Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." Ego searches. Ego searches can be set up very easily - no special geek skills required -- and the services, are, of course, free. Once you???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. Then set up an account for your museum and follow a few other museums as well as people in your target market using a search for location or interest keywords. You might also consider throwing in some key words to make sure you show up in searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. work in providing life-changing solutions that help all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. Carmen left me a follow up comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

which was a remix of Marnie Webb 's Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Change the World. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! Use Technorati , a blog search engine. Technorati is very easy to use, no more difficult than typing in a few words and hitting search button. I'm nervous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. What reading level is your blog? Most NpTech blogs are high school level. This is a must-read.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

What strategic changes are likely to occur over the next several months and years, and how will those changes impact our IT needs? In fact, approximately 75% of nonprofit jobs are filled by strong candidates before the search ever becomes public. What IT functions and infrastructure currently exist in our organization?

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

60) Search « The Great Debate: DM vs. Online Acquisition | Main | Make New Friends, But Keep the Old » Wednesday Jul 11 2007 A. Allison is a successful social entrepreneur and writer dedicated to helping grassroots organizations and activists implement and sustain social change efforts. Whats next?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

The other thing we found early on is that the profiles pop up very high on a google search for a person's name. Wendy: We were also very concious about not wanting ExhibitFiles to interfere the ASTC/ISEN listserv. You can also click from people's profiles to send them an email. That's all very deliberate.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. Be prepared to spend some time negotiating terms (use Track Changes in Word for this purpose). SOWs can be made as attachments to contracts, with terms for amending them as things change. Attend conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I shared this on a listserv with some nonprofit technology geeks (aka circuit riders) and one of them told me that his father worked at the same school as Doug in Minnesota. My reader has lots of blogs feeds, comment feeds, tag feeds, search feeds, and more. And, how does the picture morph and change that pattern/idea?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Wikis are useful when a distributed team is designing a project together or managing a changing set of projects. Woody launched it with an email to the ASTC listserv--a good group to target for his content. But people who read a listserv aren't necessarily incentivized to contribute to the wiki. You want to search, find, and go.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. And earlier last month, the Museum of Television and Radio announced a name change to the Paley Center for Media. Best Buy is a Center for Media.

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