Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Someone asks , "Is the presentation effective is you don't know the reference? lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." There's been lots written on educational technology blogs about personal learning environments that assume deep understanding of the topic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2009

We here in Palo Alto were able assess the damage (tree stumps), lobby our city officials, and we will know just how effective we are when new trees are planted. Tags: climate change trees Miradi Blog Action Day Palo Alto environment biodiversity. And you can bet they will be replanted!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

This session will help participants to assess their organization’s technology needs and capacity; work with technical volunteers; and understand the role of technology planning as the foundation for an effective operating environment. Tags: events conference ncvs netsquared presentation techsoup global.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. The event is encouraging bloggers around the web to write a post about the environment.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

“Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). The challenge, then, is how to use the tools to effect change, “not just talk about change we want to see one day&# (@ replyforall ). Lesson #1: Voice. What do you think?

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APRIL 25, 2018

They prepare students for success after college, as well as enhancing the campus environment and creating a positive and inclusive experience for the student body. Track and manage students, groups, and activities effectively. Facebook events database integration is another invaluable tool for communicating with and engaging students.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The first step in ensuring effective hiring of technology staff is to engage in a comprehensive needs assessment. An effective job description will be at most two pages in length, and will include the following components: A job title that is short, descriptive, and highly appealing to the right kinds of candidates. Needs Assessment.

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Or, individuals in a business course could complete an open-ended case study-based assessment to test how well they can apply the information presented, effectively testing skills acquired. Because scenarios are immersive, learners can practice the application of skills in a no-consequence environment. This tests knowledge acquisition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

They found that: “Personal solicitations to pre-existing networks of donors and friends through multiple channels were rated as the most effective methods for fundraising. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post. Tags: Experimentation Free Agent Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Many nonprofits, particularly smaller organizations, say their biggest challenge to using social media effectively is that they don’t have the time or staff. Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Giving your volunteers appreciation gifts is a great way to show gratitude and goes a long way toward creating an environment that your volunteers want to continue being a part of. You can make individual mason jars for each volunteer and tag the jars with their names to personalize them.

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JANUARY 25, 2009

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has launched a new initiative called the Innovation Exchange , to build and strengthen a network of innovators who will develop and adopt environment-friendly business initiatives. Tags: Environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation.

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JULY 10, 2012

The current software does not interface with our current/new technical environment (MS-Exchange and Office, or Google g-mail, calendar, docs, etc.). Many other important issues are hard to put a price tag, like. This is an area of new or expanded emphasis for us. We cannot interface with other desired applications. Managing staff.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The awards program is designed to encourage nonprofits to effectively use taglines, a high-impact, low-cost marketing tactic often overlooked or under-emphasized by nonprofits; Nancy says, “A nonprofit’s tagline is hands down the briefest, easiest and most effective way to communicate your organization’s identity.”. Filling lives.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2009

This week, we've got ten tips to help your nonprofit find ways to use technology innovations to work more effectively while cutting back your impact on the environment through travel and commuting. Not only does travel use up money and valuable time that you could be spending in other ways, but it's costly to the environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The focus was on learning about "Network Effectiveness" and the specific topics included strategies for network impact, approaches to evaluating networks and tools for accelerating and assessing network impact. A peer learning environment requires creating a safe space for conversation. It may deepen and enrich the discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2009

Now UWS is asking people to do what they are doing, but more effectively, and at the same time to recognize that what they are doing is not isolated but part of a larger community. Energy and Environment. Some Ideas Thomas Bates from Rock the Vote, talked about an example project with Cody Hudson in Chicago focusing on the environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I participated in a meeting today at the Packard Foundation facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute to reflect on the work they've been doing over the past 18 months on network effectiveness. Tags: scholar working wikily. The problem is that it takes doing it more than once. And, sand boxes are social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

