Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . With the entire network engaged, the leaders worked together to create a report to document the lessons they were learning from implementing leadership programs for reproductive health, through a new wiki.

Collaboration 93

Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

This is the final post in our series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we look at determining the value of creating a collaboration community. The second part explores challenges in facilitating collaboration. The world of collaboration platforms is a bit of a jungle.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Tools Ning Sharepoint 44

Forum One

JULY 19, 2010

This is the third in a series on online collaboration for grantmakers posts. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community. The second part explored challenges in facilitating collaboration. Tags: Influence Collaboration. How open can the community be?

Collaboration 36

Collaboration Community Library Info 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2007

I'm mentoring in Nancy White's online facilitation workshop and she just shared a pointer to this tool. I used to help me with some preparation for tomorrow's presentation on tagging. But, you can create a collaborative mindmap online using this application. I had to play with it. Update: Some more reflection on it.

Collaboration 50

Collaboration Tools Online Wiki 50

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

. • To provide practical examples of how collaborative technologies can be exploited in a city context. The group is in an interesting position, preparing to move from the incubated group that it has been thus far to a more open group meeting less often (moving from every other week to once a month) in collaboration with CreativeCoffee.

Impact 123

Impact Community Social Phoenix 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

Synchronous 50

Synchronous Facilitation Practice Second Life 50

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

day conference was split into two tracks for IT and NGO, sometimes meeting separately, sometimes coming together to collaborate. I had the opportunity to facilitate the IT track and had lots of fun poking, prodding, and supporting some really interesting conversations and sharing sessions. I’d love to hear how it went!

Romania 178

Romania Facebook Campaign NGO 178

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

On a daily basis, I work with the organizers in all these cities as well as those interested in organizing in their community, to connect them to each other, share information and ideas, and create innovative ways to link the global network. I cannot wait for the experiences ahead for all those chosen to participate in this journey.

India 126

India Network Netsquared Offline 126

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Over the last few of years I’ve had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. During this time, I’ve help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups.

Map 122

Map Content Community Howto 122

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Public voting process. Embrace storytelling.

Community 207

Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

I’m also a champion for the Blue Key Campaign which is using a Facebook Group to coordinate and communicate around our work supporting the campaign. Last year, Darim Online used a Facebook Group to facilitate a virtual book club for the Networked Nonprofit. It was such a terrific post I invited her share it here.

Group 119

Group Facebook Doc Poll 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

My colleague Loretta Donovan pinged me to let me know of her newest blog and her take on the topic of " Capturing Collaborative Knowledge from Nonprofit Events." Via a post on David Wilcox's blog entitled " What does it take for online collaboration to work at events?

Knowledge 50

Knowledge Collaboration Social Media Tools 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The Second C: Collaboration. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Social Aggregator 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. " I agree.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Green Tag 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Gregg Swanson from HumaniNet picks out a few projects that are based on collaboration/partnership and a track of record of doing projects like the one proposed. " Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way.

NTC 50

NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Transmedia storytelling is storytelling by a number of decentralized authors who share and create content for distribution across multiple forms of media. How do you encourage stakeholders to co-create and share their content? These tools can facilitate coordination/discussion/communication amongst key stakeholders about the content.

Storytelling 63

Storytelling Network Collaboration Classroom 63

NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Over the last few of years I've had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. During this time, I've help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. Extra Credit.

Map 75

Map Content Community Chart 75

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we specialize in both learning management systems (LMSs) equipped with assessment authoring tools and providing consulting services to help professional, medical, and trade associations create top-tier eLearning experiences for their members. For example, you could ask learners to: Create a timeline. Sequencing.

eLearning 69

eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. Trust me. What works?

Comment 97

Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

The typewriter, by reducing the time and expense involved in creating documents, encouraged the spread of systematic management. being a tool for change facilitation - which it is. Joitske observes that the power of social media is more about the culture of openly sharing knowledge, collaboration, and engaging in co-creation.

