Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Today, I’m headed to Beirut, Lebanon for the E-Mediat project, a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. I’ll be sharing insights about the project as it unfolds here on my blog and other social media channels, including #Emediat tag on Twitter.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. From WordPress to Google AdWords to big data, we're planning events dedicated to making you the fastest and most powerful nonprofit techie you can possibly be. Seattle, Washington: Advanced Google AdWords for Nonprofits. Upcoming Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

There are many approaches and visual analysis tools. Let’s look at the ones that allow you to see the current relationships and potential ways to weave them on social media and social networks like Twitter. There are many tools to visualize your Twitter network.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

NetSquared organizers are also offering hands-on Office 365 workshops this fall to help small nonprofits set up email with their own domain name. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum. Not a fundraiser?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free and low-cost nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the digital divide by giving every NGO the tools and skills to accomplish its mission efficiently and effectively.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. As a nonprofit example, Ilie offered the 6-word story of an organization that helps the visually impaired: "Blind graduate works for National Bank." Beirut, Lebanon: NetSquared Beirut.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

Nonprofits are often wary of creating their own data visualizations, and for valid reasons. More and more nonprofits, journalists, activists, and advocates are making use of Silk's data visualization platform. A neat aspect about some data visualization tools is the ability to collaborate and integrate with other platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Nada, In-Country Team Leader for Lebanon. Participants worked in teams to brainstorm a campaign to support the message in the film in their country. Mary Joyce used a remix of the Social Media Game that I created with David Wilcox back in 2007 and has subsequently been used by many other nonprofit technology trainers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

The exact format isn't important, as long as we are consistently gathering the nonprofit and tech communities together so that they can learn from each other. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri. " Vancouver, British Columbia: CRM for Nonprofits: CiviCRM. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared St.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably encountered one of my twice-monthly roundups of nonprofit tech meetups. There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Toronto, Ontario: Graphic Design Hacks for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. Though the tools may have changed, the basic human rights and need of children have not. Ideally an infographic can be a great tool to share complex data points in a visual way that generates awareness, fosters conversation or provokes action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can nonprofits learn from one another across borders without the barrier of translation, particularly online? How can create a back channel or other social media tools that can engage people in the room, but also around the world with an interest in the topic? SXSW: Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

To understand networks and their value as a social media trainer’s tool. To model and practice integrating the use of social media tools and networked approaches to document, deliver, and share learning. This module started with an overview of the concepts in Chapter 2 of the Networked Nonprofit , Understanding Networks.

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2021

and the updates in science, and the pressures on nonprofits for revenue, “the only way to learn is to do it!” Everyone touching a nonprofit must get some level of fundraising education. Then, they need to focus on the specific ways your nonprofit has decided to raise money. Nonprofit leadership. change in technologies.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have the very best job at TechSoup — I get to support our network of nonprofit technology event organizers. The NetSquared organizers' events help TechSoup deliver on our shared mission of ensuring that civil society has the tools and skills necessary to use technology effectively. Naples, Florida: Show Off Your Tools!

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Global Giving

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

With all that excitement, how should nonprofits think about this emerging technology and the opportunities and risks it might unlock? An even more transformative possibility would be to enable communities to provide verifiable feedback on the services they receive from governments and nonprofits. What is blockchain?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So I’m a communication consultant, a communication strategist for nonprofits, mainly. I work mainly with nonprofits and social enterprises that want to have a bigger impact, that wants to increase their audiences, and that want to interact with diverse communities. So this is how I got interested in communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Unfortunately, our presenter from Lebanon had connectivity issues and was unable to present. I work as a trainer and capacity builder for nonprofits and technology and more lately social media and networked approaches. They view technology as tool, and use when it has substance to get impact.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 18, 2007

With just nine days until the BlogHer Conference in Chicago, where I'll be moderating the panel, "Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Raising Money," I thought I'd search around for nonprofit and activist women bloggers in the Chicago area. What other nonprofit and activist bloggers based in Chicago do you read?

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