Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. I was able to rearrange an area for viewing presentations slides and have enough space for participants to move around for full group exercises. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

ReadyTalk — This standard for webinar production offers integrated slides, screensharing, live moderated chat, and high-quality recorded audio. Mobile: Sharing Information on the Fly, from Your Smartphone. is our go-to backchannel chat destination to keep teams organized and sharing information during events.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

One of the major strengths of GoToWebinar is its screen-sharing. A presenter can easily share anything on their computer, be it a slide deck or a website. ReadyTalk Audio and Web Conferencing (from ReadyTalk ). My first experience using a webinar platform was with GoToWebinar , provided by Citrix Online.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

As part of our debrief of the event, we wanted to share some insights from the Classy staff who organized it. She was more than happy to share what her and her team learned about the planning and execution of a large virtual conference, and how you can apply these lessons to your nonprofit’s next event. How to Measure Success.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

SlideRocket , the cloud-based tool for creating and sharing presentations, recently announced a new SlideRocket Player app for iPad. Like PowerPoint, SlideRocket lets you create customized slides with text, images, and media. You can add flash animation, audio narration, YouTube videos, and polls to your presentations.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Here are four that currently have my vote - please share yours! Ever since it launched earlier this summer, I haven't been able to stop using it both to learn and to share. I also have been taking photos of buildings and locations and sharing them back to the community to continue documenting the world around us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Incorporate the three learning styles: visual, audio, and somatic. We had the learners participate in a number of interactive exercises during this portion of the sessions, including a “think and write” exercise and a “share pair/trio” exercise. The session slide deck is also available on Slideshare.net.

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Forum One

MAY 7, 2009

A lot of organizations we work with are increasingly using web conferencing to have more productive meetings with staff in the field, share knowledge across projects and programs, and conduct training. Don't forget clear instructions about audio, whether using teleconference or VOIP. application sharing? Consider using ?application

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

15 per person/minute for audio is very tough to swallow. Even the unlimited plans (which start at $50/month, or possibly discounted) have pricing for audio, which I hadn’ t realized. It was this audio pricing that drove a stake in the heart of my ReadyTalk plan. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP. It’s $.24

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Accessibility: It may not be easy to share the sheet with others at your organization. And, the more people you share the spreadsheets with, the more potential security risks there are. Individuals or nonprofits can create fundraising pages to share their missions and raise many individual donations that add up over time.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

That's the idea behind GoldMail , a communications tool that marries email to voicemail, and throws in a visual slide presentation to round out the experience. The slideshow format allows us to share richer information, and the service is affordable and easy to use." The folks at GoldMail recently gave me an overview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

My slides are above and my reflections are below. NetChange Week is an impressive event that explores the intersection between social technology and social change started a year ago. There was also a dream team of audio visual techs. When I tell people that they might see themselves in the slide show, there is always nervous giggle.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

NetSquared Local members meet monthly in 50 cities around the world with the goal of helping each other solve their tech challenges and finding a tribe of people who shares our passions. Philadelphia, PA: Social Audio: Creating and Using Great Audio Content. It’s time to get face-to-face with your nonprofit tech friends!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

It's when people don't like to share their own work for fear of being called a self-promoter. Chris thinks that people with this disorder should get over it because it means that their colleagues are missing out on them sharing their ideas/work. With enough time, I could actually make a audio version on slideshare.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Then tools like GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, and GoToWebinar from Citrix Online let you share your desktop and collaborate with your creative team. PowerPoint 2013 can be used to create image slides and animations like nonprofit Trickle Up did. And when you’re done, use ReadyTalk to share your story with your audience.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Additional strategies that were shared during the webinar were: Be truthful and authentic in the moment. Listen to and view the full webinar with audio here or just download the slides. And the most important part of responding to a crisis, is being agile enough to respond ASAP. Make decisions quickly. Time is of the essence.

