Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? If you are going to purchase one book about using social media , this is the one to read.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2010

As I mentioned in my post, Community, Beauty, Party, Wisdom: More Reverb 10 Reflections , one of the highlights of 2010 was organizing a virtual social change book club. A few people have asked me how to organize their own virtual book club, so I thought I'd share the process with you. Rotate who picks the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

Book conference rooms thoughtfully – there’s a shortest of conference rooms, so this encourages people to use the conference when they booked it. It has created a workplace that is fun, dynamic, and sustainable.”. Communicate your needs – encouraging people to let others know when they need quiet time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

In my forthcoming book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine, my favorite chapter was about the sense-making process of measurement – called “Measurement and the Aha! It can also make using data fun ! Source: Hot Button Studio. 1: What is an infographic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2011

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein who will provide live graphic facilitation of this highly interactive and fun panel. The session title is based on a chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit. So, come join the fun and learn. If you won’t be at SXSW, follow the #netnon hashtag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

That's just about when I discovered Avinash Kaushik's blog, Occam's Razor and his first book on Web analytics. Avinash has just published his second book, Web Analytics 2.0. It gets even better: Avinash is donates all proceeds from his books to two charities: The Smile Train and The Ekai Vidyalaya Foundation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

During these past two years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value, therefore, making for an ideal time to read, Be Where Your Feet Are , the book by Scott O’Neil. The book lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Last month I posted about how I was joining Jamie Ridler Studios' blogging book club, The Next Chapter, while they read The Joy Diet. Each week, participants read one chapter of the book and post on Fridays about their experience. I've read three chapters of The Joy Diet over the past 3 weeks: Nothing, Truth & Desire.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Fun-loving, willing to share knowledge and learnings, compassionate, open, and welcoming – the NTEN world had it all! I later joined the New York City Nonprofit Tech Club, became an organizer for five years, and look forward to my next NTEN chapter. What are your top three apps/ books/ movies?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Jamie Ridler Studios has this fun, online book blogging event she hosts every once in a while called The Next Chapter. Each week I'll read a chapter from the book, and write a short post about it here--at least, that is my intention (: This first chapter is about "Nothing." joy book club blog Martha Beck

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

During these past 1-1/2 years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value – an ideal time for, Be Where Your Feet Are , the book by Scott O’Neil , which lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between. O’Neil : My knee-jerk reaction is that I was lost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2015

” This is the process of introducing two people in a network who don’t already know each other and can benefit from the connection. She incorporate the “closing the triangle” principle into the event by using it creatively as a fun networking activity. Please share in the comments.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

During these past 1-1/2 years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value – an ideal time for, Be Where Your Feet Are , the new book by Scott O’Neil , which lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

--Martha Beck, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World Like many of you, I know Martha Beck from her O Magazine column (it's the first thing I read), and her many self-help books (e.g. How does having fun and doing good fit into our Wild New World? The foundation for your book seems to be dropping into "Wordlessness."

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2007

Do you have a book that you want to write that you think will make the world a better place, but you're not sure how to do it? Bill O'Hanlon is offering a few Have Fun * Do Good readers scholarship spaces in his upcoming How to Write a Book and Get Published seminar in Santa Fe, NM September 21-23, 2007. Guess what?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

He was a character invented not long ago to sell bookings on Hotels.com. He’s the author of The Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and Philanders Family Values, Fun Scenarios for Practical Fundraising Education for Boards, Staff and Volunteers, and a contributing author to The Healthcare Nonprofit: Keys to Effective Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2011

But what if we used design thinking to make our dashboards more effective. That’s what attracted me to this book Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few. It has been around for a while, and it was actually fun to read – as well as having beautiful visual design. I love color coding.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

This lets our community know the types of activities and topics they can expect from us for the next six months and has helped with RSVPs and interest." - Paula Jones, NCTech4Good "Have fun! It''s really fun to go back and read them. The first chapter explores how the use of technology can help raise money. We only have now. -

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

readers, I'm almost done with the first draft of The Participatory Museum: A Practical Guide , a book that explores the theory, practice, and design techniques for involving visitors and community members in the creation and sharing of cultural content. Want to help substantively with the content of the book? Dear Museum 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. As always, lots of fun to actually see my co-author, Allison Fine , in person. As always, lots of fun to actually see my co-author, Allison Fine, [.].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

Fundraising Event Ideas from A to Z : These fundraising ideas for nonprofits will help you encourage event engagement and keep it fun! Heyman’s latest book covers everything from developing a fundraising plan to engaging your board and measuring results. Sherman are really on to something with this new book. Include a shareable.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Making friends was hard, but learning was fun. Writing a report on wolves and taking a picture with a Polaroid of a wolf in a book so it would look like the wolf was in my backyard (: Being the lead in the school play, Really Rose. Writing and illustrating stories about my gerbils, Floppsey and Moppsey, and reading them to the class.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Post a wide variety of blog content and have some fun with it. Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Still, understand that the more good, high-quality content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Fun with Social CRMs" -- when asked if she thought relationships really matter in social media, said: I don't think they matter, I KNOW they matter. Check your program guide for "Let's Go Stalking: Fun With Social CRMs" to hear from and ask questions of nonprofiteers who are currently using social CRMs to help their cause.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 1, 2012

For those of you who are wondering what this fun acronym is all about, South by Southwest is a 9 day festival that includes 3 portions: music, film, and our favorite, interactive (March 9th-13th). Sunday: Austin’s Chapter of American Youth Works. Tuesday: Austin’s Chapter of American Red Cross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. This comes from my first book, ” The Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with Alison Fine.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Building community takes many forms and is done for many different reasons: to raise money, pass legislation, connect with like-minded people, have fun, learn new things. In 2010, she published her short book and ebook, Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. Could the experts offer one-on-one trainings over coffee?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I’ve been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: “Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout?”

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

This week, thoughts on Chapter 12 of Elaine Gurian’s book Civilizing the Museum , "Threshold Fear: Architecture program planning." Disneyland doesn’t have big name architects; they essentially have urban planners who design little villages of fun. Tags: design Book Discussion: Civilizing the Museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. We devote an entire chapter to it and the workshop exercise is based on this chapter.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

This week, we're covering the third objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : energizing (chapter 6). Amazon doesn't let you write reviews for the fun of it. Maybe a comment card or book. The library has two book drops, one for regular books, and one for amazing books.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2024

Yes, it will take you some time to read Joshua Spodek 's book, Leadership Step by Step. Yes, this is a book you'll read and likely need to revisit a few times for the concepts to fully sink in. Yes, this is a book you must read if you want to become the person others will follow. Yes, it will be a little like doing "homework."

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

One of the places I go for inspiration during my day is to the books , blog , podcast, and Twitter feed of Kimberly Wilson. Kimberly has authored two books: Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , and Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play. We're a little over three years old now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I have decided that this is the year to get my driving skills up to par so I bought this very helpful and somewhat hilarious book by Norman Klein, Drive Without Fear. He devotes a whole chapter to steering. For 36 years, Mr. Klein taught mainly older women, whose husbands had died or become ill, how to drive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Post a wide variety of blog content and have some fun with it. Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Still, understand that the more good, high-quality content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI.

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