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AUGUST 30, 2016

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. I got to snap this photo of two women, Marnie Webb and Charlene Li , who have greatly influenced my work over the past 5-10 years. Got to do some networking and catchup.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's NetSquared community organizer, will be meeting with fellow community organizers to discuss the challenges and rewards of growing both online and offline communities. NetSquared Organizers, Ambassadors, and Birds of a Feather. Our organizers and ambassadors will wear orange NetSquared buttons.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

A few weeks after you donate, you'll get a notification with a photo and report of how your money helped. The Mobile Giving Foundation is a great place to start find resources to start your mobile campaign. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers and other business professionals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Photo by Idea Constructor. The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. Some of the lessons learned include: -Could have provided the Netsquared community with more tools to do their work like listserves, web sites, etc. The presentation is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Photo by Billie Hara. Marshall goes on to quote an interview he did with Peter Cashmore from Mashable on Netsquared who questioned whether MySpace was a place for "social media for social good.". The email encouraged MySpace users of Causes to join the cause on Facebook. . One wonders what the motivation was ?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2008

Photo by Laura Whitehead. One of the key benefits of social media is that you can actually be in two places at the same time. Kari Peterson said there were great examples shared in the room (as well as chocolate) Laura Whitehead did a splendid live blog post at the Netsquared blog as did Ivan Boothe.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports. At the time of writing, nearly 1300 reports had been placed via SMS, and reports are still coming in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Photo by Stuck in Customs. It is also good to learn from experienced curators and how they hone their craft. Netsquared recently published this summary of tips from nonprofit content curators. Storyfy — Storify is a way to tell stories using social media such as Tweets, photos and videos. What is Content Curation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2006

After that, I discovered an interesting photo set in the Link netsquared tag stream and it was Seth Mazow, so I made him a contact. If you want to take a visual trip around the world and see some breath taking photos of the work done in far flung places, spend some time browsing this collection.

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MARCH 7, 2007

With these agreements in place, Ethiopians could occupy a stronger negotiating position with foreign buyers, capture a larger share of the value associated with their names, and better protect their brands – regardless of whether the trademarks were granted." So far, 186 photos have been posted. Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Build rapport by posting your photo while you introduce yourself. Keep the session interactive by providing places for people to ask and answer questions throughout the presentation whether by virtually raising their hands, chatting online, or having a discussion over the phone. uploaded by Beth Kanter Cross-posted from NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Over on the NetSquared blog , we've been running a great series of posts by Bari Samad about ways that nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries can leverage the power of human capital. Let's face it: nonprofits can be confusing places to work. The photo is from TechSoup's recent volunteering day.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 1, 2006

The last week has been all about getting ready for, and going to, the NetSquared Conference (thus no new blog posts since last Thursday), but I'm back home now and getting back into a normal schedule. This doesn't mean it needs to be pink, but it does need feel like a safe place for women to communicate without fear of harassment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Flick Photo by Thomas Hawk. I'm filling in for colleagues Marnie Webb and Billy Bicket from Netsquared. I generally like to have visuals, a place for my script, and links. Later today I'm doing a Webinar, a briefing on Web2.0 tools for the good folks at NCNA. Both require me to let go of old ways. That's a hard thing to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Photo by Matt Westervelt Back in April I created a slide presentation for an Ignite session at NTC about the Many Uses of Friendfeed that Beth Kanter picked up on , intrigued with the idea of using it as an internal listening tool. for the last five years or so). An incredible listening tool. Works great for real time chat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. There's no place like Web2.0, There's no place like Web2.0. I love that some nonprofits are sharing photos of their messy offices on Flickr! Do you have a NpTech photo to caption and share?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

All of the Nonprofit Boot Camp sessions will be recorded and available on the Craigslist Foundation's Nonprofit Boot Camp Podcast. Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths. month. . $5-$30 5-$30 based on how many MB's of storage you need. Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! NTC will take place in New Orleans March 19-21. asks Rich Reeder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

How can those notes best be aggregated in one place to be shared with all participants and perhaps with those who didn't attend the event? Take for example, the netsquared conference. You can get rich photo streams when participants a) have and use digital cameras b) understand and use tag based photosharing services like flickr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

I have a lot of tree-planters to thank for the fruit I have eaten this year: my husband for being the best hubs ever , my parents for a lifetime of love, my friends for inspiring me, BlogHer and NetSquared for helping me make a living doing something I love (blogging!), Photo credit: Eden Hall Tree by Surplusparts. thanksgiving craft

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

During the workshop, a number of participants requested that there be a place for them to stay connected and acquire additional materials for their work after the workshop. Users can import their Flickr photos from their account and promote their profile pages and widgets on Facebook. We then invite participants to join. t that bad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Photo by Topeka Library. Netsquared has another Think-Tank coming up later this month. Use the tools as part of your learning process: A blog can be an excellent professional development journal - a place to record and share learnings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2008

Photo by Markpolous I am one week before the NTC , Day of Service , and Penguin Day and it's pretty crazy to say the least. I wanted to get my schedule in one easy to reference place (for myself) and think about how to incorporate some new panel moderation/panel techniques into my practice. Netsquared Meet up 5:00 PM.

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OCTOBER 20, 2007

Some other do-good social networks you might want to try out are: Care2 , Change.org , Flickr (photos), Future5000 (youth), Meetup (events), Just Cause , myBLOC.net (young people of color), Razoo , TakingITGlobal (youth), Upcoming (events) and WiserEarth. You can still add your own red photo to the Burma Free - Birmania Libera Flickr pool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. Follow the links from here.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2008

She explained that she was inspired by the Mission Pie she'd had last year at Net Tuesday San Francisco , an event I produce for NetSquared. If you wonder if the small things you do to make the world a better place make a difference, they do, but you may never know how. Photo Credit: All for A Good Cause by Kellan on Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. Finally an interesting question over at Netsquared from Cauzoo, " Bells and Whistles, Do They Help you Get Heard ?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. What are the 5 things should get into place while you are waiting for your YouTube Nonprofit Channel to be approved? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. What are the benefits of a YouTube Nonprofit Channel?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

Listen Carefully Photo in Flickr CC "BY" license by Sookie. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. How To Create Your Circle of the Wise from CoolCatTeacher - best place to start for beginners. One of the key points is listening. tools successfully.

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AUGUST 31, 2006

You will learn about the different types and uses of blogs, why it is as important to read blogs as it is to write for one, how to add photos to your blog posts, and how to increase your blog traffic. Each student will create a Blogger blog during class. blog workshop women California Berkeley San Francisco

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. At the Netsquared Conference, I discovered that there are few organizations in the experimenting with metaverse games -- the early adopters.

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MAY 7, 2007

NJN was created to give Oakland a place to share stories and to connect and develop solutions. Two of the creators of Not Just a Number will be speaking at NetSquared's Net Tuesday in San Francisco tomorrow, May 8th. Photo Credit: Peace Log by Alan Levine. Last year Oakland's homicide rate reached a five-year high of 148 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Flickr Photo from SteveTookIt. Photo by RedRaspus. Smart Social Media Tips, Tactics, and Tools Most of the resource organizing will be taking place over at the WeAreMedia wiki in preparation for the workshops taking place in 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event. The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Susan Tenby has written up her observations about the event and places to improve.

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