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MAY 28, 2014

James Nickerson , Social Media Strategist, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Humberto Kam from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and Cindy Johanson from Edutopia shared some case studies about storytelling and what inspires people to share your organization’s content. His take away: “Let the talent be themselves.”

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. ” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network.

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JULY 23, 2014

NTEN is hosting the “ Leading Change Summit ” in San Francisco from September 3-6th. We envision that participants will walk away with new insights, but they will also experience an innovation process that you they take back to your own organization. I’ll pick a winner by July 3oth.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Note from Beth: Earlier this month, I posted shared an article mentioning a warning from Facebook to Page Admin s: Your organic reach will decline. I asked fans if they thought paid reach will become a standard part of their strategy. ” but the expectation is often unreasonable given budget, resources, and fan base.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

If after reading these tips, you want to want some more case studies and indepth resources, please see this post: ” How A Small Nonprofit Used Facebook Ads Effectively “ Six Things Nonprofits Should Know About Facebook Ads – guest post by Taryn Degnan. for your organization. Now, let’s hear it from you.

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MAY 2, 2012

I believe that, too, and I love working for an organization — Common Sense Media , an independent nonprofit — that’s dedicated to preparing kids to make the most of the incredible opportunities this networked culture provides us, while overcoming its potential pitfalls. Is it about keeping students safe? Contact Emily.

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JULY 31, 2015

” I documented resources, photos, and tweets from meet up here. We also walked the talk, taking folks out on a walk around the San Francisco neighborhood. When we came back, Allison and I raffled off some FitBits asking folks to write down how they planned to incorporate walking into their work life.

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MARCH 2, 2015

That’s where I met Kim Kastorff who is the founder of Kimpacto , a San Francisco-based advisory & consulting firm working across the U.S., Many times, nonprofits, especially smaller ones, do not have the resources to hire outside consultants to measure the impact of their programs. Europe and Latin America.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

.  GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage more Minnesotans to give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota.     What we are most excited about is the number of organizations who are reporting they got new donors.    The goal is to grow the giving pie.

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JUNE 30, 2011

Yesterday, the Social Media for Nonprofit Conference series kicked off in San Francisco yesterday in War Memorial Green Room with support from Microsoft. Each speaker had a plethora of practical tips and resources, that I decided to capture some of the best nuggits. Charles Porch, Facebook. Here’s some more tips.

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AUGUST 9, 2007

San Francisco Meets the Metaverse: 32 Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. This community of practice is entirely volunteer-run and hosts organizations from across the globe. PT/SLT, in their new locations at the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed. customer service , .

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed. customer service , .

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MARCH 29, 2012

Next week should be officially be named “Nonprofit Techie Week” in San Francisco! Are you interested in what it takes for an organization to systematically use data? Organizations that use innovation to fuel their missions are leading the pack in the quest for funding and other resources.

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APRIL 13, 2009

Ivan Boothe points out in his post " The Fire and Food: Why There's No Such Thing As A Twitter Revolution ," the real-time use of Twitter as an organizing tool is a not revolution. Twitter has been used during the G20 protests , election monitoring and crowd-sourcing the location of a torch when it was passing through San Francisco.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

I've done a number of presentations and workshops for arts organizations over the years and have even created a wiki " Social Media for Arts People " with stories, links, and other resources, but haven't spoken to arts organizations recently. It was a good opportunity to see how things have changed. customer service , .

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APRIL 9, 2008

s essays have appeared in Good Housekeeping, The Huffington Post and Imagining Ourselves, an online exhibit founded by Paula Goldmanfor the International Museum of Women in San Francisco. At that time, Jen realized Odette was in a very difficult and dangerous situation with few resources and limited access to proper help.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. Stephanie McAuliffe is the Director of Human Resources at the Packard Foundation. .

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OCTOBER 26, 2006

Heather Carpenter is the Assistant Director of Aspiration which connects nonprofits organizations with software solutions that help better carry out their work. Her blog, Nonprofit Management and Operations Blog , is an amazing resource for anyone who is responsible for managing a nonprofit.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Note from Beth: The Social Media for Nonprofits Conference is returning to San Francisco on October 11th. Your audience may care about your organization a bit, but what they really care about is the kids or animals you serve, and the impact you have in the world. 1- Timing is Everything.

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JULY 25, 2006

Currently the Online Community Manager for TechSoup , she was part of the original launch team for the Techsoup, a one-stop resource for nonprofit technology needs including free information, resources, and support. "I knew that we could be a provider of a network of organizations to meet and collaborate in SL.

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JUNE 12, 2012

Seven Ways Your Organization can Put Privacy Into Practice – and Why Guest Post by Taryn Degnan. With a little help from Mozilla Manifesto , here are seven basic privacy principles to keep your organization in check and help guide your decisions on social campaigns, privacy policies and more: No surprises. Limited data. User control.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. I've come up with synthesis - a worksheet, how-to points, and resources that would guide an organization to think strategically about social media.

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JULY 17, 2012

This morning, I attended a meetup for San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that Libby and her team hosted at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park and next week she will be on the speaker line for the Social Media For Nonprofits Conference on July 26th (you can still register). I am often asked by these organizations: “what next?”

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

What keeps your organization from learning and improving social media strategy? I started with a story about this crazy world of networks and Facebook is changing our personal relationships and the way we work within organizations. There has to be a social change process within the organization. Thankfully no.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Leading edge organizations are putting the bots to work for social change. For instance, the San Francisco Museum of Art has 34,678 items in its collection. We should begin by focusing the bots on tasks that can unleash trapped resources or free staff to pursue higher-level human contact.”. They include: .

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APRIL 4, 2012

I’m here at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco this week. Are you interested in what it takes for an organization to systematically use data? Here’s the resources, more on the wiki we created for the panel. Johanna’s Resource Guide: [link]. Data Informed, Not Data Driven.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Amanda Rose at the London Twestival Photo was taken by @mikebutcher The Twestival combined online twitter fundraising with a groundswell of offline self organized events in 202 cities around the world on February 12th. Last week, I was in San Francisco leading a workshop and helped organized a group of attendees for TwestivalSF.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. Have our organization become more like a Sponge. Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya.

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