Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. What do you think the scaffolds should be for learning in public as a field or network?

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MARCH 14, 2012

At the “Learning in Public” breakout session, Beth Kanter, Jared Raynor (TCC Group) and Kathy Reich (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) sharing the Packard Foundation’s experience with learning in public. Learning in public requires program staff to feel safe – not necessarily comfortable, but safe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

This is a terrific write up of the session I presented on “ Learning in Public “ Bridge Building or Trust Busting – a Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? All evaluation data was posted on a public wiki. Some of the findings about Learning in Public?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. What is Social Learning or Learning in Public? But, I think that social media is unleashing a new opportunity for social learning or learning in public for adults. Are you learning public?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

In December, 2007, this post from the Chronicle of Philanthropy Blog, expanding on a post by Jeff Brooks, creative director at Merkle Direct, on his Donor Power Blog asked: Do most nonprofit organizations do enough to share key information with the public? Is it risky to provide statistics about finances and results on a public Web site?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I've been reading Scott Berkun's Confessions of a Public Speaker which is packed with a lot of tips and wisdom about the delivery. I'm focusing on these areas now: The presentation itself - the slides, the storytelling, the content. The delivery. Incorporating social media. It's also very funny.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

My autographed copy of Brian Solis 's (and Deirdre Breakenridge's) new book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relationships: How Social Media is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR just arrived in today's mail. I immediately opened it and started reading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2005

Someone recently asked me about how to make your bloglines account public. I've also been collecting public bloglines feeds from nonprofit tech colleagues (see the link list "Feeds I'm Eating"). So I whipped up some step-by-step instructions: how_to_make_your_bloglines_account_public.pdf.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

We're excited to share what we're discovering about knowledge management for the nonprofit, public, and philanthropic sectors as we do our work -- and for you to post your critiques and ideas. Over the past two years we have worked with new online communities of practice in the public and non-profit sectors.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

The report defines the “giving ecosystem” expansively, encompassing private and public sectors, individuals and larger institutions and suggests that each plays a role within the cultural changes that bring forth the future of giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

These Principles are meant to act as a guide for emerging legislation and as a call to the crowdfunding platforms to act in a fair, public-spirited way. Crowdfunding – broad, public, online fundraising campaigns – has emerged as an important vehicle for both donors and nonprofits. Background.

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JULY 25, 2007

My Flickr Stream. Download the GUIDE in pdf. I posted this to my flickr stream and had a blog post in draft when I had intended to hit publish. Anyway, I was reminded about this when Michael Gilbert pointed it out earlier this week: Marc Osten and Beth Kanter have recently completed a step by step guide on How to Cost and Fund ICT (76 page PDF ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

AI and Libraries: A consortium of 14 public libraries is banding together to look at the potential benefits and risks of AI and public libraries and educate the public. The article shares many examples of how AI is being used in the wildlife research field. Source: National Geographic ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

Lucy Bernholz, who has been thinking about the sharing economy and social change for longer than anyone, share her conference notes, asking “ Where is the Public Good? Will they negotiate with users to release data for public use? But as my colleague, Lucy Bernholz, likes to ask, “ Where is the Public Benefit?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

With declines in public trust and the continuing need to raise more money, nonprofit leaders will need to strategically leverage organizational and professional networks. With declines in public trust and the continuing need to raise more money, nonprofit leaders will need to strategically leverage organizational and professional networks.…

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

In the past six years since we started researching AI and nonprofits, we’ve seen the technology evolve and the price come down In the last few months, this new generation of “creator tools” such as GPTChat (text/writing) and Dalle-E for images have been available more broadly for public review and testing. And never should).

