Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2011

That’s about when I also started following folks who were doing social media for animal welfare organizations, like colleagues Carie Lewis and Jon Dunn – and when I discovered ASPCAPRO. It’s where I found the above really useful screencast. Many nonprofits have set up individual profiles instead of pages by accident.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2009

Screen capture of video blog I was an early adopter of video blogging and screencasting. I really miss making videos and screencasts. Then when I heard that the WFP was using Camtasia Suite to edit, the video software I used for many years to create screencasts, I'm going to give Camtasia and FLIP HD video shots a try.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

A couple years ago, I made a screencast about Google Analytics for Nonprofits. Dave Amos from Idealist , Laura Whitehead , Jonathon Colman , Laura Lee Dooley , Avinash Kaushik (who let me get away with misprouncing his name), Jeremiah Owyang , Eric Peterson (who liked the title of the screencast), and Jim Sterne.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

If you work for a nonprofit, the program provides your organization with several new benefits. The question reminded of a screencast I created back in 2007 for NTEN and Salesforce Foundation that covered Google Adwords campaigns). If you work for a nonprofit, the program provides your organization with [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Over two years ago, I made a screencast about Web Analytics for Nonprofits that covered the basics of using google analytics, web metrics, and some nonprofit case studies featuring Laura White and the Idealist. Experimentation also helps an organization make decisions based on audience feedback and analytics data, not your own hunches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

This environment can be a training workshop or it can be in an organization. I’ve created a couple spaces like this for: Listening and Screencasting. Debra Askanase has a terrific space for Facebook Landing Tabs. How do you do this? How do create an environment where it is okay to learn in public?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

It may be one reason why I love the documentary approach to screencasting - an excuse to add to my book collection. In the screencast wiki, I have a list of books and articles I used for the research as well as links to more comprehensive lists. Web analytics is not easy for most organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2006

Flickr has added a new feature to its organizer - the ability to add geotags to your photos. But it gets better: flickr is now using screencasts! Here's the how-to information in the FAQ Here's the screencast: Geotags. Here's a screencast that explains how. And best of all it is done visually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

sessions and I'm in the process of organizing a third, an affinity group meeting! Screencasting Panel. Screencasts are a great new way to answer simple how-to's and record the answers to those frequently asked questions for posterity. A definition of screencasting, with real examples. Top Three Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I first encountered Eric after I created a screencast for NTEN called “ Web Analytics Demystified for Nonprofits ” and ( wiki ). What you need to do : If you are doing social media for your organization, either part time or your whole job, you need to handle metrics. Peterson is the founder and senior partner.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

The panel also featured, Mary Beth Smith, from the SF Ballet, who share her organization’s experience integrating social media into marketing strategies since 2007. The panel was on social media, adoption, and measurement. 3) Applause Rate: I think arts organizations might like this metric!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Mini Screencast: How to have a conversation. Via powerpoint from New Organizing Institute. Strategic Blog Commenting A Screencast by Amy Gahran. Borin - Blogging Does Anyone Tell You To Stop. Details Are Sketchy - Street Art. Once you establish relationship, try networking. Network with the Bloggers ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2008

I discovered key performance indicators while researching the Google Analytics Screencast. I thinking about what is translatable to nonprofits and organizations that have smaller budgets than Fortune 500 Companies used as examples in the books. | View | Upload your own. This slideshow caught my eye. " Now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2008

Get up to speed with FriendFeed (here's the quick what, how ) (See Andy Robert's Screencasts too). Find a resource that resonates with you or helps you think about how FriendFeed might be useful to you personally or to your organization. Ready to play? Here's how to participate. He has a del.icio.us He has a del.icio.us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Meaning, if you are a senior-serving organization and you have 1000+ friends, 80% of whom are under 30, well, enough said… &#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2007

" (I referred to this book in one of my first screencasts in using flickr for presentations ) What I learned deeply influenced and changed my practice in presenting. If I were starting a blog from a nonprofit organization, I would blog a story at least once a week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

via screencasts, something along the lines of the design of jingproject. When I look over someone's shoulder, I organize my learning. Another way is a screencast. It is informal knowledge transfer around using the tools. So, this is the network effect of that model. Anyway, more to ponder here. There's so much out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2008

