Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Photo by American Art Museum Note from Beth: This week I'm trying to understand crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. Guest Post: Interview with Georgina Goodlander: Fill the Gap Flickr Campaign by Debra Askanase, publisher of Community Organizer 2.0 Absolutely brilliant! at the Smithsonian 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Flickr Photo by Jason A. You’re introducing an idea into a new environment, where it may be adapted, absorbed, and morphed by people who are looking at this old knowledge from a new perspective. Guest post by Kate Wing. Haven’t you ever thought of this?” So maybe this idea of network thinking isn’t really ‘new.’

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Justin Benttinen. If learning in public means showing our vulnerabilities – be it less than primped up data sets or underperforming grant investments – then the risk of the ‘gotcha’ environment must be tempered down. The time, money and effort also sounds overwhelming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Flickr Photo by neoporcupine. Data-informed describes agile, responsive, and intelligent businesses that are better able to succeed in a rapidly changing environment. The concept of being data-informed resonates with nonprofit and public sector practitioners as well. Why Not Data-Driven?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Flickr Photo by kayaker1204. In my role at Good360 , I grapple with the significant and diverse needs of thousands of charities who struggle to survive in a challenging economic environment. Guest post by Cindy Hallberlin. If you work for a company interested in joining the campaign, visit A Billion + Change.).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The activity provides a structured environment in which people can connect with one another, and coupled with different calls to action, can go a long way towards accommodate different comfort levels. Kroll suggests watching what your community is watching, i.e. take a look at Flickr statistics to get a sense of what people are interested in.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Flickr Photo by Kris Krug. But when you come into your workplace, the culture and the environment does not support happy, healthy. For example, the break rooms have vending machines with salty and sugary snacks and the fridge is stocked with sodas, not water.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Flickr Photo: peppy sis Most people probably wouldn't put Earth Day and technology together, but you and I know that's just silly. Tags: earth environment green greenpeace NPTech techsoup virtualization IT Staff. There are many ways we can use IT to make the world a bit greener -- and that's what Earth Day is all about, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Helokee. The lesson: create environments where un-alike people can interact, sometimes at purposeful meetings, sometimes in the bathroom. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Flickr Photo by Happysmurfday Over the past couple of years, we've released reports on Donor Management Software , Content Management Systems , and CRMs. If you're like our communications manager, you'd compare a healthy environment to Hobbiton , an unhealthy one to Mordor. But that's probably just him.).

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JUNE 2, 2010

Flickr photo by Giorgio Montersino You probably already know many of the advantages of working virtually: no commute (saving money, time, and the environment), fewer office space requirements, improved morale, or maybe even an office on the beach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Thought folks might be interested in reading the Humaninet blog from Gregg Swanson who will be blogging and uploading photos to the Hnet Flickr account via a satellite connection at a disaster response exercise in Asia put on by ADRA Asia. Blog: [link] Flickr: [link].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. He would like to see the disability community speak with one voice on these issues. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. They can participate in a world accessible to them without having a disability.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The scientific basis for the environmental case for refurbished IT equipment is primarily from Dr. Eric Williams of Rochester Institute of Technology in his book, co-authored with Ruediger Kuehr, Computers and the Environment, Understanding and Managing Their Impacts. Photo courtesy of Flickr user lungstruck.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. If the program staff posted Facebook photos of the successful food drive? By Jamie Millard and Lori L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Photo by Kino-Eye in Flickr. If you want to get acceptable audio for video blogging on an inexpensive camera you need to control the noise/environment or get really close to your subject. The excellent photo was taken by David Tames who I had interviewed earlier. I asked him about shooting techniques.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

described how status updates and Flickr photos were used to spread awareness of Yahoo!'s " campaign or SecondLife users' ability to instant-message, group chat, voice chat, and/or video chat while immersed in a virtual environment. Connie Chan from Yahoo! s " You In? The interaction options are wider than ever.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

