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. This post focuses on the work of several NGOs, most importantly, the Sharing Foundation , that cares for children in Cambodia. The speed and access to the Internet has changed dramatically. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. The photo above shows the “Fish Bowl” technique. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

The first international ranking of its kind, this exclusive in-depth feature will no doubt stimulate debate, while providing academics, diplomats, policymakers, international organizations and the private sector an insight into the ever changing dynamics and innovative approaches of the non-profit world and its 100 leading actors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. I’ve used the burning question technique in many different ways over the years, this is an example of one way to do it. ” The green ugly doll has accompanied me around the world and has been in the hands of many people who work for NGOs and social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

TechSoup Microsoft NGO Connection Day. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 2: Use listening techniques to develop a deep understanding of the audience. Also, the way people are consuming content is changing because of social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques. He co-authored a paper called " Visual Diagnostics and Mapping for Scaling Change " and we had an opportunity to discuss it. These are points that, when focused upon, have a large ratio of amount-of-effort to desired-change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2012

Once I recover from the journey, expect read reports about the Networked NGO in Rwanda and use of social media to support Women’s Rights organizations. Her blog, Vistas provides insights, strategies, techniques, and solutions that help values-driven businesses realize their social-change missions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2012

Her blog, Vistas provides insights, strategies, techniques, and solutions that help values-driven businesses realize their social-change missions. So, when Geri offered up this second post about nonprofits and LinkedIn, I couldn’t resist. Note from Beth: I’m just finishing up an intensive training here in Rwanda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. ” Stephanie Rudat, my co-trainer for Tunisia, pointed to a resource that included non-violent tactics for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

For the Packard Foundation OE Program, the first step to share their internal thinking and resources with their NGO, capacity building, and funding partners. What are the techniques and methods for moving people up the ladder? Maybe it leads to other collaborative creation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Disaster relief is one of the primary activities of the NGO sector, and crowdsourced volunteer digital disaster work is an important and expanding part of it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Our team members are creating an “accountability toolkit” – a set of innovative techniques for identifying patterns of responsibility for grave human rights crimes. First, in partnership with Colombian NGO Corporación Punto de Vista, we assessed a methodology for studying conflict-related sexual violence in the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2006

Here's a few: Nonprofits & Flickr Moveon and flickr Relay for Life (American Cancer Society) - Flickr Group Planned Parenthood's Target Photos SaveRoe.Com (ok, it isn't flickr, but gives you some ideas about some interesting ways to use photos for netadvocacy) Net2 - I Want Change. Technorati Tags: ngo , flickr , net2 , nptech

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Many people left comments reflecting on how the landscape has changed for fundraising on social networks, including James Wu from Acumen who graciously expanded his thoughts into this guest post. Movement building is all about relationship building techniques as Beth mentioned in her reflection.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Creating Change Conference. Creating Change Conference. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2019 Creating Change Conference convenes in Detroit, Michigan January 23-27, 2019. The Value Proposition - Purposeful Action in a Changing World. The Value Proposition - Purposeful Action in a Changing World. Finance / @nysscpa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2006

Many observers will agree that common complaints about technology projects -- resistance to change, long sales cycles, inappropriate technology, unexpected costs, unused tools -- are often the inevitable result of this technocentric planning. Technorati Tags: net2 , nptech , nonprofit , ngo , non-profit , e-advocacy

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

the winner will have the chance to visit a WFP School Feeding Project in a developing country which could be a life changing experience for a mediamaker. techniques -- blog, viral video, etc. How do you find the time to incorporate these new techniques into your communications plan? Fight Hunger is using a lot of new web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

I didn't go (too expensive for my budget), but I had the pleasure of having dinner in Boston's North End with Nancy White (who was attending and leading a workshop on virtual meetings ) and a few other conference participants, including two fascinating women who work in the areas of collaborative technologies, online learning, and NGOS.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

You are writing a compelling story about how you are helping change the world for the better. Or maybe your nonprofit is actually an NGO based in another country. Talk about how lives are changed because of the work your nonprofit does. In this section, talk about whether you have employees or are all-volunteer.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 7, 2006

Like a lot of the web apps I find noteworthy these days, its not so much that this service will change your life, as it will show you what is possible with new browser-based programming techniques. I've also been exploring DesktopTwo - this application came to my attention via Emily Chang's eHub site. Take a look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

If you are interested in community plumbing, here's rough diagram , although it might have changed since a few days ago. applications have changed the rules of online community. Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. There are two sets of social roles here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Finally, I taught two social media strategy workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners before having two days to get a taste of India and then a 24 hour journey home. . Here are three techniques I use: Connect with and research audience via social media. NGOS in India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

Note from Beth: Several years ago, I was got trained in design thinking facilitation methods using Luma and have incorporated these techniques into my consulting and training practice. This tool is called ImpactKit. We have been testing these workshops for the last few months and have had some interesting early results.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Donors want to know what good their money is doing in changing lives, not helping you meet an arbitrary goal or purchasing a new soap dispenser in your building’s bathroom. People care about lives changed, so write about that. This technique can draw readers in without a lot of effort on their part. Make it donor focused.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Speaking of Salesforce , they just announced NGO Connect , a new app to help nonprofits connect every aspect of their work for greater impact. StartingGood Digital Summit is an online event exploring the tactics, tools, and techniques entrepreneurs are using to create change today. RSVP and boogie on down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

He shared many examples of how social change activists are using the power of connection to make deeper connections and work on solving social change challenges by activating their networks through Facebook. ”FB can be a catalyst and lever to tackle wicked problems.” ” In these three ways. Boundless communities.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Growth hacking is more of a mindset of experimentation than tactics and techniques. It’s a particularly useful framework since nearly everything we’ve learned about engagement is changing. A revolutionary force of change— the individual. It begins with understanding today’s change agents. Old power works like a currency.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. The point is that the world is changing - there are new channels - and that we need to look at how to best strategically incorporate them. The speed of change for one.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

COVID-19, even though things are opening up and hope is kind of on the horizon, it has changed how, and why, and how much we are online. Now, this might be changing. Maybe it will change this summer. We’re trying to change hearts and minds. This is something that we know. We’re all going outside more.

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