Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The survey gave us a basic sketch, but the color and texture emerged during follow-up focus group conversations. We spoke with 181 volunteer managers that work in human service organizations, governmental agencies, higher education, hospitals, zoos, and more. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Here are just a few examples of the extraordinary work these organizations are doing this month and every month. Even if your organization isn't involved in this issue, these organizations' work offer great examples of how a theme month or day can bring attention to your mission. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. This was my third visit to the country. A multi-screen world.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Taproot connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers sharing their expertise pro bono. There is a silver lining; a bright light is shining on how essential it is to support these organizations. The need for services is skyrocketing while sources of funding and resources are being hit.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are 4 recent (and very public) examples of changes that caused the respective communities to lash out."

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Around the world, organizations face unique challenges when mobilizing their constituents and growing online communities, whether for a cause, an issue, an organization's mission, or a combination thereof. How should organizations harness their online communities? Join the Conversation. Pacific time, 10:00 a.m.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! This event focuses on Causes , an application for supporting and fundraising for organizations by individuals, groups and even the organizations themselves. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Consumer feedback offers critical information to funders, non-profit organizations, and the low-income people who use services and programs. We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment. Please join us for the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. 3) Conversations is Easier To Translate Than Reading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

The lunchtime conversation was with Emmett D. His opening remarks and conversation were inspiring to say the least. For example, the City of San Jose is trying to save money by turning off the street lights in the city. Lack of lighting is associated with higher crime. Carson , Ph.D., he asked.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

His take: More conversation between the communications and policy staff about the potential of social media to get results, especially hearing case studies from other organizations. One of the ways they are doing this with the above video about the food movement. You’ll see a list of partnering organizations on the end.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

From our meetings with non-profits and national surveys, there is broad variation in how non-profits organizations are faring, but we can generalize them into three buckets. High-profile frontline organizations are overwhelmed but staffed (e.g. food banks, hospitals, community programs for seniors).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

There were quite a few participants and some really great conversation. I’ve tried to pull out some of the relevant tweets from the Twitter stream to help follow the flow of the conversation in case you missed it. Question #2: what are some of the best examples you’ve seen? what about calls to action that aren’t online?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

For example, here is a storify of the tweets from our track. When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. The Session Design and Implementation. Here’s what we did: 1. Orienting the Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Grantees will engage in peer discussions about integrating social media effectively into their communications strategies and will learn from each other – from challenges and missteps as much as from accomplishments and wins – so success means organizations sharing both. Grantee organizations will measure what matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I’ve also done this with groups of organizations who have collectively created their network maps on the wall. Here’s an example from nonprofit tech day at Microsoft in Seattle last year. Small groups can be conversations, peer assists or shares, or an exercise that can be done collaboratively or working alone together.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2016

When we asked older workers who report to Millennial managers what advice do they have for young managers this is what they had to say: Listen Be respectful Be patient Be a learner Treat employees as equals Lead by example Don’t take on too much Be confident Chip Espinoza Question : What are Millennials' strengths as managers and leaders?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. In fact, it can help provide content for both.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

What happens when a conversation with Stephen Colbert goes viral? Transcending "Social:" Visibility and Empowerment In An Uber-Mega-Meta Self-Conscious Age Speaker: Jianda Johnson, Business and Resource Development Specialist, Guadalupe Montessori School. Social Good Shark Tank Speaker: Peter Panepento, Principal, Panepento Strategies.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Take the UNICEF Tap Project , for example. Your organization serves and supports the challenges real people face, so why wouldn’t your creative reflect those people? Video: Content that focuses on the individual, not the organization. The behavior of people is hard to change and can take time – usually more time than you’d like.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

But who decides what is relevant inside the organization? Often, organizations adopt a service model that is strictly needs-based. Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. And then, you decide you want the organization to be relevant to new people.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

He has argued that Mother Theresa was not primarily interested in eliminating poverty, which would have involved muscular advocacy for things like the empowerment of women. But what’s fascinating about the organizations studied in this book, is that they have all done both. But some take the opposite route.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

" He said that MacArthur hopes to make investments to help nonprofits and civil society organizations address serious issues. They hope to reach out to residents and spark conversations about philanthropic work and to give advice and assistance to residents who want to advance charitable causes. What's your advice?"

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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. People don't need empowerment to make a difference; they need vehicles for action.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Since then the organization has grown to work in 10 different countries. Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

And so I got to have that conversation with her just because we already had an appointment on the books and. I had already been having conversations over the months prior to that with some of my mentors about making a switch to consulting. First, I always pull up the job description and I look for examples from my own career.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

You're out there being social for your organization, making connections and having conversations on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. It's time to make social media something the whole organization can get involved in and excited about. It seems obvious, but one of the hallmarks of social media is that they are social.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Their clients include companies like Blue Bottle Coffee , Numi Organic Tea , Premier Organics , and Revolution Foods. You can also listen to our conversation on iTunes. Jose Corona: Inner City Advisors is an organization here in Oakland that was founded in 1996 by Professor Michael Porter at Harvard Business School.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. Britt Bravo: Can you talk a little bit about some of your programs and some of the things that the organization does?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. So, for example, we just did a really powerful training in the Philippines, where our regional leaders there hosted a training on a water filter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

A lot of it has been because I have lately been exposed to situations where I have felt organizations haven’t gotten the support they need, which, in our world, I think is all too common. Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Technology planning in nonprofits is too often thought about in terms of how many computers we need and the IT staff to maintain them from the basement of the organization. But technology is critical to an organization's success: all staff depend on it to deliver programs, communicate the organization's mission, raise money, etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Our October 14th conversation began with Jensine explaining how World Pulse works. So, for example, on PulseWire, our global community newswire, every woman can have a voice. If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship.

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