Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2006

Beyond The Blog: Ready For Prime Time Originally uploaded by Looking For Fish Tacos At ELI 2006. From one of my favorite edtech blogger, Alan Levine (fellow lab lover) comes this Flickrtation - using flickr for a presentation. Technorati Tags: nptech , net2 , flickr , education_technology , Hat tip Nancy White.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

This is a draft for a listening curriculum that I will be doing for the first time as part of WeAreMedia Workshop later this week. Set up aside a small block of time to read your feeds everyday. Do search at site for the first time. Technorati. Technorati. Find Bridge bloggers alltop.com. Google Alerts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

For the WeAreMedia tactical module on Listening we need a few nuggets, anecdotes, or stories in a few sentences about how your nonprofit has used a listening tool (technorati, google alerts, or RSS readers, or summize/tweetscan to listen). Why was it valuable and not a big waste of time? What happened? I'll make one up for you now.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

On October 1, 2007, Sarah Bunting announced that it was time to do it again. The DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge is an initiative to help hundreds of thousands of public schools in need. More than a hundred bloggers have joined and the competition is heating up, but it???s And then back to work. And then out for a drink.

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APRIL 10, 2008

In most cases, the audience wasn’t asking about money: they were asking about time. As one woman put it, “spending time on this means time staff isn’t spending on other work.” So in the interest of hers, yours, and everyone else’s time, here’s a rundown on what I see as the real time costs of a variety of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2005

Mary Hodder's post Link Love Lost or How Social Gestures within Topic Groups are More Interesting Than Link Counts comes directly out of the discussion at blogher at the Technorati 100. Currently, blogs are measured in systems like Technorati or ranked in PubSub by links or by number of subscribers to a feed in Feedster.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Search on Google , Google Blog Search , Technorati , Twitter Search , and Social Mention for your cause, the name of your organization (if you have one), and the URL of your website (if you have one). How much time do I have to spend on social media? Check out Beth Kanter's post, How Much Time Does It Take to Do Social Media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

One of the most exciting things for me was to finally meet Tharum (a Cambodian blogger) and pictured above face-to-face. I think it was more intense than a Westerner's culture shock visiting Cambodia for the first time. Angelo grabbed flickr photos that were uploaded in real-time to add to the blog. Technorati tag: [link].

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MARCH 1, 2009

I had a great time yesterday at Transparency Camp '09 in DC - kudos to Peter Corbett , and Gabriela Schneider and Clay Johnson and others at Sunlight Foundation , as well as others for catalyzing it. Technorati Tag: TCamp09. There were folks there from NYC, west coast, and elsewhere, but about 2/3 were locals from DC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Michael Stein has reclaimed his technorati profile. Do you follow your blog's technorati? I'm not sure if Christine obsesses about her technorati rating, but she sure does care about blog search widgets and has found something even better than the technorati widget. Check it out. for his blog. Does it matter to you?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2006

The mentor will be an adult blogger from around the world, with a particular focus on bloggers from developing countries who are having an impact on the dissemination of news from their countries. I hope you'll take some time to follow the project! Technorati Tags: net2 , nptech , blogher Each week a blog ???mentor???

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Birdie's blogs and stories have been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Positive Thinking Magazine , and the Wall Street Journal as well as many other news outlets. Corante , and other topics for The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Worthwhile , and The New York Times.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Set up a few blog searches - you can search sites like Google Blogsearch , Technorati , Bloglines and BlogCatalog. New keywords include timely industry issues. Keep listening, though, because over time, more and more people from every age group are becoming active participants in online social spaces. Provide timely information?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2005

Via the Berkman Bloggers list, Cameron Marlow at MIT is working on some social research about weblogs. It then asks whether your know the person you linked to in a post, the last time you communicated with them, and how. Technorati Tags: nptech There is an online survey and anyone can participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Use Technorati , a blog search engine. While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2 Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2005

Obviously, you can stray from that focus once in a while, but your readers want to know what kind of stuff they can expect when they take the time to read your posts. I use Blogger , because it is free! If you use Blogger, there are a couple settings you'll want use: In Archive Settings: click "Yes" in answer to "Enable Page Posts?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

I am a social marketing believer, blogger, researcher, practitioner and enthusiast in the concept of Social marketing for good. In June, I will start full-time at the social marketing firm based in Washington, DC where I've been completing a fellowship, working on the client team representing the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2005

