Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

I've volunteered to be a session designer for two (yikes!) I've created a wikitation site (presentation as wiki) to house the presentation materials and for some basic primers/factsheets I hope to write. The planning wiki (very much a work in progress right now) is here. #3 No, I probably won't do my Julia Child imitation.).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2009

Using WWL, you can encourage bilingual volunteers to translate your own content so that a broader audience can find it. I've been checking the group wiki every few days to see how the effort is going, and it's coming along rapidly. Do you have any success stories about volunteer translation? Photo: gcbb , CC license. .

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 9, 2005

In our search for collaboration tools we've been looking at web sites that in one way or another make use of the wiki model - pages which are freely editable by a community of users. Probably the most dramatic wiki project is the wikiPedia - an online encyclopedia edited by -- the entire world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Wikis The Commons is a free collaborative online newsmagazine about non-profits that serve the Silicon Valley, the people behind them, and the people that they help. It is written, edited and produced by students and other volunteers in the valley. Meanwhile, library geeks are talking about tagging. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks again for the post. com , Inc.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 18, 2009

As people register we will be posting proposed topics on our wiki. As sessions happen people volunteer to document the outcomes on a wiki (The notes of what was said is even better). All are welcome to put forward presentations or propose conversations that you would like to have with others and: questions you want answered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

How Wikimedia tapped into the wisdom of its network of 100,000 global volunteers to write their strategic plan…and why. Instead, she turned to the 100,000 volunteer network of Wikimedians around the world and asked them: Hey, what would you do? Guest post by Anna Muoio. Doing the Conventional, Unconventionally”.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 28, 2006

These two bloggers, Ann Crady and Yael Pasternak Valek, are from Mayasmom.com , a resource wiki for moms. Because I write about nonprofit/ do*good things, they asked me about places for people to volunteer with their families. Where else do you look for volunteer opportunities for your family?

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

According to the Project VRM wiki: "VRM tools provide customers with both independence from vendors and better means for engaging vendors. To get a better sense of VRM in context of nonprofits, we spoke with one of the movement's volunteers, Doc Searls. The ProjectVRM site , a wiki, is a bit daunting to the VRM novice.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media – "Throughout the non-profit world, organizations struggle with social media’s impact on the volunteer and donor cycle. There are some important social media strategies for transforming those one-click “slacktivists&# into fully engaged activists. ."

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Care2

JULY 17, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks again for the post. com , Inc.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

LinkedIn’s recent announcements to allow users the option to add volunteer service to their profiles and to provide expanded resources for nonprofits have generated a lot of buzz. Volunteer profiles showcase a segment of an organization’s supporter base that together with a nonprofit’s staff to support a common cause.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Volunteers add so much value to the work of TechSoup. TechSoup involves online volunteers as subject matter experts, moderators, and facilitators for our community forum. Our virtual volunteering offerings also include Donate Your Brain , a microvolunteering initiative. For volunteers, yes, it's quite simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2010

Have you used social media as part of your volunteer or board recruitment strategy, outreach or educational program delivery, crowdsourcing ideas for program development, professional development or integrated in other areas of your nonprofit's work? That's why we're asking you to share your case study so we can feature it on our SXSWi panel.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Coordinated Universal time Topic: engaging skills-based volunteers to manage social strategy. Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below. How to Participate. Join us directly on TweetChat.com to follow along with the conversation. Never participated in a tweet chat before?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Source: Nonprofit Next Report form David LaPiana Last week we invited people to help us crowd source a Hollywood Ending for the WeAreMedia Wiki. We wanted to get into the weeds and asked for thoughts and examples of nonprofits using social media for program delivery in these areas: Volunteer or board recruitment strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Do we have examples of using nonprofits using social media for: Volunteer or board recruitment strategy. You can add your ideas or pointers to resources here on the WeAreMedia wiki. The most common application of social media is for fundraising and marketing. But what about using social media as part of program delivery. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. Documentation of Session. Our session is here.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

What’s important to note here is that unlike wiki or websites, the direct forms of content creation, with Ushahidi citizens only needed to know the number to which they send reports from their phone. Volunteers look at a photo of a missing person, compare it to a news image, and see if they can find a match.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

