Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an anti-censorship tool in places like Iran, and Nancy Schwartz noted in an online discussion, “this is a kick to independent content publishing, not just convenience on the readers side.

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JULY 18, 2013

Azita didn''t grow up thinking she would start a digital media agency (because that didn''t exist). Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I Serendipity, timing, opportunity --> social media happened! And how can we use this incredible opportunity of social media to make a difference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. 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?

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Recent events in Iran and India showed Twitter's ability to build a groundswell and deploy rapid response messaging, albeit in a much less urgent sense in holding rallies and actions related to climate change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Last year, there was an event called "Social Media for Social Good" organized by Jeff Pulver that prompted quite a rich discussion. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. .

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Recent events in Iran and India showed Twitter's ability to build a groundswell and deploy rapid response messaging, albeit in a much less urgent sense in holding rallies and actions related to climate change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

There were social media folks, musicians, print and television journalists, scientists, fashionistas, and more. Even on the “social media for social good” panel, I believe I was the only one who actually worked within a nonprofit or social enterprise. That is a huge mistake.” starts around 16:46). “I

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Oh, and please do give a thumbs up to the panel Beth and I cooked up: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change ]. scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. on whether social media for fundraising and marketing can effect real on the ground change. Carie Lewis.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

The TechSoup 17 NTC Social Media Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions (Short). The TechSoup 17 NTC Social Media Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions. This Sweepstakes is void for organizations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria ("U.S. We may even have some of our super cool swag left to give away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. well-experienced in developing complex projects involving creative anmd technical personnel and processes, including 22 broadcast TV series, several advanced web sites, books, videos and multi-media learning systems. Some intuitively know and use the new model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

The audience consisted mostly of social media early adopters who shared terrific insights that come from having a sense of context. Shonali Burke is one of those people I met through an Twitter introduction by social media metrics guru KDPaine last October when I presented at the e-metrics conference.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If Nonprofits have gravitated from wanting training on the theme du jour from 10 years ago — project cycle management — to wanting training on social media and communications today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? In February 2006, WITNESS first social media tool was the launch of its YouTube Channel. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? Please summarize your ROI.

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2011

People have been silenced throughout time by media outlets, governments and authority figures who strive to keep minorities and protestors at bay. Social media may be changing that across the globe. Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. But she did have social media outlets like Twitter and YouTube.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2011

People have been silenced throughout time by media outlets, governments and authority figures who strive to keep minorities and protestors at bay. Social media may be changing that across the globe. Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. But she did have social media outlets like Twitter and YouTube.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. YouTube is the second most active social media site in the world, followed by Twitter, Google + , LinkedIn , and Pinterest. In technology for good and social media, it’s Sina Weibo or ????.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2013, he publically confronted Iran's foreign minister, Mohamed Zarif, in New York demanding the release of political prisoner Majid Tavakoli. It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time. " At this point there are many more requests for help than offers to help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

I went to learn from thought-leaders focused on social media and its impact on politics, in the hopes that many of the lessons would be relevant for nonprofits, foundations, grassroots activists, and for our emerging networks practice at the Monitor Institute. . Facebook now has 200M users, the majority of whom are outside of the US.

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