Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

The digital tools we have at our disposal are limitless — allowing great stories to reach more and more people, and providing new opportunities for recruiting advocates, changing policy, public education, and creating real change on the ground. But simply put, cross-platform campaigns are the future of documentary film, and issue advocacy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

While there have been numerous studies done on mobile phone use in the developing world, very little work has been done in understanding mobile use among homeless in America. Beyond collecting data, the CTA has been interviewing homeless and severely low income people about how and why an affordable mobile service can help them.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Videos, interviews, client stories, audio, emails, podcasts, social media posts—there are so many types of storytelling opportunities available to nonprofits of all missions and sizes. Tokenism: According to Merriam-Webster, tokenism is “The policy or practice of making only a symbolic effort.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

I recently finished reading A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power. It was probably one of the best books I've read and definitely helped me to better understand the issue, and America's policies and history around it. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

." -- President-elect Obama's acceptance speech November 4, 2008 In her post today, Congratulations President-elect Obama: Now, BlogHers, what will YOU do to change America? BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone asks us to make our own "transition plan," and ask ourselves how are we are each going to help create change in America.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 2, 2008

"[T]hat quality of reverence, that is really the gateway through which we can begin to rediscover our capacity to do good." -- Interview with Van Jones , President, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. foreign policy looked out for the human consequences of their decisions, the world and the United States would be far better off."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

I've been hearing a lot about the Social Innovation Fund lately, an element of the Serve America Act. Michele Jolin , Senior Advisor for Social Innovation for the Domestic Policy Council at The White House was the panel moderator. A May 6th White House blog post by Jesse Lee, What is the Social Innovation Fund?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

With regard to policy, one point she made really made an impact on me. On the Capitol Hill, it is always the service providers fault for not having America wired. At the end of the day, I met Sharon Ober from the Community Center and did this quick interview with her about her impressions for the Day of Service. Click to play.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

And if it’s not broke and it boosts employee morale and productivity, why not make it company policy? It really comes down to the individual and the workspace, and for policy makers and people leaders, this should be the most exciting time in your career. After all, if it’s not broke, why fix it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. But on Day 2, we shared a famous dance from America (The Chicken Dance) and made everyone do it after lunch so they were energized for the afternoon. 4. Design To Build A Community of Practice.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast. We brought a group of ten environmental justice lawyers from throughout North America to work in partnership with grassroots women leaders in Bolivia, with the focus on sustainable agriculture and food security issues.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

And if it’s not broke and it boosts employee morale and productivity, why not make it company policy? It really comes down to the individual and the workspace, and for policy makers and people leaders, this should be the most exciting time in your career. After all, if it’s not broke, why fix it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. JVH: So Freedom from Oil is a campaign that looks at the behaviors of automakers and tries to pressure them and negotiate with them in order to have them change their behavior and really be the leaders in weaning America off of oil.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Interview with Jonathon Colman. Nonprofit Blogging Policies. America's Giving Challenge: We Came In First! Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes. The Cute Dog Theory. Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Harry: A Green Geek. Giving Good Poke.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. It’s also allowed them to find a new audience that are not as familiar with their policy issues.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I'd worked at a DC nonprofit the summer after my junior year that focused on policy work, but that wasn't a fit for me either. You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. Do it, don't think about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Yesterday, I had an opportunity to be interviewed as part of a series of online interviews with nonprofit social media gurus about how to use social media. Kari came to my house a half hour before the interview went live. Ustream also has a feature that lets you put a marker in the video and tweet that section of the interview.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

Their annual report, the State of Babies Yearbook , frames rigorous research, unbiased analyses, and clear communications to influence decision-makers positioned to improve public policies and interventions in support of children and families. This 157-page report created a useful tool for Zero to Three’s advocacy at any stage.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. Forum One worked with NRDC this year to redesign their website. Department of Energy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

He is currently a Fellow in the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program, which is a national project of the W.K. You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast : Or read the edited transcript below. You're a Fellow at the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program. Kellogg Foundation. Grub Project.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. Forum One worked with NRDC this year to redesign their website. Department of Energy.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

For example, when we brainstormed for additional keywords for our women and poverty campaign, we added terms like “poverty level” and “poverty line” to our existing collection of keywords (“low income women,” “poverty in america,” etc.) All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And you all got to know Elizabeth because she’s all over the place speaking, she’s doing podcasts, she’s getting interviewed. What we continue to see is that individuals drive giving in America. So when you really think about it, individuals drive about 80% of total giving in America. She works over at CCS.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

We sat down at the table with Senator Feinstein's foreign policy legislative assistant, and I gave the spiel. The first book that I would recommend reading is called, A Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide. One of them is actually Adam Sterling, the colleague who I spoke about earlier in this interview.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

In the edited transcript of my September 1st interview with co-author Lisa Witter for the Big Vision Podcast , she discusses how nonprofits can use four principles from the book, Care, Connect, Control, and Cultivate to get the word out about their cause. I did policy reports, and analysis and research.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

Here’s the industry that we’re trying to fill, and now here’s a list of potential candidates, let’s interview these candidates.” ” And when you’re interviewing those candidates, of course, you’re going to ask some questions. Here are the characteristics that we’re looking for.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

I interviewed Steven on my podcast, Smart Communications Podcast, about his book. Or maybe even policy makers who have influence over government, you know, budgets, you know, for the CDC or things like that. But, on the right, we see an ad for an organization called Math for America. Who could you engage with?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In America, that is definitely not how most of the police officers that I have spoken with would expect somebody to act at a traffic stop. So the superintendent, His name is Keith Lester, in his planning process, did a series of interviews with organizations, nonprofit, even corporate, and then also spoke with families and said.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jimmie Alford, one of the great fundraisers in America, told me a story a few years ago, which was about this volunteer who had to raise money for mental health in a community. ” You have lots of competition, you know, there’s a million charities in North America, and then the nonprofits outside of charitable giving.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

Right, more resource intensive would be to have board and staff members conduct surveys or interviews on changes, to share and reflect on them, to share what was learned and to reflect on this. And when I say systems, I mean everything from hiring to policies to any kind of systems that your organization is using.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I'm writing this post from 30,000 feet aboard Virgin America as I fly back to California from a whirlwind week on the East Coast. OrganicMania or Lynn Miller who I met through Twitter and later interviewed me for this blog post about a year ago. Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. Slacktivism: T his term came up during the discussion.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In fact, he was named one of the 10 best retreat facilitators in America. But maybe there’s an opportunity to do interviews or do something that then you can show video or do something where you’re bringing the programming to them. And is a really great and pretty highly esteemed trainer and facilitator. Steven: I love it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda, I interviewed you a couple years ago , when Women's Earth Alliance was in a different kind of form. You both just came back from the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana. We've been successful at that, but it's definitely taken a lot of rigor and thinking. What's the path that brought each of you to this work?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

The amount of artwork that has been done in response to Bush's policies is amazing, because artists said, 'I'm going to say something about this. We can no longer be America-centric. We need to make this bilingual, and we need to really encourage more artists from Latin America." Every year, after 9/11, you saw increased art.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Take Charge America. Culture is strongly influenced by relationships, as well as formal policies and informal practices. 4 Replacement costs include recruitment, advertising, interviewing and training. Staff members in a strong culture demonstrate alignment with organizational values, even in the absence of enforcement policies.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

5 As for Uber and Lyft, these companies maintain policies that reward workers for low ride- cancellation rates—policies that are so tightly enforced, drivers are pressured to continue their rides even in the face of verbal abuse or physical assault.

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