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12 Not-So-Great Realities About Nonprofits and Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For more than a decade the blogosphere has touted the power and promise of social media (this blog included) , but there is also a downside to using social media for your nonprofit. Nonprofit social media managers are bombarded with depressing content. The Next Big Thing in social media has no tangible ROI.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications.

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Advancing Social Media Measurement for Philanthropic Outcomes #sm_re

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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E-Mediat Day 1: A Networked Mindset To Capacity Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. We have a lot to learn about working this way from NGOs and capacity builders in the Arab world. Novice and Experts in social Media. -

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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

Tech Soup

We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Victoria, Canada: Heartbeats & Remarkable: Building a Winning Communications Strategy for Your NGO. Naples, FL: 25 Social Media Tools - 501 Techclub SWFL Netsquared. Raleigh, NC: Time to get social! Newest Net2Local Groups. Wednesday, December 4.

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NetSquared's November Community Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party.

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NetSquared's November Community Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party.