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Stop the Glorification of Busy and Thrive

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just returned last week from vacation with my husband and children at the Jersey Shore where I grew up. When I got back online, I discovered Guy Kawasaki’s excellent visual review of the book on SlideShare created with Canva. I thought he captured the essence of the book’s important message.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nate Ritter gives a brilliant example of how Twitter could help save the lives of missing children. NpTech Slide Decks SlideShare is like YouTube for powerpoint presentations. The Chronicle sets up a twitter account to broadcast links to blog posts. It also offers groups where members can share slide decks.

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Connecting Up Conference: Stuart Jones - Fritz and Sauce Method for Dealing With Information Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fritz and Sauce is a type of sandwich served to school children in South Australia. I'm not sure if his slides are posted on SlideShare, but I used my Nokia n95 to get some photos here. Stuart gave a great presentation on how to avoid that awful overwhelmed feeling we feel from dealing with digital information. Scanning is key.

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. I am avoiding spamming all three networks with cut and paste streams.

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Getting to the Next, Better You

Connection Cafe

But Toby (my coach) wasn’t your typical career coach, she also planned and hosted Board trainings and served and volunteered at children’s organizations. And you can still find her advocating and championing for children in South Florida today. She was a leader. non_profit_pro.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

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You can follow the one-hour archived session (or the slides on Slideshare) to get a nice slice of perspective from Amy Gipson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Melissa Schoen of.

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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've even taught my children about creative commons (check out Harry's screencast - What A Second Grader Knows About Creative Commons that earned him a feature story in the School Library Association Journal) All of this assumes that people really bother to look at the license, understand it , and respect the rules.

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