Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

On Twitter, I asked Marnie for examples of abundance approaches in the nonprofit and she answered in her blog. Marnie says that nonprofits should own the impact and not the to dos, but [.] Note from Beth: If you’ve been following my blog lately, you know I’ve been having this conversation with Marnie Webb about abundance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

These examples of micro productivity examples can applied easily to working. Another example includes using AI to optimize volunteer engagement by aligning opportunities with individual skills and interests. Use Cases We discussed different use cases beyond productivity for writing tasks and processing email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

The example above isn't the first I've seen of using SlideShare for social fundraising or emergency relief. Other examples of using SlideShare for disaster relief or donations: Burma Cyclone Relief Effort I'm catching up on what I've missed over the past few weeks and wanted to point this out. The strategy is use positive photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. WeAreMedia: Spreading Buzz: Many examples of how nonprofits are using Twitter to spread the word about their programs and services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In less than a month, the " Crowdsourcing Innovative Social Change " panel will take place at SXSWi To prepare for the panel, we decided to do a little crowdsourcing of our own by asking folks to submit examples of how they are using social media to deliver programs that have a real world impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. " But what does that really mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

So, here's my plea for examples and pointers. If you have an example or any insights, please leave a comment. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Do any nonprofits have a formal blogging policy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

We are looking for examples of youth blogging projects, i.e., cases where the organization encouraged, supported, and/or facilitated the teens in blogging (presumably as part of the organization's mission and goals, e.g., to help youth learn leadership skills, literacy skills, build community, etc.). What examples do you know about?

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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. I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. see for example the post about blogging policy ). Everyone is a Curator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

This is an example of how you can use social media to crowdsource your professional development and learning. Here are some examples from Beth from November, 2008 - I'd be interested in hearing about more data and experiences myself. Kevin Gilnack came by and wrote terrific responses to those questions. Thank you Kevin!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

We've gotten some excellent "user generated" content (for example, check out the tips ). If you have five minutes, and your nonprofit has a blog, podcast, youtube channel, or flickr stream that you think is an awesome example of sharing your story social media style -- add a link to it and tell us why it is awesome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

I wanted to begin with viewing and debriefing some examples of video blogs by nonprofit or social change causes. These examples might include stories about clients or users of a nonprofit's programs, rich media documentation, social reporting at a conference, or other example. https://sparker.wikispaces.com/Group+Learning

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2006

For example, we have an extensive resource directory in the program area of the CERF website for Prevention, Protection and Recovery and Professional Development. I created an account with Feed Digest to convert RSS feeds generated by del.icio.us I cut and pasted Feed Digest generated codes into the appropriate webpages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

There are many nonprofit videos floating around video sharing sites, but I've been prowling for excellent examples of nonprofit video blogging for the Video Blogging Geekout Session I'm designing for NTC in April. So, I was delighted to find another good example of a nonprofit organization using video blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

Take for example the # AskACurator hashtag created by a digital expert who works with museums almost five years ago and still active today. Here’s a powerful example of personal storytelling using the threads by Charlotte Clymer on depression and suicide. If your nonprofit has an example, please share in the comments.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. government to close the real prison and the other to encourage public discourse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2008

I'm prepping a talk for Funders Network Briefing and seeking any examples of Women's Reproductive Health advocacy, organizing, or education using Social Networks (Facebook), Flickr, and Twitter. I got a few leads, but would like some more. Even if you're using those tools as part of a larger campaign, I'd like to see those too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Be A Voice for Darfur is an excellent example of multi-channel campaign designed to bring attention to the appalling genocide in Darfur. For example, for the Save Darfur Petition, there are over a dozen other Darfur and Human Rights Causes featuring the petition. Causes has incorporated two more viral features.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

If we want to create a project with student blogging, are there examples of guidelines? What are some examples in other parts of the world where a university has used social media to connect with students around clubs and student life? So, I took a photo of her business card and am posting the questions here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Kiva.org and the Social Capital markets II - other examples of ???second Tom Watson of CausedWired has another example of blogger outreach - he is offering free review copies of his forthcoming book titled " CauseWired " - he blogged the pitch and did one-on-one follow up with bloggers. second wave philanthropy???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

