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IDEO: Design for Social Impact

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just gave a talk at IDEO, the famous Silicon Valley design firm. IDEO is very interested in making a bigger positive impact on society, and I was heartened by the great turnout and conversation. Doug Solomon, their Chief Technology Officer, was my connection to come in, and I appreciated Doug's invitation! IDEO has been working with the Rockefeller Foundation to bring more of the design community into the social sector.

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Walking the Line Between Web2.0 and Old Skool in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Kalabird (Michaela Hackner). Johanna Bates, an extraordinary nonprofit technologist, has launched her blog with a very thoughtful post called " Walking the Line Between Web 2.0 and Old Skool in Nonprofits " This adds beautifully to the conversation over at NTEN Wiki (name coming soon). A number of insightful comments have led to the creation of How Can Your Organization Avoid Drinking the Web 2.0 Kool Aid?

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A new chapter.

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

The other day a friend dropped by the office to talk to us about how we manage chapters in our software. For example, he wondered if we assumed that the national organization did the dues billing, and distributed revenue to the chapters? Or the reverse: that chapters collect the dues and send it upstream to headquarters? The conversation led me to think about the forces that make organizational policies so often unwieldy and complex.

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July 2: Last Day to Register for BlogHer

Have Fun - Do Good

Just a quick post to say that today at 6 PM Pacific Time is the last day to register for the BlogHer Conference. They are selling out. If you've been waiting to sign up, don't delay. I'll be facilitating a Birds of a Feather session for Green, Social Change & NPO/NGO bloggers on Friday, July 18th from 10:30-11:45 AM. Let me know if you'll be there in the comments of this post, by email (britt AT brittbravo.com), or Twitter (@bbravo).

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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All 2gether now

Steve Bridger

This is where I’m going to be for the next two days. Looking forward to it. I’m particularly looking forward to introducing Hoop MD, Sean O'Halloran who will talk about the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP). Sean has a close family link with the project. MAP is funded by the Wellcome Trust, and is led by Professor Bob Snow at Oxford University.

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What do mobile phones, baseball, and pediatric Diabetes have in common?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Christopher Dale. A text to give campaign will make its major league debut at a professional sporting event on the July 13th ??? Children???s National Day at Nationals Park. This a special day will highlight and support the partnership between the Washington Nationals and Children???s National Medical Center to fight pediatric diabetes. (The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation has given $2 million toward the creation of a new $5 million diabetes care complex at Children???

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How Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions Going?

Have Fun - Do Good

At the end of December 2007, I posted about creating activist resolutions for the New Year based on Latoya Peterson's activist resolutions post on Racialicious. We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. My resolutions were to: 1. Continue reading and learning about why genocide happens, and what I can do to encourage the United States to be a part of the solution.

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Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century in 714 Words (or less)

Museum 2.0

Dear Museum 2.0-ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." They've asked each of the participants to prepare a one-page position paper (today = highly alliterative) on the topic and to provide one paper that "you think would be important for everyone interested in the subject to read.

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NTEN Project: Week 1 - Module 1 - Are we there yet?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Travelin' Librarian. On Monday, we started down the road to build Module 1: What is Social Media and Why It is Important To Nonprofits. If you have kids and have ever taken a long road trip, you've heard that question. Sometimes a long trip feels like you'll never get there, but little by little you do. So, my response to the question is HOOOHAA - meaning yes -we're almost there!

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Wild Apricot Blog : Whats Your Rapleaf Reputation - and why should you care?

Wild Apricot

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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Liz Strauss Asks - Are Crayons Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What does the Internet look like ? Liz Strauss asks if crayons qualify as social media. It made remember the workshops I taught way back in 1993 for arts people about Internet literacy - the web was just getting started. I handed them crayons and paper and asked them to draw a picture of the Internet and then share with someone else. Here's some of the drawing from the thousands that I had in my collection (scanned the best ones).

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NTEN Project Name Change: We Need Your Feedback

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you've been reading this blog, you know that last week I started to work with NTEN on a social media and nonprofits curriculum development. Yesterday, Holly Ross, NTEN Executive Director, posted this discussion thread on the wik i: We've hit a snag in the road, and we need your help to get past it. It seems the lawyers affiliated with an about to be published book aren't too thrilled about our title.

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NTEN We Are Media Project: Week 1 - How Can Your Nonprofit Organization Avoid Drinking the Web 2.0 Kool-Aid.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Mike Monteiro NTEN's We Are Media : where the community is the curriculum ! We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll we out a new theme related to social media and nonprofits. Come join the smart people coming along on this trip or buzz in to help us identify the best existing resources, people, and case studies that will give nonprofit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to change the world.

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Critical Friends and A Reflection Process for Working Wikily

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm very interested in learning how different types of networks or communities work in a networked way - this whole notion of working wikily. The NTEN project is an excellent learning laboratory for reflection and learning about this topic. Dave Cormier published a paper recently entitled "Community as Curriculum" and that phrase has stuck with me as one way to think about workshop curriculum projects that are being developed in a networked way like the NTEN project.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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Why Should Nonprofits Embrace Social Media? The why of social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But Why? Flickr Photo by Liquid Lucidity. Why Not? Flickr Photo by MPR529. Today we start NTEN's Be The Media journey where the community is the curriculum ! We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll out a new theme related to social media and nonprofits. Come join the smart people coming along on this trip or buzz in to help us identify the best existing resources, people, and case studies that will give nonprofit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to BE the medi

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Strange(r) Encounters: Conditions for Engagement

Museum 2.0

I've written before about techniques for talking to strangers, looking at how buttons , buses , and dogs and can all be tools for participatory design. Today, we return to that well-loved topic and look more broadly at the conditions of participation. So as you read, please consider this small assignment: think of a notable encounter you have had with a stranger.