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Free E-Book: NetworkforGood Giving Day Planning Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue!

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. The Power of Social Learning: Online and Offline . 1) Social Media Game : I have used the the social media game at over 50 trainings during the past four years and many others have re-purposed and remixed it too.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He mentioned that he ad done a great deal of research. He was asking his local guide a lot of questions about what was and what wasn't appropriate. However, the local culture was to cover your body up. With international networks, it is important to recognize cultural norms both online and offline. (2)

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Cultivating the Web: Netroots Action for Grassroots Food: The “organic” nature of social media creates fertile ground for activists, but how can online advocacy move beyond e-actions and Facebook Fan pages, translating to local, on-the-ground actions?

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

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The lounge will be the place to meet the best and brightest socially-conscious Geekeratti at SXSW and catch some unplugged local music. Uprising Tide panel Saturday, March 13 at 03:30 PM - "Inciting Online Communities into Offline Movements - Ready to put your tech community on the map? But that's only the beginning.

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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used the BBS to post questions asked by people in a local face-to-face support group who were not online. I was networking weaving between the offline/online. But not many people to share with or remix. answers from a chat room or wait a day and get a response to your question posted in an online forum. reflector surfing??? -

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Creating Your Organization's Social Media Strategy Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If they congregate in certain online locales, what are they talking about in relation to your brand/goals/issues/competitors? Is there an “offline” marketing push that you need to support/connect? Remember, social media can also be used to connect people to offline actions and events. What will resonate with them?