Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

A good deal of my work involves collaboration with remotes colleagues and includes tasks as writing articles, curriculum, research, etc. Not everyone I work with has moved away from Word/Excel -- so I'm finding myself with one foot in the web-based collaboration tools and the other foot stuck in Microsoft Office.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

Screencasting with Jing : Learn how to record presentations using the free tool Jing to share images and short videos of your computer screen Capture an image Record on-screen video (5 min max) Various uses: Screen shots for whitepapers, tutorials, and documentation Staff/Volunteer on-boarding, training videos Tip of the week Embed video or images (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Docs are like super-simple wikis, and probably the most truly collaborative aspect of a Facebook group. Because they are collaboratively editable, they are great for anything that requires a teasing out a group voice – agendas, statements or announcements, etc. Finally, events, like docs, also have a comment stream attached.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Best Free Project Management Software for Nonprofits Project management software is specialized productivity software that makes it easier for teams to collaborate on projects, set deadlines, and keep their fellow team members up to date on the status of different tasks. This includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Meet, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

With the launch of “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” co-authored with KD Paine , we thought we do a reprise of our popular panel in 2009, “ Social Media, Nonprofit, ROI Poetry Slam.” The description: Social Media Nonprofit Measurement: Beyond the BS. What’s Up Doc?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2008

To prepare for this presentation, I used social media tools not only to locate the experts and good examples, but this time invited them to collaborate in a google doc that ultimately became the wiki resource page. I would like to give special thanks to Andre Blackman and Patricia Anderson who were immensely helpful.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

All of this is done virtually combining video conferencing with a collaborative tool to capture notes and ideas along the way. So for some groups Zoom and a google doc, and the occasional Jamboard, will be a perfect match. Something as simple as asking them to open a google doc and write their name at the top of the document.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. NetSquared is organizing technology-for-social-good events all over the world. TechSoup Global reflects on collaboration and inspiration at the TechSoup Global Contributors Summit. From the TechSoup Community. TechSoup Blog.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

What it does: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Meet— Google Workspace is a collection of Google productivity tools that help your team collaborate efficiently. Collaborate on grant applications or annual reports using Google Docs. Google Workspace. Constant Contact.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. " Frontline social workers are finding that this repository of data has put them in touch with colleagues' expertise and helped them improve their work. This doesn't just cut down on "form filling."

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! Score one for team collaboration!

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. " Frontline social workers are finding that this repository of data has put them in touch with colleagues' expertise and helped them improve their work. This doesn't just cut down on "form filling."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Social and Mobile Staff. Sometimes easier said than done!).

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. This week I found apps that will help your collaborate, communicate well, and stay safe and fit! Score one for team collaboration!

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2012

What tools in the cloud can be employed for Collaboration, Social Media, Marketing, Website/Content Management and more? Tools covered include: Box.net, Cloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Docs, Office 365, and iBackup. May 14 - Communication Tools, Services & Opportunities in the Cloud.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

This post was authored by Salem Kimble, social media development manager with BetterWorld Telecom. Web conferencing excels where rich collaboration and close interaction are needed and teams are dispersed. Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc). Webcam sharing (multiple users).

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

Designate a conference social media lead - when you have more than one cook in the kitchen, so to speak, social media can get messy, especially for a real-time event like a major conference. Designate one person responsible for engaging across social media platforms about the conference. Speaking of timing.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

It’s the way that people share their real feelings on social. The museums of the world are collaborating to bring you #MuseumGames every Sunday, with a new crossword puzzle each week featuring clues from all sorts of museums. ??: Do we refer to Mar a #museum social media guru, maven, connoisseur? And that’s a form of guidance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. Some were social change leaders who leverage volunteers; others were administrators who recruit volunteers as their sole function – often at a large nonprofits or national service organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

in Minnesota, I did an afternoon session using the Social Media Game created by David Wilcox. One group came up with an idea about using a wiki for internal collaboration. So I asked on Twitter, what is your best wiki adoption tip for internal collaboration? At the Message + Medium + Mission Conference. Slow, but it works!

