Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

As a shop that practices Agile development (we use an adaptation of scrum methodology that seems to work for a shop that does multiple projects with small teams,) finding a good tool that facilitates instead of hobbles Agile was critical for us. And the wiki is nice. And it’s nice to save a few bucks per month.

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MARCH 5, 2014

At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I’m thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, “ Learn You Will.” Photo from Librarianismchronicles Blog. Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences that Connect, Inspire, and Engage.

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JULY 29, 2013

ImpactRising.org helps to make standards of practice explicit, so that social sector organizations like nonprofits, NGOs and foundations don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Dan believed that “just a little financial help and encouragement” could facilitate our ability to do extraordinary things with our lives.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2009

The place to find reports on what happend is on the wiki. I was so interested, I facilitated a session.) One thing that would facilitate this would be a more robust API system in CiviCRM – access to the data via REST or JSON, which would allow CiviCRM to talk with some of the tools out there like Mesh4X. I learned a ton.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2008

In early May, I wrote a post asking all of you for suggestions for "changebloggers," people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, to build community, and/or to facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. blogging activism nonprofit changeblogger blog

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be co-hosting The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media.

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MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. This takes a lot of time because I'm not just browsing, but I'm doing a pattern analysis for best practices that I can incorporate into a presentation about social media principles and nonprofits.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Note from Beth: Mitch Arnowitz and I recently participated in an online discussion at Venture Philanthropy Partners/Leap of Reason about creating a community of practice for continuous improvement and high performance in the nonprofit sector. He authored The Virtual Community and was an original founder of the WELL.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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APRIL 12, 2013

I’m in Minnesota for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference where I am doing a plenary session on Saturday morning and two breakout sessions. Description: How nonprofits can stay focused given all the distractions inherent in today’s attention economy? My Curated Lists and Wikis. NetSmart: How To Thrive Online.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

I’ve been heads down working on my next book about measurement and networked nonprofit s with KD Paine and our editor, Bill Paarlberg. One of the chapters is about measuring transparency. ” A nonprofit example is Engineers Without Borders that makes it impact assessment reports available on its web site.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

I am honored to have facilitated this project with NTEN over the past 18 months on the WeAreMedia: Nonprofit and Social Media Starter Kit. Then the project first launched, we invited the community to help us build the curriculum on a wiki. But we didn't stop there. What are the best emerging examples and early lessons learned?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. Have you facilitated a training in a flexible space? 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I first encountered Eric after I created a screencast for NTEN called “ Web Analytics Demystified for Nonprofits ” and ( wiki ). I modified one of his corporate versions for nonprofits above. He sent me an email. Click for larger image. And now on to the book. What will change?

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JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’ve had the honor to facilitate training workshops at grantee’s conference. I just returned from doing Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshops at the National Summer Learning Association’s Conference in Indianapolis.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. Beth facilitated the calls, but the community foundations drove the content, creating a true peer exchange.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2009

This post was written by TechSoup's Lead Technology Analyst, Kevin Lo and originally posted on Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission , a strategic wiki for nonprofit leaders. This post and the wiki feature excerpts, bonus materials, and notes from the book which was compiled by NTEN of the same name.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Note from Beth: While many of us focus our attention on FB pages, Facebook groups can be a good platform for nonprofits to use for informal peer learning groups, getting feedback from your post passionate fans , or to cultivate and support a brand ambassadors group. Photo by Laughing Squid.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

If crowds can't be trained to appear like the cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland when needed, can they be facilitated? We're also seeing more nonprofits take this approach for fundraising, program development, and social change. Nitrogen Wiki . Do you know of an example of crowdsourcing from a nonprofit organization?

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AUGUST 20, 2009

According to the Twitter Fan Wiki , hashtags were popularized during the San Diego forest fires in 2007 when Nate Ritter used the hashtag "#sandiegofire" to identify his updates related to the disaster. Nonprofit Use #1: Events and Conferences Since those early days, hashtags have been used in different ways by nonprofits.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. Technology Changes, People Don’t.

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JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. We used a wiki and conference calls to check in as a group.

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MAY 15, 2012

Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Fish Bowl Exericse. Network assessment.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

When we kicked off the WeAreMedia, A Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits 18 months, we included two areas about content creation. If you want some great worksheets and step by steps to think about it, check out Content Creation Strategy for Nonprofits by Kivi Leroux Miller. Share your ideas on the WeAreMedia Wiki.

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DECEMBER 13, 2006

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. You may have heard the words, but what do they really mean for nonprofit organizations? And that's a hard job in a nonprofit where there are so few resources and so little time to think, reflect, and discuss. for nonprofits. 20" or "Social Media.

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JULY 1, 2008

currently very curious about the interplay of blog (as socially contructed time based creatures) and wikis (which. provocative questions, offers an alternative view, and helps facilitate fresh insights or alternative sources of information or expertise." When do you as the wiki facilitator get out of the way?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” Craig Newmark wrote the foreword. I blurbed this book with, “If you are looking for a recipe book for tips and tactics to integrate mobile and social media to round out your nonprofit’s marketing plan, look no further than this book.” Click to see larger version. Internet Director.

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JANUARY 31, 2007

The learning goals are: To introduce the concept of video blogging as a way to document or share stories of a nonprofit's programs or work. I wanted to begin with viewing and debriefing some examples of video blogs by nonprofit or social change causes. Not only on his blog, Network Learning , but embedded into a wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2007

In a few weeks, the NP2020 will be bring together individuals from around the country to begin a discussion about leadership in the nonprofit sector at the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. So, this got me thinking about women who may in the early stages of their nonprofit careers and also blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Source: Nielsen Online The We Are Media Festival of Tools is starts the last week of work on the Nonprofit Social Media Toolbox with a focus on social networking tools and widgets and apps. And perhaps nonprofits?) So, go over to the wiki and add your best how-to resource and you could win a t-shirt.

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AUGUST 25, 2006

Event or Conference Wiki: An elegant approach is to set up a wiki and assign note takers to use it to capture notes during the session. For example, during the Global s London Summit, a wiki was used to capture a brainstorming session and then to help bring those ideas foward in the months following the gathering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years.

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APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. Told the room that nonprofit capacity building was my calling. Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut.

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