Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2010

Enter your nonprofit's video created in 2009. Your nonprofit video will be featured on the YouTube homepage, receive a grant from the Case Foundation, get great prizes from Flip Video and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), and have your work showcased at a screening in Washington DC. And if you win? March 19 is the deadline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Some wisdom from DC Nonprofits: JoesMovement : Joe’s Movement Emporium is the community performing arts center of World Arts Focus, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that was launched in 1992. They used social media to help win the DC Best Place to Volunteer Contest. Keep cheer leading no matter what happens.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! Online/Offline Integration : If you're my Facebook friend, you know I participated in Climate Ride 2009 , a 300-mile bike ride from NY to DC. The annual event's focus this year is Climate Change, an the issue that will impact all of our lives. And thank you to all those who supported me!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2007

April 12, 2007 Beth Kanter, as always, has a great, informative summary of the Penguin Day activities last Saturday in DC. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Feminism? of women in FLOSS?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Note from Beth: Last week, Washington, DC held its first ever Give to the Max Day where 1300 nonprofits were fundraising and experimenting with social media tools and raised over $2 million in 24 hours. Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. So what gives in Minnesota?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

When: May 12, 2009. You’ll find us in Washington , DC , NYC , San Francisco, Atlanta , and London so save the date and come get your tech on with us. The 2nd Annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit is just one week away. Again, this year we have a great line up so don’t wait to sign up. Panels run from 11AM EDT to 6PM EDT.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 14, 2009

Nominations and entries can be received until January 21, 2009, so act fast! Add Ask Your Lawmaker to Your Site | Ask Your Lawmaker - Check out the Ask Your Lawmaker widget from Capital News Connection, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Our staff and clients are excited by the Obama administration's pledge to promote transparency in government, as well as the DC government's recent innovations with public data. Second, we're co-sponsoring and helping plan the eDemocracy2 Camp in DC on Sunday, April 19 (one day before the 2009 Politics Online Conference).

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 25, 2009

Right now, I’m counting down to October 25, 2009. That is the day that my 2 year contract with Sprint will be fulfilled, and I can freely cancel my mobile data plan. It served me well. When I was driving Laini 50 miles each way to school and back and needed to work from where I was, I used the USB EVDO modem constantly.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 25, 2009

Right now, I’m counting down to October 25, 2009. That is the day that my 2 year contract with Sprint will be fulfilled, and I can freely cancel my mobile data plan. It served me well. When I was driving Laini 50 miles each way to school and back and needed to work from where I was, I used the USB EVDO modem constantly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

The Case Foundation was a pioneer in designing and implementing social giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge in 2007 and 2009 which inspired many nonprofits to experiment and incorporate these practices as illustrated above. Enter online fundraising contests.

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2010

We've recently released the 2009 IT Staffing and Spending Report and the 2010 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report (in conjunction with Common Knowledge & thePort). If you're in DC, you can even RSVP to attend the release in person. Report season is in full effect here at NTEN. You should register for the online launch here.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2012

The Washington DC metro area far outpaces them in terms of overall philanthropy (online and otherwise). And although it fell from its 2009 #1 Wired position to #3 in 2010, it still ranks #1 in two of three categories: It has the highest percentage of homes that are accessing the internet via high speed broadband at 4%.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2011

Washington, DC. The average online gift size increased from $62 in 2009 to $65 in 2010. More than $389 million was donated by the 273 major cities in 2010, up approximately 27% from 2009. Average gift, donations per 1,000 people, total amount donated per city and number of donations all increased in 2010 compared to 2009.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

I was in DC last week with the famous Anna Richter getting our 11NTC ducks in a row. BTW, here are the winners of the 2008 and 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Awards (each year selected by nearly 6,000 voters in the field). Flickr Photo: Paraflyer. Or to the Chipotle; I may have set a record for burritos consumed in one trip.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Since 2009, we’ve posted a weekly first-person success story and podcast on our My Story blog. I interviewed Arlene to learn more about they’re measuring their Twitter campaign and what they’re learning. ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4. Goodwill Industries(@GoodwillIntl) September 3, 2012. How are you defining success?

