Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

She shared a few highlights from Microsoft’s recent nonprofit sector research. Highlights from Microsoft’s Nonprofit Sector Research on AI Devi kicked off by sharing a sentiment analysis from a recent survey of nonprofit leaders that fall into one of two different perceptions: comfort and concern.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Recently, I've been getting a question like that goes something like this, "All this social media stuff is great if you're fund raising or selling something or running a grassroots advocacy campaign, but what if you're focusing on carefully vetted scientific research or want to impact policy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published an opinion piece, “ AI Can Help Nonprofits Reach More Donors But Fundraisers Can’t Ignore Potential Pitfalls ,” a topic that Allison Fine and I have been researching and writing about since 2017. General AI is still a laboratory experiment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Our most recent research, Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Giving. While this particular research was focused on giving and fundraising, we have looking at topic with a broader lens. This research was supported by Microsoft’s AI for Humanitarian Action Initiative. . AI and Wellbeing .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Note from Beth: Back in 2003 when most people in the nonprofit sector were asking, “What the heck is a blog?,” ” Marnie Webb, Co-CEO of TechSoup Global was not only writing one, but evangelizing to nonprofit techies about social media (called Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. The researchers at Stanford have offered up some simple fixes for reducing zoom fatigue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I’ll share some of the productivity research, benefits and limitations, and demo some simple ways integrate into marketing work flows. This session is for staff at the beginner level of using AI and want to responsibly adopt generative AI and reap productivity benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

She looks at survey results, independent web research, verification of new features and analysis of how the 19 applications relate to one another and the marketplace. New methods for customer service and quick market research. You can download a copy or read it online here. It covers the following:".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2007

something to research, the cross network effect. I found Naomi' s tublr space. Then I discovered she is on myspace. Anyone doing it? Naomi, I couldn't leave you a personal thank you note. So, I apologize. If you find this blog post for some reason, thanks! Let's talk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2020

This paper is the culmination of nearly two years of research including literature and landscape reviews and dozens of interviews with experts around the world. Today, Allison Fine and I are pleased to announce the release our paper, Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2014

My colleague, Alexandra Samuel, has published a report over at Vision Critical based on integrating survey data with consumers actual social media usage versus self-reporting. So, in other words, research respondents opt-in to integrating their answers with their social media profiles. Research Studies' Let’s dig in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The 135-page report is organized by five key consumer trends that will influence giving, summarizes a lot of key data, research and trends. . Women are at the forefront of the AI debate, making up 57 percent of the workforce expected to be displaced by automation, according to the World Economic Forum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2005

Via the Berkman Bloggers list, Cameron Marlow at MIT is working on some social research about weblogs. There is an online survey and anyone can participate. It is a general social survey of the weblog community to help understand the way that weblogs are affecting the way people communicate with each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The workplace research suggests some nonprofits jobs will change or be disrupted. He described how volunteers, previously spending hours on research for culturally resonant welcome baskets, turned to Copilot for quicker insights. Leaders should emphasize that “disrupt” doesn’t mean someone’s job will no longer be necessary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits. The development of the tool is through a joint funding partnership between the British Heart Foundation and the Alan Turing Institute and is being carried out by a team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Dr. BJ Fogg founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University, where he directs research and innovation. The purpose of his research and teaching is to help millions of people improve their lives. “I generally check my inbox Sunday through Friday, but not Saturday.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The infographic synthesizes an extensive research project to look at the intersection of health, wellbeing, and technology. ” Thank you Jeremiah and Jessica for this impressive piece of research. I first met Jeremiah in 2005 through the blogosphere and the early days of social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2018

What does the research say over Facebook usage after the News Feed changes? Outside of Facebook’s data, Edison Research and Triton Digital conduct and share results from the Infinite Dial study that examines how Americans use social media and other technology. This may be a purposeful segmentation approach by Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of AI for Good, in particular to scale giving and to spread generosity. These E-books, research, and articles will get you up to speed. What about your nonprofit? AI4GOOD NONPROFIT READS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

at Social Sector Accelerator, a member of the Counterpart International Network, has been doing research on this topic: Is it possible to effectively measure the impact such “capacity building” services have? If so, what approaches lead to the greatest impact and under what conditions? . Presentation slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

