Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The storytelling was engaging and compelling. I shared the video on my personal profile and it prompted quite a heated discussion in the comments between my colleagues. The controversy on my Facebook wall boiled down to those who felt the emotional pull of the story and those who had an alternative view. What was your source?

Network 119

Network Children Offline Storytelling 119

Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1. Focus the Story. Speak With Numbers. Reveal Change.

Data 68

Data New York City Storytelling New York 68

Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

On Sunday I hosted a Flickr Bootcamp, where I worked with non profit, "accidental techies," and helped them learn about better online photo sharing techniques. Stories stick in our minds, get us energized and poised to take action, and provide a memorable framework that help us transfer messages to others.

NTC 52

NTC Share Create Time 52

Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

On Sunday I hosted a Flickr Bootcamp, where I worked with non profit, "accidental techies," and helped them learn about better online photo sharing techniques. Stories stick in our minds, get us energized and poised to take action, and provide a memorable framework that help us transfer messages to others.

NTC 52

NTC Share Create Time 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

There are contests to push filmmakers to “ tell the story behind the still ” and television producers are turning to this compact video recording technology. Along the way we learned some valuable lessons to help nonprofits use this new video technology to tell their stories. Why use a DSLR? Rent or Buy?

Video 99

Video Tips Camera North Carolina 99

Museum 2.0

MAY 4, 2007

Two of the articles that most influenced me were written by Don Carson, Disney imagineer turned video game designer, about "environmental storytelling." (You The unifying story is espionage, and the game-like question: “Do you have what it takes to be a spy?” Here are some lessons I've learned from Carson.

Game 20

Game Storytelling Lesson Museum 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The afternoon featured six mini-workshops that drilled down in the use of the tools such as Facebook , Blogging , Storytelling , Listening , Twitter , and Social Media 101. (The I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences. What Powers Learning: Sharing Experiences and Stories With Peers.

Reflection 103

Reflection People Network Colorado 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

For the two months leading up to my brief vacation, I've been doing a lot of training and presenting - chewing on some lessons learned from the America's Giving Challenge , Social Media ROI , and Cute Dogs. The Art of Storytelling. What are the best practices for telling your organization's story? Andy Goodman).

Florida 50

Florida ROI Metrics Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

Some techniques that I learned about that I want to put into practice in future work: Capturing secondary audio with an external mic and recorder and then synching them during the editing process. Now that I know how to incorporate this technique into the editing, I need to keep this in the back of mind when in the field shooting.

Boston 50

Boston Learning Media Audio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Would love to read a summary of the campaign results and lessons learned. Video The AFP Nonprofit Technology blog points to a story by Jennifer Gilomen from BAVC about digital storytelling techniques and tools for nonprofits in the NPTimes. " You read an excerpt here.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Network 50

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

At frank, we divide our time among great talks by strategists, storytellers and scientists and casual opportunities to connect with other sophisticated communicators over coffee or cocktails. Learn best practices and the latest techniques and technologies to meet your greatest challenges. Feb 23 - 26. Fundraising. Create Good 2016.

Calendar 177

Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I always try to incorporate new learnings and observations that I've discovered from the many interviews I do on my blog, resources discovered, and stories. I also like to practice my storytelling skills. I also didn't focus on some of the techniques I learned from She's So Geeky speaker training - the eye contact and the verb.

Reflection 50

Reflection Slides Metrics PowerPoint 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding. Social Strategies.

Fund 130

Fund Campaign Practice Giving 130

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This workshop will dive deep into the lessons and real stories found in the free eBook Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. The Power of We: Harnessing the Science of Stories to Break Down Silos and Win as a Team. That’s what we love about stories. The stories we tell and hear help answer the “why?”

Causes 28

Causes Camera Storytelling Technique 28

Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2019

I was impressed by his commitment to putting visitors first - and his technique for inviting more of his colleagues to do so as well. Our experience now is that different lessons are learned when the management participate in collecting the data themselves. I met Martin last year at the MuseumNext conference.

Audience 40

Audience Research Museum Interview 40

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. Learn best practices and the latest techniques and technologies to meet your greatest challenges. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference.

Conference 111

Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds. BAM, time to tell the story. ThePort, Ning) Multimedia content sharing is a powerful tool for storytelling, providing content that is easy to share and embed.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Cancer Social 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

I’ve been following it for a while now and it is very inspiring on many different levels. The laboratory gives Greenpeace and its partners a space to design, test, iterative, and roll out new strategies and techniques for participatory campaigns or what has been called “People Powered.”

Journal 101

Journal Change Learning Technology 101