Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

As CNET sees it, “If you’re one of those people who posts pictures of yourself to the Corn Flakes fan page, you are yourself a corn flake.” I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2010

You’ll join over 5,000 people who are sending a message to Steve Jobs to care about our great nonprofits. That means over 5,000 people have sent a message to Steve Jobs to let him know that they are not happy about how difficult it is to iGive on the iPhone. My Best Buy Recommendation Sheet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Some of the best Lean learning comes through the real-life stories from people who are already using Lean principles. The Best Place to Hear from Tons of Social Good Organizations Using Lean, All In One Place: The Lean for Social Good Summits in New York (Dec 5) and San Francisco (Jan 23). Not in New York or San Francisco?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2012

“ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data for Social Change ,” co-authored with KD Paine is getting into people’s hands! New York/Oct. This is your chance to hear us talk about the ideas in the book, ask questions, share your story, and, of course purchase a copy of the book. Boston/Oct.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

MyGivingStory, in its second year, is a nationwide campaign and social media storytelling contest to inspire public discussion about the reasons people give. Five Storytelling Practices at the Heart of Humans of New York by Laura Giradin. The results are in for the 2016 Giving Tuesday!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. As the platform matures , we’ll get a better sense of the power and potential of this network that lets people find, connect, and support social change organizations and issues. Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Note from Beth: Last June at the New York City book party for the Networked Nonprofit , Stephanie Strom, New York Times, moderated a discussion on the themes in the book. I sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, contributed $10 to fight evil and encouraged people in my network to do the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2013

Lots of people share videos of funny kitties, so cats must be the reason things go viral. There’s a science behind why people talk and share. My colleagues and I have analyzed thousands of news articles and hundreds of brands , all to understand why some make the most emailed list or get more word of mouth. No analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

First, no trains, buses, or planes moved to or from New York City. We turned on CNN and watched together as scenes from New Jersey and New York flashed across the screen. Hurricane Sandy caused over 100 deaths in 10 states and left more people in the dark than any other storm in United States history.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I so happy to sneak into last night’s 501Tech Club New York City gathering last night to hear Shelley Bernstein, Brooklyn Museum, and Naveen Selvadurai talk about Nonprofits and Foursquare. Many people still don’t know what Foursquare is. If you are one of those people — watch this video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2013

I am donating my royalties to support the Sharing Foundation‘s college education program for young people in Cambodia. The book also has a social good purpose. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon, who we met this summer in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2011

The purpose is to encourage young, hyper-connected, and frequently frantic people of all backgrounds to re-embrace the ancient beauty of a day of solitude and unplug their smart phones. According to the press release, the first NDU last March reached tens of millions of people internationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

I first head of this book after reading this article in the New York Times back in March, 2013. ” In short, nice people can finish first in a networked world. You probably spend many of your waking hours helping others, connecting people who can benefit from knowing each other, and offering mentoring and advice.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

How Cancer Research UK is Exploring AI and Voice Tech: This cancer charity in the UK has been testing chatbots, voice enabled devices, and natural language processing – looking at how those could be useful and where the impact lies.They piloted a chatbot on our fundraising pages to help answer the most common questions people had.

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JUNE 16, 2010

I, of course, raffled it off in exchange for people filling out index cards with their planned first steps into social media. New York City. Moderated by Stephanie Strom of the New York Times. The lucky winner was Lorraine from the local chapter of the Red Cross. 2 PM EST. Details here. June 25, 2010. Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2016

In those days, I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on a project called ArtsWire, an online network for arts organizations and artists. My work was as a trainer, to teach people who to use these tools strategically.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

As you probably know, the Pope is visiting the United States this week in Washington, DC; Philadelphia; and New York City. The Pope understands that in order to engage with younger people, he needs his message to reach their palms of their hands , any where, any time. There are also even Pope emojis available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2015

Perhaps you’ve been reading about Gen Z and that they’re tech savvy, passionate about doing good, and might just shake up philanthropy. I recently read an article in the New York Times about conference for Gen Z who were learning entrepreneurial skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Note from Beth: The American Red Cross launched a user generated ad campaign featuring unscripted stories created and filmed by real people helped by the organization. The first ads are part of the organization’s holiday giving campaign and feature people impacted by home fires and flooding. It’s hard to pick a favorite.

