Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

I got a chance to meet Amy when I was in Portland, Oregon a few weeks back to do a workshop and really appreciated the opportunity to geek out about nonprofit tech and social media! Today is Amy Sample Ward's Birthday! Happy Birthday! I've been reading Amy's blog now since she started it back in October.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

This lead to me Alex Steed's write up about Robin Parker, Red Cross Portland. You can read more about what they are doing at Valerie Maltoni's Conversation Agent or Chris Brogan. It made me wonder if any nonprofits have started to use Twitter in this way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

He is very interested in Cambodia and a colleague of Kilong Ung , Cambodian-American who is based on Portland and local leader in the Cambodian community. I'd also like to point over to Bob Uva's blog post about the supporting the Sharing Foundation. I met Bob through Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2008

Congrats to Mazarine Treyz, Senior Development & Communications Officer, Urban League of Portland. " -By Mazarine Treyz, Senior Development & Communications Officer, Urban League of Portland. She was the first one to contribute something to the WeAreMedia Module 5: Online Community Engagement Strategy and Skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Some recently completed projects include: • A new business card design for the Surfrider Foundation’s Portland Chapter. • Online, and in collaboration with each other, the volunteers solve each challenge in a matter of days or weeks. An in-depth website critique for Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. •

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2007

My Flickr Photo from a visit to Freegeek in Portland, Oregon. Earlier this month, I was in Portland, Oregon and had an opportunity to visit FreeGeek , a computer recylcing organization. It got me thinking about the computer graveyard that is my home office.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

Looks like the NpTech community in Portland, Oregon is thriving. I suspect NTEN's presence in Portland has something to do it! Laura Whitehead is the session designer for a workshop on Social Media and Nonprofits and she's asking for input from the NpTech community on the session. Nancy White shares some insights in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

I met Mazarine Treyz 3 years ago in Portland, Oregon when I facilitated a one-day social media and nonprofit workshop for the Meyer Memorial Trust. We were lucky enough to have Nedra stop by the Zoetica Salon and share some thoughts about how to measure social media outcomes. The book is available on Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Gregg's participation in the exercise is a natural progression from the SimDay events Humaninet has hosted in Silicon Valley and Portland. Rarely do NGOs get a chance to test things out in a controlled yet realistic environment like the one ADRA Asia has put together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

She's based on Portland. Michele, thank you for everything you share so generously and for all that you've taught me. Amy Sample Ward's Version of NpTech Amy Sample Ward is writes about nonprofits, technology, and social media. She's well-known in her local community of nonprofits and the one on her blog! Beth Dunn, Small Dots Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

I got to meet Amy when I was in Portland earlier this month and enjoyed the opportunity to talk about social media and nonprofits. All that to day I'm behind two or three days with saying thank you to a couple of friends for helping out with the America's Giving Challenge. Amy Sample Ward put the Global Giving Widget on her Facebook profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Robin Stephenson is a field Organizer out of Portland, Oregon for Bread for the World. Pay attention to what is working in the community. What is grabbing your attention? Keep a file of good ideas that you may want to use in the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The interaction component was a new version of the Social Media Game that I first used in 2007 with David Wilcox. The largest group I ever worked with was with the Meyer Memorial Trust in Portland for 150 nonprofits and with Compasspoint for a 100 organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

I loved, loved, loved hearing the Seattle Ignite and Portland Ignite. Salaam Garage by Amanda Koster presented her work. They key takeaway for me is that photos without a story in them are less powerful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

FreeGeek in Portland solves two problems. where every gift, no matter how significant, directly supports students and families in Lesotho, southern Africa that need it the most and so we can take back the season and make it one of true giving. E-waste and access to technology to those who could not otherwise afford it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Gateway Green is a project in Portland to turn a stretch of unused land into a multi-use bike park. Once the team saw that the farmers were using the MVP system, they invested in and built out the full Fasal product infrastructure. Linda Robinson, Gateway Green (Board Chair).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2018

This project is a lending library for home cooks in Portland, Oregon. Yet interest in healthy eating is growing and people are experimenting with different techniques that require different kitchen tools. It helps residents save money and learn new skills. You can learn more about how to get your copy of the book here.

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