Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Publishers provide more than 80% of the thousands of books added each month to the virtual bookshelves of our online Bookshare library, under voluntary permission agreements modeled after the Chafee Amendment. Making content accessible for the blind has been a traditional example of fair use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Modeling the Network Mindset. I think that TechSoup Global’s three leaders – Daniel Ben-Horin, Rebecca Massisak, and Marnie Webb – have been modeling this practice. Alan Gunn holds Noel Dickover's number for a discussion about NGO adoption of social media barriers. Designing for Serendipity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. 5: Make sure your content has a social life. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Facilitating peer-learning and exchange. This prompted some great insights into adoption strategies. This group was one that was comfortable learning in public and modeled it. I decided to model it and take advantage to learn in public from talented co-facilitators to keep the energy up during the small group activity.

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Social Media Reflection Network Strategy 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Content Curation Primer. I presented an overview on content curation why important, a framework, and introduced some new curation tools – scoop.it

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Most of the social media tools and tag lines did translate, although there isn’t specific Arabic concept or phrase for “user-generated content.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Watech4good Summit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Knowledge Seattle Social Media Measure 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity. Brainstorm a list of the content areas and tasks in your current job. What is it that you need to know or be able to do as part of your job. Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity. Integrating Network Mindset.

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Integration Network Work Linkedin 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

During the next two days, I will be facilitating a two-day social media bootcamp for NGOs from Jordan and Lebanon that have been through the program in their respective countries. E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

It is a game changer, and a great opportunity to improve communication and collaboration, but also great opportunity to develop disruptive new business and delivery models. New Models of Social Change. New Business Models -- Innovative new ways of doing business for social change are emerging by those nonprofits embracing the cloud.

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Change Social Model Myanmar 73

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

It is a game changer, and a great opportunity to improve communication and collaboration, but also great opportunity to develop disruptive new business and delivery models. New Models of Social Change. New Business Models -- Innovative new ways of doing business for social change are emerging by those nonprofits embracing the cloud.

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Change Social Model Myanmar 73

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2016

The more my organization has become focused on community engagement, the more we've balanced being experience producers with being experience co-creators/facilitators. In behind-the-scenes mode, we could devote more resources to supporting projects beyond our building, content area, and program formats.

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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. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

The fact that there is no original recording by Beck of the Song Reader songs, no model upon which "covers" would be based, frees the reader to imagine the songs in any number of ways. These kinds of participatory projects can actually de-motivate because participants can''t possibly measure up to the display model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

That's hard work, but worth it because good questions and gathering evidence usually guides us to better results. Gift of Time: Real Time Learning The problem with one-shot trainings is that you offer a lot of content and information, people get excited, and then they go back to the day-to-day reality of their busy work lives.

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Why focus on that instead of content, or knowledge or information or anything else? There are a few core elements of the way communities work that we can learn from as a model for innovation as well. Leadership and decision-making come from adoption not from executive authority. Community-Driven Model. Why Community?

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

And, since all virtual engagements are facilitated by your digital tools, it’s the perfect method of collecting valuable data and determining if and where engagements are dropping off. Consider recording the content so that supporters can watch it again in the future. Pledge drive. Geocaching. Rubber ducky race. Casino night.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

We anticipated a good response, because even though we technically had just one email set to go out, it relied on ten or so variables to create custom content for each recipient—from giving history to membership status and even conference registration.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And if you did cheat a bit by leveraging a quick online search, you might have noticed online content focuses on relationship within the context of two people who are dating, married, or related in some way. Maybe it was when you adopted your pet, or when you met your spouse/partner/friend. Was it through an event? A first gift?

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Relationship Data Build Gift 71

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m really interested in the work Community Shares is doing and the direction they are headed with this project as it seems very aligned with many of my own feelings: technology should be used to help, facilitate, and empower the change communities already want to be making. Always another donor perspective and content to view.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I’ve had the pleasure working with Diana Scearce , from Monitor Institute, who has been facilitating and weaving this network. There’s isn’t one best way to do it – and many organizations use a combination of these models to meet their objectives. 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom. 2) Crowd Creation.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today. She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. Does that make sense? Is that helpful at all?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2011

Recently, we adopted a new vision for wish.org and our online channels, including social networks. We are working to develop a system that syndicates fresh content to chapter websites, delivers search engine optimization benefits, and facilitates the marketing of first-person wish stories in social channels. Content Curation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

I was looking for the discriminating approach to adopt technology appropriately. What would it be like if we could help nonprofits with the following: Asking whether technology implementations in their organization in the past have really facilitated their mission? I also saw the conference with some different, post-seminary eyes.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

So, if you have to leave early or maybe you want to share the content with a friend or a coworker or a boss or whatever, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff to you later on today. It’s because they’ve, essentially, adopted you as a family member. Don’t worry, you’ll get those. And why is this?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2017

The opportunity for nonprofits is to create campaigns that facilitate deeper engagement and keep the following new rules in mind: The game has changed: Citizen movements play an enormous role in leading social change. People want meaningful participation, not a ladder of one-off actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2009

Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail Note from Beth: In 1993, I worked as the "network weaver" for an online network for individual artists called "Arts Wire" where I facilitated online conversations, provided technology support and training. Jeff Gates was an influential member of this community and an early adopter. Is it provocative?

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