Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

If you haven't yet checked out Seond Life and want to experience a "serious" activity, there are celebration events taking place throughout the week on Information Island. Last night, I dropped into the lecture/presentation by Jeff Barr, Amazon Technology Evangelist, in the open-air auditorium on Information Island.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Kindly include a link with the project suggestion and include contact information for the person leading the volunteer opportunity. Skype, Google Hangout, listserv) Virtual opportunities can begin ahead of the conference If you''re a 15NTC attendee looking to volunteer while in Austin, you can sign up for an opportunity here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

I'll explain why in a minute) Someone posted the url to a listserv. The taxonomy is rudimentary and not very informative. It's part of helping people to easily adopt RSS readers as an information coping skill. I slapped a list of blogs in my wiki for me. There's not even a description of what the blogs do.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 7, 2011

A friend posted about them on a listserve and said that clicking the link downloads a virus. The detailed information about the consumer's concern is explained in attached document. The detailed information about the consumer's concern is included in attached document. This scam has been around for a while.

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JULY 14, 2021

When setting up an online event, you must first establish deliverables and key information. It should include your event schedule, detailed information about each session, participating vendors, and event sponsors. Virtual conferences have been on the rise for quite some time. So, how exactly do they work? panel discussions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” A communications chain of command can be helpful in these instances, so everyone knows who they’re charged with informing. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Consider your timing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Last month, in a blog post that I wrote called " RSS As Information Coping Tool " - experimented with switching some my listserv subscriptions to RSS reader. Makes sense to really think about whether an information source/listserv is giving you value or not. But, not all listserv RSS feeds are a like!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. New networks are emerging everywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be co-hosting The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. A few months ago I wrote a post on the topic of whether nonprofits should delete old donor records. The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I got the chance to present on a panel with three other people in an information session hosted by the U.S. We administrate the Refurbisher Listserv. in which 400 computer refurbishers exchange information, talk shop, ask technical questions, and debate issues. Our latest opportunity was on February 13 2013.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds). Many people in their audience will absorb knowledge better from informative (and shiny!) to get success stories. is going end-of-life!"

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's the same kind of impatience I feel reading email from listservs -- only because my RSS reader makes scanning and reading a lot of information very eficient. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon. And, with google groups you have an option of reading via a RSS feed.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Email listserv signup. Volunteer Information. You don’t need to have all the bells and whistles, but start with what works best for your mission and purpose of your site. Here are some possible features you could include on your site: Event registration. Blog for content. Twitter and other social media feeds. Shopping cart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

individuals who make their mark on community opinion through participation on blogs, listservs, social networking and bookmarking sites, and other online forums where people gather to exchange news and views. Eric mentioned in his email: The results were quite interesting, with a number of common characteristics emerging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice. Wow, better than a listserv! Is reflection in action the way to integrate small amounts of experimentation with Web2.0 Okay, it is time to actually do some (billable) work.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Sometimes this can be informally done, especially with volunteers, but you'll likely need an MOU that covers what each participant commits to and someone to coordinate it. The group has an informal oversight Board run by one of the member CIOs. Read his full bio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

I'm thinking a lot lately about tagging communities (NpTech Tag), information coping skills, and distributed and disperse nature of networked/connected knowledge sharing. They're identifiable subject matter experts who dive through mountains of digital information and distill it down to its most relevant, essential parts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

In addition, they have an internal listserv for support where staff share suggested tweets for new reports or new features or techniques on Twitter. Murphy served as the point of contact, answering staff questions on the fine art of tweeting. He also identified staff who were enthusiastic and proficient in using Twitter to lead training.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Get Users to Grant Administrator Access Ask your users to visit Setup -> My Personal Information -> Grant Administrator Access and put in a date some time in the future that you don't have to worry about it for a few years. than to poke around in the interface or export on demand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. YouTube Nonprofit Channels Now, even the Queen of England of has her own The Royal Channel on YouTube. What are the benefits of a YouTube Nonprofit Channel?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

In contrast, many of the people I work with use visual social media formats as their lead tools for creating, sharing, and consuming information. Most of the professional networks I belong to online operate using the most antiquated of text-based tools: the listserv.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

They can house key resources & event materials/background resources, or bulletin boards for ride sharing, or contact information for people coming in from the same city, etc. They can also be a place for participants to post information as it comes to mind during the event. The Center for Global Development does this a lot.

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See3

APRIL 22, 2009

When I left my position at Easter Seals , I had seven-plus years of research covering the field of nonprofits online flowing (more like gushing) in daily via email newsletters, listserve digests, etc. “Bad content, bad links, bad navigation, bad category pages… which is worst for business?&# Go get ‘em Jakob!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. Ivan Boothe helped start the Genocide Intervention Network in 2004, and was responsible for communications, web development and social networking strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

For the past year or so, I've included this visual based on Forester Research Social Technographics profile information. They've built a profile tool over at the blog that lets you plug in some very general demographic information and get a summary of the percentage of profile types that fit that demographic. created a quiz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

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. The nature of your job may provide you with access to confidential information regarding Easter Seals, Easter Seals beneficiaries, or fellow employees. Our goals are: ???

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. The timing or stage at which you create a proposal is truly up to each nonprofit organization. Identification.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. Someone offered me a pointer to this article about information foraging theory. Someone else put the idea out there of placing the information on the nptech.info site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

In article about ego searching, Robin Good adds If you can track what the rest of the world is saying about you or your products and services, you have a great deal of valuable information at your disposal. These help you stay informed, but may also help you keep a strategic advantage in the marketplace. BlogDigger. News Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics. I've added a wiki to my Facebook profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

In article about ego searching, Robin Good adds If you can track what the rest of the world is saying about you or your products and services, you have a great deal of valuable information at your disposal. These help you stay informed, but may also help you keep a strategic advantage in the marketplace. BlogDigger. News Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. What's the tone, formal or informal? This one point caught my eye: RSS subscriber metrics : For some sites, this information is very useful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

" I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. Paul, I think it is okay to blog private email conversations as long as you aren't airing dirty laundry or sharing too private information. Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning. There was instant rapor.

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