Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. Social Change Activists. is the managing editor for Global Voices. Nonprofit Social Media Strategists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2006

Like many of my colleagues, I'm gearing up for blogher ! I'm going on an extended trip (10 days) which kicks off with the blogher conference and ends with NCDD conference - with lots inbetween. At the NCDD Conference, I'm working with Loretta Donovan and Chris Heuer on a BrainJam.

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MAY 3, 2012

As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Network for Good , she is privileged to lead the team to help over 5,000 nonprofits raise more friends and funds online. Finally, she serves on the board of directors for NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network). You can follow Jocelyn on Twitter at @jocelynharmon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. Why did your organization integrate these social media tools - how did you choose specific tools?

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MARCH 10, 2011

If you liked this post, you might also like: How to Find Your Have Fun, Do Good Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Leonie Allan of Goddess Guidebook Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun, Do Good Amy Sample Ward, Community Builder and NPtechie: How I Have Fun and Do Good Jennifer (..)

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MAY 16, 2012

Breathing… ** If you liked this post, you might like past Have Fun, Do Good guest posts: How to Find Your Have Fun, Do Good Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Leonie Allan of Goddess Guidebook Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun, Do Good Amy Sample Ward, Community Builder and (..)

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MARCH 9, 2011

If you liked this post, you might also like: How to Find Your Have Fun, Do Good Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Leonie Allan of Goddess Guidebook Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun, Do Good Amy Sample Ward, Community Builder and NPtechie: How I Have Fun and Do Good Jennifer (..)

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APRIL 25, 2012

. ** If you liked this post, you might like past Have Fun, Do Good guest posts: How to Find Your Have Fun, Do Good Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Leonie Allan of Goddess Guidebook Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun, Do Good Amy Sample Ward, Community Builder and NPtechie: (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

She also has the definitive list of Cambodian BlogHers here. He is an active tagger and expert in social networking sites. He was a participant in the small group role play on social media and we had great fun. John Weeks (aka jinja ) has lived in Cambodia for a long time and has been blogging for many years.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

10 Tips for an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Facebook Fan Page by Beth Kanter on BlogHer. 20 Twitter Hashtags for Social Entrepreneurs, Nonprofits and Activists on SocialEarth. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. 19 Free Webinars for Nonprofits - November 2009 on Wild Apricot Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

I caught up with Jen Lemen's post " To Cambodia With Love " I met Jen at Blogher last summer in a session about Global Women Bloghers. One of the panelist had asked the room on my behalf for t-shirts for my suitcase campaign and Jen gave me a her blogher schwag! This is an example of the networked effect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. Georgia Popplewell from Global Voices asked people if they would consider donating their schwag for the Cambodian bloggers conference. I was going to blog it on BlogHer for my next deadline, but Jen raised what we she needed in 24 hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

There were approximately 250 social media power users. There are so many social media conferences and expos out there today, that???s Later that summer, I had the honor of being interviewed by Ponzi at BlogHer. Find more videos like this on Internet Time. Video from Jay Cross and more about Matt from Jamie Nelson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. The term "extra organizational activist" comes from Alison Fine's book Momentum and I first heard it back in September 2006 when I read the book and reviewed it over at Blogher. Year round. New Donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. The blog is about citizen-led social change efforts. $5 Why did I go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Ashoka 's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. Can I Sit With You? Support Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.  "  This blog in response to an op-ed that appeared in the New York Times, A Swiftly Melting Planet calling on the mothers to band together on global warming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Almost two years ago at the first Blogher Conference I was lucky enough to interview and get to know Lisa Canter (we aren't related but I learned a few things about the kanter/canter name from her husband, Marc ). Tharum, who I had the pleasure of meeting via my work with Global s, has linked to the Campaign. Lisa's post is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Social Web. Here's two roundups of links about social media and nonprofits. This one via NTEN and Neighborhood Networks Conference and this one via the nonprofit blog exchange. at Annual Meeting posted on the blog inviting people to participate in the social web. Social bookmarking in plain English!

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JULY 2, 2008

Interviewed Janessa Goldbeck of the Genocide Intervention Network. Here are what some people wrote in the comments of the original post on Have Fun * Do Good and BlogHer that they were going to do : Green LA Girl said she would pack her own chopsticks. What I've done: Read What is the What by Dave Eggers. Watched Darfur Now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Tharum, who I had the pleasure of meeting via my work with Global s, has linked to the Campaign. I also want to thank Ken Goldstein for sharing with his network on YouTube. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. smArts & Culture FiSpace Micropersuasion E-politics. Ricardo Carreon. Solution Grove. Keun Fast , another Cambodian blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

Nonprofit Technology Pillars: I'll admit these resources are North Americancentric and I apologize (hopefully my global nonprofit colleagues can name the pillars of other continents and leave referrals in the comments.). On the social networking end, I would swim through the various frappr groups that are nonprofit technology related.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

BlogHers Act is a year-long initiative in which members of BlogHer , both on BlogHer???s BlogHers Act will take a two-pronged approach to improving Global Health: 1. BlogHers Act will take a two-pronged approach to improving Global Health: 1. The next step is to narrow and focus it. Cast your vote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Donna Callejon with kids in village in Guatemala - the houses, latrines, etc are being built partly with Global Giving support. Tell me about you - how did you end up working in global philanthropy? I met Dennis Whittle, Global Giving's co-founder, at a social entrepreneurship conference in Geneva.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. The audience consisted mostly of social media early adopters who shared terrific insights that come from having a sense of context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

At the end of the Global Women's Panel the moderator Georgia Popplewell. In addition, I'd like to thank Britt Bravo who gave her covered AOL laptop bag to schlep home the t-shirts from BlogHer and to Gina Trapani for donating her extra t-shirts. Have different ways for people to support the campaign, not just money. Here's an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc. They are generally early adopters of new technologies and consider themselves to be global people. Time spent invested in a far-flung cloud is time that lost on networks closer to home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Anne Jackson who writes the Flower Dust raised $1800 of it in 18 hours, $800 in 15 minutes Compassion International's Global Food Crisis. It was the first time an organization like Compassion had used social networking as a medium to raise awareness and release children from poverty. Cross posted at BlogHer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

It goes into the topic of social networking analysis.huh? I'm remembering something that I heard Robert Scobel say at last year's Global s Summit in London. In addition, I also look at the Technorati ratings, but with a huge a grain of salt (thanks to my smart blogher friend, Amy Gahran. What rankings and influence?

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JUNE 30, 2007

For folks who are interested in how you can use blogs and podcasts and other social media things for social change, basically the way I started was, I have always worked for nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, and was not technical at all. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned.

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