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Recap: Social Media for Social Impact

Forum One

This month, Forum One and Autodesk hosted a panel titled, "Social Media for Social Impact" during Social Media Week in San Francisco. described how status updates and Flickr photos were used to spread awareness of Yahoo!' Connie Chan from Yahoo! eBay's Green Team began with a group of San Jose employees. Time as currency.

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How and Why Stories Can Bust Nonprofit Silos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Rex Hammock. Worse is the impact of siloed organizations on nonprofit audiences – cuz really, how many emails can you get from the same organization before you go a little nuts? Bringing in those diverse voices means we can tell more stories and invite in new audiences.”. How can you lead with stories?

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Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Amy Sample Ward

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets.

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Online Community Organizing: Start small, think big!

Amy Sample Ward

The other interviews include Sylwia Presley from Gobal Voices , and Claire Sale from NetSquared. In the most basic sense, online organizing gives figurative legs to impact and reach. Photo credit: Flickr jakubsteiner ). I definitely recommend them both! Q: What does “online” add to the community organizing? What do you think?

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Does Your Nonprofit Suffer from Fire Drill Culture?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Gavin St. Last week, I was honored to do several workshops hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara on how nonprofits can link a culture of well being to outcomes based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. An actual emergency is not given proper urgency.

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And the 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Go To.

Tech Soup

Flickr Pro account. Flickr Pro account. View their Flickr set. Flickr Pro. Flickr Pro. We've seen the potential for simple, community empowerment focused solutions to have a tremendous impact on some of the world's most pressing health and sustainability issues. A Notebook PC. Cisco Flip camera.

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Blogging to Support Policy Goals: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. Regardless of the tool we’re using, the team at MomsRising is committed to deepening and broadening the conversation around public policy issues that impact families in our country. To increase positive messaging about health reform from diverse voices.

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