It seems many orchestras are dipping their feet in the social media pool, but do not have the policies, budgets, and metrics in place to effectively use the tools at their disposal, even if they do recognize the need for checks and balances. Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology. However, the efforts are far from organized and strategic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Over the past year, I’ve has the pleasure of working with the good folks from Monitor Institute this past year as part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to explore network effectiveness. s current offline business model hasn’t transferred to the online environment. We think that KaBOOM!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look for mobile providers to combine these ideas to enable a virtual meeting environment with video, audio, whiteboard, and presentations from multiple attendees. Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

This concept is explained in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People , the popular book by Stephen R. Tags: Donors Donors Finances Finances Grant-Management Databases Running Your Organization Software Staff Training. "Begin with the end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2010

They are asked to do more with fewer resources, but also in an environment where the sector is still nascent and require a lot of support from the public and private sectors. Tags: Digital Divide Event International. As with other NGOs around the world, the challenges faced by the ones in Vietnam are very similar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2009

All in the backdrop of cross-country commuting, getting acclimated to a new working environment and systems, and the added stimulus of everything being unfamiliar. Tags: Books network effectiveness. A big move forces you to let go, pare down to essentials. The less stuff you move, the cheaper the moving costs.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Because the difference isn’t in using the tools per se, we all have the same functionality to upload, tag, comment, etc. How do nonprofits convene groups or create content that fits with the changing online environment? Tag your blog with “net2thinktank”. Tags: interview otherblogs issues net2thinktank.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

using your favorite search engine or a community tagging site. to differentiate that what works for a home environment -- or more. work environment. so far when you are trying to figure out the cost-effectiveness of your. Tags: Kevin Lo managing technology NPTech NTEN techsoup. In this age of unfettered access and.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing their programs in these areas: workforce development , employee giving , environment , online safety , and the role of technology in the non-profit community. Microsoft has heavily invested in networks and there are probably a lot of wisdom about network effectiveness there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Many nuances and constraints have been applied to Surowiecki’s original ideas, and examples advanced wherein the ideas work more or less effectively. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars have been spent on visioning, strategic planning, culture change initiatives, coaching and more effective internal communications.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

If the goal of your organization is to educate young people about the effects and causes of climate change and motivate/empower them to start making changes, Facebook could certainly be a part of your organizations strategy. Tags: issues socialchange strategy climate change earth day environment social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

To build an effective strategy, one needs to identify an objective that links to a communications goal or theory of change and, of course, identify the audience. Socialgraphics : I have been using the Forrest Social Technographics framework, but it was developed a while ago and the environment has changed.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Ask them questions about their work and about their interests (within reason – remember, this is still an office environment). You need to understand the environment in which the organization is operating to be able to frame the need for your technology initiative properly down the road. Talk to your co-workers. That’s good.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

UniversalGiving is making great impact on communities around the world, both in the work, funds or volunteer efforts contributed to individuals and groups via their platform, but also in effectively and passionately empowering donors and volunteers to contribute. maybe you want to join forces for a longer-term project for real impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

The goal is to encourage nonprofits to make New Year's resolutions to that help them more efficiently and effectively move people to support their organizations. I'm drilling down into the concept of " streamline " to brainstorm 52 ideas to help make your organization's social media strategy and use more effective and efficient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

" There is a section about tagging. Because I'm thinking about tagging from the perspective of online communities of practice, I found this bit in the report interesting. The one piece of information that was new to me was this: Folksonomy versus collabulary One outcome from the practice of tagging has been the rise of the ???folksonomy???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2009

I believe that breathing life into something is much more powerful - and effective. We learn to take cues from our environment early on by reading body language. Tags: movement building. Influence is still part of the persuasion language - that's why I don't do posts that endorse products or projects in isolation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

While the definition is its own debate topic, most agree that it is the act of doing something that requires very little effort and has only the perceived effect of impact. And it is exactly these results that are at risk within the micro-environment. Tags: sxsw. The fire doesn’t seem to be going out any time soon.

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