Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I did some live demonstrations including Twitter and Flickr. I posted a photo of them on Flickr and asked people on Twitter to share why they thought it was a valuable. We got 100 comments 5 minutes from nonprofit and other professionals sharing why they thought it was valuable. Board source.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Photos: I rounded up the photos and screen captured important tweets and put them into Flickr here. Here’s a couple of techniques that I try to use every time I do a workshop, presentation, keynote, or other instruction. For example, for the above exercise, I had the online audience take an online poll.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. Note from Beth: One of the most common questions I get at workshops or webinars is, “Should our organization be on XYZ social or mobile platform?” Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details. How old are they?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi. It is a generic list of results and examples of Key Performance Indicators. The example above comes from Momsrising , a “flyer” when it comes to measurement practice. The example highlights how they link their key result area to a KPI to associated metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2008

and have an informal workshop with members of the marketing staff and curators. The afternoon workshop was another opportunity for education and discussion about social media and the museum's mission as well as a great example of how you create social change behind the firewall. My flickr photos are here

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I celebrated my 20th anniversary in Flickr and with this video (darn the gown doesn't fit this year!) Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos . Make it easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

Photo by Feast of Fools. It's been over a month since my trip to Australia where I presented and facilitated workshops at the ConnectingUp Conference. I, of course, loved the flickr competition idea and suggested that she consider a modest outcome and learning experiment. Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. Lately, I've had the experience of running the game as a 3-hour workshop as part of a second day of peer learning workshops on Network Effectiveness. Peter Durand, Flickr Photo. The Audience As Part of the Presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Flickr photo by Terry Bain. I was searching for the perfect illustration for "five" in flickr and since you all know how much I like dogs , I couldn't resist this photo. Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method. I found 3 really good planning templates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. It provides a huge return on investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? I'm getting ready to a workshop later this week, I did a simple pre-workshop assessment, asking folks about their level of experience/comfort and their burning questions. For example, you can use Twitter as both a listening tool and for participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2006

From one of my favorite edtech blogger, Alan Levine (fellow lab lover) comes this Flickrtation - using flickr for a presentation. Here's what they say about the this new genre This presention is being completely delivered as a flickr photoset. I really like the use of flickr for presentations instead of powerpoint.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

Photo by Stitch. Take for example, the steps outlined in this " Twitter for the Workplace " article. Photo by SamDiablo The Tire: Social media forms at the edges of the company. Flickr Photo by MR+G. Flickr Photo by Colmmacc. Expo by Peter Kim , Charlene Li , and Jeremiah Owyang. No clear leader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

Flickr Photo - Of Small Things. Additionally, over the past 2 years, Teddy and I were very lucky to work with other SF Arts organizations in the “Leveraging Social Media” (LSM) workshop series. For example, social media campaigns are now part of planning for entire seasons instead of trying to sell tickets to one-off shows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I'm also using this for the upcoming WeAreMedia Workshop in San Francisco which has a section on experiments and measurement. The examples would show how engaging with people changed them from complainers to fans. They now use this approach with other channels, like Twitter, for example. More on that later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

This morning I got an email from my colleagues at NTEN telling me it was an awesome example of tagging. They are encouraging people to tag into del.icio.us, flickr, YouTube, etc. They are also doing in-person training workshop s. They are incorporating the use of visual content - flickr and YouTube. I will shortly.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

A couple of examples are the NCDD Blog , Technology In the Arts Conference , and WorldCafe Stewardship Dialogue Blog. Take for example, the netsquared conference. I've seen this used frequently with "unconference" or "open space" technology-oriented conferences and workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

The visual is from a reflection by David Wilcox after a workshop he gave in March. While many people in the workshop were excited by the possibilities, they foresaw difficulties which were summed up in two phrases. Take for example video. What struck me is that it was the same message I heard last week at NDN from Micah Sifry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media. I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds. The important thing is having the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Photo in Flickr - CC "by/nc" license - Mr.GluSniffer. If you read down the comments on the flickr post, Darcy Norman says. Reminds me of this slide from an old workshop I did on how to make technology trainings more interactive. Even a recent call for organizational examples of ???non-profit

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Workshop leaders, Katya Andresen of Network for Good and the Non-profit Marketing Blog , and Mark Rovner of Sea Change Strategies and the Sea Change Strategies Blog believe that there are 7 Deep Human Needs that you need to remember when you are creating nonprofit campaigns. Oxfam has used Flickr petitions successfully in several campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Flickr Photo from SteveTookIt. Photo by RedRaspus. Smart Social Media Tips, Tactics, and Tools Most of the resource organizing will be taking place over at the WeAreMedia wiki in preparation for the workshops taking place in 2009. One example recently was I post I wrote about a Twitter tool.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. Nonprofits have the Social Network Calculator from Care2. I'd love to see some more. .

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post. For example, I recently learned about the Science Gallery''s approach to involving community members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

Photo by Social Misfits. 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). Storify with Tweets and Photos. The speakers included: Amanda Kelso, Instagram.

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APRIL 10, 2008

Look for photos of you on Flickr and videos about you on Youtube. post images from museum events on Flickr, upload videos from events on YouTube. In these examples, staff are continually producing new content and interacting with the community via comment boards and other uploaded user-generated content.

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APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post. For example, I recently learned about the Science Gallery's approach to involving community members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. Gave an example of Feet First: Bought a chicken suit and you had to help the chicken cross the road. You can do something to help donor give with their head - for example Donors Choose. No one clicks on the button.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

cc licensed flickr photo shared by alumroot. Last year at Princeton, we added a Google Map for people to geotag their home location , an invitation to share photos of the number “15? (it Those went okay, we always get a solid core of photographers tagging and posting pictures to flickr. Flickr the Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

For example, this week they will attend a workshop at LinkedIn where LinkedIn employees will coach them on online networking tips and taking advantage of the platform for online networking. Flickr Photo by Mike Cogh. Flickr Photo by Mike Cogh. I shared how I think about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2011

Flickr Photo by Martin Deutsch. For example, if you get higher conversion rate, you go out for ice cream (or shaved ice if you’re in Hawaii). In the comments, I asked how can we make measurement fun ? In response, Jono Smith said that was like asking how to make going to the dentist fun! Or maybe funerals?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2008

s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ??? s engaged enough to write a sentence or two or to participate in a conversation or to upload a photo with a caption is a person who???s Our Flickr photo contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

As I mentioned, one of the Day of Service activities was a video blogging workshop for local nonprofits given by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson. So, I thought, why not offer it up as a prize for video blogging workshop participants? For example, placing a moratorium on building permits, offering homeowners???

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JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. For example, Carol Torgan, Ph.D, The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. Here's a few examples: Shireen Mitchell who I had never met face-to-face but who generously provided information about people of color and the social web via Twitter while I doing a workshop demo. George Brett who took some great photos of conference. Cheeky Geeky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Flickr Photo by whatchamakallit. I'm looking to blend different perspectives and have a workshop session that can speak to nonprofits and grassroots media makers. Answers Business Questions Related To Goals: (examples) Here's a simple framework for thinking through these. I need some concrete examples - help!).

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Consider, for example, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science's new Flickr Plant Project. Then, they encourage others in the Flickr community to post their own images of the same plant and tag them "flickrplantproject." How much is an educational workshop worth? We are willing to spend Y to reach 1,000 people.

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