Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Three quarters of you said that you took concrete steps to reduce your IT energy use out of concern for the environment, and just under half reported doing these things to save money (the survey let respondents choose either reason or both). Tags: GreenTech. We very much hope to continue to work closely with them.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2009

These measures will not only make your systems more efficient; they'll also save money and reduce your impact on the environment. Windows 7 is much more advanced in power conservation than its predecessors, both for end users and for IT administrators. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips Operating Systems Windows 7.

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MAY 17, 2010

Researchers had to access materials only available in libraries and collections near the geographical center of their subject matter, and conduct experiments in real (as opposed to virtual) environments. Tags: Influence Collaboration. 2) Specialized research is no longer a solitary pursuit. What say you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Don't think this a passing phenomenon: younger generations practically live online, while over the last dozen or so years, virtually every prediction of how the web would infiltrate the 'offline' world has proven too conservative. Tags: freeagent. to mirror this societal shift if they want to regain their relevancy. ECO-GENEROSITY 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

“As a non-profit founded by one of the world’s greatest storytellers, Dr. Jane Goodall, telling our story is essential and the best way to present ourselves as the holistic conservation organization we are, on social media and other platforms. The non-profit’s followers tagged friends in the comments section to share Wounda’s story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

That said, we are especially committed to achieving focused impact in the areas of Education, the Environment, the Economy and Emergency Preparedness & Response. In the end, we decided to set a super conservative expectation about success. Pledges to Get Affiliated/Trained: 129 (Goal 250).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing their programs in these areas: workforce development , employee giving , environment , online safety , and the role of technology in the non-profit community. Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

We are asked to do it in controlled environments. I cannot help but think of the green movement, and its failure to transcend the environmentalist and conservation movements to the point that American households are doing everything they can to become green. Tags: movement building. Yes, that difficult word, BUT.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

They have reached senior decision-making and leadership levels with the help of models that preceded today’s digital hyper-linked and networked environment with its wide, deep and rapid access to large numbers of people and vast amounts of information. Tags: crowdsourcing. Jon Husbands is a Listener, watcher and facilitator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

We simply put up a sign that tells the visitor where the artwork is (on loan to another museum, on view elsewhere in the building, or in the conservation center for treatment). I realized that this would be the perfect environment for us to solicit the public’s help in filling some of our long-standing gaps. We are storage, after all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

For example, The Nature Conservancy is part of a group called the US Fire Learning Network group. Tags: network effectiveness networking online communities scholar. Some of the groups have been set up by organizations to convene workgroups of staff or collaborations across organizations and need a secure online space to do their work.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

Pursue educational keywords related to your cause Let’s say you’re a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental conservation. Use the terms in high-quality, relevant, and valuable content (more on that in tip #2 below) and make that content easy to find by incorporating selected keywords into titles, headings, and meta tags. “On-page

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

Let’s start with some examples (many of which were also presented at AAM): The Monterey Bay Aquarium maintains an Ocean Action group that visitors can join to get involved in advocacy for marine life and conservation. The Congo Gorilla Forest , is a special exhibition produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

I think one of the things that keep museums fresh, welcoming, and non-didactic is the fact that most exhibit designers, museum educators, and conservators come from a variety of backgrounds. Tags: professional development. You were a carpenter. I was an engineer. She was a ceramicist. He wrote poetry. No one ever fails a museum.”

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Some of the signage pointed out “firsts” happening at the preserve—new techniques for introducing species into new habitats, creating a completely mammal pest-free environment, and inviting people to visit the project while underway. Tags: storytelling marketing design Unusual Projects and Influences inclusion.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Tag Partners and Corporate Sponsors. Partners and corporate sponsors are notified if they are tagged in your posts. For example, The Trustees works to protect the environment in Massachusetts and they geotag themselves in locations throughout the state thus expanding their reach. Kudos to Conservation International !

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Q: I work in a museum that has a [conservative religious] governing board. Try listing the non-monetary rewards you get from your museum job—doing what you love, autonomy, the environment—and assign a dollar value to those intangibles. Elizabeth) I tagged this article from Forbes early in my self-care research.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

In a stable environment, like a climax forest or the African savanna, animals that have few young and invest a lot of effort in rearing them tend to be highly successful. In rapidly changing environments, more species adopt an “r” strategy—they have lots and lots of offspring, most of which die, and often high levels of genetic variation.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2007

An early talk-back in that conservation-minded exhibition asked, 'What can you do to help the environment?' The pledge talk-back was in the context of an exhibition explicitly about conservation controversies (and many visitors responded emotionally to the exhibit rather than making pledges). Video is a whole other animal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Nutrition or fill in your Extension topic/subject area in Blog posts , in tags and in the Blog Directory. It's messy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 28, 2010

Tags: interview application conservation engagement environment innovation mobile. Additionally, I’m can be reached on Twitter , would also love to converse with you over email at kedar dot iyer at gmail.com or connect on LinkedIn.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. Tags: Benetech internships human rights Miradi fellowships MBA environment Bookshare. When he was 22, Craig launched a company to help partially sighted children.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

But I was also struck by the incredibly conservative object fetishism that underlined her approach. Participants have been shown to learn scientific concepts this way, and they self-report that they like playing the game, but it has not yet been tested on the floor outside a controlled research environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more. Tags: social media.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2010

When I was in Taiwan, I heard again and again from museum professionals: "We are very conservative in Taiwanese museums. I would love to explore traditional artworks in this kind of environment as well. Tags: design comfort. We're not doing innovative things with visitor participation or Web 2.0. This may be true.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 6, 2009

The outcome is a map that helps you focus your actions and choices in the online and onsite environment. This should be expressed in terms of visitor outcome, i.e. "visitors will understand how their decisions impact the environment," or "visitors will see themselves as historians who have something to contribute to the collective record."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

Two years ago my wife and I decided we needed to get out of the rat race of the Bay Area, so we moved to Hawaii where I am now working at The Nature Conservancy starting up an international trade policy and invasive species program. Technorati Tags: nptech What you are doing now? t think we should too hung up on blogging itself.

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