Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

In addition to the tactical and skills instruction we did with the social media staff on Day 3 and Day 4, we also covered how to manage time and work efficiently – and how to best provide support for the strategies. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. t think at this time that SL wants to be a WOW. This argument repeats itself over and over throughout time as each new technology emerges that has the potential to replace or improve upon an existing technology.

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Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I’ve facilitated this exercise many times and it never fails that participants enjoy it. Design thinking methods are great way to identify and articulate some of those first step ideas. The other way to facilitate is to ask for someone to share, name it as a theme, and ask others to share and add to the wall.

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Foundation Design Community Work 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2011

The survey looked at nonprofit’s self-reported results, goals, time investment, and measurement approaches for Facebook, although I wonder if you can really answer the big picture question without looking at how nonprofits use Facebook in the context of an integrated strategy and good measurement practice benchmarking study.

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Measure Organization Metrics Analytics 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The problem is that data everywhere! While it takes a little bit of time, the tool is free. Ross says being focused is very important because the more you track, the more time it takes. She checks three times a week. Why is that so hard? Social media measurement tools give you data.

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Measure Social Media Tools Media 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Real-time improvisation. Geoff talks about three different approaches used in America (Mission, Problem, and Family). My sense is that most of the CSR practitioners in India use the problem approach. When teaching in different contexts, especially outside of the US, you need to make some adjustments to your context.

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India NGO Social Media Reflection 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2011

She helps us understand exactly what a filter bubble is – and why it is potentially a big problem for activists. Design experiments so they are not a time suck. Articulate learning questions on the front end, identify metrics/data to collect to answer questions. Has your organization experimented with online ads?

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Experiment Florida Case Study Adwords 93