My sources of inspiration came from my personal learning wiki, WeAreMedia listening resources , and Marnie Webb's slide deck. Listening and engaging with the long tail - they may not be celebrities or influential bloggers - but when a crisis hits or need people to spread the world - they become activated like an army of volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Then the project first launched, we invited the community to help us build the curriculum on a wiki. A Two-Day Face-to-Face Intensive Workshop that looked at strategy and tactics and co-taught by contributors to the wiki. This three part discussion series includes: Social Programs, Deep Engagement, and Getting To Scale.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. This volunteer service opportunity was intended to provide the homeless with job opportunities and an income through electronics recycling. On the wall, was something that Robert Egger referred to as “Codified Transparency&# a bill of volunteer rights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2008

Earlier this week, the WeAreMedia project we had an amazing phone call with some of the really smart people who are contributing the wiki (Michelle Murrain, Jocelyn Harmon, John Kenyon, Ben Sheldon, Ruby Sinreich, Amy Sample Ward, Sheetal Singh, and Katya Andersen). Amy Sample Ward has already volunteered for one of the modules.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. " To further help readers learn about tagging visit TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki or any of the following: Thirteen Tips for Effective Tagging.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

We've now made it easy to report quality issues with Bookshare books, and we have a new wiki-style webpage where all of the reports are posted and updated as the issues are resolved. I'm quite excited about a new initiative which is the last article in the newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

Six lucky wiki contributors to Module 5 between now and August 3rd will have an opportunity to get a free copy of either Media Rules and Mobilizing Generation 2.0.). Wiki participants have been very busy bees! Here's some tips and warnings from Wiki participants: 1. Alex Berger. Kevin Martone.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Can tech help ease volunteers' pocketbook shock with gas prices? Wikispaces : Wikis are a new type of website that allows multiple people to add or modify content. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia. Wikispaces is a wiki-hosting service that allows you to create a collaborative website that is easy to setup and use.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Add : Community management, big data, mobile apps or social media… Mix in : hackathons, social media surgeries, workshops, panel discussions or social minglers… Our amazing volunteers have put together a delicious menu of events for you this month. But you can only taste them if you show up! Image: evilpeacock.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. Tech Recycling Day This volunteer service opportunity was intended to provide the homeless with job opportunities and an income through electronics recycling. On the wall, was something that Robert Egger referred to as "Codified Transparency" a bill of volunteer rights.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

On June 7th TechSoup representatives Elliot Harmon, Susan Tenby, and Evonne Heyning will present in a unique Interactive Strategy event at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, LA ( NCVS ). This post was written by Evonne Heyning , part of TechSoup's Community team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

It wasn't in my wiki and so I just added. Easter Seals has always encouraged staff and volunteers to be champions on behalf of the organization by spreading the word about Easter Seals??? Easter Seals encourages staff members and volunteers to use the Internet to blog and talk about our organization, our services and your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2009

This year we saw a record turnout with more than 100 volunteers assisting about 60 Bay-Area organizations. Over the years, we've reiterated this event - from office visits, types of volunteer tasks, amount of time, workshops, and lots more. Orlando Roundup 2002 - Day of Service - We Won The Swimming UpStream Award!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

When I talk with organizations about how they are using social media tools to engage online, whether they’ve already started or not, I find that the most common approach is to set up that Facebook group, add a blog to the website, or even set up a wiki for an event. But that’s it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2008

I remember when Katrina struck and when Liz Henry decided to go to Texas to volunteer. Dina has also shared a link to a wiki Nargis Help. The Burma: It Can't Wait Campaign launched not too long ago by the U.S. But I think Pistachio has a better idea - we can take collective action.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Employing technologies, including blogs, wikis and social networking tools, to modernize internal, cross-agency, and public communication and information sharing to improve government decision-making. The project uses online debates, blogs and social media to engage future leaders interested in substantive foreign policy issues. and us too (!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. He also mentioned a Romanian wiki called MediaPedia.Ro. Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. Volunteer training - volunteer would design small projects and implement them in the communtiy - mental health care in the students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The social media lab for arts organizations is a combination of face-to-face workshops, phone calls, and online support via a wiki and Twitter over several months. So, I ask for volunteers who love leading meetings and making brief presentations. For this workshop, we had a hashtag - #Artslabsf and the wiki.

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