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2012

Interestingly though, it DID ignite a firestorm of social commentary. Anna did a great job trying to cut across those silos, holding weekly project meetings, pulling staff together for smaller consultations, using collaborative docs and projects plans, etc. 10 second delay if they are in the same room.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. In cases where an organization wants to engage in collaboration online but doesn't know exactly how, they could certainly evaluate the options and do a detailed software selection to find the "right" solution. This same dynamic is true in other cases as well?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. In cases where an organization wants to engage in collaboration online but doesn't know exactly how, they could certainly evaluate the options and do a detailed software selection to find the "right" solution. This same dynamic is true in other cases as well?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

What you should do Make an assessment – will using this online tool really save money or time, or facilitate collaboration in ways that is not possible with local apps? And, further, efforts like Adobe AIR, and Microsoft Silverlight , are bringing full-fledged desktop application functionality to applications in the cloud.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The collaboration required at mass scale between governments at the national and local levels, private entities, healthcare institutions, philanthropic donors, nonprofits, and individuals is immense. The same could also be said of vaccine distribution during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But what about those tools that weren’t?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. 2 ) that discusses how to lay the groundwork for board signoff on an organization's social media in initiatives. I Collaborate blog has a post about how to lobby for skype in your organization, if you're working internationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The options include: Flex (in office 1-3 days for meetings/collaboration) and Fully Remote (work from anywhere). The smoothest way to collect feedback is via collaborative cloud-based documents such as Google Docs or Slides, Slack, or other collaboration platforms. Hybrid Meeting Facilitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2005

as “an emerging network-centric platform to support distributed, collaborative and cumulative creation by its users.” I think this really sums up the user-centric view of a lot of the discussion. Why can't you just send her a doc like you did last week?" But what do my non-profit users want from the internet? I've tried.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

tools take collaboration and information sharing to a whole new level, the non-profits I work with have nuts and bolts Information Systems issues that are, and should be high priorities. programming techniques, tagging and social bookmarking, blogging and they need to be looked at separately. While Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many of you, especially those in greater Chicago, may be familiar with the Data Analysts for Social Good group that Andrew Means founded in May 2012. After much discussion about Etherpad, Piratepad, okfnpad, Storify, and other tools, we settled on good old Google docs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Types of Remote Work (Buffer) Remote Maturity Model (Ma.tt) Team Building Remote/Hybrid Teams (Collaboration Superpowers) Hybrid Schedules (Trello) Core Hours to Create Focus & Trust for Hybrid Schedule (New Republic). Here are some good posts to better understand those options and to figure out what works for your organization.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Personalised emails, great collaboration software, secure communications – all for free. G Suite is Google’s collection of business apps like Gmail, Google Docs and Google Drive. Probably a less familiar app than Gmail and Google Calendars, Currents works like a private social media platform for your business.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

On January 31st, the social web erupted with status updates, images, and more in response to the Associated Press report that the Susan G. After the #TakeBackThePink twitter campaign during the Super Bowl, Beth prompted all of us to share lessons and reflections in a google doc to be captured and shared. This is incredibly important.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

In summer 2013, he made himself available to present a webinar for the Data Analysts for Social Good network run by his fellow COI''er Andrew Means. Before 13NTC, he teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking docs for the breakout sessions at the conference. 14ntc Community nten awards'

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

It has gotten a lot of attention as a "social media membership," but Will and Shelley are adamant that 1stfans is not about social media. 1stfans builds benefits onto two programs that were already successful at connecting people to the Brooklyn Museum: free Target First Saturdays and online social media outreach.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

While we're programmatically just starting to tip our toes into social media, we operate efficiently primarily using a variety of web-based services and tools. There's a tiny fine line between collaboration and distraction. If someone prefers to create a Word file rather than a Google Doc, that's fine. Which leads me to.

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