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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The ESI Award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy, and that challenge the status quo to create sustainable social value with a potential for large-scale impact.

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Reflections from Center for Nonprofit Excellence Annual Conference, Louisville, KY

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first session was the overview - interactive lecture. Some learnings from the simulation: It's good to set limits in choosing the tools and the point system helped. You need to blend the best practices of marketing and social movement building? We must help people see beyond the what and start looking at the why.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

Museum 2.0

Single-speaker lectures languish while lightning talks featuring teen photographers, phD anthropologists, and professional dancers are packed. I don''t have the answer to how we can incorporate bridging across the various ways we work with intact and blended communities. This leads to good bonding, but very little bridging.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, above all, the session needs to be a conversation about Social Media, not a lecture. I'm looking to blend different perspectives and have a workshop session that can speak to nonprofits and grassroots media makers. This can be helpful for continuous improvement, but it is time consuming and may not be effective.

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Quick Hits: Projects, Workshops, Tools, and a Job

Museum 2.0

Machine Project is a gallery/educational program space with a focus on blending art and technology in craft workshops. I used it last night for backchannel chat during a lecture on gaming in museums with a group of about 20 students, and I was impressed by how easy it was for everyone to use. with no registration required.

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