Burnout for Nonprofit Professionals that offers some basic self-care tips that will help you get through this very crazy time of year. Review by Allyson Kapin on Care2 Blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Write a story for your community newspaper, or blog. Write a novel, play, poem, essay, blog post, or article about a cause, issue, inspiring changemaker, or movement. Flickr photo credit: Vintage Underwood Number 5 Manual Typewriter by Michael Dolan. Be a mentor, or teacher to other writers. Write an op-ed.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Adding tags to content, whether blog post; video; photo; and so on, helps content creators organize content and, more importantly, helps your intended audience find it on the Internet. Tags can also be used to find resources such as photos, slide presentations, and articles to reference for use on your site. You're It!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. Flickr Photo by KK. Flickr Photo by James Leventhal. Steve Heye is blogging the book. Tony Goodrow blogs about some of the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit and how they relate to volunteer management. Photo by KK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I marked my 20th anniversary in Flickr and on YouTube with this video (darn the gown doesn’t fit!). They told me that it would be used in an article about wedding attire I said, sure, just credit the original source. Boy was I surprised when I discovered the framing for the article ! September 14, 1986.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Today is Blog Action Day where over 11,000 bloggers/sites around the world will publish, donate, or promote the issue of poverty.  Observe is his photos in flickr , read his blog , follow him on Twitter , join his Ning community , and learn why you should care about poverty. Share Blog Action Day posts in Google Reader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

Flickr Photo by Gavin St. ” There is also “ Fire Drill Leadership ” as defined in this article as a shrill voice or tone that makes everything an emergency when it isn’t. The article describes the reasons why operating like this all the time is not a good idea: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2006

We finally arrived after 8 hours on the road, documented with my treo cameraphone and emailed to flickr. We had dinner, took a walk on the board, and I got a chance to have a conversation with my dad about blogging. (He I decided to video blog the first conversation. He said he wanted to create a blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

"Blogs are not causing a revolution. Blog are just another Internet communication strategy and tool!" " Just in time for our NTC nonprofit blogging panel. I'm taking a break from searching through Flickr for some visuals for our nonprofit blogging panel. Are blogs a vanishing fad?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

What are the best resources, including blogs, books, and articles? Guest Post: Interview with Georgina Goodlander: Fill the Gap Flickr Campaign by Debra Askanase, publisher of Community Organizer 2.0 The Luce Foundation Center created a Flickr campaign to literally “ Fill the Gap ” in the gallery case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Flickr Photo by Banana Custard. The article makes a compelling case for funders to focus on relationships rather than networks. this guest blog has been excerpted from a larger blog – if you want to see the full article, go here. ). Let’s begin; let’s experiment; let’s share what we learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Flickr Photo by Soyignatius. Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.”

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

flickr: Mindful One As the fall chill closes in, most nonprofits are beginning preparations for year-end fundrasing campaigns. Beyond the webinars and blog posts, we've been lurking in fundraising conversations in the social spaces, as well. You can check out the article, "10 Tips for A Successful Fundraising Event", here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

In my woolgathering, I came across the Presentation Zen Blog written by Garr Reynolds. The article takes the points in made in the Cluetrain Manifesto and relates them to presentations. It's a long article, but this quote resonated: You can learn a lot from presentation coaches and communication books, but this is not rocket science.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 " She points to an interesting web widget from SunLight Labs which adds mini-profiles with links to Member of Congress to your blog or web page when you mouseover the link.

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