Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2007

connect to each other and address issues women face in participating in technical communities. This is an unconference so it will have an agenda created by the people who attend. Our goal is to create an open space forum for women in tech to come together to. learn from each other - professional skill sharing. Biotech.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. To be a part of a larger nonprofit community/networking. They come to us looking for practical tips and a supportive community.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

We were excited to have our first 2012 NTC Community Call last Tuesday! This year, we’re going to include a mix of educational and community programming to Day 1, starting off with a Welcome Reception. Community Brainstorm We asked for your input on a couple of key issues surrounding the conference, and we loved the feedback.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Voices from the Community is an ongoing series of blog posts culling. popular topics of interest from the TechSoup Community Forums and other. online community channels. As our community discusses the topic of building a culture of accessibility, an important distinction arises. Opening Hearts and Minds. and Ottowa.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! However, we aren't everywhere yet , so we're looking for community leaders to start new groups. As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Asia and the Pacific Rim.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., NonProfit 2.0

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NTEN

JULY 17, 2009

Yesterday, NTEN Community Members joined us for the beginning of the planning for 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Community Site: Some folks didn't find NTConnect very intuitive and experienced a hard time with the site. We're looking a an unconference track or on the first day of the conference. 10NTC Community Call.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

The Online Community Report MeetUp is back this month, fresh from the Online Community Unconference and ready to discuss online community tools and techniques. This month our guest speaker is Brad Selby from Flixster , an online community for movie lovers. Event Details: When: Wednesday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

My slides covered the tools and apps for the back stage side of energizing your community. Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Community Mapping.

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2014

Unconference we explored how to disrupt social change in the nonprofit sector. Often people who are part of the community that is being served are NOT called upon to identify problems and develop solutions. The community that''s being served are considered partners but not necessarily the major decision-makers.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2014

Steph will be managing and keeping the great online community content flowing, while doubling as one of Portland''s most revered bike & transportation advocates outside the office. How did you first become involved with the NTEN Community? We''re so excited to welcome our new Content Manager, Steph Routh to the NTEN team!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

Here are a couple great ways to join the community: Women Who Tech Telesummit – “brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. What do you think? What do you think? What is your Ada Lovelace story?

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2012

Unconference this really resonated with me when Paul Young of charity: water said in his keynote, what if your online communications (website, social media, fundraising appeals) looked like how you talked. Listen to your Community. Focus in on what your community says about your organization. Is it positive?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

If you work in the labor or the community organizing world, your mission is to meet your constituents when and where they need you. Unconference. Unconference in DC will lead a series of sessions and conversations about using social media to create networked communities and movements. Organizing 2.0. The Organizing 2.0

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Care2

JULY 1, 2014

Unconference, and we promised to keep ''em coming. He''s pretty much a pro at that, and had some really great feedback for the nonprofit community. And in the meantime, you can check out the Storify recap of the Unconference. Last week we gave you a recap of Majora Carter''s keynote at the Nonprofit 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. Using NetSquared Camp as an example, he introduces readers to the participant-driven unconference model. It you can’t make it to Victoria ( you’re missing out! )

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasn't sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." The unconference was about connecting government managers and staff, public engagement experts, online tool developers, and citizens to encourage shared insights, decisions, and actions in government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

WiserEarth has also been connecting communities on the ground. This will be an unconference where social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and individuals will share and discuss innovative technology moving us towards a just and sustainable world. WiserTuesdays have spread to London, UK and Monrovia, Liberia.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Vancouver, Canada: Community Management Inside Out: Why culture matters. Wellington, New Zealand: Engage Your Community unConference. Upcoming Events.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Unconference where Beth did some learning at, see the summary Allyson Kapin provides over on the Care2 Frogloop blog. Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members. to NTEN member Wendy Harman of the American Red Cross , who Beth refers to in providing some key points she took away from. Wendy's Keynote. .

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Vancouver, British Columbia: NetSquared Camp: Nonprofit Tech Unconference. Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone. Here's a few: She's Geeky , an unconference for women in technology, held a blog day on September 19th which generated many posts including a few from the nonprofit tech space ( here , here , and here ) Blog Action Day is October 15th.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. NetSquared Camp, an unconference for hackers and activists, was held on June 1 in Vancouver. Join us next week to learn what nonprofit techies are doing in your community.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

I've long believed that museums have a special opportunity to support the community spirit of Web 2.0 as physical analogs to virtual community platforms. People who engage deeply in any online community, whether a bulletin board or social networking site, want to meet in person. meetup for Elite Yelp! Before they held the Yelp!

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The event will be an unconference format - leveraging users' interests to drive the sessions, and ensuring plenty of time for interactions. Forum One's Chief Community Officer Bill Johnston will be there and has also blogged about essential reading on the topic of the real-time web. REGISTRATION.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

TechSoup's Senior Online Community Manager, Lewis Haidt, introduced me to Vendor Relationship Management (more commonly shortened to VRM), which is sort of the converse to Customer Relationship Management. The greater tech community still needs to warm up to VRM. Challenges. After all, VRM is all about empowering individuals.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

Peter Dietz and Christine Egger officially started the process this week of transitioning Social Actions – the community creating APIs and collaborations to make finding actionable opportunities easier across the web – over to its new home at GuideStar. unconference. Are you looking to get Facebook engagement up in your community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2010

Wendy and I facilitated an unconference session on listening later in the day and I’ll share what we learned in a second post. Julie Rocchi, our copy editor, points out a typo in the book signing and corrects it! The next day, Allison Fine and I, keynoted the Nonprofit 2.0 Conference along with Wendy Harman.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Diversity — how to make sure the organizing team, presenters, attendees, and content are inclusive and reflective of the community. So don't be nervous — we're ready to create amazing tech training and networking events in your community! San Francisco, California: Evening Sustainability Unconference.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. Kapor also warned that in order to build applications that truly serve a community, we need to understand that community from many different perspectives.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. ” Community Highlights. Fourteen Net2Local groups descended on their communities in full costume and delivered one-on-one training to local social benefit organizers. What did we do? August 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Community Organizing. Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. Reflective Practice. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Making Decisions and Getting Consensus. Strategic Dialogue. Organizational Development. Networked Facilitation. Participatory Gatherings. Any many more. Does it makes your eyes pop out?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

We're also throwing a party at one of our favorite "Unconferences," New Organizing Institute's 2012 RootsCamp. Engaging Networks Community Conference (North America) Toronto, ON. -Dane Grams will be making his Care2 speaking debut at the DMA Washington Nonprofit Conference, on a panel called Follow that Donor! Eric Rardin. Feb 18 - 19.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I attended a local unconference for nonprofits about two years ago with the intention of learning how I, as a blogger, could help local nonprofits… you & your blog were mentioned several times. How did you discover my FB page?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

If you aren’t a hacker but still want an in-depth experience, join North Carolina’s Tech4Good group for their annual conference June 6–7 or visit lovely Vancouver, Canada for their NetSquared Camp unconference on June 1. Join us next week to learn what nonprofit techies are doing in your community. Event Reports.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 17, 2017

Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. We will host 100 diverse people who are making change in the world, our communities, and our institutions for 2.5 MuseumCamp will be August 9-11, 2017.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Community Organizers Connect — Thursday , March 5, 10:30 a.m. Are you a community manager or builder? Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's NetSquared community organizer, will be meeting with fellow community organizers to discuss the challenges and rewards of growing both online and offline communities.

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