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Opening the Kimono on Beth's Blog: A Day in the Life of Nonprofit Social Media Strategists and Transparency

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Out of all last week's conversation on nonprofit movement building one quote stuck in my head. I first became aware of it from a nonprofit blog meme from 2005 started by Ed Batista. Some questions: What does transparency mean from a marketing/fundraising perspective as well as institutional/governance perspective?

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Instagram Influencers and What We Know About Them

Connection Cafe

She uses Instagram as a way to tell the stories about nuclear policy both historically and in the present context through art in order to spark meaningful conversations. Bombshelltoe is a nuclear policy writer. She is able to translate hard to understand dense policy into stunning visuals that make you think. petesouza , Pete Souza.

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New Pew Research Report: The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On the one hand, several of my friends feel more in touch because they are sharing memes, feel they are sharing witty things ‘on the spot,’ but there is less going into depth. Government officials and political leaders at all levels will add to the vitriol online, posting quick hits that don’t advance democracy in any meaningful way.

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What is your “Individual Social Responsibility (ISR)?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The government run “Remand Houses” are shelters for homeless youth who are runaways, orphans, facing domestic violence at home, or too young to go to jail for a crime. This conversation was all done in the presence of a community official who did not have a problem with the accusation of domestic violence.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

So people right now are on WhatsApp and we can use it as a way to start a new channel of conversation with people that is complimentary to how we already communicate with volunteers, with donors, with, you know, our support base. So you can also see when you have these types of conversations. So why do people love WhatsApp?

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Steve Bridger

Conversation is the key, and we’re starting to give our supporters individual voices to hear while at the same time getting to know them. Monday, January 5, 2009 at 4:45 pm | Permalink Stuart G Hall wrote: Like the 5 a day meme, thanks. There’s a lot in here that applies to the government [.] a TED talk every day.

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