Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. In Jordan, we did the Debka, a Lebanese dance. Group Photo with Certificates. Showcase Panel. Quiet Reflection: Socoot.

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Care2

JUNE 19, 2013

This month''s Internet Advocacy Roundtable features a discussion on the cutting edge of online advertising from three companies that are breaking new ground on targeted advertising for advocacy and politics. Jordan Lieberman , President of CampaignGrid. Waldo Tibbetts , Vice President of Rocket Fuel.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The ultimate goal is not for program evaluation to be punitive, but empowering” - Jordan Lim. Investing in evaluation capacity means investing in your ability to share your story, improve your programs, hear from stakeholders, communicate, attract funders and promote critical thinking and creativity.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Why, a Tweetup bringing together the tech and nonprofit communities to discuss and live-tweet ways to leverage the power of the social web to do good, of course! And if you can be there, send us your questions and feedback via Twitter and we’ll work to include your comments into the live discussion.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2013

The leader of this group, Jordan Welty, was not only a former Peace Corps volunteer, but also worked at the World Affairs Council, another nonprofit. I was also surprised by how much discussion and listening happened before we actually got down to building the foundation for the project. Prepare to be surprised.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We'll clear up the cloud confusion on October 18, with a discussion of the benefits of having a cloud-first approach to your organization's technology. This fall, TechSoup is offering an array of webinars and resources to help nonprofits understand cloud computing and how cloud-based services can benefit them.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2009

I didn't get to capture all the great discussion, but I did get some great video of the poems, thanks to Jordan Viator. Proving ROI to your managers. Using measurement as a learning tool. Whether or not online mom communities are mean. So if you missed it, here it is!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan. Don’t get the idea that these are the only conversations that I’ve been having: but they were just a sampling of the kind of discussions I’m having every day here at the WEF.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Join the discussion in the post's comments! Jordan Viator ( Convio ) weighs in: Seth Godin took nonprofits to task on their (as he argued) lack of penetration into the social media sphere. Jordan writes a great summary of the debate this kicked off, and her own thoughts about the issue. Does it even have one?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Or, if you can't make the event, tune into the feedback with the hashtag #NPTWEET and see what your peers discuss. You and your nonprofit organization probably already “get” that social media can help you drive programs and online results. Have questions you want to send for the Office Hours?

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

There are a lot of great discussions going on within the NTEN community: > NTEN Discuss. There's always great discussion and debate about nonprofit tech topics here, along with some really helpful resource sharing. Join the community here , and then join the NTEN Discuss group here. > > DC 501 Tech Club.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Day 1 included a detailed project orientation as well as a design discussion about the online learning community site lead by Andrea Burton from Meedan, a partner in the project. Since modeling the use of social media to document and share learning, we began with a discussion about our rules about live tweeting and posting photos.

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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! So, let's get out the nonprofit vote for panels at SXSW! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

There are so many big questions about the connected world we live and how it transforms our society, as this opinion piece from CNN discusses. Why aren’t talking about to build more resilient civil society networks that can scale? “When people who were born and raised in dictatorships.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering. In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Get the full description and sign up for the webinar here.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering. In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Get the full description and sign up for the webinar here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron! Let's discuss: join us!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Author: Jordan Viator. Over 100 nonprofit professionals packed in (literally) to learn, discuss and brainstorm on how nonprofits can set up a full-fledged social media strategies - from setting objectives and measuring success to deciding on what tactics to use and of course, selling the use of social media to management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice. In addition to Zoetica, implementation partners include SMEX Beirut , TechSoup Global , and Meedan directly, plus a network of in-country teams and training partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Once the students have discussed the question for a few minutes, Mazur instructs them to answer the question. 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.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) .

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2010

Our own Jordan Viator ( @jordanv ) has submitted a panel proposal on getting advanced with social media for social good. It should be a fantastic discussion about nonprofits changing from stand-alone institutions to energized networks. The panel picker is out and there are some great choices in the nonprofit realm.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will discuss (individually) their ideas about citizen service with Richard Stengel, Manager Editor, Time Magazine , and Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent and 2008 Political Editor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Check out the speaker list. I'll be blogging from both events.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron! Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2009

Here's a nice before the event write up from Jordan over at the Convio Blog based on a conversation with Renee Alexander, Operation Smile's Social Media Stragetist. Some good tweets: @jowyang: Youth haven't adopted twitter in droves (Cnet article) this same topic was discussed yesterday at #twtrcon [link]. I have it on video).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

This section has great tips on peer-to-peer applications and discusses its benefits such as the ability to grow your database, build community and constituent loyalty and expand fundraising. February 7, 2009 | Jordan Viator Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Resolution Three: "I resolve to better know my supporters and their needs."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

The heads of major information technology companies invited me to attend multiple meetings to discuss the progress they had made as a group in bringing technology to students in Jordan and their desire to replicate that success elsewhere in the Middle East, as well as a major program in Brazil.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

A quick video of Vinay discussing the findings of this study i sposted in our blog at [link] Well also be posting another, follow-up interview later this week. April 15, 2008 | Jordan V Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Check out the full study here. All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

This section has great tips on peer-to-peer applications and discusses its benefits such as the ability to grow your database, build community and constituent loyalty and expand fundraising. Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds."

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Filmmakers behind the submissions discussed the creative process while members of the different nonprofits explained how cause-driven films have aided their missions. "We David Neff, nonprofiteer extraordinaire, is at it again with the kick-off of the second annual Lights.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. In today's NTEN NTC session "The Generational Divide of American Giving" Andrew Magnuson and Matthew Mielcarek, Nonprofit Consultants, discussed the recent research published by Convio , Edge Research and SeaChange Strategies on the Next Generation of American Giving.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

A quick video of Vinay discussing the findings of this study i sposted in our blog at [link] Well also be posting another, follow-up interview later this week. April 15, 2008 | Jordan V Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Check out the full study here. All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Then you can participate in the discussion – growing the positive sentiment or countering the negative. Think about how you might monitor the landscape for discussion about things adjacent to your organization or programs. MicrosoftInternetExplorer4. Guest Post by Peter Genuardi. Think Again! -

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Consultants and Vendors | Main | Featured Article from Care2 News Network (our own little digg) » Monday Nov 13 2006 Lean, Mean Blogging Machines Monday, November 13, 2006 at 10:00AM | by Jordan Wait If you think your blogging gut is getting a little flabby, today is the day to whip it into shape. Issues Dynamic, Inc. to 5:00 p.m.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. will all be featured and sharing their standards of “now communication” with Mark Horvath who is leading the discussions. It's a discussion of bike and pop culture and socializing the good with these Interweb tools” 10. What is influence and how is it measured? Data will be shared!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Twitter Focus Group: Jordan V from Convio calls Twitter an unofficial focus group! We discussed this and agreed that in that sense, watching Twitter is watching like flowers going by on horseback. Inspiration and Ideas: Paul Sanchez, like Holly, uses Twitter for quick polls, but also uses it as a source for inspiration.

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