Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 13, 2016
Toyama offers up strong criticisms as well as constructive advice about how to best apply technology to social problems. The hubris that is frequently on display, and the often overwrought hype claiming incredible results, are worth taking on. At the same time, there are some flaws in his arguments that are worth pointing out.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 4, 2016
In the last six months, as SnapChat hype has escalated, the list of early adopter nonprofits has started grow , it isn’t huge yet. But as John Haydon points out, the nonprofits that are using it are very creative. But before you do anything, take this advice from Laura Girardin about brave experiments with emerging social media.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
While the specific tactics and techniques for a tool may change, the concepts generally hold constant. Over the years, as I have watched Facebook roll out features and changes, it seems takes a predictable pattern: the big announcement, hype, backlash, more tweaks to the platform, experiments by users/organizations, and learning what works.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 12, 2008
The other day I wrote a post called " Social Not Working and Other Social Networking Challenges " riffing on a post by Jeremiah Owyang who summarized the challenges - the flip side of social networking exuberance and really just a normal part of the technology hype curve. Test the Waters with An Individual Profile 3.
Tech Soup
MAY 23, 2013
Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data. This week the revolutionary data driven philanthropy of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is featured and a call for beneficiary inclusion in Markets for Good goes out.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 2, 2011
Capacity building that takes an incremental approach and is a balance of strategy and action leads to capacity building that sticks. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Facebook has a well-known pattern of testing new fundraising tools with a small, select group of nonprofits and then expanding them to all nonprofits. For further advice on using Facebook Stories effectively, please see this Complete Guide to Facebook Stories. 7) Utilize Facebook Messenger. Facebook Messenger has 1.3
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