Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be in New Zealand, leading a workshop on social media and I facilitated a module on mindful social media. Yesterday, this tweet from Howard Rheingold, author of NetSmart got my attention! As he says in his book, your attention is one of your most available assets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

This means that nonprofits have to compete with each other for donors’ attention and resources as they gravitate towards causes rather than organizations. Once your donors are moved or inspired by your stories of impact, an effective way to capture their attention is to have a call-to-action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year. Since were are on the Mediterranean Sea, I did the final reflective exercise as a walk on the beach. I got to perfect it when I taught master classes and workshops for NGOs and activists in New Zealand and Australia. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In New Zealand: "this might work in Australia, but it will never work in New Zealand." I saw how participatory techniques were working in diverse museums around the world. I try to be attentive to whether an activity systematically excludes certain people in the nature of how or what it invites.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This week at the National Digital Forum in New Zealand, a librarian stood up and said, “one of the great challenges of this sector is to make preservation sexy.” People laughed with incredulity; no matter how CSI-like the pitch, it’s hard to capture public attention with preservation projects.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Learn best practices and the latest techniques and technologies to meet your greatest challenges. The program provides focused attention on key compliance issues for both private foundations and charitable organizations, plus practical walk-throughs of an IRS audit and an Attorney General Investigation. New Zealand / Not available.

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