Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

In collaboration with the Guardian , TechSoup created the Technology for Good report as a valuable repository of inspiration for the public and private sectors, funders, and other change makers who want to support technology for social good. already exist and are helping create positive social change around the globe. Get inspired.

South Africa 50

South Africa Disaster Hurricane Pakistan 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The idea was that if they knew each other’s knowledge and skill related to the project, it can help everyone can be more effective in delivering the social media training because one person or team doesn’t need to know everything. I’ve subsequently have used this exercise in many different contexts for different purposes.

Professional 101

Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Laura Efurd sent this tweet during Lisa Gansky’s discussion of the mesh concept at the GEO Growing Social Impact in a Networked World conference. Click for Twitter Summary of Mesh Session. Guest Post by Stephen Downs. Great, provocative question. Scarcity can also drive people and organizations to mesh-based solutions.

Philanthropy 93

Philanthropy Business Support Pakistan 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For example, you would not necessarily want to go to the expense and time of applying this evaluation model to a 30 minute brown bag lunch session. Here are some examples of the questions you can ask adult learners to write down and then discuss in small groups. Certificate Awards - Pakistan NGOs. Documentation. Group Photo.

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

For example, when a consumer of the ice-cream brand Wilcoxson's asked, on Wilcoxson’s Facebook page, if the gelatin in their cookies and cream ice-cream contained pork, their CEO responded on Facebook with “we don’t deliver outside of Montana and certainly not in Pakistan.”

Management 67

Management Online Uganda Strategy 67

Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

TechSoup started putting it to use right away, particularly on our Online Community and Social Media Team. An example is the nonprofit Hoshyar Foundation ’s beautiful presentation about educating girls in Pakistan that went viral and got 2,000 to 5,000 hits per day. TechSoup’s Telework Team.

Tools 52

Tools Pakistan Doc Contest 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Christian Canter is doing this work as a staff person with an established nonprofit that is using social media. Mark Horvath is doing this work as “free agent.&# Says Mark, “I’m pushy, screaming loud to end poverty. Mark is distributing cards about WeAreVisible that includes examples of tweets from homeless people.

Homeless 98

Homeless Free Work San Francisco 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

ThinkSocial at the Paley Center for Media is dedicated to advancing the use of social media in the public interest. Jacqueline Novogratz , the founder and CEO of the Acumen Fund , is certainly one leader from the field of social innovation whom I find incredibly inspiring and thought-provoking. The purpose of ThinkSocial.

Conversation 83

Conversation Build Social Media Pakistan 83

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

good to highlight a few examples of its uses and briefly examine its. There are many examples of the benefits of the mobile in emerging and. It is an extraordinary example of one of these tools. Frontline SMS’ and Ushahadi’s collaboration is an example of this. established groups on SMSall in Pakistan.

Mobile 52

Mobile Phone Develop Pakistan 52

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In our increasingly information-saturated world, people’s capacity for attention is overwhelmed by the 24-hour news cycle, countless social media outlets, and endless information at our fingertips. Somewhat ironically, an excellent example of how AP enhances organizational mission can be seen in a for-profit business: TOMS Shoes.

Attention 58

Attention Philanthropy Research Georgia 58

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 9, 2006

Example: Senator Barack Obama's podcast. Example: UNICEF's podcast, "Pakistan's Earthquake: A fifteen-year-old tells her story." UNICEF Radio correspondent, Blue Chevigny, provides narration and information about the earthquake in Pakistan combined with on the ground testimony by a young woman who lived through it.

Podcast 40

Podcast Ghana Pakistan Spain 40

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Insights for a World at 7 Billion (Explore the relationship between social and economic indicators). The data, for example, shows an increasing number of older people - 700 million in 2009 and expected to rise to 2.4 In my country of origin, Pakistan, half the population is under the age of 19. billion by mid-century.

Pakistan 44

Pakistan Netsquared Data Life 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. A few ideas: Assigned seating or “social engineering” Solo reflective activity related to the content.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

. Yesterday at the Packard Foundation, as part of a series of "deeper dives" to learn about networks and social media, Eugene Eric Kim of Blue Oxen Associates gave a talk about "Networks in an International Context." . The first time open-ended, playful like being on a social network. We knew what was coming.

Collaboration 93

Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It felt to me like coming out of the closet when I began talking about spiritual practice with my activist friends"--Marisa Handler The more I write about organizations and individuals who are creating social change, the more I realize that to create true change, we need to change our inner world and our outer world. MH: I say go for it!

Interview 40

Interview South Africa Iowa India 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Recently, I presented a high level overview of crowdsourcing , including examples from the lens of funding and doing. Therefore, my new question in presentations about social media has been to ask: Is this new? Social media accelerates the crowdsourcing process – it can happen faster. Crowdsourcing 101.

Measure 96

Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

In the aftermath of that quake, as well as flooding in Pakistan, fires in Israel, flooding in South and Central America, and countless other incidents, technology played a critical and often-life-saving role, and remains at the center of the ongoing advocacy and long-term rebuilding work in Haiti.

Disaster 78

Disaster Social Media Roles Haiti 78

NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

By Colin Holtz and Steve Daigneault, M+R Strategic Services Everyone is talking about "the power of stories" — social scientists, nonprofit directors, your mother, you name it. Our shared stories define our social group. The stories we share shape and define social connections in our life. There's just one problem.

Story 98

Story Org Work Data 98

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Consider, for example, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science's new Flickr Plant Project. From the museum's perspective, having an authentic account from someone in Pakistan is a value added that the museum itself could not supply. We are willing to spend Y to reach 1,000 people.

Virtual 20

Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20