NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

We've only got until February 17 to meet our goal: raising $10,000 to send another 50 folks to the #10NTC ! Dozens of you contributed to get us out of the starting gate with over $2,000 raised. Jordan Viator. Or just help spread the love on your blog, Twitter, and Facebook. A GIANT thank you to: Catherine Algeri.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

We've only got until February 17 to meet our goal: raising $10,000 to send another 50 folks to the #10NTC ! Dozens of you contributed to get us out of the starting gate with over $2,000 raised. Jordan Viator. Or just help spread the love on your blog, Twitter, and Facebook. A GIANT thank you to: Catherine Algeri.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

My 53rd birthday wish was to raise money for the Sharing Foundation to send 53 Cambodian Youngsters to school by covering the cost of their uniforms ($10 per child). We crushed that goal and raised $4,540 because of your generosity in donating and calling attention to the birthday wish. Today was the best birthday ever!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. If you’ve been paying attention to the news in the past week , you’ve most likely heard about the new changes making their way into Facebook to make sharing interests across the web easier. Notable quotes: some of the top points being raised around the web on the issue.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. The aim to raise awareness on the richness of world cultures and the opportunities that cultural diversity and social inclusion can bring to societies.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. The aim to raise awareness on the richness of world cultures and the opportunities that cultural diversity and social inclusion can bring to societies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Facebook [or any social network] is your garden." On average most groups spend $1 to raise $1. I thought this simple statement really drove home the crux of what social media is all about. Creating a meaningful relationship and conversation that grows over time.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. For example: define goals such as raising certain amount of funds on a specific social fundraising campaign or set a goal of getting a pre-defined number of people to take action. A number of basic metrics like number of Twitter followers or Facebook “likes” are not truly actionable.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

I admit that I also question some of the things my parents say and do – I thought I raised them better. :-) The generations are different. Of course, I probably wondered why anyone would use Facebook and Twitter at some point and now I use them regularly. I’ve put a lot of "duh moments" into these posts lately.)

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Jordan Viator invited me to be a panelist on this panel and I agreed because David Neff is a fellow panelist and I bet Jordan will make him wear an apron! (There's even a panel proposal for Slacktivism ). The Real House Wives of Social Media.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Today, Beth turns 53 and has one birthday wish: to send 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530 on Facebook. Then she is going to do whatever it takes to personally ensure the work is done to raise the funds/ spread awareness/ evangelize the Cause. Is there a Cause Beth believes in?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

I admit that I also question some of the things my parents say and do – I thought I raised them better. :-) The generations are different. Of course, I probably wondered why anyone would use Facebook and Twitter at some point and now I use them regularly. I’ve put a lot of "duh moments" into these posts lately.)

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. WeWorkForFree is a design community that allows it's members to upload and share their portfolios in order to raise money for international programs that benefit developing nations around the globe. Which one worked best?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

When I put on my Facebook status that I was looking for blogs, he wrote on my wall recommending many of the blogs that follow. ConnectionCafe : Connection Cafe has a quite a few Gen Y bloggers - Taylor Shanklin, Misty McLaughlin, Brandy Reppy, Lacey Kruger and Jordan Viator. Epic Change Blog is written by Stacey Monk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? Last week when I was Society for New Communications Research conference, I ran into KD Paine , who shared a copy of an ebook by Shabbir Imber Safdar , author of the TruthyPR blog and Shayna Englin of Englin Consulting LLC entitled "Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Facebook reports that almost three quarters of its 1.2 MT @atikaCNN Filming Syrian refugees crossing into Jordan safely – thanks @and_harper , @refugees + Jordan military pic.twitter.com/xMRJHR3xen. — Despite this increasing ubiquity, though, social media penetration remains unevenly distributed around the world.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. If you’re an avid Facebook junkie like me, you probably noticed a lot of “colorful” updates last week. Guest post by Noel Beebe, Interactive Consultant at Convio.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

A few weeks ago we announced a joint effort between NTEN and Convio to raise scholarship funds to help people get to this year's NTC in the rough economy where travel budgets are being cut. After our initial announcement and Holly's birthday Facebook Cause push, almost 40 people had donated funds. Thousands of people already have.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The fundraising objective is to raise revenue for our Syrian Children’s Relief Fund in order to support our responses to ongoing and urgent needs as a result of the conflict. We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. Follow them on Twitter , Facebook and Google+. Strategy'

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