Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The good folks at Care2 (Heather Holdridge, Justin Perkins, and James O'Malley) have a detailed case study on the NTEN blog about the top Facebook winner of the recent Case Foundation America's Giving Challenge. Nate Ritter gives a brilliant example of how Twitter could help save the lives of missing children.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. That’s the question that the monthly #4Change chats (that take place on Twitter) address, this month focusing on the Climate Change movement.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

Those of us in positions to support those connections and collaborations are some of the luckiest people in the global network, acting as the email or Twitter post or blog reference that helps individuals make networked jumps to where they really want to be. Have a great example or case study you want to share?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

These are my links for February 11th through February 19th: Fundraising Kit from Red Nose Day - Check out this fundraising kit from Red Nose Day, complete with ideas, case studies, example forms and more! Tags: roundup bookmarks. Hat tip to Tessy Britton!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

If you are interested in technology, sustainability, and collaboration, then Jean's for you: "Technology consultant, entrepreneur and thrivability theorist Jean Russell joined Jerry Michalski's August 3 Yi-Tan Conference Call for a conversation about thrivability as a conceptual replacement for sustainabilty. ."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Under the theme “ Build Your Own World ,” ZER01, in collaboration with dozens of partners, will present over the course of 4 days, from September 16-19, hundreds of artworks , performances , events , and artist talks , which not only imagine the future of the world) but begin to build it. .

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We are very invested in sharing our experiences and learning as we go, including opportunities to put thoughts together formally like the whitepaper on collaboration we published last year. If members ask a question on Twitter, respond on Twitter, and so on. What tips would you share from your experience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

So, part of the presentation included a live demonstration on Twitter. amanda Potential to connect globally, share and collaborate with others working towards the same goal, let donors 'in' and help. eekim Lowers the barrier for meaningful conversations, which leads to more effective collaboration. Tags: scholar.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. What is the cost of adding text messaging?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Like people generally do, we thought about the impact that Twitter and Facebook were making on the web. Be that pushing real-time updates out to their websites and supporters, consuming updates on breaking news in their sector in real time, or collaborating remotely in real time. When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement. Content Curation on Twitter. Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

You can follow UniversalGiving or Social Actions on Twitter, follow stories on their blogs ( UG blog or SA blog ) or visit their websites to learn more: [link]. Tags: case studies socialchange impact philanthropy socialactions universalgiving. Connect & Learn more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Gregg Swanson from HumaniNet picks out a few projects that are based on collaboration/partnership and a track of record of doing projects like the one proposed. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Ruby on Rails Case Study; ChangingThePresent.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace. projects in organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Want to write a mini case study or guest post, please sign up here or leave a comment if you'd like to do an interview. conference , Twitter , YouTube , and ongoing collaboration through the wiki. Tags: transparency. Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0.

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MAY 14, 2013

Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. Tools social media Twitter NetSquared' The buzzword then was Web 2.0, Text messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

In a networked nonprofit, VCs might mine their personal and professional networks for ideation, best practices, and case studies to learn how organizations are engaging volunteers effectively. Collaboration could take place on virtual or crowd-sourced projects. Opportunity Design. Outreach/Marketing.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Participants explored the use of web-based social and collaboration technologies and their use in transforming congressional engagement with the public. A variety of topics were discussed, including social media metrics, case studies and best practices, tools and applications, and strategy and planning. technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

I feel the learning is richer and more sticky. Peer exchanges help participants not only form good habits, but they also naturally start to collaborate and work in a networked way. On Day 3, we covered the best practices of using listening, Twitter, and Facebook, with ample time to practice.

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APRIL 18, 2013

3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. gpf13 Technical part about data easy – hard part is getting humans to collaborate @ jacobharold — Beth Kanter (@kanter) April 15, 2013. 2) Curated Blog Posts and Resources that provide context to the discussion or resources mentioned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The add-on to my previous workshops were three "experiment in a box" modules which included Listening , Twitter , and Facebook Fan Pages. I created these for Twitter , Facebook Fan Pages , and Listening. . Ashely shared a mini case study about their Pacifier Campaign. I did floating consults. What are your thoughts?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I had originally planned to talk about RSS/XML after tagging, but I decided instead to hold off on that as a start on the posts about the inner guts of Web 2.0. 4) provide collaborative opportunities within, and between organizations? Such is life. So, here’s the post about Blogs, and their follow ons: podcasting and vlogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Tags: sxsw. I will also be tweeting this post.). Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. Submitted by David Neff. I'll do another round up in the next week or so.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Tags: sxsw. Since you can vote for as many panels as you want, why don't use some of our mutual leverage and vote for each other! Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

I appreciate this opportunity to talk about ClientTrack and its ability to promote effective collaborations. Optimizes collaborations within and between organizations. How does CT define “collaboration&# and what is so important about it? And that’s what effective collaborations among community providers do.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Tags: beth kanter NPTech sxsw. I will also be tweeting this post.). Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. Submitted by David Neff. I'll do another round up in the next week or so.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

In our analog world we are too focused on processes that aren’t scaleable or shareable – meaning we have a lot of meetings, we write things down on paper, and when someone that wasn’t in our meeting or isn’t in our town needs to collaborate with us, we have to invest in catching them up and recreating the work we have already done.

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

The upcoming Twitter discussion I blogged about on June 1 (see below) took place last Wednesday, here's my top impressions: First, you can see the full transcript here , posted by the event sponsor Ashoka. Its nice to have a transcript packaged, though you can also see it all by searching Twitter on hash tag #SocEntChat.

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

The Twitter discussion originally blogged about below took place on June 3, here's my top impressions: First, you can see the full transcript here , posted by the event sponsor Ashoka. Its nice to have a transcript packaged, though you can also see it all by searching Twitter on hash tag #SocEntChat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

We were also very lucky that Claire Sale volunteered to be our Twitter advocate who monitored the Twitter stream and verbalized important points and insights. . Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

The NOS session is a chance for anyone interested in open data and APIs to connect and collaborate. We’ll use the TSdigs event in October 2009 as a case study. I will also be using Twitter and blogs during the event: Twitter @amyrsward and @NetSquared as well as this blog and the NetSquared Blog.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. Be proactive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

On Day 3, Mary Joyce will lead a workshop on digital activism using the Story of Electronics , an environmental-themed short film, as a case study and jumping off point for a workshop exercise to create a digital campaign. It isn’t a matter of a Facebook profile or using Twitter. It is a collaborative way of working.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Cross post. Tools like ping.fm

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Cross post. Tools like ping.fm

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