Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2015

Flickr Photo by Celestine Chua. For the monitoring and scheduling, participants will be encouraged to keep journals in any format they like. For the past few months, I’ve been working on a new project that will launch next month. Accountability is a powerful force in habit formation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

That shift is easier when you have some good techniques for actually get those tasks done. Here’s five ways to avoid procrastination and be more productive: Flickr Photo by TBN97. Bullet Journal: This technique is a process of curating your daily, weekly, and monthly tasks to help you prioritize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Flickr Photo by John Grocki. The book provides a theory, practice, and framework on reflection as related to professional development. One simple way to begin is to start keeping a keeping a reflection journal. I’ve been doing this for years focused on areas of training delivery practice, but it not a daily discipline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Zen. Kellogg Foundation, is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Foundation Review , the peer-reviewed journal of philanthropy. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut. 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. The photo shows us modeling “shoulder to shoulder&# learning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Flickr Photo by Sebr. First, I’m going to create an ignore list in addition to my to do list. Second, I’ve always kept gratitude journals, but now I’m also to keep a “no thanks” journal or record what I’ve said no to. This book is a gem. Bregman has a method for that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It can bring in your photos (and the photos of your contacts) from flickr. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I’m still on internet clients, believe it or not, and still have some to go. Today, I’m talking about Flock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by PeterJBellis. He was previously a reporter for the Boston Herald and the Boston Business Journal, and has written frequently on issues impacting the nonprofit industry. Guest post by Jesse Noyes. The outlook for the Statue of Liberty was bleak in 1885. The committee in charge of fundraising was short on cash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2015

Flickr Photo by Ale Nunez. I use this method along with a “To Done” journal to mine my experience for new insights. I read this wonderful article “ Agility Is Today’s Most Critical Leadership Competency ” by Julie Winkle Giuliani , author of “ Watch Them Grow or Watch Them Go.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

Flickr Photo by Nielio. In addition to posting links and invitations to events and to volunteer, staff began taking photos at events and posting them with quotes from participants. “We We use a lot of photos—we’re kind of obnoxious with our camera,” she said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2006

Photo from my flickr stream taken during the June 30th in-world meeting. And, feel to explore my Second Life Learning journal here , my flickr npsl stream here , my delicious links here and my wiki notes here. TechSoup Meeting Photo Documentation: July 7th , June 30th. My Flickr Second Life Learning Journal

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Origina l photo CC by license in Flickr User Start Cooking. I have the great joy of working with Nancy White as guest editor for the KM4 Journal Issue on Technology Stewardship. I have the great joy of working with Nancy White as guest editor for the KM4 Journal Issue on Technology Stewardship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Photo by Cambodia4kids Creative Commons License. Cite me by name, journal title, and the URL of the post (Maya Norton, The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy, www???). I discovered a new blog called Blogging Jewish Philanthropy by ( hat tip Tactical Philanthropy blog). Here are the points made by the author Maya Norton.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. Citizen journalism. What Is Web 2.0? To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. Google Maps.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

If you're an animal shelter or animal rights organization: Credit to Flickr user: Dennis from Atlanta 1. If you're a church, synagogue, or other religious organization: Credit to Flickr user: evilpeacock 5. Credit to Flickr user: Aberdeen Proving Ground 10. If you're a veterans organization: Credit to Flickr user: Official U.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 22, 2010

Start, or restart, a gratitude journal and write down at least one thing you are grateful for each day. Flickr photo credit: Rock Balance with Red Seaweed uploaded by :mrMark: If you have the privilege of living a relatively easy life, then truly relish it. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. But I have a first take.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. It provides a huge return on investment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 23, 2009

In February, they'll mail me an Indie Resolution Journal and information about how to find local businesses. I'm supposed to write at least one journal entry each month about how I supported local businesses. Flickr photo credit: Downtown Oakland 2 uploaded by ChrisDag. Each month they'll have a theme (i.e.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

But there are a few tidbits that I’ve enjoyed: There is a great Flickr stream building up of photos tagged with “07NTC &# including one of me. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?, Mail to, and my absolute favorite Photo Compass. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. at 8:50 am Thanks for the tip about AdBlock Plus. Be Helpful.

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APRIL 27, 2009

Think like a rocket scientist, document or journal your learnings. Fail formally - protesting Wendy’s with a photo sharing with a protest sign but only got a few people doing it, heard so much about how hard it was for people to participate, etc. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Flickr - to host photos from events we have attended and hosted. For people who have hosted/attended screenings to share their experiences by uploading their photos Here's a couple of tips/observations - but hoping the readers will jump in with comments and suggestions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The title of the presentation was inspired by the title of a 1995 Harvard Business School Journal piece called "Catching the Wave" by Clay Christensen who coined the term "disruptive technologies." The photo is of the Pacific Ocean at Monterey taken by a Flickr user, Amayu. (No, it wasn't a presentation about Google Wave!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

As I ran snapping my tourist photo of the poster for my learning journal (which I keep on Flickr ), Ansible mentioned that uploading Second Life snapshots on Flickr is controversal. So, perhaps my photos won't be censored from the public search. I reserved my seat. He pointed me to this Wired article.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

More content) Birdie's stories have appeared in many online and print journals, including Good Housekeeping, The San Diego Reader, Adoption Today, Mipoesias , and the American Press Institute's Media Center blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Keep a Gratitude Journal. Take a little time each day to write down the things you appreciate in your life in a Gratitude Journal. The These Three Remain blog is keeping a gratitude journal for 1,000 days (she posted her 100th entry yesterday). Flickr photo credit: Happy uploaded by Bev Sykes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Flickr Photo by TheeErin. This might include encouragement to take walking breaks, healthy snacks, encourage sleep journals, and healthy practices outside of work. The November Nonprofit Blog Carnival is about the theme of how nonprofits can move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. The Wellness Tree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Photo in flickr - Letting Go. In this session, we'll focus on three sectors: nonprofit groups, public access television and community-oriented citizen journalism. I have to prepare for a presentation at the Integrated Media Conference (public broadcasting) at the end of the month called "Lessons Beyond the Field."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2008

Flickr photo by Lostajv. So, in my handwritten journal - I do this once a month. Michele Martin asks " What Inspires You? " and goes on to describe those all too familiar uninspired periods you face as a blogger. I have immersed myself in creative thinking methods over the past 15 years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news. Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. So when someone in your addressbook posts a new photo to Picasa, or tweets, you’ll know about it. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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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. A good BI strategy would also tell you what sources prompted those downloads (direct emails from you, advertising in online journals, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Flickr Photo from SteveTookIt. Photo by RedRaspus. Photo by Buddhassit Weaving: This goal is more conceptual and may not make sense to anyone but me. I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. So, I've decided to use it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. A favorite photo from Jon Stahl, but there are 496 more to browse. An interesting conversation percolating about Open Content on the NpTech blogopshere sparked by a thoughtful post from Michelle Murrain commenting on the licensing of the new Journal of Information Technology and Social Change.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Is your Flickr page a handy place to store photos, or a public exposition of your travels and exploits? I could be writing this for myself in a journal, but I'm sharing it with you instead. This is a fascinating component of Web 2.0--the the balance between public and private audiences. The same goes for blogging.

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