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MAY 30, 2018

Stories are for people. Stephanie Corleto is the Digital Communications Manager at National Institute for Reproductive Health and NIRH Action Fund , and has previously worked at WNET New York Public Media, French Institute Alliance Française, and Girl Scouts of the USA. Miriam Brosseau and Stephanie Corleto share why.

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JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. Here’s the official announcement on the Google Blog and review in the New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Whether it was a 12 year old starting a fundraising drive to help homeless , GivingTuesday matching grant challenges , nonprofits launching crowd funding campaigns , sharing unselfies about why they give , people sharing their giving stories – yesterday was about abundance in the nonprofit sector versus scarcity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Bob Ottenhuff from Guidestar agrees: “People want a way to help the causes they care about, and they want to be able to do it easily via their mobile devices. Almost 8,000 have signed an online petition to urged Steve Jobs to change its iPhone donation policy. To date, there has been no response. Google and Microsoft are all ears.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2010

One of the most gratifying things about the publication of the book, The Networked Nonprofit , is that it has re-connected me to colleagues and past clients as well as making connections to new people. I trained her staff on how to blog. Devon Smith. I like point 5 about interns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I also try to scaffold Webinars - and give more overviews and point people to the presentation for links, resources, and more self-directed learning. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Crowdsourcing is the process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. The call goes out to people to design sessions. Reached Out To Networks: They reached out to networks asking people to vote or suggest new ideas. More than 3,000 votes were cast by more than 400 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

That’s when you strike the most effective balance between a personal and organizational brand, and truly unlock the power of social media to leverage the connective tissue between people to serve a purpose higher than ourselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Since December, over 12,000 people have signed an online petition to urge Steve Jobs to change Apple’s unfriendly iPhone donation policy. Click to Sign Online Petition and Send Steve Jobs A Message. The outcry was not limited to the social sector industry in US and UK, complaints came in from Australia and Canada.

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MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. It has intruded on our attention and wellbeing – and helped blurred the lines between work and leisure time.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Several nonprofits have successfully interacted with, and more importantly, seen impact from, these engaged new audiences. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2010

Like many people, I donated both on the Web and for the first time via text to the Red Cross. For a more details about the SMS fundraising results, see this this detailed report on the SMS fundraising campaign from MobileActive and yesterday's article in the New York Times from Stephanie Strom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Britt also mentions that The Extraordinaries was just about to launch its iPhone application to help people find 20-minute volunteer opportunities. New York Philharmonic. It included one of my favorites, The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Guide to help you make, "sustainable seafood choices.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Erika Atkins, Director of Operations at Opening Act , a theatre program that teaches theatre skills to students from New York City’s most underserved schools to help them succeed in life. Then had a group conversation about what people were open to sharing. Opening Acts executive director then shared a list of ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2010

So far, no official response from Apple despite all these articles and blog posts about the issue, including this one from the New York Times. People want a way to help the causes they care about, and they want to be able to do it easily via their mobile devices. Apple doesn’t want to do this. Their excuse is a cop out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

This is a great way to give.” TechiesGiveBack.org is dedicated to unifying the New York tech industry for the purpose of improving the local community through volunteering and fundraising. Simon Kirk, Co-Founder continued, “We’d like to get as many people as we can to participate. One way to do that is to be innovative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2015

Many times I hear from people that they realize sitting for long periods is unhealthy, but they are unable to make the time to take a walk or shift their habit of sitting meetings to walking meetings. So, with the growing body of research that is telling us that sitting is shortening our lives, how to best respond?

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