Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Last year I audio-skyped into a conference in the UK to present with Steve Bridger. Steve did a content delivery presentation right before and then brought me in via audio as a “cameo appearance.&# We didn’t have enough bandwidth for video, so he projected my photo. We had a very reliable Internet connection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

Test, Test, Test: When the hosts arrived at the conference location for set up, we tested the connection and Google Hangout on location. The site had great wireless and Tharum was able to test on his laptop and give me a tour of the facility, including a walk outside. Photo by Be Chandra. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It I’ve trained myself with the 18 minutes technique to avoid temptation of looking at friends’ dog photos that way while I am working.). I set a Fi.tt

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JULY 4, 2022

Did the story have a strong accompanying photo or video? Did you bog your email down in boring “news” about your Board treasurer’s retirement or your trip to a conference? You need a strong photo, preferably of a person or animal looking directly into the camera. Was the story you told in this email powerful enough?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Conferences: Small or large sessions at conferences. Virtual Meetings: Conference calls, online chats, and webinars. Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

Last weekend, from sundown, March 4th to sundown, March 5th, I turned off my cell phone, laptop, and TV as part of the National Day of Unplugging. spruce up your own blog's design, use more photos in your posts). Photo by me and made pretty with Instagram. It was awesome. My head was clearer. I felt less stressed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

" For me, live blogging notes from conferences and other gatherings helps me think through my fingers about what is being said in the room (and helps me retain it and share it with others (usually via my blog.) I often see many people taking notes at conference, either with pen in a moleskin or typing into a laptop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

Flickr Photo by Sam Livingston. One man I supervise planned on taking his laptop on his honeymoon. At the end of a long day of meetings and phone conferences, sometimes the last thing we want to do is talk to more people. So, to avoid my own burnout, please enjoy this guest post by Julie Fanning. Use these days.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Flickr photo: lovebugstudios As an Executive Director, I especially love talking to other leaders about technology. If I see conference signage I want Anna to use at the next NTC, I snap a picture and save it in my NTC notebook. I can retrieve these items from my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or any computer with a browser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

from Gavin's Flickr Photo Stream. Gavin has posted some early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Microsoft released its Surface Pro 3 this week, a tablet poised to "replace your laptop." Or are you planning to attend meetings or conferences (or vacation!) This post-production photo editing app lets you add tones and textures to your photos. Tablet Tales. What's the Word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2008

Photo by MeanLux. I launched a personal fundraising campaign so I could help be a sponsor for the conference and get over there with video cameras, shwag (t-shirts and stickers donated by nonprofits and tech companies) and teaching resources. Viirak (the guy behind the stickered laptop ) and Be Chantra were there to help.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

What’s the hashtag for that conference? Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to bring their own laptop with a wireless connection, as well photos and information/content regarding their practice. Fink , Vice President /. General Manager. HMA Public Relations. Do you have a fan page? Did you see that great blog post?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). What Is Web 2.0?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. ”So, when you really need to get something done, get away from your computer and your conference room, and go for a long walk. I made a commitment to change. .”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2008

Screencapture of photo by Brian Westbrook. So, my challenge was: Can this room of highly connected gnomedexers get 250 people to donate $10 by the end of the conference? Photo by motogrrl. 90 minutes! Today I presented at Gnomedex 8.0. (My My slides are here ). Chris and Ponzi kicked it off by giving $100 on the stage.(THANK

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I'm presenting and doing a workshop in Romania and then will be flying back to Boston via Miami to present at the Technology Affinity Group (Foundation IT folks) Conference. For catastrophic hardware issues, I have my back up computer - my laptop and I can plug my desktop keyboard, modem, and monitor) and viola I'm up and running.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

It was also important to have someone take photos and post them on Twitter so folks online could see what was happening in the room. In addition, I had compiled a page of URLs explaining the topic that could be easily shared in the Twitter stream. (2) That means I need a T.V. I did not promote the invitation to participate very widely.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2006

I've also had the benefit of getting some great photos sent by other people that I can use (thanks, Marketa!). One of the best memories of Isaac was standing in the Schatzalp hotel holding a laptop to his ear like it was a cell phone, because someone had made a Skype connection to Nigeria. The big one was taking my son, Jimmy, with me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

John Kenyon was also at the LASA Circuit Riders Conference in Birmingham with me earlier this month. The NTC Conference is a little more than two months away and I'm really looking forward to conversations with colleagues and meeting others face-to-face for the first time. Where do I find more information?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

If you're at the conference, hand me an index card the URL of a web resource that you discovered in a session or informal conversation, write a brief description, and hand it to me while at the conference. Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. I'll come with extra blank index cards.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2008

In person is best, but if the people you want to work with are across the country, you can talk on the phone, or set up a Skype conference call. If you have a laptop, it may be less distracting to have your job search time at a café, or the library so that when you come home you don’t feel guilty relaxing. Network, network, network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

As I ran snapping my tourist photo of the poster for my learning journal (which I keep on Flickr ), Ansible mentioned that uploading Second Life snapshots on Flickr is controversal. So, perhaps my photos won't be censored from the public search. You can read the details here from Wagner James Au's New World Notes Blog.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. Students get a minute to think about the question on their own and then answer it using a mobile device that sends their answers to Mazur’s laptop. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. Begin Connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Since we shared my laptop, she kindly gave me permission to upload her slides). See the photos here. I spoke about social media and future leadership in the arts - and also did a workshop. I had the pleasure of sharing the podium with Susan Chun who spoke about the Steve project. Many, many memories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

It's been a year since I had an "unconference experience," having participated in the Dialogue and Deliberation Conference last summer and facilitated by Lisa Heft. Here's where the coffee cup photos enter. I'm going to the Cambodian Blogger Summit in a few weeks. I remember being inspired by it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. Or participating in the online conversation on Arts Wire. Then do an "online demonstration" as performance art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

But, I manage to optimize some photos from my arrival and last night's dinner with the Clogger Team. This is a similar challenge that ngo staffers may face in the US, but the difference is that a staff person the US is far more likely to own a personal laptop and enjoy an Internet connection (a high speed one) at home or a nearby coffee shop.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 31, 2007

I did some research recently on how to use carbon offsets for my flight to the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington DC. cell phone, laptop, iPod) when we're not using them, we can reduce our emissions to 11,784 lbs of carbon dioxide per year, which can be offset for $59.88. Photo Credit: airplane_aa by Jackie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2005

Cultivate contacts made at blogher - You get energized from a conference and then you go home and don't reconnect. I was so overcomed with emotion, that I didn't a get a photo. Get ecto on my laptop. That is upload double photos into flickr, etc). Also, to add the babblefish translator to your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We will use SKYPE out which is more rebust for monthly conference calls, scheduled for business hours in Pakistan so participants can use the Internet connection at their offices. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications. There is also an self-assessment exercise. The power of peer knowledge at work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

We're going to be on a conference call and a meebo chat for member questions. I used my webcam attached my laptop as my first digital camera to record photos from a conference that I was taking notes for - and then publishing as web pages. My first steps. The Typo Police Page. Note the blink tag!

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