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APRIL 24, 2007

From Flickr Stream - Grandfather and Grandson. The translation of the article is here and is about how grandparents help take care of their grandchildren and help their children save money on day care costs. This is to inform you that we have made an information of Consumer.es EROSKI , specially ??? El ahorro en guarder??as,

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JULY 22, 2014

The project published the Personal Data for the Public Good and has recently received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore the issues identified in the report. Data Quality: Researchers highlighted concerns about the validity of PHD and lack of standardization of devices.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Created by PUBLIC Inc. in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada, this campaign not only educates people about need to move more at work, but also includes an inexpensive cardboard standing desk that can easily set up in an office.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2012

The learning in public (slides and resources here ). These are here: Bridge Building or Trust Busting: A Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? Learning in Public Challenges and Actions. Learning in Public Challenges and Actions. Learning in Public: To What End? The Outcome of Our Outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2014

Carie says they wanted to thank Ellen and Samsung in a public way so they created an “animal selfie.” Carie hopes this generates positive sentiment about their brand online by the public thank you as well as generate media coverage of the donation. Ellen announced it on her show.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

Perhaps it can be summed up by the sign I saw at the public Sauna , about calling it a day. I really enjoy teaching in different cultural contexts and observing different learning styles and approaches to working for a nonprofit. When they take vacations, they vacate!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It isn’t all private or all public – it’s a continuum. Facebook’s new changes (and Google +) gives us a couple of shades of gray. You need to think about what you’re sharing and who you are sharing with. Sharing in Public. Also, a few insights about the what the changes mean for Facebook pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These steps include auditing the output for accuracy and mistakes; understanding that the AI can generate a good first draft, about 80% of the work, but the humans must complete it; and understand what information should not be shared, like personally identifiable information or confidential documents, if using public models.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

But during the session on Learning in Public yesterday, with Beth Kanter, Co-Author of Networked Nonprofit, Jared Raynor from the TCC Group and Kathy Reich, from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I was reminded that all measurement needs to start with the most fundamental question – why measure?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

MyGivingStory is a social media storytelling contest that fosters a public conversation about giving and inspires more people to give. So, of course, I want to encourage you to share your giving story and compete for cash grants for your favorite nonprofit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Jake suggests that given Apple’s hardball stance with tech partners, nonprofits and public media would have a slim chance of reversing the decision. His analysis looked at Apple’s flimsy excuses for their policy of prohibiting donations. Finally, he examines Apple’s lack of generosity as a failure of being a good corporate citizen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

You know that compelling stories get you donations, sharing, and publicity, but you’re probably thinking — “I don’t have a sexy story” or “I don’t know how to tell a compelling story”. Think of them as your own publicity team. Getting publicity may not yield significant donations. Create a sexy story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Says Chen in an email interview, “We independently select each nonprofit, and review their website and public materials to write the paragraph summary which we share in our daily emails, and on our public calendar. If a nonprofit wants to be considered for Dollar a Day , we’re happy to hear from them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

If you’ve ever worked in public relations or in a newsroom, you have undoubtedly used an Editorial Calendar. Our hooks lean toward social and economic justice, LGBT and reproductive rights, environmental activism and public health. We’ve organized it by month and loaded it with “calendar hooks” you can use or replace with your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

My inbox has been stuff flooded with lots of email. For some reason, I'm receiving many more more (unsolicited) holiday fundraising and campaign requests than usual. This one was pretty interesting because it gave me some insights into the fact that organizations are treating bloggers as journalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Here’s my public personal profile and here’s my brand page. I share the other content through my personal profile as public posts. Third, as to the question of whether the ED or senior management staff should have a public profile and encourage subscriptions. That way, my brand page content gets into newsfeeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

If you had a 20-minute commute to work, whether by public transportation, driving, walking, or biking, keep the same time. You can also symbolize the end of your day by taking a brief when you do, even check your mail. Maintain your commute pattern. If you used to take a lunchtime walk, add that to your schedule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When I started using BuJo I was working for a large public organization. Ma’ayan Alexander, @maayanale , is a tech for social change professional and a web projects manager, consultant and trainer for nonprofit professionals, public servants, activists and students for over a decade. BuJo for nonprofit professionals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2010

Jake suggests that given Apple’s hardball stance with tech partners, nonprofits and public media would have a slim chance of reversing the decision. His analysis takes us through Apple’s excuses for their policy of prohibiting donations and points out why they are just excuses, not real reasons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2013

Countless organizations could benefit from Kyle’s skills, yet there is no system connecting national service alumni with nonprofits and public sector agencies most in need of young talent. But even with all that valuable experience, Kyle was stuck working double shifts at a local pizza joint.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 4: Media Measurement Requires Quantity and Quality : This principle is about measuring both quantative and qualitative information.

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