” Practicing Empathetic Leadership in the Nonprofit Workplace Empathy isn’t always a hardwired skill, but the good news is that with practice we can develop itHere are a few examples of what this looks like in practice in the nonprofit workplace.: Leaders need to set an example and hold themselves accountable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Flickr Photo by Locator. I'm doing a panel at NTC with Susan Tenby and will be talking about Flickr and (and Twitter). I'm working on article too. So, I'm hoping that your nonprofit is using Flickr, could you leave me a comment and a URL? I'm hoping to update this list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Winning caption by Zelda - Westlake, OH. Last week, the WeAreMedia project discussed and built Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style. I put the call out for some case studies and Carie Lewis, the HSUS, Social Media Rock Star, took the time to share her story about the success and challenges of LOLseal s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Heifer International has rolled out a fundraising widget campaign. Here's the pitch: Make this holiday season special by using your blog, MySpace page, or other website to make a difference for a family facing hunger and poverty. re calling on online community leaders like yourself to help give the ultimate gift ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Here are some examples: Rituals to Celebrate Success. One of my favorite nonprofit examples is “ Crock-Mondays ” where the nonprofit staff sign up to cook a meal for everyone in the organization’s crock pot. One example is “ Stop Days ” where there are no meetings and people plan for the next month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2018

You can see some early examples of bot as companions here. One example, is Replika , which uses AI to create a chatbot in your likeness. Have an example to share, please do in the comments. Has your nonprofit jumped into the sandbox with a bot or put your head in the sand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2019

He shared a lot of inspiring examples happening right now of how nonprofits have adapted and had big wins leveraging digital. Marcelo was sharing much of what is currently happening and especially inspiring examples of how to apply the new skills. My talk was focused on the upcoming digital eras including AI and Modern Wellbeing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2019

Note for more examples of AI used in nonprofit field program work in a variety of applications, check out: Cohort 3 “All Things AI” newsletter and podcast. Note for more examples of AI used in nonprofit field program work in a variety of applications, check out: Cohort 3 “All Things AI” newsletter and podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The book is filled with stories of people and organizations that have more recently harnessed new power, both well-known examples like the Pope and lesser-known examples too. Examples: #BlackLivesMatter leaders, Candidate Obama, and Beth Comstock. An example is Kim Jong-un. (In These are key questions of our times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2007

Here are two wonderful slideshows I found on Slideshare both on the same topic: Web2.0 adoption at the enterprise level. Note the visual style with a narrative structure. This are very engaging ways to do presentations. I especially like slide 13

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Here’s just one example of the ethical issues we need to anticipate as we embrace AI. Nethope’s research identifies the benefits of using AI systems as well as many examples of how AI is deployed in the humanitarian sector. To understand the ethical dilemmas, see these scenarios.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2014

Pinterest is great place to showcase your quotes collections, take for example Edutopia’s “ Pinspiration ,” a pinboard of inspiring quotes. For example, on Father’s Day, Edutopia posted this quote about dads. Share an example in the comments. Facebook Post from Edutopia. My favorite is QuoteLand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Here’s a curated list of examples, tips, and tools that can help any nonprofit improve their storytelling skills. Examples of Excellent Nonprofit Storytelling. Nonprofit Story Types and Examples – Getting Attention – Nancy Schwartz. Examples of Great Nonprofit Storytelling. Blog Posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

AI for Good: Nonprofit Trends and Use Cases is an e-book published by Salesforce.Org that provides a good primer about AI, a few basic examples of how nonprofits are using Salesforce.Org product, Einstein, and useful tips on ethical AI. The survey will be implemented regularly to benchmark adoption of AI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2008

I'm on the hunt for stories about nonprofits and social media for the WeAreMedia project. The story I'm looking for is about how a nonprofit organization considered a social media strategy and decided it wasn't the right fit. Do you know an organization that has that story to tell? Is it your organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. I gave the example of charity:water that tells the story about how clean drinking water can change people’s lives in development country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

As people begin to use these creator tools in different fields and jobs, including fundraising as the example in the Chronicle piece illustrates, there are some benefits. Already, we are seeing artists protest about stolen creative property and school systems ban tool s because of cheating concerns.

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