Flickr Photo by Wesley Fryer. Let’s start with staff burnout – this kind of environment is not sustainable. Own the challenges, embrace the opportunity that comes with them and you are creating an environment in which leaders are shaped and developed. More than that, I’ve been that Executive Director. And here’s reality.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2012

I’d like to offer some tips to anyone who is (or could be) organizing group volunteering opportunities in their workplace - be it non-profit or for-profit work environment. Celebrate – Last week, we had empanadas and slide show of photos from last year’s efforts to help motivate people to sign up.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

There really is no way to effectively simulate that experience in a safe (from a fall-back standpoint), sterile office environment. Photo courtesy Flickr user Mattastic! Make sure your virtual staff feels fully-engaged and that the technology they are using is essentially invisible. Related content from GigaOM Pro (sub.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

And, with a variety of tools available, they can be inexpensive to host and cut down on non-essential travel (which is a bonus for your wallet and the environment!). Photo of a webinar screenshot from the MaintainIT Project on Flickr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 15, 2006

Photo: majora from John Berrie's Flickr photo stream. Marjora Carter environment justice You can watch the video of her speech (she gave the same talk at the Solutions Salon as at the TED Conference) on the TED site here. You have to watch the video of her talk. You just have to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. These are complex learning environments where young people are making decisions, learning and collaborating with peers, etc. It isn't entertainment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

UNICEF blog, Fieldnotes Urban Sprouts Mission: "Urban Sprouts is a nonprofit using school gardens to help youth actively engage in school, eat better and exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other." Flickr photo credit: Luck of Summer Rain uploaded by Gordana Adamovic-Mladenovic. Photo of Dora the Cat by Me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

My Flickr Set: RootsCamp SL Machimina Session. The article provides a good primer and illustrates various genres of machinima created in different gaming environments. " In the guy in the gray shirt is Paul Marino from the Academy of Machinima and Moo Money from Alt-Zoom studios.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

Flickr photo from Carmello. Researchers are keen to develop measurements to unpack quantitatively how avatars experience different virtual environments and consume media they are presented with. "Measuring ???engagement??? engagement??? is like eating an elephant: it???s s a big job and you???re re not sure where to start."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2007

My Flickr Photo from a visit to Freegeek in Portland, Oregon. Because computers contain materials that could be dangerous if left in a landfill, the ServiceSource Network has partnered with CDM eCycling to keep these hazards out of our environment. It got me thinking about the computer graveyard that is my home office.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. From Flickr User EJK. That's what I use and why I use it).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. Dutch native Marc van Bree is a public relations practitioner with more than 5 years of experience communicating—on and offline—in the nonprofit and cultural environment. After Marc finished reading the Networked Nonprofit , he was curious about crowdfunding and free agents, chapters in our book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 9, 2008

Flickr Photo Credit: Shining Treetops uploaded by Zest-pk activism religion contemplation spirituality environment

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

My Listening Ears, Flickr Photo by niclindh. As a listener using social media tools, you become a Jane Goodall observing your clients in their natural environment. During the month of September and into October, the WeAreMedia project will be discussing the content in the tactical modules on the wiki. Why listening?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Flickr Photo by TheeErin. But how do we get organizational mindsets to shift or at least create an environment where self-care is valued and becomes the norm? The November Nonprofit Blog Carnival is about the theme of how nonprofits can move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Flickr Photo by RedRaspu Convio invited me to share my number one New Year's resolution as part of its "Now is the Time" campaign. The economic crisis has changed the external environment. Are you using the social media tools most efficiently and effectively given the environment , the changes in the tools, and your goals?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

On a blank piece of paper write (without editing) a long list, or create a mind map, of all of the issues that are important to you ( i.e. health care, education, foreign policy, the arts, crime, poverty, animal rights, environment, local politics, organic food). You can be as general or specific as you like. obama change America

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. The Feet First site suggests that these tasks are perfect for walking meetings: Educate and inform: Educate about things in the environment while experiencing and demonstrating them. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this TED talk , people are sitting 9.3 I made a commitment to change.

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