Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. Created by Future Exploration Network’s Chief Futurist Richard Watson, also of NowandNext.com , the 2009 trend map uses a " multi-tentacled hydra." Family. It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The Internet as a Diversion | Pew Internet & American Life Project: "Three-quarters of online economic users--those Americans who use the internet to keep up with news about the economic recession or their own personal finances--go online to relax and take their minds off of the recession, according to an April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center's (..)

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

It was my first big project. In addition, Qgiv promotes a flexible work environment to support a healthy work/life balance. Qgiv provided an environment where I felt comfortable sharing my challenges with the leadership team, and I always felt like I had the support I needed to navigate this new phase in my life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Then, try to think in even broader terms. I have a confession.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2008

I'm offering Have Fun * Do Good readers a special discount if they would like to give themselves, or a friend the gift of career coaching in 2009. For a long time I taught workshops based on Carol Lloyd's book, Creating a Life Worth Living. career coach consult 2009 Most people who work with me fall into 1 of 3 categories.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Knitting became an obsession in my life again and I haven’t stopped. It helps that I have a yarn store less than 10 minutes away and have a whole bunch of real-life friends who are as serious about knitting as I am. In late 2009 I knit a pattern from the Fall 2009 issue of Knitscene magazine. Next was Merielle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Not too long ago Seth Godin announced on his blog that he was going to reinvent the way books were published and read with The Domino Project. We’ve heard people say after reading a book, &# It changed my life!&# But can books save lives? The race was part of the World Malaria Day in 2009.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). John is currently working on OpenAction, a platform that connects people to the projects they care about. I’ve always done side projects part time, but never had the courage or funds to go at it full time.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Defining and measuring social impacts, determining whether the intervention is effective and why, and being able to prove efficacy with solid evidence are important prerequisites to a decision to scale (Harris, 2010; Riddell & Moore, 2015; Roob & Bradach, 2009; Stone Foundation, 2009). Stone Foundation (2009).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This week is about using the Internet to make life better, and its not too late to get involved! This week - September 14-21, 2009 - we’ve asked individuals to step up and make a difference by using the Web to better their community. There are two main ways to dive in: Find a Project. Create a Project.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When I started at organization in July 2009, the Facebook fan page had about 6,000 fans and now it has over 35,400 fans. I was hired in July 2009 to come into the organization and breathe life into social networking, explore new opportunities and empower the volunteers. Averaging 3,100 Facebook page views per week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

Geoff has moved on to working on exciting projects , including a book and Kami will continue the brand Zoetica working on strategy projects such as this important effort to keep.NGO domain in the hands of nonprofits. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Here's a smidge from his post: If you haven't heard about it yet, be sure to check out TweetsGiving , a project of the nonprofit Epic Change. In the spirit of a season of thankfulness, feel free to Tweet, blog, Facebook, or otherwise share the things that you're grateful to have encountered in your life.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In addition, according to Eisner (2009), nonprofit leaders are not taking the time to develop or support volunteer talent adequately, resulting in a weak or bland experience that leads to an unmotivated volunteer who has little reason to return. 2009) The new volunteer workforce, Stanford, Social, Innovation Review Retrieved from [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

This is the first-ever survey reading from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project that exclusively examines Twitter users. In previous surveys, the Pew Internet Project had asked internet users whether they "used Twitter or another service to share updates about yourself or to see updates about others?

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. Selected in 2009 as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence and nominated in 2015 as one of Metro Vancouver’s YWCA Women of Distinction in the category of arts, culture, and design . The Trevor Project. Academic Institutions. Sam Dorison.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Getting construction work done on your house will make life difficult sometimes. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Better Late than Never May 15, 2007 This carnival is a day late, unfortunately.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. Open source projects do get better. July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I rail against vendors who promote lock-in. I tout the benefits of open source software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

apps out there, and beginning to try and use them to create content and organize my life, I have come to the following conclusion: the apps are great, but integration still sucks. These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

OK, no, I’m still not convinced, but here’s an interesting take on Second Life from Frogloop. I’ve been reading Matt Asay’s blog on open source business models, and he has an interesting post which suggests that writing documentation is a good marketing strategy ! I’m developing a class about WEB 2.0

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In fact, Mayo Clinic's mission to "inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research" is echoed by providing facilities and services in Second Life. When did Mayo Clinic's involvement in Second Life start?

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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. Our team was swamped with projects when our Blog Manager Jenni Baker brainstormed ideas with us — she eventually landed on this concept on her own. .” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4. What is the objective of the Twitter campaign?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource , web2.0 { 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.19.07

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project Mobile Connections to Libraries study, 13 percent of patrons have visited a library website or accessed library services via a mobile device. Incorporating responsive web design into your overall website planning will give it a longer "shelf life" on the Internet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

No matter the seeming outcome, know that you have made a difference in the life of at least one person. Thanks for your great insights. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. For example, we’ve been working with Florida Power and Light and Nextera Energy, on a project to help save and protect Florida manatees. Q: Why should nonprofits consider working with you?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

It’s not just consulting work, but other varied happenings in my life as well. I haven’t been posting near as much as I’d like, mostly because I’ve been rather busy. I don’t know what the next couple of months will bring, but I’ll try to generate some pithy blog posts for y’all.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

For LGBTI individuals—like courageous Ugandan activist Richard Lusimbo, who was outed on the front page of a Ugandan tabloid—the availability of Martus and our in-field support is life changing. These Labs supporters make it possible for us to explore many new Labs project ideas, looking for the next great social enterprise.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

. :-) I first started doing technology consulting for nonprofit organizations in 1996, with a project for a local public television station ( WGBY in Springfield, MA ), to design a technology center for teachers to learn about technology and the internet, so they could apply that in their classrooms. Can’t you just use categories?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

BIKERSCAP is an all-volunteer project that started in March 2009 in the depths of the great recession. Greg lost his construction project management job. I've been riding all my life, but I'm not riding so much any more. Actually, he still does. Greg Reaster (right) and supporters. In the Beginning. Everyday Hero.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Such is life. I wrote a blogging module into my web database project, Xina, more than 4 years ago. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 So, here’s the post about Blogs, and their follow ons: podcasting and vlogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

After all, volunteers are the lifeblood of most nonprofits, and with 64 Million volunteers taking the time to give back in 2009, National Volunteer Week is as much about thanking volunteers as encouraging them to come back. Many of these encourage folks to work with kids and teens ( ) and share their life experiences! Start here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

It’s not every day that you come across high quality content shared freely with the community – it helps life all the boats. Holly Minch is the founder of Lightbox Collaborative , a versatile, dynamic group of talented consultants making the world a better place, one project at a time. Flickr Photo by Yandel.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2008

60) Search « Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors | Main | Three Tips: How to Harness the Power of Video for Nonprofits » Wednesday Jul 16 2008 Bring Your Idea to Life at Social Actions Wiki Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 10:00AM | by Hatef Yamini Got ideas? Thanks again for the post. All rights reserved.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2008

60) Search « Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors | Main | Three Tips: How to Harness the Power of Video for Nonprofits » Wednesday Jul 16 2008 Bring Your Idea to Life at Social Actions Wiki Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 10:00AM | by Hatef Yamini Got ideas? Thanks again for the post. All rights reserved.

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