Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

It's a busy time in Second Life , particularly for libraries, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. I got a little distracted with some IM networking because I ran into an avatar who I "know" from the SL Educator listserv - but hadn't met in-world yet. Got that?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. YouTube Nonprofit Channels Now, even the Queen of England of has her own The Royal Channel on YouTube. What are the benefits of a YouTube Nonprofit Channel?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. But over a long period of time social networking is actually critical in building an effective, educated political constituency."

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Hopefully, while we improve communication on our end, you all will start to see the endless opportunities for the free, in-depth networking and educational experiences that CoPs will provide. The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

It's the agency's campaign designed to inspire individuals across the country to help advance the common good through giving, advocating and volunteering in the areas of education, income and health. What you'll discover is that LIVE UNITED ™ is more than a slogan on a T-Shirt.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Check out the Purpose Prize , which is looking to award up to $100K to social innovators who are creating new ways to solve pressing social issues, ranging from education to health care to poverty and global warming. Coate said: “Another successful outlet is spreading the word through listservs, blogs, and organizational newsletters.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Use a template : Ask your state library if it has a template, or ask other librarians if they have a template you can use by way of a listserv (such as ARSL) or Facebook group. Education Networks of America. You might need to tweak your goals as you go. Horizon DataSys (kiosk software). Tech Planning Resources. Speedtest.net.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. Right before I left for Cambodia, Ranger Rick's profile (the spokesperson for NWF) was deleted from Facebook because it was "fake" and the policy is that only individuals can set up profiles.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

I had a fascinating conversation recently with a program officer about running an online community for African educators making use of good old-fashioned Listserv technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Educate about your cause. Today, I got a report via the TechSoup Second Life listserv about an awareness-raising campaign for homeless children in Second Life - reported here , here and here. "Hey, idiot, get your head out of the digital sand and pay attention to things that matter." Mobilize: Give people something to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. These programs involved cultural, educational and training efforts that used interactive theater and storytelling. Congratulations on completing your PH.D!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms. BlogDigger. News Feeds. You can also use RSS to "listen" for mentions of your organization in the news. Will Richardson???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition. Fundraising and Philanthropy There was lots of praise about Amy Luckey of Blueprint Research and Design's recent article called " Grantmaking 2.0: Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms. BlogDigger. News Feeds. You can also use RSS to "listen" for mentions of your organization in the news. Will Richardson???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

It is like sending a personal email to the entire listserv by mistake. The only celebrity I discovered was Pathfinder Linden , the big wig who is in charge of educational initiatives at Linden Labs. Well, at least I wasn't saying catty things about the people who were there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog. And now for a chuckle from LOLnptech about twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

Some possible uses: I put this out on the SalesForce Nonprofit Practitioners listserv. "Children's Health" or "Education"), and the duration for the grant. I'd love for it to have some javascript so you could embed it into a blog post. That's the only thing missing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Andy Roberts is part of the group that is now being called "Virtual Educators Community of Practice" He's written a meta reflection on some of his recent tour experience here. Personally I think I???ve

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. The cultural and educational value of spreadability deserves weight in decision-making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

My social marketing colleague Craig Lefebvre, who has a blog ( On Social Marketing and Social Change ), asked me to expand some comments I had made on the Social Marketing Listserve as a guest blogger. ve traditionally relied on education as their main method ??? After that, I found myself reading things and thinking ???This

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Or suppose you were leading a program to educate young people about violent behavior in dating relationships. Nonprofit organizations, libraries, and educational institutions are experimenting with "user-generated" or community-powered campaigns. What does this mean in an educational context ? Discovery Exercise #1: 1.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So today, we are going to talk about a few key strategies to help you educate, engage, and empower your board members to amplify your fundraising activity. And my mission is really to educate and empower nonprofit leaders and their teams with the knowledge and tools to scale their revenue and amplify their impact.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

We see this as part of the network of sites that NSF is funding for informal science education. Wendy: We were also very concious about not wanting ExhibitFiles to interfere the ASTC/ISEN listserv. The listerv has been out there for over 13 years and it has a certain kind of energy, and it gets its energy partly from its size.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

leading to an impassioned request for best practices for minimizing damage when this security breaches occur on several listservs. Nonprofit Software Earlier this month, Convio alerted its nonprofit clients of an Online Security Issue as reported by the nonprofit tech blog (be sure to read through the comments), NTEN and TechSoup blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

I posted a question on the educator listserv and there doesn't seem to be one. " Given that it is a virtual word, do online facilitation techniques used in RL or other types of online applications make sense? How can we take advantage of the medium of Second Life? I keep coming back to damn virtual flip chart.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2007

While many staff embrace the notion that museums must be relevant, and therefore timely, their professional education and training, skill sets, disciplinary specialization, commitment to thorough, well-researched exhibitions and programs, and lengthy work processes all mitigate against rapid responses to emergent concerns.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. More and more I rely on webcasts to educate myself in new technology trends. One which they may not is LS-TECH, the tech listserv for legal services, which is quite a large slice of the national nonprofit sector.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And here’s just a sample breakdown, $56 billion for individuals and families, $86 billion for health, $211 billion for education and childcare, $40 billion for transportation. So the way that you would do this in action is that let’s say that you are an after-school education program and you want to provide services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. Notes Ali, "We advertise for free on the very many ESL /TEFL websites for teachers and also recruit many primary education student-teachers in 2/3rd year of university degrees via the UK government's Teaching Development Agency (TDA).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I shared this on a listserv with some nonprofit technology geeks (aka circuit riders) and one of them told me that his father worked at the same school as Doug in Minnesota. Since my formal education is in music ( studied flute ), I'm going to riff on Vicky's ideas because they reasonate with me.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

In May of 2007, Woody Sobey released a wiki for science museum educators to share their demos. As the director of education at a small science museum, Woody thought it would be useful for his staff to share and have access to demos being offered by science museums all over the country. Think back on the WikiDemo example.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. I went to a junior high that was a feeder from many elementary schools, including one called the Center for Early Education. I have a personal aversion to the word Center.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 3, 2013

The curator and any educators will work around and noticeably behind the artist herself. Thank you to the ISEN listserv for helping spark this post, via the controversy over Richard Dawkins' denigrating remarks about informal science. Labels will reference the importance of her work in the context of the art world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

FIRM has built a social media infrastructure that links together our blog, social network presence, listserv and static website into a coherent network of tools. It's not that many of them don't believe, it's that they don't have the time or resources to learn enough to make an educated choice about what tools to use and how.

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