Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2012

Take this terrific guest post by Melanie over at Frogloop blog about Pinterest, for example. If you are attending SXSW, the authors will be doing a book talk on March 12th.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Brooklyn Museum: Community: bloggers@brooklynmuseum » Moving Toward a Conversation : "For the most part these worked to serve the purpose and we didn’t think much about changing them, but this year we started to wonder if there would be value in upping the game a bit.

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APRIL 7, 2009

I have also written for The Extraordinaries , NetSquared , the Stanford Social Innovation Review Opinion blog , WorldChanging , and The Huffington Post. I'd love to add a third blogging gig to my schedule. blog blogging blogger fun If you have any ideas, lemme know! I'd also be up for something arts related.

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JUNE 3, 2005

The best metaphor for the Walker New Media blog is a fish bowl. Through a fish bowl blog, we can learn more about the everyday life of the institution and how staff contribute to the Walker's mission. This Walker Blog let's us peer into the inner workings of the art institution. audiences via the internet. week to writing.

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AUGUST 5, 2007

Justin Kownack of Something To Be Desired brings the Cambodian Bloggers Summit Campaign to goal! It follows the lives, loves and very bad ideas of a group of struggling artists in Pittsburgh. The blog is here ). A special thanks! Here's how and why from Justin: When Michael Bailey decided to try a group donation experiment.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Between the internet strategy teleseminar for the San Francisco Writing Conference I did on Monday, the blogging presentation I did for the Oakland branch of Ladies Who Launch on Tuesday, and the consults I had with individual bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday, I've been asked several times this week: "How do I increase my blog traffic?"

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MARCH 4, 2006

Last Sunday each of us wrote a post to answer the question, “Who is your favorite artist (visual, dancer, performer, writer or musician) and why?” On Friday our mentor cycle ended and a new one will begin with a new mentor blogger tomorrow (Sunday). Here is Beth's post and here is mine. This is a project of the Getty Museum. (I

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

NEWS Below is a roundup of blog posts and podcast interviews I've published since my last Have Fun Do Good Link Love (where did the month go?): Change.org is hiring bloggers. Blog Action Day is October 15th. 4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B. This year's theme is climate change.

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DECEMBER 26, 2005

Beth Kanter posted information about an interesting youth mentoring opportunity on the www.netsquared.org blog recently. They are looking for bloggers from around the world to be blogging mentors for 1 week as part of the Young Caucasus Women project, a group blog for young women from the Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).

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AUGUST 27, 2009

I'll be talking about how nonprofits can use blogs to tell their stories, and Michael will be talking about how nonprofits can use video. My newest post for them is 7 Ways Potters Can Use Blogs. I liked this guest post on Beth's Blog by Rebecca Krause, How Can Artists Inspire Service in Community?

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

One of its project is the Burbank Senior Artists Colony , a first-of-its-kind senior apartment community with high-end arts amenities and programs (how cool is that?). P.S. I have three blogging classes coming up in October: Oct. 14 (Berkeley, CA): Tea and Cupcakes with Creative Bloggers (Bring a friend!:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. All evaluations are private; all artists are unnamed. s Blog about?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The eleventh guest blogger in my have fun do good series is Lisa Sonora Beam. She is a lifelong artist, and was a therapist working in psychiatric hospitals before she made the leap into advertising (long story). Lisa Sonora Beam, The Creative Entrepreneur: How I Have Fun, Do Good Buy art from artists.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. Not only does a hand-written thank you note make a strong impression upon the receiver, but it also makes you a better social media manager because it’s a practice in creative arts – and as all we know, the best social media managers are creative artists. Good luck.

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DECEMBER 21, 2007

Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. As she announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer. " Without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas.

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JULY 27, 2011

So, in June, when one of our blog posts sparked a heated discussion in the comments section, we were all caught off guard. The blogger, Katie Hawkes, had written this post encouraging our audience to be optimistic about volunteering. How's our blogging? Click here to give us your feedback about our blog.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Six Sudsy Soapmaker Blogs And 2 interviews on The Extraordinaries blog: Chat with an Extraordinary: Lauren Bacon of Raised Eyebrow Web Studio Chat with an Extraordinary: Jimmy Santosa of Applied Materials And 6 news posts on the WE Volunteer blog: Love Making Videos? It's been a been a busy few weeks!

