Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2007

The SXSW 2008 Panel initial results are in and the Pimp My Non Profit Panel made the list! They include: Rachel Weidinger , Strategy for Social Entrepreneurs and on Netsquared here. I have met Rachel, Ed, and Erin through Netsquared face-to-face. For one thing, I created a new category on this blog. I'm stunned.

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JUNE 25, 2008

I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog. Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. How do we decide if our organization should have a blog? How do we decide if our organization should have a blog? Answer these questions: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2008

Congratulations to Marnie Webb for winning the 2008 NTEN Award at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans. Here's what I said: In 2001, I tried to start blogging. I set up a blog, wrote two posts and stopped. In 2005, I attended a session at the NTC by this year's winner called "So, you wanna blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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MAY 28, 2008

I love how blogging connects you with people who have like-minded interests all over the world, but nothing beats meeting people in person. I'll be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session. blogging conference Beth Kanter If you're going to be at either event, let us know!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? The Nonprofit Blog reviews InStedd. Wonder if smashups are eligible?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

I've been following Peter's work since October 2006, when I first discovered Peter's research on group giving when he introduced himself on Netsquared. I've blogged about his webinars about selecting person-to-person fundraising or working with group fundraising tools.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

This was originally published on The Case Foundation Blog. Giving Guru Marnie Webb is Co-CEO of TechSoup Global where under her leadership the NetSquared initiative is in its fourth year of helping nonprofits worldwide use innovative web tools to increase their reach and impact. nonprofit sector.

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JUNE 12, 2008

Beth Kanter Although I've known Beth Kanter for a long time, and we write for BlogHer and NetSquared together, I've never heard her present until today when she gave the keynote at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. "Tools come and go, but a strategy based on experimentation sustains."--Beth

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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MAY 1, 2008

Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 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)

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Inspired by the film, Rachel of Vampituity is asking people to create a Pie That Evokes Your Dreams for February's food blogging event, Sugar High Friday , and to help support the dreams of the nonprofit, Pie Ranch , in the process. The round-up of pie posts will be published on Vampituity on February 29, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. It is authentic, it is caring, and it is beautiful. Details here.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2007

e.politics Colin Delany How Nonprofits Can Benefit from the Google/Salesforce Partnership Donor Power Blog Jeff Brooks Children or Professionals: Who Communicates Better? Getting Attention Nancy Schwartz Im In Love.with Google Analytics Katyas Non-Profit Marketing Blog: Getting to the Point Katya Andresen Why Me? All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar. October 7, 2007 | Dan Bassill Copyright © 2008, Care2.com His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy. Good luck with your presentation. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation. Which one worked best?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I have years of blog content and resource collections. I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and I will share it as I plan to blog what I learn about taking this blog to the next level. A few blog redesign resources I need to sink my teeth into after I share my goals, audience, etc.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar. October 7, 2007 | Dan Bassill Copyright © 2008, Care2.com His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy. Good luck with your presentation. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Sort of a 2008 version of build it and they will come syndrome we saw in the 1990's. Allan Benamer, of the Nonprofit Tech Blog points out that "It???s Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. re enjoying this blog, please consider subscribing for free.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. How can we do that?

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MAY 14, 2009

Also posted on the Frogloop blog for nonprofits here. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. They accepted questions via Twitter and then had an expert reply via the White House blog. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. What is difference between a blog, social media tools, and websites?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

60) Search « NetSquared DC: Beyond the Logic Puzzle | Main | Have you read your RSS feeds today? 60) Search « NetSquared DC: Beyond the Logic Puzzle | Main | Have you read your RSS feeds today? Thats what I thought. » Friday Jul 14 2006 Best day to send an e-mail - is there a seasonality factor? food for thought.

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JUNE 21, 2007

60) Search « CASE STUDY: Care2 Recruits 10,000 for CHEJ Campaign | Main | NetSquared Meetup Roundup » Thursday Jun 21 2007 Online Branding Takeaways Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 12:09PM | by James OMalley Yet another fantastic Internet Advocacy Roundtable took place at the Care2/Oxfam offices! Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. Here are a few tools to help you spread the word on your blog, community list servs, or just by emailing your friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Submit your idea for a mashup with social impact by MARCH 14, 2008 at 5 PM PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started blogging in 2003 about nonprofits and social media and started second blog about Cambodia, “Cambodia for Kids” after the arrival of my daughter, Sara and discovering that there was a vibrant community of bloggers in Cambodia. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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APRIL 22, 2013

Join me, Allyson Kapin, Co-founder of Rad Campaign and Blogger-in-Chief of Care2''s Frogloop blog and Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director of NTEN for this free webinar. She started the Radical Tech blog for Fast Company focusing on trends in technology and Web 2.0 He also launched frogloop.com, a leading nonprofit marketing blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Tactical Philanthropy continues the One Post Challenge with a post titled " Beyond Hacking Philanthropy " from Kevin Jones from Good Capital and who blogs xchangexchange. advice and writes a great blog too. This time with a video that explains what the big deal is about blog in 3 minutes. Here's why. And if you???re

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DECEMBER 3, 2005

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones.

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