Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

What tools and techniques do you use to create good conversations on your blog? This workshop was remixed from Associations 2.0 What are other people saying. Photo by Mean Lux used with permission. What advice would you offer to Cambodian bloggers? Let me know in the comments below. " for the Bloggers Summit. Look forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Ask the people you want to connect with whether they think your outreach and listening is valuable. Watch other nonprofits and copy and remix for your next project. If you want to try some more intermediate or even advanced techniques for using social media, you can move from collecting third-party content to producing your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The next step is to see how people remix, improve, and share back the material (with attribution of course) - that is the true power of working wikily. I wonder whether face-to-face workshop delivery is the best approach for ultimately helping people put a social media strategy into practice. This way people could attend two.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

In workshops, it is important to have a full group discussion about people's concerns about social media and a discussion about organizational readiness. I have been using human spectra gram , a technique I learned from colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration. But for some people, it can actually enhance their learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Tobias Eigen from Kabissa presented at the Web2fordev: Remixing the Web for International Development. Fundraising 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2009

The session provided an overview of networks, introduction to different network types and typologies, an overview on network mapping techniques, and a diagnostic that helps those leading networks identify areas of strength and improvement. Now that we have 5,000 Facebook friends, how we can get them to make a difference on the ground?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

" Taking it a little deeper, organizations should not go in the other direction - and be strategic in friending people. Some argue that young people acquire these key skills by interacting with popular culture. Adults who work for nonprofits and feeling pressured to adopt and incorporate social networking tools and techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. How to bring new people up to speed. How to engage people in valuable conversation? What are the techniques for conversational weaving? Still, I got a lot of great feedback for the next remix of this game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. As part of the activities, people are invited to kick the tires of the new version of Social Source Commons. Loud cheers and happy dances from people who overwhelmed with email. The npdigg community roles include consumers, voters, and submitters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding. Social Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

But, for many nonprofits, creating a consistent stream of high quality content isn’t easy. This excellent infographic, “ 22 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have A Clue ” and accompanying post is a lifesaver for people like me who are “content creation impaired.” Techniques and Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2008

More than technology; may involve some old techniques 2.) Cadbury Gorilla Youtube video - had many, many remixes Harry Potter Theme Park in Orlando - only told 7 people, but exposed 350,000,000 people. Create triggers that encourage people to share. It's about listening and dialog, not "broadcasting" 3.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

It pays to spend a few hours reviewing the demographic or “technographic” details (what people are doing online). Remember, social media can also be used to connect people to offline actions and events. Your initial experiments will be designed around trying out the tools and techniques. by Beth Kanter. Rinse, repeat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

" The best technique I've seen was at the Global s Summit in London -- where there was a "Chat /IRC Advocate" in the room who monitored the chat/IRC and asked questions on behalf the chat paticipants and typed in the answers. This makes those on the IRC feel as those they've been "listened to."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Less than 24 hours ago, Epic Change launched its TweetsGiving 2009 , a 48-hour charity event to encourage people to express their gratitude using online tools and at face-to-face meet-ups. This two-day event, which ends on Thanksgiving, also invites people to donate to Epic Change. . A Platform for Self-Organizing.

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