Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. What audience interaction tools do you use to engage participants at a training – in the room and remotely? Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Program Design. Participants Own Their Learning. The Importance of Energizers Throughout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. How can we identify “ free agents” and involve them in our work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

A common scenario is where the majority of meeting participants in one location, a conference room, and are trying to collaborate with a handful of invisible partners on the other end of phone line or video conference call. This can happen even if your organization is using video conferencing. The exercise teaches empathy.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The dodo’s popularity brings up another excellent point: the importance of video in storytelling. Video has long been the most popular way for audiences to consume media, and that’s not going to change any time soon. In fact, Zenith Media predicted the average viewer will watch 100 minutes of video a day in 2021! .

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2016

I remember the day my boss set my first laptop on my desk. "I think it's time we replaced your laptop. That's why Idealware, in partnership with TechSoup, is offering a practical, step-by-step Tactical Technology Planning learning track through TechSoup's new online training program. Check it out!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But then, your coworker calls and informs you that your donation page is broken, your organization's CRM just ate half of its entries, and the kitchen dishwasher is flooding… Guess you probably should pack along your laptop. Lync is an all-in-one tool for video calls, web conferencing, instant messaging, and voice calls.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 28, 2007

After the opening show, we were treated to a short video extolling the virtues of investing in Malaysia. Willing participants in a transaction of an evening of entertainment for a four minute video. Because I'm staying at the Schatzalp, the last train up the mountain leaves at 2 am. If you miss it, the next train is at 6 am!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ). Framing of session.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

To quote a somewhat recent YouTube blog piece , "if a picture is worth a thousand words, then is a video worth a million?" Storytelling with Mobile Video. It's reasonably easy to upload videos to Facebook or YouTube even without the phone being on a data plan. " May well be.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Using this platform enables organizations to create engaging, multi-perspective videos with their employees. SeenIt enables organizations to truly scale the way they produce video by engaging their own employees to become their content creators and brand ambassadors. H osting a virtual or local day of service?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

This USB modem is handy for someone who often travels with their laptop, and needs broadband access as they go. Volunteer groups can take advantage of video and other web-based training tools for more cost-effective training and recruitment. CLEAR Stick Atlas. CLEAR Spot 4G Apollo.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 17, 2017

Basically, webinars are detailed, hands-on video training from an acknowledged expert, engagingly delivered to you in the comfort of your own home or office space. Just make sure to bring your laptop. Ever wish you could relocate a course, meeting or presentation from the stuffy meeting room to the organization’s sofa?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If the goal is to work more productively and cost-effectively, nonprofits using a laptop or netbook and their own personal Wi-Fi network for use wherever and whenever they need it, have more options. Stream video for use in outreach, fundraising and training. And their tools need to be too. Stay productive while in the field.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

including, laptops, instant messaging, VoIP, smart phones, and more. messaging, video conferencing, and even voice over IP). collaborate with colleagues, share information, telework, and train. In a recent white paper (registration required), industry analysts at Frost and Sullivan outlined key technology. confidence.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

More than 90 percent of laptop and desktop PCs are running some version of Windows. The Windows 10 beginners guide video tutorial is a 38-minute plain language video tutorial that covers how to use the primary new features of Windows 10, including. It is also a very good version of Windows by most accounts. System settings.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You can watch all kinds of videos, see what we’re all about, especially if maybe you’re shopping for a new database here in the near future. I’ve been reading your LinkedIn posts, catching your Facebook live videos that you do on Fridays, right? You invest people for training. I’m not formally trained.

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2013

On Facebook it’s a multistep process to restrict the general public from seeing your content, such as your basic info including contact info, status updates, photos, videos, etc. It’s inevitable that one day you will leave your iPhone, iPad, or laptop either at a client’s office, a bar, CVS, the train, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) Design for Flexibility.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Did the story have a strong accompanying photo or video? If you’re guilty of throwing something together and clicking “send” just so you can mark it off your list, you’re probably sending boring emails… which trains your audience to stop reading them! Did you choose a compelling story with the right image, illustration, or video?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. To make a bridge between the room and the virtual, I used his video explaining the concept of networked nonprofits and free agents in the room.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences. You get yourself some kind of together and you kind of meander and find your way to your laptop. And then laptop because, you know, work, right?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Thinking of shopping, maybe before the end of the year, all kinds of videos and stuff that you can check out. I was flying into DFW and I had my laptop out and I was preparing a presentation and I was wondering, you know, “Do I know what I’m getting into?” Maybe you need to make a video about that story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2007

I ended up attending "Screencasting: The latest in technology training," lead by Beth Kanter. Since we will use screencasting for much of the training materials and the "rollout" of the new Commons, the suggestions offered in this workshop--e.g. It was another full room, but I could see most of the presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Hybrid meetings are where some participants participate remotely through a video conferencing platform like zoom, while the rest of the participants are gathered together in a conference room in an office or several in-person group clusters. In-person participants will need to bring their own laptops).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2008

I started with a story about how Ponzi and Chris helped me demonstrate the networked effect with flickr and twitter for a nonprofit training, then told my story about the Case Foundation and Parade Magazine's America's Giving Challenge , and then I set up a real time fundraising challenge. Live video by Ustream My slides are here ).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Fundraiser Training & Support. With a two-week soft launch, the foundation trained 32 team captains who had been identified as prospects months before in the planning stages. Team captains were invited to train at a campus computer lab where they registered, created their fundraising page, and learned how to use the online tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Seesmic is a video conversation site. It’s an interesting concept. I think like a lot of Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I migrated to making it my primary desktop about a year ago. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Here's one of her training presentations. With streaming video tools that are free - like Ustream.TV - I imagine we'll see more people video streaming from professional conferences like next month's NTC Conference in New Orleans. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email).

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Browse our selection of refurbished laptops, desktops, and monitors. Rather than approach tech issues piecemeal, you can get help planning ahead — within your available budget and resources — using Idealware ’s training. If your organization’s hardware needs a lift to get you off of XP, TechSoup has you covered.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

But what I realized was that the whole WPA thing with my laptop added to the pile of “little problems I haven’t solved yet.&# I knew that I should do it at some point, but I hadn’t encountered a WPA network until last week, so I hadn’t bothered. Needless to say, I’m doing that right now. Directories were shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

It was good to hear first hand stories of their challenges to maintaining a blog and their experiences training young people and others to blog. I confessed to being nervous about the video blogging session and how the upload speeds. So, we will experiment now with using that to take some video clips and upload to jumpcut, blip.tv.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Mark shared his progress around the country in YouTube videos (he’s been featured on the YouTube homepage, blog posts , and his Twitter feed. Successful road trip stops might be happy hours, documentary screenings, panel discussions, organizing workshops, site visits, or volunteer trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Since we shared my laptop, she kindly gave me permission to upload her slides). Some of my creative work in technology training was done during my decade plus two years working with the New York Arts community. He used to watch the Mark Morris and Yo Yo Ma Failing Down Stairs dance video. Many, many memories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Kristiansen captured the drama on this video clip of Mena Trott's Keynote calling for more civility in blog commenting. In 2005, at the Les Blogs conference in Paris, there was a flap about the backchannel because the conversation crossed a line. . At this conference in 2005, the backchannel was projected on the screen behind the speaker.

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