Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has flipped the world on its head, disrupting the economy as well as social norms — both of which will leave a significant imprint on the organizations focused on giving and the people, companies and charities who give.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2020

The amount of data (and expertise needed to analyze it) means we are going to need commercial platforms in the mix, which also means we risk repeating the same mistakes we just made with social media by giving commercial companies too much power to use our data without ethical frameworks or constraints.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Working in partnership with Common Sense Media , they will launch education campaigns about anti-addiction to tech and also make tech companies more accountable in the way they design products. The Center for Humane Technology includes large group of former tech company employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

However, one can’t help to wonder the consequences of giving your data over to a private company without a clearly defined policies that protects us. Does this mean that I will get unsolicited emails from sportswear, sports nutrition companies and companies that sell shoes? What you think? Data Walking'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

AI is developing faster than our regulatory system is prepared to handle and threatens to consolidate power in the tech companies and oppressive governments that deploy AI while making society vulnerable to AI biases, surveillance, and other dysfunctions. Will people be better off in 2030?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

A San Francisco startup, called Valued has a mission is to provide companies with the AI-driven tools they need to stop inappropriate behavior, bias, bullying, and discrimination in the workplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Their mission is to provide companies with the AI-driven tools they need to stop inappropriate behavior, bias, bullying, and discrimination in the workplace. Companies add the Valued chatbot to their Slack chatrooms, and employees and management can ping the bot with commands to solicit — and provide — feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Our group of advisors includes 20 impressive women from 8 technology companies who are sharing their skills and expertise with local women entrepreneurs help them to scale their businesses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

And companies like Apple are hoping to become repositories for all this information, giving consumers new ways to track and perhaps improve their health.” For example, SmallStepsLab serves as an intermediary between Fitbit, a data rich company, and academic researchers via a “preferred status” API held by the company.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Unfortunately, traditional tour companies use mules because they can carry heavier loads, but using mules does not provide work or training to local people like Mr. Luis and his family. Mules are destructive to mountain ecosystems due to their heavy feet and their poop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Here’s Jeremiah’s back story about this the research and thinking that produced this awesome infographic: “We’ve interviewed several dozen start-ups, large companies, and individuals to find out how they’re integrating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2019

With a rise in public attention on the harmful impact of too much screen time and companies like Apple adding features like screen time 2019 and Facebook’s dashboard , 2019 will be the year of technology wellness. Some companies are offering cold hard cash incentives to quit your mobile phone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

All week, these women had the opportunity to visit a different technology company and get training on a variety of topics. .” The goal of the program is to connect these leaders with technology experts to create a connected movement. On Wednesday, they were hosted at Twitter Headquarters for a training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

Note from Beth: My colleague, Darian Rodriguez Heyman has launched a new company, BetterWorld Wireless. As part of the launch of my new company, BetterWorld Wireless , I recently wrote a blog sharing tips on devising an overall mobile strategy, with a focus on first and foremost clearly articulating and prioritizing objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

David Lavenda wrote this excellent article in Fast Company about the history of the Post-It notes and their potential for becoming a killer innovation technology. Take for example my colleague Eugene Eric Kim who shares his facilitation toolkit which includes links to his favorite Post It notes and markers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

On the other side of the Atlantic, Nick Hurd, Civil Society Minister in the UK, has announced that he will write Apple to encourage the company to be more positive. But, as Vince points out, other technology companies have found ways to promote innovation and help nonprofits. Recently, Google has announced a grant of $1.1-million,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Advocates of net neutrality point out that the free and open nature of the Internet has been a font of innovation and the forge from which our most dynamic new companies—companies like Google—have been created. From the start, Google has been one of the most forceful advocates for an open Internet. Earlier this year, a U.S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In fact, research shows that pro bono and skills-based volunteerism help companies enhance their recruitment and retention rates and improve employee morale, productivity, and loyalty. If you work for a company interested in joining the campaign, visit A Billion + Change.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

You don’t have to get testimonials from celebrities (although each day it seems that more and more celebrities are publicizing their devotion to social causes ); start by collecting short statements from your most loyal donors (both individuals and companies or foundations, if possible) and put them on your website. Learn more here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2017

