Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Julie Elmore, library director, Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library (Indiana). Julie Elmore is the library director of the Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library in Indiana and its only full-time employee. Image 2: Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library. Our guests for this webinar were. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. Steve Heye is blogging the book.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Hiatus August 26, 2008 As many of you know, I’m about to make a big move: to the left coast, to the big city of Oakland (or thereabouts). This is a good move for me, in many ways.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

This all-day conference is dedicated to helping nonprofit professionals broaden their skill set, connect with the community, and get inspired – so mark your calenders for this September 19th, in Oakland, CA. Her speech will be based off of her recent book, Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2006

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison Here's my list of Favorite Books of 2006, in the order I read them. Both books are crazily well-written. The book documents mother and daughter's trip around the world to meet worldchanging activists.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a civil rights and restorative justice organization for prisoners and for Oakland young adults. 250,000 Grant Winners. The program also helps everyone build credit scores.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2011

Still totally inspired by Save Oakland Library. I wouldn't exactly call Robyn O'Brien's book, The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It , fun, but it's definitely eye-opening. A list of some of the people, things, and events that inspired me, or added fun to my week.

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APRIL 8, 2016

My Plastic Free Life is a blog by Oakland, California activist Beth Terry. Beth is also the author of the book Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. Leslie also recently published a book on raising a green dog. My Plastic Free Life. Raise a Green Dog. Talk about niche! as there are children.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2016

My Plastic Free Life is a blog by Oakland, California activist Beth Terry. Beth is also the author of the book Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. Leslie also recently published a book on raising a green dog. My Plastic Free Life. Raise a Green Dog. Talk about niche! as there are children.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2016

My Plastic Free Life is a blog by Oakland, California activist Beth Terry. Beth is also the author of the book Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. Leslie also recently published a book on raising a green dog. My Plastic Free Life. Raise a Green Dog. Talk about niche! as there are children.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens. You can also create a special reading list, locate books in your local library, and share what you're reading with friends over social media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I’m really psyched about the Nonprofit Development Summit , happening here, in my (current) fair city, Oakland (I love it that I don’t have to travel so much anymore.) Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. Go figure. It might be interesting. {

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Released in July 2012 by Harvard Business Review Press, his book Story Wars calls on case studies from his own body of work and some of the most successful brands of all time to show how values-driven stories will not only revolutionize marketing, but represent humanity’s greatest hope for the future.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This recipe is available through Google Books. I ended up buying fresh Roasted Butternut and Chestnut Ravioli in Pumpkin Pasta from Market Hall in Oakland. You're in luck 'cause the New York Times published the recipe! Autumn Harvest Stew from Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons. Pistachios ready to roast and toss in salad.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Darius Graham is giving away a copy of his book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World to a lucky Have Fun * Do Good reader! While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. , You can learn more about Darius, and his book at www.beingthedifference.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I use the chart below, which comes from Chapter 5 of our book. It is important to define and get broad agreement on what handful of data points will be most informative. It is a generic list of results and examples of Key Performance Indicators.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Temra Costa's book, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat features the stories of over 30 women and how they are changing our food system for the better as farmers, educators, mothers, chefs, businesswomen, and policy wonks. What's the path that brought you to writing this book? A lot of women in the book had that same experience.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I'm helping Green for All get the word out about Van Jones ' new book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Two of Our Biggest Problems. Here's what Vice President Al Gore says about The Green Collar Economy : "This book illustrates the link between the struggle to restore the environment and the need to revive the US economy.

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APRIL 18, 2011

I asked Wendy Pollock and Kathleen McLean, authors of the new book The Convivial Museum , to share a guest post about the book. At first glance, our new book, The Convivial Museum , is about the most simple ideas. And that's where this book comes in. That's why we've included so many voices and perspectives in this book.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 24, 2006

The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights' Reclaim the Future program is hosting a Solution Salon Thursday, May 18th from 6-8 PM at the James Irvine Conference Center (353 Frank Ogawa Plaza, near 14th and Broadway in Oakland). Plus, it is far enough away that if you want to come check it out, you can still book a plane ticket!

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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Listed Dreams of My Father as one of my Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006. • Saw him speak in 2007: Obama in Oakland. • I've been following Barack Obama for about as long as I've written Have Fun * Do Good: • I wrote about his podcast in September 2005: Obama's podcasts and Clinton's version of Slamdance.

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APRIL 13, 2012

The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). His 1989 book The End of Nature was the first book to warn the general public about the threat of global warming. His latest book EAARTH. He is one of the most prominent U.S. environmental writers and thinkers.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. It's been a been a busy few weeks! Early registration deadline is Nov. We Inspire Grant : One year of creative services to one U.S.

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MAY 21, 2006

Last Thursday I went to hear Majora Carter from Sustainable South Bronx , Paul Hawken , author of Natural Capitalism and The Ecology of Commerce , Van Jones from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , Geralina Fortier from People's Grocery , and Bruce Cox of the Alliance for West Oakland Development speak at the first Solutions Salon.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Foundation’s ability to provide 16 million meals to children and families in the Oakland area in 2020 . Kimberly Mitchell. National University. Chris Helfrich.

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JULY 31, 2007

Here is a little blurb about the Conference from their site: "Writing for Change 2007 is a conference for writers of nonfiction books who believe that it is time for their book to be published. The San Francisco Writers Conference believes that great nonfiction is Changing the World One Book at a Time. For more info.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Last week fifty people squeezed into the Marcus Bookstore in Oakland to hear young women share their stories, their rants, and their issues from a new collection of women's writing, We Got Issues! We Got Issues women youth stories book Buying fair trade coffee and family farm-raised food is casting my vote. For more info.,

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AUGUST 6, 2008

Just owning an independent bookstore is creating a positive force for good, in my book (no pun intended). For example, we have a small store in Oakland called Issues that sells international newspapers and magazines. Make it easy for people to give away the used books you don't want to purchase from them.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

(Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). His 1989 book The End of Nature was the first book to warn the general public about the threat of global warming. His 1989 book The End of Nature was the first book to warn the general public about the threat of global warming. His latest book EAARTH.

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JULY 7, 2010

Two institutions I see making this "or" choice in exciting ways are the Brooklyn Museum and the Oakland Museum in California. At some point you have to make some "or" choices. You can't always do "and." In both cases, the institutions started with "and"--layering on parallel programming for specific audiences.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. And then throughout the rest of the conference I'll be throwing frisbees, trying craft beer, and selling books out of my back pocket. April 29 - I'm heading to the Oakland Museum for the preview of its reopening.

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JULY 6, 2011

We hosted community discussions in Oakland, San Francisco, Washington DC, New York, Minneapolis, and Portland. We also had a hunch we could help, but we knew we had to listen to the community to know if the problem was real and what the solutions might be. So we asked. WiserEarth.

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JULY 13, 2009

featuring me (as well as the fabulous Lori Fogarty of the Oakland Museum of California). In the next chunk of the book I'm writing, I'm exploring the ways the network effects of many visitors' actions over time can generate exciting possibilities for subsequent visitors. On Wednesday, it's my birthday.

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. We're choosing a one half-square mile region of Oakland. We're going to choose a region of Oakland that has all the criteria of the buildings we're looking to show. Books, oh there are so many books.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Bruce Buckelew of OTX West, which supplies refurbished computers to low-income students in Oakland, California, recalls the "decline and fall" of the computer refurbishment field 20 years ago. To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the refurbished computer’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Bruce Buckelew of OTX West, which supplies refurbished computers to low-income students in Oakland, California, recalls the "decline and fall" of the computer refurbishment field 20 years ago. To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the refurbished computer’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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