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So you want a career in the nonprofit sector?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this week, I attended SXSW in Austin, Texas and met many interesting people and connected with old friends, including BlogHer colleagues CE's Queen of Spain , Liz Perry , and Virginia DeBolt. I met several women who told me they were considering entering the nonprofit sector and had questions about how to get started.

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Giving Good Poke: Using Social Apps and Social Media for Social Causes at GSP next week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lately, I've been asking myself a question, "Why don't I just do the same old presentation. The real reason is that I keep implementing new campaigns, trying new techniques and tools, and new projects. Any advice to calm my nerves? Any advice to calm my nerves? I thought it might be easy peasy, but it is hard work.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. Identify 2-3 questions you want to answer from your experiment. What should you bring forward?

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RSS As Information Coping Tool

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have a really good spam filter ( Spam bayse ), I use rules/filters to direct project related email and listserv email to folders, and am fairly good at "zeroing" out my inbox. We've done this a lot over the past year or so) Anyway, she has some terrific advice on this topic here. How do you keep from being overwhelmed?

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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We're going to be on a conference call and a meebo chat for member questions. NTEN Members get exclusive access to ask questions and hear them answered, for free! To kick if off, I'll ask an ice breaker question or too. a great icebreaker question for Chris. You must go read the stories - they're wonderful.

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Interview: Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her blog is filled with insightful pieces that cut through the hype of new technologies and often ask the hard probing questions that haven't been asked. When I first started out consulting, one of the first pieces of advice I got was that giving things away free is an avenue to getting business. Aye, what a question.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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If you're inspired after listening to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or reading the edited transcript below, take a browse through FORGE's gallery of projects created by refugee social entrepreneurs. ** Kjerstin Erickson: FORGE is an international nonprofit organization that works with refugee communities in Africa.