Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I'm facilitating a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. The first is 90 minutes that is an introduction to strategic social media for nonprofits. I'm doing two workshops. My thoughts are here. I set up a wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Click To Play Here a round up of some the fabulous women Bloghers in Cambodia and Linux Chix that I met. It had nothing to do with saving the world or strengthening Cambodia???s and Skype and everyone was impressed to see the possibilities of connecting with someone they knew from Cambodia who was in the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

That means 454 youngsters will be able to attend school in Cambodia and hopefully, fine, a route out of poverty. But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation. And connected with Mark Horvath.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Part of the Hawaii Social Media Club Workshop.    The Social Media Game.   The game is intended to help you think through a social media strategy and share tips and knowledge.   Each group will be assigned an instructor/facilitator.   It's Hawaii Geek Week !  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2010

It was more than a book promotion event – it was an opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with a peer (Peter) about social media. Nonprofit social media strategists who teach us everyday about how to build networks. We are very grateful to the Case Foundation for hosting a party to toast our book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2006

Her focus is on "the ways that digital tools, particularly social media, are enhancing our connectedness to one another and our ability and willingness to work for the collective social good." when introducing it to people -- it made want to play with the idea -- social media and the tooth fairy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Last year, Nathanial Whittemore facilitated an online discussion by asking bloggers to answer the question: " What is the one thing you need to know before you donate to charity? " This year the answer to the question isn't overhead ratios and executive salaries. . Photo by Oblivion 9999. My giving style is streamlined.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. The first photo of hers from Cambodia was this one of the four monks crossing the street titled Abbey Road. Michaela is now director of online strategy for World Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Here's the focus: Okay, so Chris prefers to say he's not an expert, but that he advises people on social media use. That doesn't change the fact that he's smart and savvy on the social media front. " asking readers to share their stories about how they got started in social media, first steps, and advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

One of the ideas I've been exploring is the whole notion of video blogging from Cambodia by Cambodians. While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International. I'm going to the Cambodian Blogger Summit in a few weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2006

Image from Internet Village Motoman project in Ratanakiri Village in Cambodia The above image is from the Ratanakiri Village project in Cambodia. The village is located in a remote region of Cambodia's northeast. There are no highways, no electricity, and villagers life a simple life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

We've raised $1, 206 to help children in Cambodia. Even though I'm not raising huge dollar amounts, what makes feel great is that small donations go a long way in Cambodia. I think that social media savvy nonprofits will be thinking of strategies and ways to find and work with free agent fundraisers. Let me explain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

On that day, I'll be in Cambodia at the first Cambodian Blogger Summit Conference. I plan on participating in a small group session called "Gender and Blogging" facilitated by Sopheap Chak. (I It's simple to do and a great way to connect with other bloggers and pass along some link love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Which one worked best? Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2007

My Logo, Cambodian Style by Virak Now that I finished the campaign to raise the money to get myself to Cambodia to attend the Cambodia Bloggers Summit, I've been very busy preparing instructional materials. I'm very excited to be teaching Web2.0 and video blogging to Cambodians and a delivering a keynote!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

This is the second of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” ” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia , focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. This post is about the social media community in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

We met almost two years ago when we took the online facilitation workshop with Nancy White. Contribute to my latest personal fundraising campaign to support Leng Sopharath , an orphan from Cambodia, for her junior year at college. Full Size Photo here. Thank you Fernanda Ibarra. We connected on Facebook. Quote from her profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Every year I do a fundraising campaign using social media. It facilitates free agent fundraising. Kids being brought up today are also learning about the importance of giving and philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

I've been preparing a story about nonprofit blogging and professional development based on a colleague's experience in Cambodia for an upcoming NTC panel -- so I was stroke by his words: "I feel as if half the learning I???ve been facilitated by this blog. ve done while in my phd program has. I certainly would not have connected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

The director of the Center has been there since 1977 and is originally from Cambodia. I also didn't facilitate the whole room discussion around the slides which I usually do because I worried about going over time. My NTC panel on social media metrics, measurement, and roi will include a case study slam - so stay tuned).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

I think it was more intense than a Westerner's culture shock visiting Cambodia for the first time. One might think that it would be difficult to sustain a truly interactive experience, but the way Ethan and Rebecca facilitated - it was an intense day-long conversation. I vlogged it here: Download cultureshock.wmv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Transitions Cambodia : Helps many girls being trafficked throughout the southeast Asia area. Our strategies, applied to a coordinated continuum of schools, health care and social service providers and other local networks have helped over 11,000 people. Suggested by Kare. founded by James and Athena Pond of Hillsboro, Oregon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

" (Interesting that KhmerOS had a table at the Cambodia Fair Trade Expo ). I attended a session about OS Online Communities facilitated by the Joomla! The questions that emerged from this group were not different from those that are asked when we talk about online facilitation and online communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

" Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. The Cambodia Bloggers Summit and the Boliva Blogosphere will have their first ever bloggers conferences on Blog Day !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. And during breaks from sessions, did a lot of media interviews. I did a pre-survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

" Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way. Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

followed by 20-30 minutes of discussion with the audience facilitated by the hosts. The audience consisted mostly of social media early adopters who shared terrific insights that come from having a sense of context. I think the concept is even bigger and we connect it to using social media for cause related marketing.

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