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MAY 13, 2021

Use closed captioning alongside audio elements. While the show still went on, many of these events were riddled with growing pains in the form of technical difficulties, whether registrants struggling to navigate the event, buffering video, or splotchy audio. Compare your virtual event platform against the WCAG standards.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Add visual variety by highlighting new photos, captions, and links in the slide rotation every week. Media – Photos, Video, Audio. Share compelling content on Facebook (1-2 times a day), Twitter (at least once a day), and other social media channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2006

As a follow up to last week's screencast on how to use flickr as a visual resource, here is a post about how to share your wonderfully visual powerpoints with others via your blog or flickr. We used some of the ideas presented here as a jumping off point for small group sharing on how to make trainings more interactive. My work flow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The smoothest way to collect feedback is via collaborative cloud-based documents such as Google Docs or Slides, Slack, or other collaboration platforms. You can then have a productive discussion about what people have already shared. They can also move the camera or adjust volume on the audio if needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. He has since started doing freelance work on his own at rootwork.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

allows an individual or group to take control of news in their community by sharing the cost (crowdfunding) to commission freelance journalists to write important, or uncovered news stories. Peter Deitz shared an audio clip of the debate "Can Facebook Replace Face-to-Face?" no, they are not.??? ???Viral

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Also, the game is licensed under creative commons - which means folks are welcomed to use as long as share and share like (with attribution). EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

This information is probably for someone who is burning serious about podcasting or after you've experimented with some of the techniques that Steve Garfield shared. (In His slides will be posted on the Podcamp wiki -- so look for them. Adjust the audio signal and keeps the quality high. Garageban is king for Mac.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Pathfinder gave a presentation to a small group in Cambridge , while his audio (some of the time) was streamed into Second Life along with his Powerpoint Slides. Both events had their share of clunkiness. I also turned off my audio. that didn't last long or ruin the event.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

We've compiled a list of Tools and Resources to share with participants, and thought that you might enjoy seeing it as well. Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths. Built-in mike MicroTrack 2 by M-Audio. This is by no means a comprehensive list, so please add your suggestions in the comments!

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

My presentation in particular addressed the challenge of incorporating story telling into an organization's everyday behavior and addressed the fact that the act of collecting and sharing success stories does not happen in a vacuum. My presentation slides are below. Let's face it, this content doesn't come out of thin air.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

As I sit here avoiding the completion of the rest of the powerpoint slides for next week's Circuit Rider Conference in UK session I'm leading with David Wilcox called " Demystifying Web 2.0 MUST WORK ON PRESENTATION SLIDES. I'm so glad he did because I missed the video and pointer from a post by David Wilcox back in November.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 3, 2008

Please share your comments via the blog, or, better yet, on the voicethread itself. I will integrate any feedback I get into the final result, to be shared on Monday. Update: You can now download the final slides (no audio) here. So here's my draft presentation. Core Museum 2.0 Ideas professional development.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. See the slide deck below and notes from the panelists: WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore. Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". This online community, Engage365 , is a place to network and share knowledge about how to integrate the use of social media for events.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Use a table of contents slide to inform your board members of your meeting’s agenda from the start. Save your presentation theme Create a theme in your chosen presentation software with your brand color and logo in the corner of the slides. Approach your slide design with the reminder that less is more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I saw a black board in the corner of the room, wheeled it over and wrote the key words of the presentation and shared my favorite advice about issues of incorporating technology into your instructional practice: "It isn't a matter of if technical glitches will happen, it's what are you going to do when they happen. What did I do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned. Use phone line with audio clarity and stability. See slide 30 for a simple recipe for doing this exercise as part of a virtual meeting. This helps created a shared experience.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

This post recaps these sessions, provides my slides, and shares what I learned at the conference. Designing Questions Kathy Gustafon-Hilton coordinated a massive Pecha Kucha session, featuring 19 design professionals sharing 20 slides, 20 seconds apiece. Download my slides here. Download our slides here.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2008

You can follow the one-hour archived session (or the slides on Slideshare) to get a nice slice of perspective from Amy Gipson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Melissa Schoen of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

David Eckoff shared a story about his email addiction and how he kicked the habit and got his life under control. I bumped into Millie Garfield who shared some reflections about her "virtual" blogging friends. Here's the slides. She introduced me to a utterz , a micro audio blogging tool. I met her through Jane.

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