Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta. Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. The workshop was hosted by Compasspoint , with support from the Lucile and David Packard Foundation. Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

Social Media 87

Social Media Game Media Social 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

I attend a lot of conferences , but mostly as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or panelist. We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). The best part is when the audience joins the conversation.

Practice 94

Practice Free Share Reflection 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. It almost always naturally leads to discussion about how to amplify each other’s voices using social media.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. That's one key piece.

Resource 40

Resource Interview Policy Issue 40

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Today, an interview with staff from a museum with an incredibly healthy attitude towards experimentation with social media. Three things stand out in this interview: Like the Brooklyn Museum , COSI’s social media strategy is focused on local community connections, not national outreach. We have these conversations every day with staff.

Conversation 20

Conversation Columbus Change Museum 20

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Rose Aguilar from Bay Area Business Woman interviewed me recently for an article entitled, "Women's Voices Boom in the Blogosphere." During my conversation with Rose, she told me about a panel she was on, that had a mainly women audience, and how surprised she was by how many women had questions about blogging basics.

Netsquared 40

Netsquared Blogher Podcast NGO 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The class typically erupts in a cacophony of voices, as it did that first time he told students to talk to each other because he couldn’t figure out what else to do. You get people to line up in the room as to whether they agree or disagree on a provocative statement related to the content – and then interview people.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

After the workshop, I wondered how @wellstoneaction planned their Twitter usage-- were they really some sort of non-profit advocacy Twitter mastermind, as Id suspected? After the workshop, I wondered how @wellstoneaction planned their Twitter usage-- were they really some sort of non-profit advocacy Twitter mastermind, as Id suspected?

Social Media 68

Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I designed electricity workshops for families. For the second interview, I even built a little lie detector and brought it in. I had this dream that I would write about a topic they cared about, send them an email about it, and maybe the conversation would go somewhere. Find a starting point for conversation.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

conference is bringing together leaders of major women’s advocacy organizations and online women’s communities to further the connection between today’s issues and women’s voices. After conducting follow-up phone conversations with willing respondents, they will send a summary of the responses to survey participants.

Case Study 28

Case Study DC United States Blogher 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. Why it works: conversation, authentic, story, translates into action -- how do I let go and let my supporters take hole of my messaging.

Australia 56

Australia Conference Guidelines Comment 56

Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

This historic piece of literature galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Having courageous conversations about race and injustice isn’t easy. James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time was a national bestseller published the same year as the March on Washington. Ask and Listen.

Homeless 98

Homeless New York Law Washington 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. Finally, Rebecca Krause Hardie has some notes from a blogging workshop given at the Museums and the Web Conference earlier this month. | View | Upload your own.

Arts 74

Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

A key point about how difficult it is for most non-profits to shift from message delivery to conversation and advice about being patience. " -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. For more on that topic, read the excellent interview with Carie Lewis of the HSUS here. mean for you?

Nptech 50

Nptech Tag Facebook Wiki 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

I also facilitated several workshops for London-based nonprofit CEOs and communications directors on developing a strategy for their leadership profiles on social and internal champions (board, staff, and volunteers). This post is a roundup of what I learned from the speakers at the conference and some reflections on the workshops.

Conference 50

Conference Learning Social Photo 50

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

As a representative of an organization with a global mission, it is important that I am a citizen of the world who is well-traveled, well-informed, and can converse with absolutely anyone. I was frequently called upon or volunteered my perspectives during sessions and was even asked to be interviewed on camera about my experience.

Professional 40

Professional Global Develop France 40

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

As a representative of an organization with a global mission, it is important that I am a citizen of the world who is well-traveled, well-informed, and can converse with absolutely anyone. I was frequently called upon or volunteered my perspectives during sessions and was even asked to be interviewed on camera about my experience.

Professional 40

Professional Global Develop France 40

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She spends a lot of time doing workshops, helping orgs with communications. So people right now are on WhatsApp and we can use it as a way to start a new channel of conversation with people that is complimentary to how we already communicate with volunteers, with donors, with, you know, our support base. They can send you a voice note.

Community 65

Community Video Broadcast Phone 65

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And that’s what I’m going to do today, I’m going to try to cover a lot of ground but leave some time at the end for Q&A and conversation and all of that. I interviewed Steven on my podcast, Smart Communications Podcast, about his book. So thank you for bearing with me so far on this conversation.

Build 122

Build Video New York City Communication 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

What I loved about this BlogPotomac is that it was a small and intimate event that allowed for a conversation between the speakers and the audience. OrganicMania or Lynn Miller who I met through Twitter and later interviewed me for this blog post about a year ago. The format was ten minutes of speaking (no Powerpoint allowed!),

Community 91

Community Blogher Boston Conference 91

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. *

Interview 46

Interview Cambodia Children Uganda 46

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

In my most recent interview for the Big Vision Podcast , I talked with Andre Carothers, the Executive Director and Co-founder of the Rockwood Leadership Program about the Program's work, and nonprofit leadership trends. You can read a transcript of the interview below. Fifteen questions like that form the basis of the 360.

Training 40

Training Train Leadership Interview 40

Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

Conversation is the key, and we’re starting to give our supporters individual voices to hear while at the same time getting to know them. You’ll recall this interview , and this post , and this one. People crave a genuine, human voice in times of crisis.&# [.] Nudge me again soon. Tell it quickly.

Flickr 40

Flickr Charity Social Media Hurricane 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Connected to Twitter, Blab enables real-time video conversations from multiple locations. Nonprofits can use Blab for interviews, discussions, and live workshops and then share replays after the live event is over. Social Media Tools. Blab :: blab.im. Buffer :: buffer.com. WeVideo :: wevideo.com. Web & Email Content Tools.

Tools 100

Tools Online Adobe NGO 100

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. A blog was really perfect for me, because first of all, it was a very casual voice -- it's not very formal.

Podcast 40

Podcast Arts Oakland St. Louis 40