Change Management 66

Change Management Adopt Social Media Change 66

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

What this created was a chance for people who use Twitter to come together offline to create community. There is no agenda to the conference as it is co-created by the participants throughout the day. And I hope they help you think about the way your organization uses opportunities online and offline to create community.

Offline 120

Offline Network Community Online 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Last week, as part of my work at the Packard Foundation as visiting scholar I had the opportunity to participate in a face-to-face convening of the "Network of Network Funders," a community of practice facilitated by the Monitor Institute. A peer learning environment requires creating a safe space for conversation.

Network 88

Network Impact Louisville Social 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. I appreciated the facilitation provided by Mukara Meredith who integrates universal principles of healing into a new model of leadership called Matrixworks. PopTech is an.

Program 78

Program Reflection Instruction Instructional 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Just yesterday I read a tweet that called the #nonprofit twitter tag a “cavernous echo chamber.” This is about facilitating discovery, nurturing trust, sharing experiences, and light-weight focused request/responses.”. What ecosystems facilitate serendipitous discovery and collaboration? starts around 7:21).

Change 88

Change Haiti Darfur Music 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Allison Fine and I have been busy working on a book about how social media and connectedness is changing the way nonprofits are creating social change. We created a platform for folks to have a dialogue in the way they want. They work in collaboration with the communications team. It doesn’t matter where it is or who created.

Story 90

Story Platform Build Organization 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. Everyone was asked to share five words or “hash tags&# on sticky notes and place them on the wall. We created a network map.

Network 95

Network Build Yemen Morocco 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Peer discussion on use of online tools for collaboration for bounded networks, exploring some of the concepts in Digital Habits (each participant got a copy). But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. Putting It Into Practice As a Facilitator.

Public 94

Public Learning Conference Social 94

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. We are connecting otherwise isolated groups to share information about parenting, cancer recovery, etc.

Change 73

Change Social Model Myanmar 73

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. We are connecting otherwise isolated groups to share information about parenting, cancer recovery, etc.

Change 73

Change Social Model Myanmar 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. I took a series of screen shots from social media platforms and had the participants discuss and identify what the best Arabic phrase or word.

NGO 105

NGO Network Lebanon Yemen 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. I created these for Twitter , Facebook Fan Pages , and Listening. . Tags: scholar technology training training materials. I did floating consults.

Social Media 91

Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Note from Beth: Several weeks ago, I published a guest post by Geoff Livingston called " Creating Movements." They are tasked with the important work of research, creating our policy agenda and providing strategy for legislative campaigns. Tags: change management. Photo by Solarnu.

Ning 92

Ning Community Social Media Culture 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Microsoft researchers are collaborating with the academic community on environmental problems, such as aggregation and visualization of complex scientific data from many sources. Tags: Content Networks Philanthropy. This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability. “ Unleashing Technology.

Network 103

Network Change Technology Social 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2006

You are invited to page along, explore subsidiary links, listen to our linked audio commentary and follow our divergent "tag-paths" of related examples and resources: each main flickr slide inn this set has its own tag you can explore by following the flickr tag links.

Time 50

Time Flickr PowerPoint Technorati 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

That makes sense, but it created a silo." When I facilitated technology and web workshops for nonprofits in the 1990's, I did a lot of workshops on TechnoStress where small groups would identify their concerns and then literally draw a picture of them. Tags: change management network effectiveness working wikily.

Adopt 90

Adopt Social Media Media Social 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We have designed and been delivering “ Friending the Finish Line ” with the goals of having organizations create an integrated social media strategy into their overall communications plan and as a way to accelerate the progress of their children’s health care advocacy work and create a peer networked learning community.

Social Media 97

Social Media Training Train Network 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2009

The session was expertly facilitated by the Monitor Team which included David Sawyer, Diana Scearce, and Heather McLeod Grant. We created a network of fans who are remixing our context and spreading our message, how do we guide them effectively without controlling them? How do we create a safe place (private) for discussions?

Design 50

Design Social Media Remix Network 50