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NOVEMBER 21, 2006

Tell me about The Storyteller and Listener Online blog? Bloggers are storytellers. What are some storytelling points that bloggers should think about and possibly incorporate into their writing? What do you think are the best 3-5 blogs written by women who tell stories? Her blog is hard to pin down.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

on What Gives Our Prayers and Thoughts are with the People of Haiti on the Boho Magazine blog Help For Haiti Earthquake Aftermath. Giving Green on Treehugger Help Haiti Recover on the Ellen DeGeneres Show blog Help Survivors of the Earthquake in Haiti on Charity Navigator Tragedy in Haiti - How Can I Help? Her advice is: 1.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Every once in a while, I'll get a boring email inviting me to be part of some kind of blog salon on a particular topic, the idea being that all the bloggers who are contacted will write about that topic during the assigned month. A rare blog post that combines personal narrative with statistical charts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2008

Last December, Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

There are too many visionaries in the article for me to list them all here, but here's a sampling, with links to their blogs: Political digital artist and print maker, Favianna Rodriguez. Favianna's blog, Art & Activism. Sustainable South Bronx's blog, Green the Ghetto. Mattilda's blog, NOBODY PASSES, Darling.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

In 1995, I remember a group of arts organizations and artists on Arts Wire marked World Aids Day/ A Day Without Art by turning the gray backgrounds on our web sites to black. A map of openly HIV-positive bloggers and caretakers, and other citizen media related to HIV/Aids. Published by Global Voices bloggers on World Aids Day 2008.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Ask bloggers to review/write about your book You can find a list of the Top 100 Blogs on Technorati as a place to start, but all of their audiences may not be appropriate for your topic. Before you draft your blogger outreach email, check out my 10 Tips for Asking Bloggers to Write About Your Cause.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry. Beth has been living plastic-free since 2007 and blogs about her adventures at FakePlasticFish.com. Three years ago, I decided to collect and tally all the plastic waste I generated each week and post it on my blog. But it’s also fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2006

Last night we attended a performance of Sandglass and Sovanna Phum ( Here too)- the culmination of these two artists working together from different cultures, puppetry traditions , and language. We took Mongkol , a Cambodian blogger, now studying in Boston. I met Mongkol via his flickr photos and then found his blog.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

If you’re unfamiliar with the site, it’s a place for start-ups, artists, and local organizations to promote specific projects in order to receive funding. For example, I entered "social media" and "blogging" on my profile, and Sparked.com paired me with a challenge from an organization asking for bloggers to write about diversity.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2006

I'm mentor for a blog project for young women from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia entitled YoungCaucasusWomen. Each week a blog ???mentor??? The week of February 27th, I will blog on the topic of: ??? The week of February 27th, I will blog on the topic of: ???Who???s We've both worked in the arts.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Over the course of her career, she has made the transition from marketing “artist&# to marketing “scientist&# by uncovering ways to measure the impact of marketing in the organizations serves. Jocelyn is a recognized blogger and speaker on online marketing for social change. She also writes for Fundraising Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2007

One of my longtime flickr contacts, an artist named Darlene, just sent me a note that when her paycheck arrives, 10% is going to the Sharing Foundation. Are you a blogger? OMG, I can't believe this generosity. So, in return, I'm plugging her cause - Life in Africa and this cause. Is this an example of the virtual gift economy?

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MAY 2, 2008

I got inspired by this post and left a quick comment, but then I reading comments by others and folks who wrote the answers on their blogs. I read Connie Bensen's story and she encouraged me to post on my blog. I started Spiderschool which was my first sort of blog. A totally manual blog! reflector surfing??? -

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JUNE 3, 2007

The group includes podcaster, video bloggers, filmmakers, artists, educators, videographers, and more. Steve mentioned another live streaming site similar ustream (blog tv?). Photo by David Tames from his flickr stream. The meetings take place the first Sunday of the month in Jamaica Plain. I always learn so much when I attend.

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JULY 6, 2005

I'm trying to get some links assembled in one place for the Berkman Thursday evening bloggers meetings where we will discuss nonprofit blogging. There is no official organized nonprofit blog census, npo blogroll or a bridge blog like Global s. Omidyar Thread on Nonprofit Blogging. s Blogging for a Cause Post.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2006

The receiver completes the circle with his/her own experience, imagination, and creativity--Ann Bogart The quote above is from Andrew Taylor's post, "The Rise of the Active Audience," from his blog, The Artful Manager. You can subscribe to an individual's blog, or a feed that includes multiple blogs about one topic, such as theatre.

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DECEMBER 22, 2007

It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. Over at the NTEN blog, you can read reflections from nonprofits that are participating in America's Giving Challenge. Details here.

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MARCH 3, 2009

My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! I've always wondered whether or not when someone makes a gazillion dollars on one of my photos or my blog posts, will I be sorry? Nancy White picked up on it and blogged it. It creates a gift economy and that help you build your network. It gets your work out there.

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