Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We at the Diabetes Hands Foundation started the Big Blue Test in 2009 with a simple premise meant to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity for diabetes management: testing your blood sugar, exercising 14 minutes, testing your blood sugar again and sharing the results with the community.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

But seriously, expert facilitation and the awesome landscape of Hollyhock make for a very intimate and emotional gathering – a key point of the entire exercise. and meals are all veggie all day long. We spent much of the weekend talking about Immigration Reform.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

I think, actually, all technology consultants, whether they do what I do, or hack code, should do this exercise. I’d had bits and pieces of this in varied places, and in my head, but it was a good time to get it all down. Glad you like it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on. And it gets you way from your computer - you can get exercise! trends of 2009 and my 2010 predictions are right on. Last month I made a prediction that we might see fundraisers with FourSquare or some other location-based mobile social network with gaming element.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

She again invited me to present at the Nasscom NILF Conference in 2010 and teach workshops. In the green courtyard, there was physical education class where they teaching the kids to do stretches and exercises. Movement is also in the classroom – for example, this hop scotch board to learn spelling.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2011

These campaigns are aimed at elementary and middle school students respectively; over 40,000 schools participate each year, teaching kids about the importance of exercise, heart health, and helping others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How networked nonprofits use twitter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

BTW, I exercised great discipline and only have two social bookmarking accounts! So, can you solve my to do list problem? :-) And I’m grabbing the sunscreen already! 3 Beth 12.01.06 at 12:26 pm Well, you can’t get everything… why not email them? Delicious and magnolia 4 marnie webb 12.05.06 Onlywire is a great tip.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

all running was an exercise in extreme DIY and creativity." Centre to Windows 7 and Office 2010 to help keep the organization. "Our network and computers resembled Frankenstein’s. laboratory," says the Centre’s information technology coordinator, Scott Wight. "Keeping it. " Even the. challenging.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Data Theft Creates Notification Nightmare for BlueCross" (March 1, 2010, CIO.com). Wanted: Defense Against Online Bank Fraud" (February 8, 2010, Wall Street Journal). Banking laws leave business customers vulnerable to Internet fraud" (March 21, 2010, Los Angeles Times). Have you mitigated your privacy risks?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base. At the end of the mapping exercise, you can write an overall goal, like connecting offline, or fundraising, or maybe advocating on important issues, and the main platforms where it takes place. View more presentations from womenwhotech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. The Wisdom 2.0 I got a copy of the book.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

They can be used for a nonprofit’s mission and that is why nonprofits should exercise transparency on web site analytics. On a related note, I think a benchmarking study might be a useful exercise for nonprofits. Properly used, web sites are more than just a payment solution for credit card bearing donors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The hubs traveled a lot in 2010, so I appreciated the nights when we were able to have our favorite evening routine: laughing at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart while eating dinner. It has affected how I exercise (or not), my weight, the shoes I wear, (and consequently, the clothes I wear), and in some ways, my sense of self.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Our top five takeaways included: Forming a strategy is a very personal exercise. Integration is going to be key in 2010. There is no silver bullet. It's an internal process that takes place over time and watching the groups discuss potential strategies illustrated this point very well.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Reading through the 300+ comments online reminded me eerily of the extraordinary 2010 ArtsWave report on the public value of art (full report here , my synopsis here ). It's like a giant, free, no-holds-barred focus group that represents a true range of arts users and non-users. But the institution should jump on that.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Stars — movie stars, rock stars, sports stars — exercise a ludicrous influence over the public consciousness. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Well, who is? But it is the way it works. Many are happy to exploit that power; others are wrecked by it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2012

3 However, inter-organizational collaboration is not a mere exercise in sustainability. 2010): 473-491. ^ [9] Droege, Scott. 2010): 281-312. ^ [11] Ospina, Sonia. 2010): 404-440. ^ [12] Rogers, Robin. Driven by waning resources and increasing demand, nonprofits are entering an era of “accelerated interdependence.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I went through a similar exercise in January ( [link] ) and noticed a few major benefits of symfony over cake: - the database integration is a huge timesaver - symfony makes it easy to write tests for your app 2 Scott T. at 6:56 pm Top 10 blog posts of 2008 :: Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.26.08

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010 70 New Years Resolutions For Leaders Lose weight. Exercise more. ▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Sunday, December 5, 2010 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips Here are three great tips from the book, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book : Coaches do not motivate their employees; they inspire them to motivate themselves. A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. • Meditate, pray, relax, exercise, hike, laugh or whatever brings you peace. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along. • Do something that you are afraid to do. .

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Nicholas Felton: Annual Report 2010. For his 2010 Annual Report he compiled and presented data around his father’s life. Coupled with a smartphone, this bracelet tracks your eating, sleeping and exercise habits and "nudges" you to adopt better habits. But Felton does provide us with an insightful clue. What data is meaningful?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2011

The pie chart to the right shows an analysis of all 2010 donations made via their website. It’s important to do this exercise and to have a good sense of this when coming up with a plan of action on how to source your gifts. First, hold some discussions with your team on where you think your gifts come from.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

1999 study led by Doug Oman, University of California, Berkeley : Research found elderly who volunteered for two or more organizations were 44% less likely to die over a five-year period than non-volunteers, even after controlling for their age, exercise habits, general health, and negative health habits like smoking.

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