Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here’s a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot. Tech Recycling Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment. For example, GreatNonprofits , encourages people to post reviews, photos, and videos about nonprofits. And there are some very good efforts to collect and value feedback on non-profits.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Nonprofits whose missions include areas like workforce development, job skills training, or youth empowerment can also share their easyLearning courses with their programs' beneficiaries. Photo : Roger Ferrer Ibanez. Additional details regarding eligibility are available on the eligibility and restrictions page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Empowerment. I also discussed the importance of laying out the supporter journey and having metrics to understand and improve conversion rates. I also shared some points about the importance of creating audience personas before you start crafting stories. Transparency. Aspiration. Positive Impact. Ground your innovation in one (or more!)

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. The first shift of volunteers arrived on site at 7:00 am and we were given an orientation and an overview about how computer refurbishing can be an economic empowerment tool for the homeless and save the environment.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that's really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. My colleague Amy wrote in a Stanford Social Innovation Review column , "The debate around social media and the Internet in general as a leveling force is still heated from all sides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2008

Photo by Wally G. s Technology Empowerment Centre. What's your best personal networking conversation starter at a networking event? Background. This week I am an online mentor on the topic of " Effective Online Networking " as part of the Networking for Success project at the the Women???s

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

James Young, on the Connection Cafe, suggests that we think about constituent empowerment when we think about organizational websites. And, since I’m the host, I get to add a couple of bonus mistakes.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide , was given a 5 star review by About.com. . photo cred: Sparklehausen, Flickr Creative Commons. Her second book is The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media, published 2012, given a 5 star rating by About.com. Her latest book, Get the Job! Go here to check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Photo by Trav Williams. Documenter: Using a digital camera, the documenter should capture photos of the process – the set up, the activity, and the products from the activity. Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

After a year or so of building the brand recognition of your avatar, you can then switch and rotate square photos as avatars to spark curiosity and add variety, as long as they include a smaller version of your logo somewhere in the avatar. The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction. Learn Basic HTML.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Every day in October, they post a photo of a Mosaic advocate on social media, highlighting why they #TakeAStand. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. In October, Mosaic launched 31 Days, 31 Advocates to support Domestic Violence Awareness month. Mosaic's entire team also wore purple on Monday, Oct. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.:

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

The city's OpenData goals are to improve city services for residents and businesses, produce jobs, enhance economic opportunities, and increase resident engagement and empowerment. Citizens can upload photos and reports to the app, which will be verified by the FracTracker Alliance.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. The feature would let you erase your contacts, photos, e-mail and other information, and lock the phone so it can't be used without a password. How can you have a revolution if no one shows up? costing consumers nearly $2.6

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos. Constituent Empowerment. Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign. Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society. Winner: Children International.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

opportunities, improve social empowerment, reduce the need to undertake. Photo: Sascha Pohflepp under Creative Commons 2.0 Sudan caused a 0.12% increase in the country’s GDP growth rate, partly. because of an improved flow of information which improved the. productivity and efficiency of small businesses. Generic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

The photo and story of the entrepreneur help the donor to visualize how their loan will make a difference, and the updates written by the person receiving the loan make the lenders feel like they are having a direct impact. Keeping campaigns simple, social, personal, creative and tangible might transform feeling overwhelmed into empowerment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Empowerment” is a word that has become completely cheapened through overuse. However, empowerment is what we strive to create. Empowerment is not something that happens during two-year grants analyzed by logframes. Photos of Caitlin Cohen and "Woman with Green Door Sikoro" provided by Caitlin Cohen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

Open spaces like the Internet are always going to be about empowerment and you need to have tolerance. The flickr stream - photos tagged with macfoundsl and snapzilla stream. Second Life 101 - some great photos. Fanton: I've been reading recently about newspapers and articles that aren't entirely positive. We as the stewards of.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Flickr Photo: bredgar If you're a frequent reader of this blog, you know that if I could do it all over again, I would have paid more attention in math class. I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. I want to eat statistics for dinner. I would marry a good data visualization. Mashups make me want to sing!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" He shows a big board of photos of FoodWhat youth at work. Read more online and buy your own copy today. This chapter, from the last section of the book, is very personal to me. Hanging out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Empowerment for our participants comes from connecting to an inner wisdom that is often kept hidden from public view, but is a place of extraordinary innate strength and well being. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

However, to localize it, Stephanie incorporated Pakistani imagery, including a photo of Arfa Karim, the youngest female Microsoft ‘expert’ in Pakistan, to represent fly. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot. There is also an self-assessment exercise.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos. Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. link] (photo by me). The spirit of his statement inspired the entire seminar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Employ empowerment marketing. On Sunday, I attended the book launch for the Dragonfly Effect, a book about quick, powerful ways to use social media for social change by Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith. This book party was different, not because it had kids activities or the fun photo booth (see above), but because it also had a table [.].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

Photo by Santino Livoti One face to a problem moves us, millions overwhelm us. All of the photos on the site are submitted by the public. Individuals can upload photos that depict a social or humanitarian injustice, or charity in action. The photo above caught my eye.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

Through his nonprofit, “ Technology for People ,” he has dedicated his life to girls (and boys) empowerment through technology. I was not disappointed when I met Rajen Varada who has worked as a ICT for development professional for organizations like the UN. Others may donate.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

Photo by Frederik Trovatten.com on Unsplash. If you need a ride to the airport, wish to order a pizza, plan a vacation, or search for a job, there is a good chance that you will use an app to get it. We live in a platform world, where technological apps connect consumers directly with goods and services. billion on the presidential election.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

[Photo credit: Idea Accelerator contestants high five after practicing their pitches at the Microsoft evening reception, Sept. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness. Credit: Broken Banjo Photography] It takes a lot to jump onstage and pitch a brand new idea in front of a new group of people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Flickr Photo by Evil Erin. She is a passionate advocate for women’s health and empowerment through the practices of self-care, self-study and conscious activism. Note from Beth: This week and next week, Aliza Sherman and I will be visiting a few cities on the West and East Coasts, as part of our Happy Healthy Nonprofit book tour.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. This year they're celebrating 30 years of serving the region.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. Check out these resources: The Occasional Photo Blog recommends the photobloggers list on Lightstalkers: a social network for journalists, photographers, and other professional travelers.

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