Link to Women Bloggers - I've done quite a bit of that in my live reports, but I need to add the blogher blogroll. Continuous Improvement of My "A-List" and Avoid Reading Ruts - I don't read all the Technorati 100, only the few that I find interesting. Use Mary Hodder 's tip of not having to point to technorati.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2005

I love the quote he captured from Brian: Russell said he'd rather be a blogger or podcaster, maintaining a relationship with readers and learning from them, in a two-way interactive format, rather than be a big-time, famous media star who too often lets his fame go to his head, and starts to have ego problems. Technorati Tag: nptech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

" Just in time for our NTC nonprofit blogging panel. It talks about the disparity of audiences between the so called A-List and other bloggers. Like most Web activities, blog readership hasn't increased over the past year or so,even though Americans are spending more time online." " Technorati Tags: 06ntc

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Since this brought dogfighting into the spotlight and put it on the minds of many Americans, we figured it was a good time to reach out to people. That way can recoup the $ spent and justify time spent. to quantify exposure Time spent on page & Vote count from poll program ??? If it was worth your time?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. There are hundreds of millions of blogs according to Technorati, and that’s just blogs! Simply visit [link] to get started. Start Listening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

that is I love the content, consume way too much, and can spend a lot of time wandering around having a wonderul time. Also, educational technology bloggers are great resources to read if you are interested in technology for learning. Technorati Tags: ngomeme And, I guess I should create an opml file like Marshall.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2005

Last night, I attended the Berkman Thursday Blogger Meeting which featured Alexis and Steve, Reddit Founders. " It took them a long time to find the right name that had an available domain name. Technorati Tags: berkman , nptech , net2 Reddit is a community news service with ratings. Reddit is like del.icio.us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Dee Dee is one of two women on the five-person Clogger Team responsible for organizing the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. She could not attend the Cambodian Bloggers Summit because she is in the US on a fellowship studying for an advanced degree. It was great to meet her face-to-face and spend some time learning about her work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

Whether or not an Easter Seals staff member or volunteer chooses to create or participate in a blog or online community on their own time is his or her own decision. Guidelines for Easter Seals Bloggers. Remember that what you write will be public for a long time ??? s popularity rating on blog search engines like Technorati.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Now say that five times fast! They use social media to achieve goals of increased transparency and increased donations of blood, time, and money. As the chief listener for the organization, Wendy honed her listening literacy skills using free tools like google alerts, technorati, RSS reader, and delicious. In that order.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 7, 2006

In The future of Human-Computer Interaction , John Canny explores new UI ideas like context sensitivity - where the system utilizes information about location, time, and situation to control the interface. Technorati Tags: Does this mean we've reached the end of the road for new ideas about user interface? He's right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2005

" Here two nonprofit bloggers, Marnie Webb and Nancy White, talk to each other for the first time in real-time. " Technorati Tags: blogher bloghercon There was lots of positive energy in the room. You could hear "I read your blog, I'm so glad to meet you." In Hollywood, there are fake breats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Thank Yous So far, other bloggers have added the badge to their site or linked to the campaign and I want say a big thanks and in Khmer too ! I wanted to start with my blog readers and nonprofit tech colleagues and Cambodian blogger colleagues. I am technology trainer, evaluator, curriculum developer, and blogger.

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MAY 22, 2009

Earned media is media you dont “buy” but earn the old-fashioned way - by taking the time to properly engage reporters, bloggers, and influentials about your issue. Blog Searches: Technorati. What is Earned Media? Word of mouth, etc. Brand Your Issue. Be Everywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Eric posted some excellent thoughts on the problem that Cambodian bloggers have to get past - podcasting without electricity. Technorati Tags: cambodia , nptech And while on the topic of nonprofit podcasting, the thread on TechSoup. has a great post by Eric Williams from the Walker New Media Initiative. Art on Call.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2005

Technorati Tag: nptech Anything you can and will share, I would love to know. What did you lay out as the benefits/risks? Or did you just do it? And questions for both Lisa and Bob -- What are your impressions of the nonprofit blogosphere? What does it look like?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

But, somewhere along the line, I started to do more and more implementation, because, honestly, that was what my clients needed most at the time. I had a hard time being a successful business owner with employees (I pretty much suck at it, so I hitched my wagon to Database Designs Associates from 2003 until this year.)

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