Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? Finding a cure for breast cancer takes more than virtual pink ribbons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. Chris's post gives a condensed history of Feedburner and how the need for its services has changed given the social media landscape over the past 5 years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. For a popular bloggers or other celebrities, this is understandable, the volume is simply too large. She describes herself as having a "unhealthy obsession with Twitter." The more types of updates you mix in the more interesting the feed becomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. I also believe it's a way to record the history of an organization. I found Blogger in January, 2000. Via a now defunct site, design site license, I stumbled on Blogger and was blown away. By that I mean that they should expose themselves online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. When you take the time to comment on a post, you become part of the blogger's community and if you are writing a blog, they will most definitely read your post and perhaps become a reader of your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

If you're short on time, read the abtracts and dive deeper into Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. leading to an impassioned request for best practices for minimizing damage when this security breaches occur on several listservs. There are 18 articles. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. As an illustration, consider the following names: Pirate Museum Art Museum Rock Star Museum History Museum What makes you excited about some of these and yawning at others? But a center?

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