Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

It's a busy time in Second Life , particularly for libraries, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. 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. Got that?) What is transferable?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

The Pew Internet and American Life project released a meaty report last year about Internet use profiles and types. I've noticed this in the nptech stream, we have conversations scattered in listservs, forums, blogs, twitter, facebook, myspace, and other social media nooks and crannies. And, a lot of my content is for social purposes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Two nptech events were visible in the NpTech tag stream, the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Launch Party and the Net2 meetup in Houston.

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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. list spills over into your professional life, (Seems obvious, right? I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez). Carmen left me a follow up comment.

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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? NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog. An excellent slide show about the issues in wiki adoption within the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

Step 3: stewarding technology in use, in the life of the community and at its closing. listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.). Step 1: understanding your community, its characteristics, orientation, and current configuration. Step 2: providing technology: choosing a strategy, selecting a solution, and planning the change.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Boost in life-time value? Our mid-level fundraising listserv has more than 200 active participants. There’s a good chance the ROI will be worth it, but you need to put in the work. Is this the time to do it? What does success look like? More money? Better retention? More bequests? Who and what do you need? What other resources (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2005

Eath is video blogging her life story. It has changed my life in many ways. s why I started a listserv to help people from Cambodia to learn how to do it. s cultural treasures. Two years ago, at age 20, she came to New York City. Why did you start vlogging? I can communicate with new people who share an interest in my country.

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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. A good resource mentioned was the Guardian's recent list of 100 most useful websites Steve Bridger's posts: Blogs Bertie, Blogs and Breast Cancer Care Second Life The Yak Shack GoogleMaps All by next week!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. We need to establish a presence for our organization in Second Life,??? ve been exploring Second Life and avatar marketing ??? I see that you???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. She describes herself as having a "unhealthy obsession with Twitter." " Indeed, her first post summarized some observations from her research on how museums were using Twitter for her masters thesis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

While one might be tempted to discount the value of face-to-face gatherings when we have the Internet, some of my most valuable connections and learning experiences have taken place "in real life" at the NTC. There is just no replacement for face-to-face connections. I've volunteered to be a session designer for two (yikes!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. I'd like to see people have a variety of purposefully designed collaborative learning experiences so they are prepared to work collaboratively in professional life.

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MAY 7, 2007

By then, I hope we have enough good models and people who want to be a part of this that it will have a life of its own. Wendy: We were also very concious about not wanting ExhibitFiles to interfere the ASTC/ISEN listserv. The way real people work online is much broader. NSF seems to be perfectly happy with that.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They can share their own personal story for why they’re involved in your organization, how their involvement has perhaps changed their life or their perspectives, and how we can really leverage their stories to help generate momentum and energy around the work that you’re doing. We also want people who have a unique perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

the listserv question was focused on blog metrics and primarily as traffic and driving traffic! Unfortunately, the trusty page view is on life support and I give it four years to live. It goes into the topic of social networking analysis.huh? Yet another paradigm shift, emerging field, and something else to research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I shared this on a listserv with some nonprofit technology geeks (aka circuit riders) and one of them told me that his father worked at the same school as Doug in Minnesota. I feel constant tension in my blogging life between the need to get things done and the need to capture learning. It is the stepping away, the 500 ft.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

That experience awakened her desire to make immigration rights her life's work. FIRM has built a social media infrastructure that links together our blog, social network presence, listserv and static website into a coherent network of tools. What are you goals for using social media to support your organizing work?

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