Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be co-hosting The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media.

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APRIL 17, 2013

Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. Have questions about sharing community stories online you'd like to make sure we cover during the discussion on Twitter? Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2011

On October 17 and 18th, I will have the honor of participating in an interactive convening , hosted by GEO and the Monitor Institute focused on how funders can increase their impact by supporting networks and embracing more open and collaborative approaches to grantmaking. Check out these posts for background: Networked Funders Wikis.

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APRIL 12, 2011

I was perusing Social Source Commons (something I don’t do nearly often enough,) and catching up on the SSC blog , and I thought it might be worth sharing with this audience what tools I use for basic consulting workflow. If you want to look at my Social Source Commons toolbox, it’s here. I love the collaboration features.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

. Yesterday at the Packard Foundation, as part of a series of "deeper dives" to learn about networks and social media, Eugene Eric Kim of Blue Oxen Associates gave a talk about "Networks in an International Context." . Eugene Eric Kim is an expert in online culture and collaboration, particularly with new tools.

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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. Documentation of the Visioning Process. Field Trips and Real World Experience.

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JULY 11, 2011

In an ever-changing world of social media and web collaboration, tools for user interaction and engagement are becoming increasingly prevalent. When developing social sites, personal user accounts and profiles form the backbone of such destinations. Social Conversations. User Accounts & Profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. The above visual is a social network. The definition of links or how you’re connected is defined however you want in social network analysis.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

We went to a pub with some David Wilcox and Nick Booth, ordered up a few rounds of drinks, and had a fantastic conversation about social media and nonprofits. I'll be collaborating with colleagues online to further plan our sessions and online materials. The planning wiki (very much a work in progress right now) is here. #3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. Fluency in social media skills. Integrating the training and social media.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

These range from private blogs to share privileged information and invite input; to online communities around face-to-face events; to project and partner collaboration; to communities of practice focused on specific topics. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2008

t do the discussion, and archiving part well at all. Blogs are not the only social tools that can have more impact than just relying on email, check out: Instead of sending an email??? Email: The Good Enough Collaboration Tool. " Day 2 is a discussion of wiki versus email. and Office 2.0

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

These range from private blogs to share privileged information and invite input; to online communities around face-to-face events; to project and partner collaboration; to communities of practice focused on specific topics. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. TechSoup's Social Media Resources. TechSoup.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It also connects the social media technical assistance to results. Grantees get better at communication, proactive planning, partner engagement, message discipline and social media integration and measurement. Grantees get better results integrating Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels best practices and measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Marty Kearns has set up a collaborative paper and discussion on a wiki. One the recommendations is: Invest in Social Capital. Look at it as part of your organization: There have always been good reasons to build your social network, but now it is a matter of strategy and applying the techniques of network weaving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2008

My colleagues in the UK David Wilcox and Dave Briggs have started an open process to develop some tool kits for organizations and social media. A dedicated network space for post event support and discussion. The etoolkit wiki is here. through an open, collaborative process." A facilitated workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I did a mashup with social media framing. The book, written in 2002, does not address social media and change management or even technology. In turn, the typewriter brought about and helped to accelerate social change, opening up new jobs for women in the office. Joitske recommend Learning To Change. White-print thinking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. But our world changing- it is more networked and more transparent, and the social change we wish to influence is more complex. Learning in Public. The who?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. TechSoup's Social Media Resources. TechSoup.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Over the past few months, you could view the development of the strategy on their wiki , most of the work was done on a wiki that was open for anyone to read. . Does your nonprofit have an example of transparency and openness in doing its work that is supported by social media? The Smithsonian is an excellent example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2008

We created a new game version ( Social Media Game ) based on those Drew Mackie and he had developed over the past 10 years.   I set up a wiki where I've collected links to others who have remixed and was hoping to create some templates and source material for people to remix it. . 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

Back in January for the LASA Conference, I did a session with David Wilcox on Social Media that include an introduction and the social media game. Ihad set up a wiki with the idea of collecting the remixes and incorporating some templates or make it easier for folks to remix. Most recently Nancy White did a version in Colombia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. I also got a chance to spend some time with Thomas Taylor , the Alliance's nonprofit technology in-house guru and social media whiz who turned me to twitpic. tags: arts ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. I blogged about the content last week.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

In this "speed geeking" format, participants will rotate through presenters' tables to discuss different topics. Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. We think Watchitoo.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 16, 2008

This gets us at Forum One pretty jazzed - we've been evangelizing a long while about using online services to expand public access to information, enable new forms of collaboration, and build online communities.). The project uses online debates, blogs and social media to engage future leaders interested in substantive foreign policy issues.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

The result was the Knowledge Garage - a hybrid between a social network, wiki, and intranet built on the platform Groupsite. Some users are more savvy with Twitter and wikis, while others need help just accessing the conference wifi network. Use media to your advantage. If you shoot video, make a reel of outtakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2008

Earlier this week, the WeAreMedia project we had an amazing phone call with some of the really smart people who are contributing the wiki (Michelle Murrain, Jocelyn Harmon, John Kenyon, Ben Sheldon, Ruby Sinreich, Amy Sample Ward, Sheetal Singh, and Katya Andersen). More information is here. Prizes will offered too!) What do you think?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Pacific time for the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter as Sarah joins as a special guest star. Have questions about listening, learning, and sharing you'd like to make sure we cover during the discussion on Twitter? Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2010

Organizations are using social media to raise more money faster than ever before. Wikis, social networks, and Twitter feeds are letting stakeholders and actors talk virtually to coordinate their response. Social media has made that all possible, and just a few years ago, none of this was happening.

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MARCH 4, 2009

I attended a session called "a Day in the Life of a Federal Web Manager" at the Transparency Camp in DC this weekend, and we had a very interesting discussion about the tension that large organizations face with respect to letting different departments and groups at their organization experiment with web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Packard and the TCC Group collaborated on an alternative approach evaluating the foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program. All evaluation data was posted on a public wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

I met Lina Srivastava at SXSW last month and I found her clarifying commentary on the " What is the distinction between social media for charity and social good/systemic change? Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. very insightful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

Last week, I participated in three very intense days of project, curriculum, and online community planning for a new project, E-Mediat , a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. Deliver targeted, cutting-edge social media training and coaching to 150 – 250 NGOs and CSOs in 15+ communities.

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