Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2004

Some might be asking - why did Beth stop blogging for six months? Well, there was the stalker incident - I can't say any more about that. But, more importantly, I been busy, no overwhelmed, with the new addition to our family, a daughter named Sara Botum. She arrived in October, 2003 from Cambodia at age 2.5. Her Cambodian name means "Princess," so we named her Sara which also means princess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2004

My colleague, Jillaine Smith invited me to check out this cool new search engine , Eurekster. I It is powered by social networking technologies. Eurekster continuously "learns" from the behavior of users and their social networks to deliver personalized search results and instant sharing of their popular Web destinations and searches. The service allows users to confidentially and privately share their knowledge and experiences with each other, simply by using Eurekster to search the Web and nav

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2004

Zzstructure "is a way of representing the structure of information. It was invented by Ted Nelson and currently being worked on collaboration with hyperstructure group. Zzstructure is very different, for example the concepts of 'file', 'folder' and 'application' are abandoned. Because of this a bit of fantasy, creativity and an ability to forget previous knowledge is needed in order to understand Zzstructure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2004

Happy Chinese New Year or Gung Hay Fat Choy. The Year of the Monkey officially started on January 22, 2004. To celebrate at Harry and Sara Botum's pre-school, we read the kids several stories about the cultural customs of Chinese New Year's, made our own noisemakers by filling stapled paper plates with beans, and did the lion's dance through the halls of the school with a decorated card board box.

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Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2004

I'm now on the board of the Sharing Foundation which sponsors in the village of Roteang and the orphanage where Sara Botum lived. I'm working on some Cambodian culture kits as a fundraiser, including GECKO and MONKEY MASK Kits.

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