In addition to starting the first woman-owned Internet company in the early 90s, Cybergrrl, Inc., That’s where I first met her back in early 1990s. She is a web and social mobile pioneer whose work helped shape the early new media industry. She is also well known for her expertise on women’s technology and business issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

Companies using video require 37% fewer site visits before a person responds to a call to action. Large companies like Zappos and Cars.com have impressive case studies showing how video has helped them reach their goals. When the word video is used in an email subject line, open rates double. Experian Digital Marketing Report ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The eGuide identifies the key questions a for-profit company should ask before initiating a cause marketing campaign and outlines the five steps to success. Further, this guide is summarized in a handy checklist to direct campaign development.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Diane’s company was involved in one of the early Internet focus group efforts with its Hallmark Moms Club. Project management and success - Cliff Figallo has done a ton of stuff for some great companies including Cisco, the WELL, Electric Minds (Howard Rheingold), Social Media Today, AOL/GNN and Salon. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Aligning with a cause is a great way for a for-profit company to both raise its profile while doing something good for society at large. Nonprofits need to consider, should we partner with companies? Meaning that all three must figure in to what the company does to be an authentic and generous corporate citizen. If so, how?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2013

Theatre Bay Area is currently in the process of inviting a small number of Bay Area theatre companies to participate in a tailor-made six-month digital strategies training based on the peer learning models used through the project’s three years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I love my iPhone,but I don’t want to support a company that is so nonprofit unfriendly. Unfortunately, in late October, Apple made them pull the plug with no warning and little explanation. You can read about it in this post over at GizModo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

As a sector, we need to understand that working endlessly long hours is not productive. And here’s a summary of the research that proves it. Stress in the workplace is expensive for organizations according to research. The American Institute of Stress , a nonprofit that aims to educate the public, found that job stress costs U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Chances are you’ve engaged with a chatbot already by clicking on a “representative” for a company and having a typed conversation about, say, how to return the wrong size shoes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

One of the words was the phrase, "Full of Life" and the word for that is Zoetica the name of a new company that creating with colleagues, strategist Geoff Livingston and PR maven Kami Watson. You can check out both Geoff and Kami ’s take on the new company, You can also check out the official press release.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Here are some of our more provocative findings: Personal wealth is growing in our region: It’s no surprise that Silicon Valley’s economy is booming: technology companies headquartered in Silicon Valley generated $833 billion in sales last year alone. billion to $4.8 billion, and the number of private foundations has nearly doubled since 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

I also used Twitter to get pro bono donations of technology t-shirts from technology companies to give to the Cambodia bloggers. In 2007, I was the first person to use Twitter to fundraise so I could attend and help sponsor the first Cambodia Bloggers Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In case you don’t already know Aliza, she is an award-winning Internet business and nonprofit marketing consultant with over 25 years experience starting and running Internet companies. In 1995, she founded the first full-service Internet company, Cybergrrl, Inc., Aliza is also a prolific writer and author, having published ten books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2017

Design thinking,” according to Fast Company , “describes a repeatable process employing unique and creative techniques which yield guaranteed results — usually results that exceed initial expectations. Extraordinary results that leapfrog the expected.”. 3 Design Thinking Facilitation Resources for Nonprofits and Philanthropy.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

The role and ongoing coaching that accompanies it can lead to further opportunities like being hired in media relations, being accepted to a journalism program or working for a media company. 7000 kilometres away in India, Haiyya is training the next generation of community organisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It’s a complicated equation that brings together core human rights concerns about privacy, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and the direct practicalities of real-life struggle with the ways in which engineering, policy, legal and design decisions are made by companies, or placed upon them by the jurisdictions in which they operate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2010

In fair­ness to Apple, the company wants to ensure its cus­tomers don’t get scammed. Apple is, after all, the company of cool… and what’s more, the company of helping people do amazing things with extraordinary tools. An online peti­tion backing that pos­i­tion has already garnered more than 1,300 signatures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2014

A question during the Q/A, “Will the future of work be not working for a company but for a community?” One of the sessions featured the results of research of people who share, users of these services. The question is about creating a platform that creates economic dignity for most of us.

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