Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

For a couple of years, I’ve been an avid member of the Slideshare community, sharing, browsing, and collaborating on content and watching how nonprofits use the platform. My content on Slideshare can easily be published here on my blog or by anyone else anyplace else! I don’t have be a networked silo! (2)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

This morning I got an email from my colleagues at NTEN telling me it was an awesome example of tagging. The intent of the project is "By tagging content related to Minnesota's election, more voter s will be heard. " They are using tags to aggregate voter-generated content about Minnesota's 2006 election and politics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds. This is a nonprofit remix of some of Chris Brogan's ideas and 50 ways to use social media organized by Groundswell objectives from Jeremiah Owyang. Even better is getting your constituents to share their stories about your organization with others or “user generated content.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet. Fundraising 2.0 Fundraising 2.0

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Flickr Photo: Fayster Now that the stimulus package -- or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, if you're keeping score at home -- has been signed into law , the work of making it all happen begins. Remixing the content: Government content can't be copyrighted, so you're free to grab and reuse any government created content on the site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." I like how Holly Ross from NTEN handles her presence and her staff's presence -- and they are using Twitter for the organization. There are examples (see below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. Follow the links from here.

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