Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Jasmin Tragasa , who lives in Australia, is managing consultant and social media advocate at IBM with a background in new media and design.  s loans to start small businesses and support their families, working together so that all may succeed in their individual businesses.  tags: wonderwebby quotes ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Thats why these social networks are working for us. What should you bring forward? The Case Study.

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MARCH 6, 2009

Americans tend to define themselves by their work. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Britt Bravo is a Big Vision Consultant. How many times have you gone to a party and been asked, "What do you do?" When you lose your job, you can lose not only your cash flow, but also your confidence. What's one answer to the unemployment blues?

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million nonprofits in the US that are working in similar issue areas and trying to address global warming, poverty, the gender pay gap, affordable healthcare, education, etc. How do we disrupt the nonprofit sector? I’ve talked about the dire need for nonprofits to innovate over the years on Frogloop. Because there are over 1.5

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MARCH 7, 2008

Interview with Guy Kawasaki on Lifehack.org As a nonprofit consultant, I am often asked, "Where can I find nonprofit-related blogs ?" I usually direct people to places like Emily Weinberg's Nonprofit Blog Exchange , or BlogHer's Social Change and Nonprofit blog list. Now I have a new resource to send folks to, nonprofit.alltop.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

In December, Fast Company published an article called " The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 " featuring about a dozen amazing women who work in the Web 2.0 The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Last week, I did at workshop for the Kellogg Action Lab College of Consultants. The participants were consultants who worked with nonprofits on organizational strategic planning, financial planning, evaluation, and other organizational capacity areas. How many people of color participate?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

See who in your network knows someone at the organizations you'd like to work for. Facebook Like LinkedIn, you can search for friends who work for, or know someone who works for, an organization that interests you. Also, be sure to sign up for newsletters of organizations you'd like to work for, and go to their public events.

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APRIL 17, 2009

Moments of obligation are described as: "At certain moments in your life, you may find yourself pulled toward a path leading to work that will benefit others. My work doesn't feel as urgent as it did seven years ago, and I suspect a new "moment of obligation" may be coming my way soon. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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MAY 20, 2009

Yesterday I represented BlogHer on a conference call with bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and Katie Couric. I haven't felt this proud about my work in a long time because I feel like we can really have an impact, but that's why we're looking to you all for help because we can't do it alone."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

Even though for many years I've had a paying gig with NTEN to coordinate the Day of Service at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) -- it is THE conference to attend if you work with technology and nonprofits. This year, Washington, DC based nonprofits will have an opportunity to receive free consults.

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MAY 27, 2009

Social change work happens over the long haul. Most people who do social change work do so because they are emotionally connected to a cause. How many people do you know who work in the social change field and are doing incredible work, but are unhealthy either physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually?

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MARCH 4, 2009

Fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor, Beth Kanter, writes about the fundraising Twitter campaign for CARE happening in conjunction with the film in her post, Tweetathon To Honor International Women's Day and To Spread The Word About A Powerful Noise Live. Britt Bravo is a Big Vision Consultant. Commission on the Status of Women.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. There has been online conversation during the past couple of weeks on vlog list , Netsquared , TechSoup and Blogher. This becomes especially difficult if it's work that is outside of the staff's skills and routine."

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AUGUST 31, 2006

Britt Bravo writes for three blogs: her personal blog, Have Fun • Do Good , NetSquared , and for BlogHer , where she is a Nonprofit and NGO Contributing Editor. Britt has worked with nonprofits and socially responsible businesses for over 15 years and has helped hundreds of people to realize their big visions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2005

Recently, Susan Getgood , marketing consultant , posted a comment in this thread: When I talk to my for-profit clients about blogs, one of the main ways I tell them that a blog might help their marketing efforts is to build on an existing community of users or interests. The same might work extremely well for a non-profit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Many thanks to organizers Chris Brogan and Chris Penn and all the people who worked hard to make it happen and especially the generous sponsors like Jeff Pulver. Joyce Bettencourt is a talented print and digital designer who also is doing some incredible work in Second Life. Laura Athavale Fitton is a presentation coach and consultant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Like many of us out there, you work as an independent consultant - so you are paid for your expertise and knowledge. When I first started out consulting, one of the first pieces of advice I got was that giving things away free is an avenue to getting business. I wish the whole world worked that way. :-) 3.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Join our panelists, who have successfully championed social media initiatives, for a discussion of what works and what doesnt when it comes to selling social media to your boss or clients. Panelist: Dan Willis, Consultant for Sapient 3. Then why is it so hard to explain the value of social media to people who dont get it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. If you work in nonprofits and track relevant research, you no doubt have come across the Social Citizen Blog from the Case Foundation and the paper, Social Citizen , from Allison Fine. Tim Davis is working as a freelance consultant on youth participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Nedra Weinreich, Spare Change Blog Nedra Weinreich was one of the first nonprofit tagged blogs that I discovered while browsing the blogher blogroll a few months back. She works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. s not home or work. third place???

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

I travel a lot for work which means I spend many hours on airplanes. The work is difficult, but Brian’s advice and practical tools on how to approach donors in this book will make you successful. I have known Dan Schawbel for over a decade since his early work in personal branding way back when. It is a must read.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

I was too sick to work. I work with a medicine woman from Oakland. I'm a marketing consultant, so a lot of times what I've done is give away small amounts of free consulting time to people who couldn't afford to pay me what I charge. I was like, "OK, something's working here." I was broke. by Spirit River Studio.

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MAY 25, 2011

Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention blog, and host of the June Nonprofit Blog Carnival , has asked bloggers to share their "one book" recommendations: What single book (not blog, not conversation, not Facebook page) has changed your life as a nonprofit staffer, consultant or vendor? For me, that book would be Now What?

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MARCH 1, 2011

Before pursuing her own passions full-time, she consulted for ten years for companies such as Gap Inc., and talking with them about their work. The first post is by Jennifer Lee, author of The Right-Brain Business Plan: A Creative, Visual Map for Success. Accenture, Sony, and HP, helping leaders and organizations manage change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

What have women bloggers who work in the nonprofit technology space been talking about this past month? Kivi Leroux Miller who blogs at Nonprofit Communications gives us a summary of what nonprofit consultants are posting. articles on TechSoup, including those written by Nptechersphere bloghers Marnie Webb ( Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2006

I'm awlways delighted to discover new (to me) blogs written by women who work in the NPTECH space. Maybe it is part of the gearing up for the upcoming session at Blogher called " Get Deeply Geeky." Kivi is the visionary behind the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. A team of us said, "We would study what works in citizen engagement." He was a very big influence.

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JULY 27, 2011

She speaks internationally on the topics of art and activism, as well as her installation works. Show Notes I have two workshops coming up: August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and co-presenting The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

provide evidence to supporters' that their work is making a difference. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Britt Bravo is a Big Vision Consultant. In her summary of the session, she offered a few tips: 1. create a personal and emotional connection to the cause, 2. Photo of Laika the Cat by Me. fatigue issue compassion nonprofit

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

She has been passionate about the issue of immigrant rights since 2002, when she worked at Casa del Migrantes in Tijuana, Mexico, a shelter for immigrants and deportees. While there she lived and worked with immigrants from throughout the US and Central America, and they shared their experiences. Tell me about FIRM.

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JUNE 30, 2007

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. In April I organized a panel for the Stanford Women's Leadership Conference called "Solutionary Women: How Can I Create Change?"

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