Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Note from Beth: Please j oin me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits need to work less as isolated institutions and more as networks. called “ Breaking New Ground: Using the Internet to Scale ,” by myself and Katherine Fulton.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’ve wrote about the importance of building resilience in networks given the complex and connected environment we live in today. So, when Pat Brandes from the Barr Foundation sent me this thought piece on building resilience of networks, it resonated on many different levels. They lost power, heat, and light.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on 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.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With the introduction of culture to a digital environment, we saw interpersonal dynamics in a new light.orgCommunity , our professional development and networking organization, was thrilled to host two in-person events that brought people together to explore those themes and discuss significant issues that emerged from our post-pandemic experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The morning plenary for A Grantmakers’ Gathering on Networks was designed to deliver robust, thought-provoking content for grantmakers who want to use a networked approach for the strategy as well as time for people to make connections with others and process and apply these new ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward. Needless to say, I learned a lot!

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 23, 2024

Because the rules of the email game have changed. They tell ISPs (Internet Service Providers, like Gmail and Yahoo), “It’s really us sending these emails.” Implementing DMARC might just get you on the tech-savvy list at your next nonprofit networking event. One key to doing that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

As with all new major technological changes (we’re looking at you, electricity and the internet), we must adapt and adopt. And then everything changed. Recall that chatbots source their information from the internet, and they do not differentiate between reliable sources, sales copy, or opinion. Until I tried it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Satellite Internet gets the boot October 31, 2007 Finally, I have real broadband. We moved last weekend to a town that has actual real cable high speed internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

In the Networked Nonprofit “ Learning Loops , we illustrated how networked nonprofits do a real-time, lighter assessment process as they engage their community and make improvements and adjustments along the way. No one knew what I was talking about. I’m not sure I did, but fast forward two years and it is here.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

In 2022, the term “social movement” generated more internet searches than in the previous five years according to Google Trends. When it comes to raising visibility on a given issue, nonprofits often strive to achieve broader impact—the kind of change that comes through collective action. Komen for the Cure to spark a social movement.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

By following these suggestions during your planning process, you’ll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level: Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline. Use the Internet to spread your message. Rely on established relationships. Leverage storytelling to build a base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

The term Peeragogy came fluttering through my network, like a butterfly, and it caught my interest. My questions: How can this idea be best adapted for learners in developing countries that may not enjoy the same level of internet access? It resonated. This should be a fascinating learning journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

This is the first of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia. The speed and access to the Internet has changed dramatically. Having Internet access on the five hour drive from Phnom Penh from Siem Reap came in handy.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. How Change the Web Challenge Works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2010

This morning Allison Fine and I got up extra early for a Bagels and Books Event for The Networked Nonprofit at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service here in NYC. She offers a counter-intuitive tip for moving past it: Start by wallowing in the feelings of dread fear of change arouses. Social Media). Opening up [.].

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The June 2015 FCC proposal calls for an expansion of Lifeline to provide low-income households with a choice of subsidized phone service or broadband Internet access. digital divide than anything I can think of since the invention of the Internet. Citizens Online.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) There is a Google group (called Social Network Portability), that you should definitely join if you are at all interested in these issues. Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

Also, coming of age during political dysfunction, the rise of global terrorism, climate change, and increasing school violence/shootings, Gen Z is getting exposed to big issues at an early age. hours a day on their smartphones and can not remember a time before the internet or social media. [ Global Web Index ]. Influence Central ].

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In Mastering Online Fundraising , our class for non-profit fundraisers, we talk a lot about how small changes to your online fundraising strategy can result in major returns, including new prospects, new event attendees, and of course, new donors. Inviting people to non-ask events ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. The TechSoup Global model is on so many levels a Networked Nonprofit. The discussion about Networked Nonprofits was rich. It made me think of Network Life Cycles and NetGains.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. But hopefully that will change. { So I’m on identi.ca now ( follow pearlbear ). you can have private groups.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you care about your clients, if you care about your community, you need to care about the Internet. Who controls what is on the Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

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JANUARY 5, 2011

According to Pew’s latest study, “they still clearly surpass their elders online when it comes to many communications and entertainment-related activities, such as using social network sites and playing games online.&# Social network site usage for this demographic has quadrupled since 2008, from 4% to 16%.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When measuring your impact, you probably do so in relation to the specific needs of the community you serve, but you are also just one in a broader network of organizations working collectively to create a sustainable future for all. Each step you take to maximize your impact creates a ripple that carries through to create global change.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

of all households reported having high-speed internet access. In every age category, over 50% of households have high-speed internet access. Even in states where the amount of people with high-speed internet access is lower than the national average, at least 62.3 Develop a large, diverse network on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

” That’s when you use software on the Internet versus your local hard drive or local computer network. We’ve published those results and our partner network has translated the executive summary into a wide variety of languages. No internet! &mdash We try to do that in the TechSoup Global Network.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Update on social network portability January 8, 2008 Last week, I covered the Richard Scoble dust-up. I think that people are getting wary of social networks where they have no control over their own data.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Donation-based crowdfunding —vs general commercial crowdfunding—aims to collect revenue through the Internet for charitable reasons ( Choy and Schlagwein, 2016 ). Internet-based crowdfunding platforms allow the initiators to reach large numbers of people ( Gerber et al.,

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. These are toys like Mattel's Internet-connected Hello Barbie that can have a truly interactive conversation with a child. We're not talking about the race to expand Internet access in space here. This past year, U.S. Children love it.

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TechImpact

MARCH 11, 2014

Facebook’s 10th birthday just passed on February 4th and during that time all the social networking site has done is engage over a billion users and create a generational icon. 12% of Facebook users say someone has asked them to ‘unfriend’ an individual in their network. But these are all statistics you’ve heard before.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

The average Internet user today is barraged with a constant stream of messages in the form of tweets, status updates, shouts, bulletins, e-mail, and “Breaking News!&# Social media is not only changing how we communicate online, but it’s also changing how our brains process information.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2010

Even phone calls aren't phone calls anymore; increasingly they are Voice over IP calls that happen over the internet. This all works because the Internet is one thing above all else: OPEN. Because the Internet is open, our nonprofits can share knowledge, empower people and make our communities better places.

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