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Care2

JULY 22, 2009

eCampaigning benchmark survey 2009 How does your nonprofit measure the success of an online campaigning action? While the report will be presented at the Advocacy Online Users' Conference in London in October of 2009, you will get a copy of the results by email if you take the survey. Now is your chance to find out.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. Flicker photo: mastermaq Every year at the NTC , we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards. We're at it again in 2010, this time with more YouTube -y goodness! You can register here.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2009

When : May 12, 2009. We'll also be having after parties in DC, NYC, SF, London and Atlanta for EVERYONE to join in and celebrate after the TeleSummit. Charelene Li, co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistas. Deanna Zandt. Holly Ross of NTEN. and so much more.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Do you know anyone who lives in the Washington, DC area and reminds you of me, professionally speaking? Implementing Common Ground in 2009 was the best decision I could have made for my organization. Then please send them my way because we’re hiring a new me. Now, it’s like they’ve adopted me and I’m moving in.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009. Darius currently serves on the Board of Directors of the McCullum Youth Court in Oakland, CA, and on the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship in Washington, DC. ordinary heroes book

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. Thousands of nonprofits in all 50 states, across Canada, and in more than 30 countries have participated in Kivi’s trainings.

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

Conference Comes to DC Feb 2. When: February 2, 2009 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Gain valuable tips at the next Progressive Communicators of DC panel on January 28th. When: January 28, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Calling All Feminists! Check out the rest of the great panels here. RSVP: Maria Enie at menie@vancomm.com.

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Care2

MAY 20, 2009

That was one of the main conclusions emerging from a riveting discussion last week in Washington, DC led by two nonprofit CEO’s who have participated in several mergers and strategic alliances in recent years. But don't expect it to be easy, they said.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

If you're registered for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , congratulations on being one of over 1000 amazing people coming together for 3 days of awesomeness, April 26-28. (If You can already find Groups such as San Francisco Meetups, a DC-based group, Nonprofit CEOs, CiviCRM Users Group and many more!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. One thing hobbling the project has been that it took place well after the flurry of U.S. How the Project Got Going.

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Care2

MAY 9, 2009

M+R Strategic Services and NTEN are releasing the updated eNonprofit Benchmarks Study for 2009. Check out the New Organizing Institute’s (NOI) New Media Training happening June 25-26 in Washington, DC. New Benchmarks Study Coming Out May 14th Mark your calendar.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps first emerged from a meeting in DC in 2009 in which several dozen local engineers, nonprofit executives, disaster coordinators, and public sector executives got together to brainstorm better, faster disaster coordination possibilities. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps first emerged from a meeting in DC in 2009 in which several dozen local engineers, nonprofit executives, disaster coordinators, and public sector executives got together to brainstorm better, faster disaster coordination possibilities. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. June 11, 2009 | Jeff Patrick Great article !

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. This proves especially handy to visitors to Washington DC trying to decide between events and exhibitions on the national mall and across the city. Smithsonian Mobile by Smithsonian Institution.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). On October 24, 2009, 350.org They do this work through online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions that are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

She has won awards including the a 2014 Stevie, Top 40 Women in DC Tech, the 2012 Campaigns & Elections Innovators Award, “Young Women of Achievement” in 2009.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2006

symposium in Amsterdam, NL, organized by Mediamatic December 11-12, 2008 - Future of the Tropenmuseum symposium in Amsterdam, NL, organized by the Tropenmuseum February 25-27, 2009 - IMLS WebWise conference in Washington DC March 30, 2009 - keynote speaker at Museums in Conversation conference in Tarrytown, NY April 14-18, 2009 - Museums and the Web (..)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. That’s one reason I went to the Wearables DevCon Conference. Ned explained that the wearables are a hot topic now. The conference attracted 1,200 attendees.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2010

This year there are also remote events happening in Austin and DC too. Finally, don’t forget to check out the Past Session Materials from 2009, 2008, and 2007. You’ll be able to pick up on links or resources that you may have missed in the hustle and bustle of the day. Tons of resources that are still very relevant.

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