Let's say your organization has started to master the art of social listening - you're monitoring what people are saying about your organization or issue and you are using a variety of tools and strategies. Strategic Blog Commenting A Screencast by Amy Gahran. Photo by Simple Dolphin. Commenting by Alan Levine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The timeline algorithmically organizes everything you shared on Facebook — from post photos to changes in relationship status to check ins — and also allows you to fill out a “Way Back” section to add details that are omitted or if you had a life before Facebook to add that information. Eliot poetry. Does it make more of a journey ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2006

Last week while I busy trying to shoot a scene for an upcoming screencast, I forgot to turn off my SKYPE. And, of course, I got pinged while I was taping (darn, I had to reshoot the whole thing). But the person on the other end was Teresa Crawford and I hadn't talked to her in over a year. BTW, we never did get to test the video connection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2008

re-do the screencasts on the wiki (will redo over the weekend. in to help us identify the best existing resources, people, and case studies that will give nonprofit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to use social media to change the world. change slideshare group name ( done ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

I'm researching widgets for a screencast and you can read my research in progress here. Tell me: -Who you are -Your blog, organization -What do you think about widgets to build community around your blog? Tell me: -Who you are -Your blog, organization -What do you think about widgets to build community around your blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Mari Smith suggests these key reasons: More people can find out about your organization because your Page gets indexed and is search able inside and outside of Facebook. And she made the screencast below - great for visual learners. As the chart above details, people who join Facebook Pages fall into three different profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

I remembered that almost a year ago I was working on screencast about widgets for nonprofits to build community and had set up a wikispace called nonprofit widgets. When I saw the words "nonprofit widget," I had a senior moment. Great to have the tools, but you need a strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

.  It argues that blurring departmental boundaries, increasing horizontal exchange among departments, shrinking budgets, and a growing trend in which control over storing information is relinquished to third parties are all fueling the adoption of social media within government organizations.(And And perhaps nonprofits?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

on how different arts organizations using social media effectively. For more about the exhibit, check out this screencast. In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research. Nina Simon wrote an analysis of the project when it launched here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Here's the screencast. Include a sentence or two about an cause or organization where we can make donation online via Network for Good. We're pleased to announce that Joan Razafimaharo was the winner, offering the above tip about light bulbs. We used a Network for Good good card to donate to Joan's charity, SOS Children's Villages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The manuals are organized by "read," "write," and "remix" which I just love. The only person I recall doing video work on Open Source is James Davis who did this screencast with Ubuntu and wrote a post about it. I also found a manual for Kino , a video editing program that runs on Linux.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

editing a screencast, I was really relieved to he say "yes editing takes a lot of time." A great question to ponder from another participant: "What should an organization ask itself to determine where or not to use vlogging or video?" After being up until about 3:00 a.m. " Whew, maybe I'm not stupid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

To really master the art of screencasting and to get my 1 hour to 1 minute video editing ratio lower. To organize all my contacts that are distributed all over the place in various social networking communities. To hone my video and photography skills in the creation, shooting, and editing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

I am working on a screencast about widgets -- more specifically free and easy-to-use community building tools for your blog. I had to chuckle when I read the lastest poll on Bamboo You -- "What is the biggest time waster in your organization? Create Free Polls. Maybe I'll go out tonight dressed up as one. Add interactivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Jason Zannon at DIA points to Commoncraft's brilliant " RSS in Plain English " Screencast. Learfieldinteraction blog has an interesting post " What USA Today's social media success Means for your small organization." DIA blogs about an amazing organizing victory story! and nonprofits trainers' toolkits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2007

In April, at the NTC Conference I organized a video blogging panel with Jonny Goldstein and Andy Carvin. She invited to come, but this summer's work deadlines for screencasts just didn't permit it. And, of course, there are many pressing projects and needs. I met Christina Arnold who told me about her NGO and their work in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2008

These services let you track conversations that are important to your organization and issue. Strategic Blog Commenting A Screencast by Amy Gahran. .  It's interesting to observe Chris Brogan's commenting activity. Update:  Based on a comment to this post, I'm adding some context to comment trackers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2007

Last night when I was madly screencasting after midnight for Cambodian Bloggers Workshop, " Five Steps To Khmer 2.0 ," Nancy White pinged me about remixing the social media game. Hyseni, Once You Start Dancing Blog. So, I was thinking about Nancy and the way she has welcomed new readers on her blog.

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