Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

To be successful on the Social Web, nonprofits need to have a presence on mutliple social networks and should be consistently creating content that can be shared on the Social Web, such as blog posts, photos, and videos. If your expectations of social media are minimal, then only having a Facebook Page is enough. Social media is not free!

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Jek in the Box. The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for peer knowledge sharing, but we hope to distinguish it from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls. We launched the Zoetica Salon this week. One thing we’re trying to do is model abundant behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Flickr Photo by epsos.de. Eric Petersen says that it requires a balance , and leaders should not become slaves to the numbers, but leave room for business knowledge and experience to help them understand and learn.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Communities share, pass on, and constantly expand a collective wisdom and knowledge from experiences, events, movements and legacy. In an organization, when someone leaves, that knowledge is lost, but with a community it is shared so consistently and constantly that it is harder for information to disappear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Photos: I rounded up the photos and screen captured important tweets and put them into Flickr here. I always start a panel with a living assessment of the audience to discover their experience, knowledge, and attitudes about the topic to be presented. Our session is here. Also humor, especially with props, works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Photo by SMEXbeirut. I later became a member of the GIGI group ( girl geeks of the World Cafe ). For outcomes, we identified a few: NGOs share their knowledge with one another. Use the icebreaker as an assessment and do a pre-survey so you know who has what knowledge and skill level. Photo by SMEXbeirut.

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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

MAY 8, 2013

Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. I’m headed to New Zealand and Australia to facilitate workshops in both countries and to keynote the ConnectingUp Conference (Australia’s version of the Nonprofit Technology Conference). I am excited for a return visit to Australia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Despite the increase in knowledge and programs that support effective leadership, there remains a significant gap between the key concepts and practical applications in the workplace. We learned a lot.

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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?” But that doesn’t mean it can’t be transformative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. The bootcamps will be an opportunity for the ngos they trained to meet and share knowledge. Each country team communicated with each other through an online site where the trainers shared lessons learned and ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Flickr Photo by Flatbush Gardner. We see seasoned experts and first-time presenters eager to share their knowledge with others. Note from Beth: Whether you are planning to present at a conference or deliver a one-day workshop, the secret to success is in good design.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay You use social networks at work, right? In fact, we want you to tell us all about it in a survey about social network use by nonprofits that we're running with Common Knowledge and ThePort. > The Nonprofit Social Network Survey is a joint project of NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort. >

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. Photo credit: Flickr futureshape ). Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. Just let me know!).

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Flickr Photo by elycelfeliz. This type of encouragement actually backfires, since it leads students to see mistakes as signs of stupidity and not as the building blocks of knowledge.&#. It is especially hard given the blame game culture that exists in most workplaces and work relationships.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The options for get-togethers can be anything from events to photo-ops, so long as it gives people a reason to show up and do something together. Use the opportunity of getting your members together to ask them to share knowledge – ask them who they are and what they know – their expertise could benefit the community at large.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

In order to pull off this event, we need not only need enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers, but strong local partners who serve as our bridge to the local community of nonprofits. Michaela Hackner , a talented photographer, was on hand to document the Day of Service on Flickr. Photos: Lydia Mann - Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Helokee. Seek outsider knowledge. 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. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Flickr Photo by Minarae. s Nonprofit Organizations ”) found that fund-development capacity-building tended to lead more to individual knowledge and motivation, while organizational assessment, strategic planning, and board leadership development were more likely to result in institutional change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

There is no shame in gaining knowledge from mistakes – for you, or your boss. Flickr photo credit: cbcastor by CC Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 You boss’s recalcitrance may be well founded. Make sure there IS a good case for your initiative and if it does fail, share and learn from what went wrong.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

Photo from Ian Kennedy. " An activity stream is a feed of recent activities by your blog friends on various social networks - blog posts, new photos, bookmarks on Delicious, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, etc. What caught my attention was how this might change peer knowledge sharing in a group context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes. The Goldmine Project is sharing a, well, goldmine of knowledge around what makes for a successful nonprofit consultant and organization relationship. Some are tool specific The Twitter Ladder or the Facebook Ladder or it may describes different levels of engagement across channels.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo: TimPearce_ LosGatos If you've been following the NTEN blog this November, you've definitely caught on that it is Member Appreciation Month. This week's focus is on technology that supports programs and services. The NTEN Program Team – Mimi, Brendan, and Anna plus you? We hiring. –

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Flickr Photo by Vox Photo. Took the time to educate new bloggers about our issues; writing blogs on the topic revealed some of their own gaps in knowledge (great because it also reflects the likely gaps in knowledge of their audiences, who can now be educated).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

You have to be thoughtful, strategic and knowledgeable. All the great features of Facebook are available - writing on the Wall, uploading photos, and joining discussion groups. Add applications to your Page and engage your users with videos ( YouTube Box ), photos ( Flickr Box ) reviews, flash content, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. They ask judges to self-define their art knowledge. projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Justin Benttinen. It allows us to get on the same page – literally – with the same set of data from which to base our assumptions, and to fill in our gaps in knowledge to make more informed decisions. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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NTEN

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. Other than that, you will not need any technical knowledge of the systems to rate software you use in the following areas: Managing Donors. Managing Volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2008

Flickr Photo by Liquid Lucidity. Flickr Photo by MPR529. Come join the smart people coming along on this trip or buzz in to help us identify the best existing resources, people, and case studies that will give nonprofit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to BE the media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive. Photo/video Views (optional if I’m testing as content strategy). For example, open-ended questions work, particularly those that allow people to share their knowledge or ones accompanying a good resource link. New Fans (Likes). Unsubscribes. Page Views.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Flickr Photo by Mburpee. Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2008

Flickr Photo by Mike Monteiro NTEN's We Are Media : where the community is the curriculum ! Come join the smart people coming along on this trip or buzz in to help us identify the best existing resources, people, and case studies that will give nonprofit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to change the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Flickr Photo by Kevlar. Rebecca is the Founder and Co-Chair of Social Media for Global Health and manages social media for several projects, mainly for the Knowledge for Health (K4Health).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

Facebook shifted its design to focus on photo and video-sharing in response to data showing that this content is shared way more frequently than text and links. Instagram has become a popular way to share photos, along with Flickr , where we catalog all our images from events and exhibitions.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Flickr Photo by lodev. Wiktionary states that to virtualize is: to run a program in virtual storage; to simulate (or make virtual) some effect or condition on a computer; or. to make or conform to a virtual reality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. They project has several components, including: Foko Blog Club is teaching young people in Madagascar blogging skills (See photo above).

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