Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Walkers have internalized listening and are able to use the data they collect to improve engagement and content best practices. The organization has strong capacity in content creation as well as repurposing or remixing across channels. Avoid spreading the organization’s resources too thin.

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Social Media Practice Media Social 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. Aside from the Jetson metaphors, I have to start to thinking about content.

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Virtual Brain Nonprofit Global 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. The video incorporates some slides from Angela Byron's excellent presentation, " Women in Floss " which also speaks to the dark side of gender issues in FOSS communities.

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Generation Open Source Reflection Facilitation 50

Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2014

Full disclosure: I’m not always a fan of events for nonprofits, primarily for reasons related to overhead, organizational focus, opportunity cost and challenges of demonstrating Return on Investment or Mission. However, a few informal surveys I conducted at recent events suggested otherwise, so I thought it worth repeating here.

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Volunteer Social Media Interaction Demonstration 38

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. The point made is: Some content is going to be very well suited to video -- but other. content will be better when it's delivered in other, more appropriate. Follow the links from here.

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Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50

NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Every campaign is bedeviled with certain challenges. Namely, how to spice up an email program, tell compelling stories, show the human side of your organization, and build strong emotional connections between your audience and your issue. This was the challenge for Repower America and they tackled it twice. Earth Day, Remixed.

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Video Campaign Remix America 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

One of the challenges, of course, is integrating social media strategy with overall communications planning as well as Internet strategy without having the time in the workshop to drill down into those other topics. What do they know or believe about your organization or issue? What will resonate with them?

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. 3: Socialize your content with compelling stories that inspire people to donate. Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised. Consider setting the minimum donation $25. Social Strategies.

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Fund Campaign Practice Giving 130

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2009

This post shares some of the development story, and most importantly, issues a call to action to add your two cents to the exhibit. What’s the content? Now, I and thirteen other students are creating an exhibit designed not around content goals but social action goals. An exciting challenge! What’s the message?”

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Advice Remix Seattle Museum 33