Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Following the first successful Nonprofits Live (NPLive) event on the Future of Fundraising , the second edition of TechSoup’s NPLive covered the topic of social video. In examining each of these facets of video, the panelists again and again came back to the importance of community – the social part of “social video.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

The Social Opportunity. You Need Social Networks. One of the messages that came through from this group of experts is that social media can give you a lot of return for your investment.    And, as Geoff points out social media does take time and it can take away from core operations - if you let it.  

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. While most of it was not particularly new for those of us who have been following, studying, working in social media for nonprofits, it all bears repeating. Social media is not a spectator sport—it’s a contact sport.” There were lots of good gems shared and discussed.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 4, 2007

style projects are major initiatives require a somewhat complicated blend of physical exhibit and digital capabilities. Instead of getting overwhelmed by the hefty challenge of creating your own social networking world, there are ways to jump into 2.0 Five cases held curated content, and seven were open for visitors’ additions.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content. The REFLECTS project blends practical institutional demands with deep research.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

People who engage deeply in any online community, whether a bulletin board or social networking site, want to meet in person. Several libraries have started to offer gaming nights where you can drink soda and play Wii to your heart's content. The key to these benefits is not the volume of online content produced but its reach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. Social Strategies. 6: Leverage the power of social proofing.

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Care2

MAY 2, 2014

Empower - Give your supporters-turned-fundraisers pre-made content: for their website; social media channels, namely statuses and tweets; an email they can send their friends & family. Customize the template for the fundraisers’ page so that it blends in with your organization’s online presence.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

At the Lab, your profile is a simple cache of personal data you can draw on as collaborator, co-creating the exhibit content. For the Sony Wonder Technology Lab, the visitor's personal profile is a set of visitor-contributed content that can be inserted into the exhibit infrastructure. Yammer asks, "What are you working on?"

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

This is true whether you are talking about marketing text or exhibit content. The next level is to produce your own talk, via profiles on social networking sites, a twitter feed, flickr group, blogs, podcasts, or online video. Both are museum-run forums for visitors to post their own content and opinions.

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