Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

I’m thrilled to announce that I contributed to: npEXPERTS: Fundraising Ideas and Marketing Tips from the Pros (#npEXPERTS), a 46-page free e-book collaboratively written by a cross-section of npEXPERTS in fundraising, marketing and communications, social media, mobile technology, digital advertising, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

They’ve just published this terrific, free e-book with lots of tips and planning templates to help your organization decide whether to participate. The e-book is written by Jamie McDonald , the Chief Giving Officer of Network for Good and the Founder of GiveCorps.

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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. Some times free agents go on to form their own nonprofits like Amanda Rose and Manny Hernandez.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You’re invited to join me at the biggest, free, and all-virtual conference for the nonprofit sector! Save your FREE seat now to attend the most impactful + insightful conference for nonprofit professionals this year. 3: Maximum Impact, all FREE for you: Pay $0.00 3: Maximum Impact, all FREE for you: Pay $0.00

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. Giving 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I had a lovely dinner with Nick Booth and Steve Bridger and we discussed the idea of Free Agents in the UK. They get on with it regardless of what the system says.&# Interesting, challenging but remarkable people Steve Bridger also pointed another type of Free Agent, working from the inside of NGOs called a positive disruptor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2016

Register for Free! . Since New Year’s is a great time to establish better habits that make you happy and healthy, we’re doing a one-hour free webinar hosted by Wild Apricot on January 14th at 3 pm EST to share some of what we’re learning, get feedback, and identify additional people to interview for the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2011

I’ll be at SXSWi Festival next week to moderate a panel and discussion on Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World on Sunday, March 13 at 3:30 pm. Our panelists include Danielle Brigida, National Wildlife Federation, Mark Horvath, Invisible People, and Jessica Dheere, SMEX Beirut.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

I’ve Found My Free Agents, Now What? Look for Free Agents who already know about your work. Look to your in-house lists for potential free agents. Scan Social Networks for Free Agents. I shared some of my special sauce about how I identify free agents as well as from my perspective of being one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

But these donated computers were FREE! Back then, my favorite question was: "What is the cost of a free computer?" But have seen grassroots groups and nonprofits turning to free, proprietary social media software services and getting burnt when the software company has to start charging or even worse goes out of business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2013

More about the project and this opportunity to get free help with your data over at the GuideStar Blog. Is your organization working with a volunteer or consultant to improve its capacity to use and apply data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Read more about the guide from Geoff Livingston or download your free copy here. Recent online social good case studies, in addition to general cause marketing examples, provide recommendations for best practices and lessons learned to inform a company’s next campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2012

For your chance to win a free pass, leave a comment that answers the question: Why is it important to engage Millennials inside and outside your organization. Peer influence is the driving force behind some of the most successful fundraising and advocacy campaigns we see today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

If you want the free ticket and work for or with a nonprofit in the LA area, please leave a comment about why you want to do the training and include your contact information. Betsy will pick someone from the comments to use the ticket and throw in a free copy of Snagit and Camtasia. The training is on November 11/12th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “ Leading Systems Change.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’m honored to be part of the Schusterman Philanthropic Network and Jim Joseph Foundation for #NetTalks , a free, five-part webinar series for Jewish professionals who want to tap into the power and potential of alumni networks. I will be presenting a free webinar on January 8 at 2 PM EST. Register here.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Engage with experts on how to get started without being overwhelmed Glean some practical tips on using AI to get stuff done or co-create on many nonprofit work tasks Ask your questions live Q&A session Get an insider sneak preview of the upcoming Global Nonprofit Leadership Conference (You can reserve your FREE ticket [link] with code VIRTUAL) (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2014

Planning to Win is an online guide for nonprofits that are looking to win support for an issue, impact policy, or get a corporation or government body to change its policies. Spitfire developed this upgraded version of its first campaign planning tool because of the many new factors affecting what it takes to design and run winning campaigns in (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

After the workshop was over, my hosts took on a tour of Free Geek, a truly unique nonprofit organization in Portland. I wish there was a Free Geek in the Boston area because my home office has become a grave yard for old computers, modems, and other devices. Maybe Free Geek has a franchise plan? Skeleton Dance by jpmercury.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

When Maddie Grant at Social Fish invited me to do a FREE webinar over at the 365 Engage Community, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to reflect the practice of incorporating social media into instruction. The Webinar will take place next Tuesday, January 26 at 9:00 - 10:00 am PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2022

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. Allison Fine and I will be presenting at two FREE online book talks, please join us. You can purchase the book on Amazon!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2012

A couple of weeks, a PR agency working for Dell approached me with an offer that I was going to refuse: We will give a Dell 1355cnw Multifunction Color Printer. After using the machine, all we ask in return is that you tell a story about your experiences and share advice with your audience on your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2007

James Davis of Free Charity , a web host that provides free Internet and IT services to nonprofits, announced on the UK Riders list the other day that he had created some screencasts about wordpress. Since I knew that James only uses free software (software that grants users freedoms rather than restrictions on it???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this TED talk , people are sitting 9.3 hours a day, which is more than we’re sleeping, at 7.7 All that sitting is not good for your health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Free Burma! Free Burma!??? Remember, it will take a whole lot more than just putting up a post with the graphic and the text free Burma. International Bloggers' Day for Burma on the 4th of October International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

telling why they are deserving of the free membership and what makes them worthy of the recognition. Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio! So starting today, anyone can nominate their personal holiday heroes at www.convio.com/nphero.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2022

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. Allison Fine and I will be presenting at a FREE online book talk hosted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy Online Forum on March 16th at 11:00 am PT.

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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. now for four years because it is simple, direct, and easy. "You are free to use the content, just me credit and/or a link." It turns to surprise when they see what is there and it free for the using. It gets your work out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2007

This makes we wonder - is there a free conference call service that has an international bridge line that people call skype into -- that does what I did in the photo above? If there isn't a free service, is there a fee-based? I put the phone right up next to the microphone to create the bridge between phone and VOIP. What to find out?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

While some may think there are not a lot of high quality women who can speak on technology issues or are starting tech companies, it simply isn’t true. Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. The article highlights some of the themes in our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World , coming out in March, 2022.

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OCTOBER 4, 2007

Free Burma

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JUNE 15, 2007

It's about how to create a web-based conferencing room with free or cheap web 2.0 Look at the presentation. Then visit the conference room. Pretty cool, huh?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2006

A couple of years ago, I collaborative with several colleagues at Summit Collaborative to develop a list called " Fifty Fabulous Free and Low Cost Nonprofit Friendly Web Resources." and four years a later, there are lots more free tools. " It was pre-Web2.0 NPower Seattle???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Just got this from David Bacon, founder of Carpets for Communities Hi Everyone, Help us free children in Cambodia from exploitation by taking 2 minutes to vote. The $5,000 prize money (and more importantly world-wide exposure) will all go towards freeing children from exploitation and getting them back to school in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. I've been busy trying to cram over 150 tech shirts into a suitcase to take to Cambodia so I missed this one. So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile.

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