And here’s a summary of the research that proves it. Research on Toxic Workplaces. After reading this book that examines the research on the negative health and productivity impacts on overworking, one can’t help to wonder why we are still doing it. Professional “white collar” jobs are as stressful as manual labor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2017

There is a lot of science and research behind this simple idea of celebrating accomplishments. One the best known researchers is Teresa Amabile , a professor at Harvard Business School and whose research focuses on what makes people creative, productive, happy, and motivated at work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits. AI and the Future of Humans: The Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center interviewed experts about their predictions about the impact of AI. Here’s this month’s roundup. Wired Article by Clive Thompson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2017

I’m not alone, according to Pew Research, 22% of Americans have donated to a crowdfunding campaign. ” Decide how much research time – You can spend hours and hours researching charities or pick an organization that has done the vetting. For example, Global Giving. They have a fund set up for Puerto Rico.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

I've been thinking about Twitter behavior and how people are using it. I want to do a quick poll. So, to test the question, I posted it on Twitter last night: "I'm curious about your twitter behavior. do you use it to: 1-brag; 2-report; 3-scan others updates; 4-gossip; 5-spread news; or other? " The responses are here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

As the report points out, “personal health data” falls into a bermuda triangle as it is currently mostly outside of the mainstream of traditional health care, public health or health research. Researchers pay SmallStepsLab for this access as well as other enhancements that they might want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Two recent research studies take a pass at answering that questions and the findings should be useful to those mentoring emerging leaders in their organizations and looking for professional development opportunities for them. “ Encourage innovative thinking, even if it means having to listen to the same ideas that were rejected 15 years ago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

The event was hosted by the Blockchain Research Institute. Toronto has been at the forefront of the blockchain effort, with the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) ( @blockchainRI ) founded there in 2017. The event was hosted by the Blockchain Research Institute. … Read More. Here is her report. (For

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Says Newhouse, “The worst thing that can happen that in 3-5 years – we can’t sustain the research. can’t do good research or do advocacy. Says Newhouse, “$115 a lot of money, not enough to cure disease, but it is a game changer.” We need to more work better as an ecosystem.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

I'm working on a small research project for a client to develop a list of conferences where someone who works with and for nonprofits might attend or speak. I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. Nonprofit Technology. Technology. Social Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I've been doing a small research project. To challenge my set ways of doing internet research Web 1.0 When doing research like this, always think about two things -- the subject matter and the subject matter expert. What social networking tools are the best ones to integrate? Ask not what do I need to know, but who knows this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. NPR interviewed ethics expert Mason Marks, a medical doctor and research fellow at Yale and NYU law schools, and recently wrote about Facebook’s system, to discuss the ethical and privacy concerns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Research suggests that a “positive” work culture boosts effectiveness, resilience, and wellbeing. . And, on the flip side, as research by Sarah Pressman at the University of California, Irvine, found that the lack of social connections can have negative impacts on health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Part of the reason is that technology has blurred the lines between work time and time off according to research. Research also shows that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive. Another reason is connectivity. It can also improve your memory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

The session was framed by some recent research from UnitedHealth Group and the Optum Institute called Doing Good is Good for You: 2013 Health and Volunteering Study. Adam Grant gave an engaging presentation about his research on givers, summarizing a few of the big ideas in his book “ Give and Take.” Thank you Adam!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. Most recently, we co-wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy on the age of automation and it implications for fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

The 60 Minutes piece include an interview with Larry Rosen , an expert in the psychology of technology, author, and research psychologist who studies multitasking, social networking, and other topics. Rosen’s research can not yet determine what the impact is on our brains and lives as it too soon. This is a Ludic Loop!

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