Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

I also discussed the importance of laying out the supporter journey and having metrics to understand and improve conversion rates. Empowerment. By using their voices to support their organization’s mission, they boost trust and inspire meaningful conversation and debate. Transparency. Aspiration. Positive Impact.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Join the Conversation. Join @NTENorg , @TechSoup , @plus_socialgood , and the United Nations Foundation for a critical conversation on effective community engagement. How should organizations harness their online communities? Join us as we go around the globe. This chat will start on February 2, 2016 at 7:00 a.m. Eastern time, 3 p.m.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Organizations are helping to facilitate these conversations and learnings globally. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab. As a 2010 winner.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! When a friend starts a campaign, supports or fundraises for an organization or cause publicly on a social networking platform, they broadcast that action and encourage their friends to do the same.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! When a friend starts a campaign, supports or fundraises for an organization or cause publicly on a social networking platform, they broadcast that action and encourage their friends to do the same.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Really looking forward to this conversation! Empowerment is unconditional. Design to support conversations, relationships, stories - not to organise documents. Good conversations require good listeners more than good talkers. Below, you can find the 45 Social by Social Propositions. The 45 Social by Social Propositions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

There were quite a few participants and some really great conversation. I’ve tried to pull out some of the relevant tweets from the Twitter stream to help follow the flow of the conversation in case you missed it. what about calls to action that aren’t online? Good campaigns move away from awareness 2 spur action.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I recently had a conversation with a friend and colleague about what I perceive to be a revolution in progress. It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

The session, presented by Cultural Connections , focused on museums, exhibits, and programs specifically developed to inspire visitors to take action in their own lives to create social change. There's a huge range of projects designed to encourage visitors to "jump in," "stand up," "take action," and other declarative verbs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

" So the title has to be a call to action for community participation, and then work for the social media curious that might be attending one of the trainings. Nonprofit Social Media Empowerment Guide. NpTech Social Media Empowerment Guide. MEdia EmpoWErement. It's Not Media, It's Conversation.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. Once set, all future actions can be compared back to the model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

We often ask what is in it for us, but seldom focus on the motivations of the person we want to Retweet (RT) our messages so that we can grow our network, increase brand identification, and inspire action for our cause. Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

"Our philanthropy has to ignite action. But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. The program works in partnership with states across the country. "Our We need leverage points."

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide , was given a 5 star review by About.com. . You need to start having the conversation with your board, your volunteers, and other staff, that EVERYONE needs to be taking responsibility for fundraising. Her latest book, Get the Job! Our donors don’t give year after year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction. Engage in conversation. Almost every action that these nonprofits take online is for a good reason. Keep it simple and on the short side. Focus on the big picture and create guidelines that can be applied across many social media tools, such as.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

Weekly, I hear from someone who is putting ideas from the book into action. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Terms like "inclusive," which have become commonplace in the field, are still highly contested when put into action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Leverage a call-to-action already consistent with an individual’s typical behavior. It worked so well because the action is easy to do and is already part of a person’s normal routine. The campaign was successful because it sparked a conversation so many people were feeling but never had an outlet to express themselves through.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. If you are reading this via email and would like to share a comment or question, you can join the conversation here.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

He has argued that Mother Theresa was not primarily interested in eliminating poverty, which would have involved muscular advocacy for things like the empowerment of women. Similarly, our report shows that over 8% of online donors have also taken an advocacy action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Empowerment for our participants comes from connecting to an inner wisdom that is often kept hidden from public view, but is a place of extraordinary innate strength and well being. Please add your voice to the conversation. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects. A really cool feature that I noted on both your website and in your email are your action plans. We’re always trying to adapt and grow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Nonprofit RockStars: Using Video to Share Your Message by David King Video is a great way to share your organization's message, start conversations, and move people to action. Panelists will include app developers of mobile web solutions for health, environment, economic empowerment, and social justice. My Life With NF in Web 2.0

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

So, you know, if you work out the worst case scenario, you can work out some of the actions that you could take if certain things happen. . Or are you in a position where you don’t really have a choice but to immediately take action steps? ” For me thinking about the worst case scenario is what helps me prepare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. TechCamp: Empowering women through technology - guest post by Ma’ayan Alexander.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

You can also listen to our conversation on iTunes. How do you take ideas and put them into action? Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. To start, Jose talked about what Inner City Advisors is, and what makes them special. A lot of people have great ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

But, this wasn’t a just a tourist trip, I was on a mission to see technology social change projects in action and better understand how technology can impact social on the ground in rural areas with limited connectivity and resources. I got to observe the director in action. The man denied it and left.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Our October 14th conversation began with Jensine explaining how World Pulse works. Our next phase is really a massive expansion - our vision is to link over five million women within three years into one of the largest action networks for women in the world, and have a communications infrastructure that really unites the women's movement.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 23, 2023

For example, if your nonprofit focuses on youth empowerment, platforms like Instagram and Snapchat might be more effective than LinkedIn. Clubhouse – A platform for hosting conversations and discussions related to your nonprofit’s mission. It’s all about engagement and conversation.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It was an incredible testament to the commitment and dedication of the nonprofit sector to put words to action - identifying needs and proposing concrete solutions. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness. It’s a one-hour conversation with 3-4 people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. They write poems about their experiences, and when they recite them in community meetings, their neighbors are outraged, and mobilized immediately to action. And the little girls do exactly that.

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