Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2007

By the time you read this post, I will be crossing the International Dateline enroute to the first Cambodian Bloggers Summit in Phnom Penh. (No, Through a strange twist of fate, I connected again with Kalabird one of the first ex-pat bloggers from Cambodia that I discovered in 2005 because of her amazing photographs in flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

I am a social marketing believer, blogger, researcher, practitioner and enthusiast in the concept of Social marketing for good. Currently, my day job is a graduate student at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism where I will graduate this month. Tell me a little about you. Trendspotting by Dr. Taly Weiss 2.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Each year, the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is the nonprofit industry's signature technology event, and 2016 will be no different. Cultivating Student Philanthropy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2007

When the WorldChanging SF bloggers had their first face-to-face meeting there, I asked Chris if he would do an e-interview with me about how he started the cafe, what makes it green and how other people can start their own green cafes. Have you ever thought about starting a green cafe? It was a lot of fun, and I earned a lot of money.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

There are college students who cannot make it through the day without checking Facebook multiple times. I want a college student to feel like her week is not complete if she didn’t make it to the museum. But then, just in this last decade, the Web 2.0 I want museums to be like the Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I asked the students what else does that? I, of course, don't have anything to compare it to - other campaigns I've run, other nonprofit campaigns, or some sort of industry benchmarks. It also helps students learn the process of a rapid prototype experiment that has viral effects, can be measured, and improved with reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

In one day, more than 20 students from 6 universities and five AIDS organizations hit the streets with only cellphone video cameras to produce 8 short video messages to encourage youth to be tested for HIV. As a result, over 44,000 student applied in 1.5 Centers for Disease Control and the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2008

His teacher, Ying So Ry, says Channy is a very attentive, hard working student, and she sees a bright future for him. As the country industrializes and leaves behind the agrarian lifestyle, these children grow up to be migrant workers with nowhere to go. He looks forward to advancing to the village school.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Be a curator Make a Twitter list (hidden or not) of influencers like bloggers, journalists, news sites, and partner organizations who may share information that’s useful to your audience. Bonus points for adding visual elements like graphs to help drive the point home. Host your Youtube videos on Facebook to gain more views.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

And if the collection of resources and highlights below are any indication, a lot has happened in the nonprofit industry over the past 365 days. Content is taking the Marketing industry by storm, and nonprofit marketers are no exception. It’s been quite the year. Curious about what other findings are reported in the study?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

While I was in Washington recently, I visited a former student of mine who creates Web videos for John McCain. Have you gotten any notable reactions from bloggers who either loved what you wrote in the book or disagreed with you? I tell my students that they should have an open mind, and I use a food analogy to explain what I mean.

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Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

While I was in Washington recently, I visited a former student of mine who creates Web videos for John McCain. Have you gotten any notable reactions from bloggers who either loved what you wrote in the book or disagreed with you? I tell my students that they should have an open mind, and I use a food analogy to explain what I mean.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

It was faster and greater than any such social fundraising campaign in the number of donors, from all walks of life—from President Bush, Bill Gates, media personalities and CEOs to teachers, students and more. Before last summer’s #IceBucketChallenge, awareness for ALS was relatively limited to families and friends of those affected.

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