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. Tips and Best Practices for Nonprofit Storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

To get beyond it, I think we need – each of us individually and in our networks and professional work – to experience and reflect and get better at the ways living in the digital age is the same as, and different from, the analog age.” It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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MAY 1, 2023

After the country’s bicentennial celebrations, Jew approached Representative Frank Horton of New York with the idea to create a month to recognize Asian Pacific Americans. By that time, there were 1.5 million Asian Americans in the U.S. and the population more than doubled over the next ten years to 3.7 million people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

So said Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis over a hundred years ago, making the point that public disclosure is the best way to prevent corruption in business and government affairs. With the Citizens United decision, the current court has thrown the sunlight of public disclosure into a total eclipse.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

Juneteenth is both an occasion for celebration and a moment for reflection. They don’t know that New York’s governor, after reconstruction, said, “This is a white man’s country, let white man rule define governance in the state of New York.” In many ways, Juneteenth was a tragedy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Data-informed describes agile, responsive, and intelligent businesses that are better able to succeed in a rapidly changing environment. The concept of being data-informed resonates with nonprofit and public sector practitioners as well. Too often organizations chose KPIs that simply reflect activity.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Five years ago, at the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City, #GivingTuesday started as a response to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday crazes that follow Thanksgiving. All the submissions were shared in a public gallery and entrants were encouraged to share their stories more widely to garner votes.

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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. This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. I wanted to get them to safety.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

But let me reflect on how amazing yesterday was. After weeks of bad news – from terrorism, shootings, fear, racism, shootings, and more, it felt good to celebrate something that makes us all feel good – giving. We can’t treat donors like ATM machines, only asking for money.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

As one respondent wrote, [the site] "does not reflect the fun, caring, social personality of NTEN and the NTEN community. Good Website Examples Suggested by Respondents: New York Public Library uses an appealing block layout Tu.org ''s personalized user experience on their homepage.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

Last week''s New York Times special section on museums featured a lead article by David Gelles on Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons. There''s an example from Minneapolis in the article about this--a donor that the Walker Art Center was cultivating who moved to New York. And then there’s spring party season.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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

JANUARY 11, 2012

Each session called shared a best practice, debriefed on the results of applying the best practice shared the month before, and we collectively generated insights. As one participant noted, “The consistent monthly time to reflect about learning was invaluable.” Mary Wittenberg , New York Roadrunners.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. About 42 percent believed evaluations accurately reflected their impact. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 25, 2017

As New York’s leading personalized board matching service, folks come to BoardAssist every day looking to make a difference in the nonprofit world. Revenues are reflected in the month the check is expected to be cashed. They want us to find them a way to truly be an agent of change on the boards where we place them.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

We selected a First Wave that reflects diversity of geography, size, and sector, so we can see who this works best for and why. The First Wave includes 6 museums, 5 performing arts organizations, 3 public libraries, 3 parks, and 3 community centers. Half are led by people of color or indigenous people.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead. The Results Problem.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

He has played a leadership role in a number of companies including FundraisingINFO.com (FRI), WealthEngine and Wealth ID, as well as serving as a fundraiser in New York and Washington and a grantmaker with the federal government. On one hand, they reflect the state of the economy. The results are clear.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $480. Finance / @southwestfdns. May 9 - 10.

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Achieve

MAY 22, 2016

But really, these are just labels and don’t truly reflect the work I do. I was sitting down with reporters in New York to debrief them on the power of philanthropy and millennials. The playing field has been established, and the general public is on the sidelines. I am a researcher. I am an author. I am a speaker.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This was especially true for those that accepted (or largely lived on) public dollars -- primarily those that provide human services, international relief, health care or educational services. New York Post. New York Post. Furthermore, provided our fundraising efforts are successful (!) “The The End of Charity.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

The New York Times recently published an article, Big Paycheck or Service? According to the article, Harvard professor, Howard Gardner, is teaching “reflection” seminars at Harvard, Amherst and Colby, "which he hopes will push undergraduates to think more deeply about the connection between their educations and aspirations."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

And if your organization finds itself in the middle of groundswell or if there is a major news event or a public relations crisis happens and it is being discussed on Twitter or other social media spaces, your CEO can join it without having to get up to speed. It has to be authentic, reflect the CEO's personality.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $480. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Innovation Enterprise / New York, NY / $1,495. Council on Foundations Public Policy Summit. Council on Foundations Public Policy Summit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

For context, see the event announcement and today's New York Times article. this new medium, we should not control people's choices. Second Life can be the aggregate of public good - we'll give people the tools what they want to see or not see but not control what people see. New York Times article

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

To catch up, read the summary here and to read the most recent thoughts -- see Gavin's newest post here and Emily's reflections here. GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. The proposed call agenda is here. A Few Web2.0

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

This " Demo Spotlight " highlighted six upcoming games to present their work in front of a stellar jury: Frank Lantz of Zynga New York and NYU, Ken Perlin of the Games for Learning Institute , and Connie Yowell from the MacArthur Foundation. SOS_SLAVES. JURY FEEDBACK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. While the speakers were talking, the avatars in Second Life were carrying on a lively debate in chat about the points raised, suggesting questions to be asked in the room in New York City, and passing along urls/resources related to the discussion at hand.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I saw every part of our vacation through the lens of the book, and my climbing partner (a highly active and artistic guy) and I spent a lot of time analyzing the choices we did and didn't make and how they reflected our expressions of identity. How does it reflect your personal identity? Is this enough? And where do museums fit in?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. to post public events hosted by your organization under "Events I'm Attending" on MySpace and similar areas on other platforms.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

I realized that my trip to the New York Hall of Science was significantly improved by the specific exhibit recommendations (staff picks) I received before visiting. The Santa Cruz Public Library has a corkboard at the front where users can write their own picks cards and post them up. Let’s deal with #1 first.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Emily has taught in underprivileged communities in New York and Buenos Aires. This makes it hard for them to create a strong nonprofit design and branding that the public can easily distinguish from other nonprofit brands. They describe how your nonprofit is perceived by the general public. Design an Outstanding Logo.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

The exhibition will coincide with programs about art theory, online communities, and crowd theory, providing a forum for public evaluation and discussion about the process. The view counts, comments, favorites, most e-mailed, and leader boards of sites we all love (Flickr, Digg, StumbleUpon, NetFlix, The New York Times, etc.)

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Fast Company / New York, NY / $1,999. Over recent decades, the public conversation at our conference has evolved to address new developments in our field(s), including social entrepreneurship, social economy and all aspects of civil society, as well as to meet the needs of those who study and lead “the social sector.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The exhibition will coincide with programs about art theory, online communities, and crowd theory, providing a forum for public evaluation and discussion about the process. Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections. Using it like a newswire similar to New York Times Arts Section. Launched in Jan.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

But there’s another kind of threshold fear I care about: the one that keeps museums from fully embracing and jumping into new ways of engaging the public, new ways of including visitors. Which reflects a more basic question: who are museums serving, and how does their design support that customer?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And actually, before we got started with this webinar, Steven and I were both reflecting on one of our shared favorite people, who’s Kivi Leroux Miller at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. And we developed a campaign that we tested with public-school math and science teachers and we found they were very responsive too.

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