Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

I've been designing and delivering technology trainings for nonprofit organizations for the past 15 years, I've tried to find fun ways for people to understand and feel comfortable with whatever technology. The remix epitomizes the era of social relationships (see Jeremiah Owyang's Five Eras of Social Web ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Next week I'm doing a Webinar for Extension Professionals , a remix of 10 Steps to Association 2.0 which was a remix of Marnie Webb 's Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Change the World. My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. So, now is the fun part.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The resulting curriculum which will live on this wiki and will also cover important organizational adoption issues, strategy, ROI analysis, as well as the tools. We'll be taking DIY approach, remixing and/or pointing as much as possible. So, what's my role in all of this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

And, most importantly, designed for people to have fun doing it. (I'm For this, I'm drawing on the Smart Chart of Kristen Grim and from working with a cadre of smart nonprofit communications folks who have remixed the social media game. I also created some fun group exercises for folks to learn the concepts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Colin McKay (aka Canuck Flack ) in his Nonprofit Secret Underground Guide To Social Media Adoption suggests that most nonprofit organizations (well large ones) already have policies in place to deal with potential concerns about social media. with "just for fun." Can every on staff be a spokesperson? Resources Social Media Policies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

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. Many people have also remixed it. I learned about the four keys of fun in game design as well as the role emotion plays in engaging people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

. #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. This pattern is the same no matter the tools.

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