Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

Computer classes are held every morning utilizing donated laptops and desktops (that are hand-carried over by Dr. Hendrie on her quarterly trips) Students, picked by lottery, come daily for six weeks to learn word processing, spread sheets, and Internet use, on our one, slow connection, acquiring a useful skill for future employment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2008

They're asking folks to create a video answering the above question and uploading it to the Witness Hub or YouTube. Create tags and encourage users to adopt them: If you're creating a class tag, for example, make sure that the students in that class know how to use them. But then I watched their video - storytelling at its best.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

We talked about Cambodia and one of the questions was (an excellent one), what do teachers need to think about if they are doing an over the web collaborative project with a classroom in the developing world. The question forced me to reflect on my experience last summer. How do you know if a charity is legit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

I'm sort of foggy on all the questions - due to my tired state, but the first set of opinion statements was "Nonprofits should adopt open source software for practical reasons" and "Nonprofits should adopt open source software for philosophical reasons. Everyone in the room found a place on the line relative to their opinion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This class answers the question "How to leverage the power of new social technology to effectively create real social good." The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I asked the students what else does that? That means 454 youngsters will be able to attend school in Cambodia and hopefully, fine, a route out of poverty. Enrique Allen asked me what I call a " teachable moment question " during the class. The class blog features posts by the students. Measure the Whole Funnel.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

People care deeply about this issue, but I think asking the hard questions, and looking for outcomes, and looking at root causes is something now that's being considered a lot more seriously. Again, asking the question, at what point did people fall into debt? Where is the research funding being given?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

This project will tackle big questions such as: What are the most pressing human rights problems in our world? It was founded in 2001 by a group of college students from all over the world who wanted to ensure that “Never Again” became a reality rather than a rhetorical sound bite.

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