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WeAreMedia: Listening for Nonprofits in a Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As many of you know who read this blog, I am an early adopter of social media and set up my listening post 5 years ago to scan for people, trends, and ideas related to social media and nonprofits. The above presentation is a remix of a remix of a remix. A Living Case Study of Red Cross Listening Techniques.

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It’s Not What You Know, It’s How You Learn

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

E-learning opens up the potential for peer learning’s broad-based adoption. The report is filled with examples, perhaps a first session is explore the different case studies and adapt a few. The Power of Remixable Content. The tools make it easy for staff to capture, present, and apply what they’re learning.

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Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the participants was Ashley Boyd from Momsrising who has a significant amount of expertise as an early adopter of social media and genersously shared a lot of what they've learned. Ashely shared a mini case study about their Pacifier Campaign. Many people have also remixed it. Joyful Funerals.

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The Community is the Curriculum: NTEN's Social Media and Nonprofits Project - Come Join the Fun!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Curated by NTEN, the community will worked in a networked way to help identify the best existing resources, people, and case studies that will give nonprofit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to BE the media. We'll be taking DIY approach, remixing and/or pointing as much as possible.

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

. #1: New + Tech = Resistance New + Tech + Education = Adoption Think about what the technology adoption curve. You have early adopters, a big scary chasm, and then more mainstreamed adoption of the tools. Concerns about adopting social media will no doubt arise. I hope they share a case study about all this! #3.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This case study, " Using Network to Stop Genocide ," by Ian Boothe was published on Idealware a few days ago. Adults who work for nonprofits and feeling pressured to adopt and incorporate social networking tools and techniques. the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. And the user-adoption numbers are ridiculously high. Since you can vote for as many panels as you want, why don't use some of our mutual leverage and vote for each other!