Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. " Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. Global NpTech. Wanna check out more tech tools?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. Echoing Green Fellows' descriptions of their moments of obligation.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job. It is now more of a community center that offers training and facilitates events. It also had bookshelves packed with books no one read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

David Saski from Global Voices summarized her presentation: Dee Dee's 10 minute introduction to why she blogs and what she got out of it put a big smile on my face. She was the facilitator for the event and did an excellent job keeping everyone on track and picking up key themes. Sopheap did an excellent facilitating the group.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

This was originally posted on the TechSoup Global Blog and was authored by Keisha Taylor. Engaging the imagination, it puts forward four global scenarios, with an accompanying fictional case study that describes how philanthropy and technology may co-evolve for development. Green technology spurs mobile payments development in Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

USA for UNHCR created the Blue Key campaign as a way to drive awareness of this global issue in the US. Both my client and I were curious about what exactly was working (and what was not), so they gave me the green light to create these charts (everyone should be so lucky!). and ongoing reports of key purchases.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a career counseling session for a group of Stanford students who were spending their "alternative spring break" meeting with social entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. Yes, We Can." --Andrea Zak, Here's What's Defining Generation Y Now on Brazen Careerist. times the number currently employed."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

An easy example is green technology. It was a bit tough catching up on the acronyms but the Global Impact Investing Network (GINN) has taken up a chunk of the work. In the spirit of demystification here is a definition and a couple of resources about the social capital market. I’ve lifted this from their website. . "To

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. Ending Global Slavery is part of an Ashoka initiative Changemakers.net. It's a platform that facilitates in-kind contributions of services. More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here. Shiny Object Syndrome.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

These are the sessions I’m participating in and other sessions by TechSoup Global staff that I may be supporting or checking out as well. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. Who : Speaker: Rachel Weidinger | TechSoup Global. Who : TechSoup Global staff. When : 9:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

My work as a trainer and facilitator has brought me to many places in the world. Often, the training on-site is the beginning of project which includes facilitating sessions remotely across time zones. Here’s my best tips for scheduling virtual meetings for your nonprofit across time zones: 1.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

This decade also saw the Black Power Movement, American Indian Movement, a further push for women’s rights , rights of farmworkers, and the Green Power Movement. In the same year, the Global Reporting Initiative was founded in Boston. 2000 – The United National Global Compact is launched.

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Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

From facilitating green commuting, to employee gift matching, to paid time off for volunteering, Google inspects nearly every part of their business with a social impact lens. s Blue Jeans Go Green to collect used clothing, and also sells pre-owned or restored vintage clothing items to reduce their carbon footprint. .

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Instead of solely targeting generic keywords like “environmental conservation” or “green initiatives,” you might specifically go after educational keywords such as “impact of deforestation on ecosystems,” “benefits of sustainable agriculture,” or “carbon footprint reduction strategies.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

Green Drinks. Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. I've attended Green Drinks in Vancouver & Seattle and think this event format is wonderful for socializing - if that's your cup of tea (or rather glass of wine!) Then check out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Here's just three people/content connections on this topic that I found from Technorati search: A search on "tags" lead me directly to a YouTube channel from the Youth Health Alliance and a series of youth-created videos on nutrition, including the one above that explains why it is better to drink green tea versus software drinks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

followed by 20-30 minutes of discussion with the audience facilitated by the hosts. Andy Carvin who I known probably for ten years since his early work in educational technology when he lived in Boston and through the years have connected with him in various communities from Global Voices and beyond.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program. We had women who had expertise in community organizing, micro-finance, facilitation and leadership development.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Money: If you want to search by issue for a cause to support, Network for Good and Global Giving are two places to start. Skills: SCORE (Counselors to America's Small Business) facilitates volunteer mentors' giving advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. I'm a big fan of Kiva too. A Candy-Colored Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs. The meeting and the workshop I facilitated took place in iHub, an open innovation space. I facilitated a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit, covering the concepts of social culture, simplicity, and transparency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

From the global to the local, here are #10Ways geolocation is a positive force for good. It has revolutionized communications on a global scale, and the transformation continues with every status update, blog post, and video stream. The global citizenry has become a global network. Social media has changed the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community.

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