Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. Let's discuss: join us! Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? What is it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Kanter will bring together a group of highly visible free agents working on important social change causes and representatives from different nonprofits for a lively discussion with the audience. If your panel isn’t on the list, add a link and title in the comments. Our session will explore how and why this needs to change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The NetTalks series , which includes five sessions, is intended to spark a meaningful conversation around alumni engagement and supporting a broader community practice of effective alumni networks. One of the themes I’m going to discuss is the Art and Science of Engagement. Register here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

And, at times, I have been sorely dissapointed when people in the movement have done things that are violent or counter-productive, and when the discussion has gotten mired in what feels at somepoints to be arguments about non-violent tactics , who has claim to be most radical, or speak most for "the people.".

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

And, at times, I have been sorely dissapointed when people in the movement have done things that are violent or counter-productive, and when the discussion has gotten mired in what feels at somepoints to be arguments about non-violent tactics , who has claim to be most radical, or speak most for "the people.".

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

This is the first installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 Facebook discussion board here. A good third place is one that you can walk into and be swept into lively conversation or unstructured revelry.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2007

I was talking recently to David Klevan, Education Manager for Technology and Distance Learning Initiatives at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (say that three times fast), about some of their awesome experiments with online discussion groups, blogs, and 2.0 In a six month period ending last month, 655 comments were submitted to this boa rd.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog here , or read the copied post below. Let’s discuss! Giving permission to the community is really just recognizing that conversations already take place in spaces online where you don’t have a presence, a fan page, or a profile.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

But this one resonated clearly, as I got 75 retweets and 61 comments. And here are a few suggestions from commenters. Read Fierce Conversations. Dana Allen-Greil (@danamuses) November 13, 2019 Learning alongside your team was a suggestion that went across many comments. Book group, conversation, whatever.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Additional models of collaboration from The Collaboration Prize will be added soon. Check it out!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. I will define the terms below and discuss mixing and matching below."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field. We experimented with “Conversational Case Studies&# and found that conversation in the comments helped improve the richness of the final report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 1200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. This panel will explore and discuss the impact of tools like Twitter, Qik, Utterz, Ustream, and more on current and future elections. Please try to vote for as many nonprofit panels.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. I bike to work and at least once every couple of weeks it’s Lindsay having an awesome conversation with somebody that speeds up that commute for me. Just look for an email from me towards the end of the day. – [Steven] Yeah.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Yesterday, NTEN;s Holly Ross hosted an online conversation with Seth Godin and me, along with Roxy Allen and 100 plus NTEN members. This conversation came about after Seth's provoking post " The Problem with Non " took a swing at nonprofits for lack of adoption of social media, saying it was all due to fear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

While many nonprofit professionals talked about how their nonprofits were pressure cookers, Gabriela Schneider, Chief Communications Officer at Issue One, wrote in a comment how grateful she was that her organization promoted a culture of “we care” or wellbeing for its employees. Gabriela graciously agreed to share her experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

What I’m most excited about is “networked learning&# – it is part peer learning, part content-delivery, and another part engaging people in the room and not in the room in conversation through the use of social media. From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 3rd).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

They are in the process of building and growing a 'problem solving' network by convening thoughtful people inside and outside of EDF to review their thinking and then comment, critique, and contribute new information so they can improve their impact. For one thing, the line between internal and external discussions is thin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Try to avoid the content-driven model of an expert presenting for 50 minutes with a rushed Q/Q at the end. This can be a mix of presentations by peers, with lots of facilitated discussion and interaction. There are different formats that you can use to make it more interactive: panel discussion, or interview experts.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Salesforce was originally developed for a business-to-business sales model. The NPSP is basically just an “app” that takes the underlying architecture of the product and converts it to be more compatible with the nonprofit business model. Share some of your experiences below in the comments section! Like this article?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2010

This is the fourth installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 Facebook discussion board here. What this allowed, finally, was precise and generalizable conversation and learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? I suspect I’m not alone. But how do can you use social media tools creatively to bring in others who have an interest in the topic into the discussion, but are not in the same room?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2007

Michelle Murrain has set up a new NTEN Affinity Group called Open Content Business Models. The description: There has been a lot of discussion in the nonprofit technology community about open content. But, so far, a successful business model has not be tested or evaluated. Please join, and enter into the conversation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. TechSoup kicked off its Nonprofit Live series with a discussion on the Future of Fundraising. Photos: TechSoup for Libraries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

The comments in the thread were terrific and generated a blog post: [link]. This post generating a lot of thoughtful discussion about nonprofits approach the editorial planning process as well as sharing of different editorial calendar templates. But it is important to understand that there is a process behind the template.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet as other people have commented these are more like shopping malls (which though they feel like public spaces are privately owned), than town squares – where freedom of expression and expectations of privacy are circumscribed by corporate terms-of-service. Reconciling privacy concerns with your business model. Sam Gregory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

According to Warren, Google looked at the mental model of the person who isn’t sharing online and how Google could inspire them to share with more trust and control. Google started with the asymmetric model of sharing first because it is hard for people to grasp. Source: Quick Draw Comics - John Weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

But many networks need a private place or password protected place to have conversations online. This need isn't about being 'scared of social media" but rather a need for a safe place online to have conversations around very sensitive topics to build trust and relationships. Modeling community norms can be incredibly valuable. (See

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

For this week’s post, we welcome Angela Francis from Nonprofit Finance Fund to discuss NFF’s recently released State of the Sector survey findings. We welcome your comments, feedback and suggestions! 5% feel able to discuss their debt burden. "5% feel able to discuss their debt burden.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. What is a movement? How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? That happens when leaders model and encourage it. And you shared them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Shouldn't these types of conversations take place behind the firewall, shrouded in mystery? 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. Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

He didn’t do the “sage of the stage&# thing, he gave ample opportunities for the audience digest the ideas he shared as well as engage them in conversation. Alison Carl White from NPower Seattle has a good summary on her blog. The full group discussion allowed people at different levels to share their experiences.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

At Common Impact , we recognize the importance of bringing nonprofit and corporate leaders together to create space for broader conversations around community impact. We are excited to share three models of communities of practice and some of the inspiring individuals and organizations that lead them. Skills for Cities.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I'm Steve, a data scientist working with the team at TechSoup and I'm starting a biweekly conversation about how we can all use data and information to drive smarter decisions. The industry has been changing rapidly, and there are some interesting trends to discuss. Log in to comment below. Hello World! spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2011

We convened the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit (MDS11) as a way to build a more engaged conversation around the Millennial Donor Survey conducted earlier in the year. Signage is also important so participants know exactly where to go and how to navigate to the various venues, be it the discussion lounges, registration, expo hall, etc.

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