Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community. Jordan Viator. is the social media strategist for the National Wildlife Federation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The SXSW Interactive Festival. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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AUGUST 21, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The SXSW Interactive Festival. The Real House Wives of Social Media.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Komen for the Cure race.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. Online fundraising programs are presenting new and effective ways for nonprofit organizations to raise more money and reach a wider audience more than ever, especially when integrated with other nonprofit organization communications efforts.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. For example, The Polly Klaas Foundation , a national nonprofit committed to promoting child safety, demonstrated a unique way to adjust its message to help with emergency response while remaining true to their mission. Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

million to support a project based on feedback from the online community. TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation. WeWorkForFree is a design community that allows it's members to upload and share their portfolios in order to raise money for international programs that benefit developing nations around the globe.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Friday, November 17, 2006 at 11:17AM | by Jordan Wait Source: Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge Web site. Schwartz wrote about an exceptional contest organized by the Knight Foundation. The Foundation is intentionally being vague in their requests to stimulate creativity. Main | The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Twitter is sometimes used by small nations to increase their global visibility and tweet on a level playing field with other nations. MT @atikaCNN Filming Syrian refugees crossing into Jordan safely – thanks @and_harper , @refugees + Jordan military pic.twitter.com/xMRJHR3xen. — Social Media Data and Public Policy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

In doing a little research for this post, I came across the East Side Bloggers 2008 , a blog by 10th graders at East Side Community High School. The Vice-President made statements on national television expressing certainty about Iraq's nuclear weapons programs. Secretary Rice used the words "mushroom cloud" over and over again.

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