Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It is all about the data, but data is playing a huge role in civic engagement strategies and if people or nonprofits lack the skills to use it for civic engagement goals, that poses a problem. One of the themes that came up is the gap in skills of citizens and nonprofits and the use of data.

Data 101

Data Literacy Boston Charlotte 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We are recording the calls so those that face electricity/connectivity problems can download it as a podcast and listen to the recordings later – and view slides/ notes. Having this network map on the wall during the whole training, let us as the trainers acknowledge the expertise and knowledge in the room.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. I’ve also done this with groups of organizations who have collectively created their network maps on the wall. Illustration by Beth Kanter. Then the group draws the connections.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. It's all about mapping data to business needs to make better decisions. Here's the second problem: As Gartner put it in a webinar I attended, "managers want to dance with their data." I want to eat statistics for dinner. Mashups make me want to sing!

Business 54

Business Gartner Data NTEN 54

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Images of Empowerment. A common need for these efforts is how to tell the story of the roles women around the world play today in decision-making, income earning, and accessing and using reproductive health care information and services. . Images of Empowerment was created in 2015 and was extended in 2018.

Platform 56

Platform Foundation Examples Digital 56

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So many of these women are local leaders, and Women's Global Green Action Network is attempting to provide a space for women to step into roles of being global advocates, and to really have a more prevalent platform for the messages and the work that they are doing. We do it in a number of ways. Britt: What brought you to this work?

Green 40

Green Global Action Network 40

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. An intervention might not solve the problem you are working on, but can serve as a catalyst for positive change. Put in your zip code and get a map. This draws people in and makes them care about the problem.

Change 36

Change Help Lebanon Map 36