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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business. One of the first reactions was “no one has ever come to tell us of their plans to steal our content in advance before!” And stuck was the operative word: I stayed in that role for seven years.

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#IFC2014 International Fundraising Congress: Inspire, Connect, Transform

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The IFC is amazing global community of fundraising professionals, representing nonprofits working in every continent of the globe. The conference had 1,000 delegates and offers high quality production values and advanced content sessions as well as incredible networking opportunities. Marcelo Iniarra (@marceloiniarra) October 17, 2014. .”

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The Information Diet: Not Just A Book, A Movement For Conscious Consumption of Information

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. Now, that’s inspiring!

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details. It may seem odd to bring up online ads before you’ve analyzed your audience, but running experimental Facebook ads can teach us a lot about who we’re trying to reach. Imagining Supporters with User Stories. How old are they?

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Game On: How Gamification is Changing the Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

When a well-designed mobile application is published, staying connected creates an endless amount of possibilities and the exciting part for nonprofits is to keep the content new and fresh. While growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio he learned to his passion was within the arts and photography.

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How to Choose Diverse and Inclusive Photos

Forum One

The more we showcase real people of all kinds in our photography, the more engaged our audiences will be in the content we create, and the more inclusive our culture will become. Jopwell Collection – “Original, free-to-download stock photography featuring diverse professionals.” Tips for choosing inclusive photos.

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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

Museum 2.0

He spent a long time discussing the IMA’s award-winning online dashboard , which shows real-time data about everything from visitor zip codes to photography requests to the size of the endowment. I’m teaching a graduate course at University of Washington right now on social technology and museums.