Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

This is an excerpt from Whole Whale’s book – The Simple Guide to Building an Awesome Internship Program , now available on Amazon. This book draws on case studies from Donor’s Choose, DoSomething.org, Idealist.org, Move For Hunger, Women Deliver, The USO and decades of experience of running internship programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

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JULY 5, 2012

Flickr Photo by Joel Goodman. I’m on a mission this year, with the publication of the book, to continue to evangelize about nonprofits should all become data nerds and embrace the joy of measurement. The Valid Metrics Framework, Updated to Include Social Media.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Flickr Photo by Kevlar. Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. By: Rebecca Shore.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall. Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges.

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APRIL 28, 2011

Click Through to Flickr for Attributions. In our book, Networked Nonprofit , we describe the principles for becoming a networked nonprofit – a nonprofit that is simple, agile, transparent, and works more like a network than an isolated fortress. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Jek in the Box. It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. How To Use Measurement To Improve Your Social Media Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. B0nus Insight: Linking Social Media Results to Job Performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Today I had the pleasure of giving a presentation for the Packard Foundation board of directors to provide a brief report on how I spent my time as Visiting Scholar and share some insights about social media and the nonprofit sector. engagejoe social media helps us connect so we can come together in the real world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Source: Pratham Books. Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

You are invited to a virtual book launch party ! One of the first social networking analysis map was created by Jacob Moreno. In the book, we talk about the using low tech tools like crayons or post-it notes to map out your network. Using this information to shape and refine your social media strategy can make it more effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. The Ocean Conservancy is dedicated to the goal of a healthy ocean by increasing public awareness of ocean issues and bringing significant changes to the way oceans are managed. One of the key principles for an effective social media strategy is experimentation, learning, and rapid prototyping.

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JULY 19, 2010

If you’re in the Bay Area and didn’t make it to our launch party at TechSoup , there’s a book party in the East Bay on Friday, July 23rd. The staff of Donordigital Bay Area are throwing a #netnon book party. I’ve been enjoying the photos of friends and colleagues with the book popping up on my Facebook Page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Also, Defenders of Wildlife is listed as an “Example of Excellence” in the book. Your supporters also now expect a more social experience from your website.

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JULY 14, 2008

Flickr photo by Terry Bain. Terry / aXis / You Are a Dog / the book / the blog // We Are the Cat / the blog. I found Mashable's How To Develop a Social Media Plan in Five Easy Steps Via Britt Bravo who forwarded me this link. I like the framework that How To Develop a Social Media Plan by Mashable presents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. Flickr Photo by KK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2009

Photo in Flickr. I finally got a chance to meet Manny Hernandez, author written the " Ning for Dummies Book." He is founder of The Diabetes Hands Foundation, a non profit that operates two niche social networks for people touched by diabetes: TuDiabetes (in English, with close to 8,200 members) and EsTuDiabetes.

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JUNE 9, 2009

And I found especially interesting his mentioning of "what bibliophiles call book discovery.". He talks about the benefits of both putting book content online *and* also allowing people to engage/comment/mashup the text. This would massively improve what bibliophiles call book discovery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2010

You are invited to a virtual book launch party ! It relates to the one of the themes in the book, simplicity. East Bay Regional Parks - Calendar from Photos in Flickr Group. The best evidence of this that I hear comes from those nonprofits that now have volunteers helping them with their social media.

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JANUARY 12, 2008

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. and social networking tools? Laura Whitehead is the session designer for a workshop on Social Media and Nonprofits and she's asking for input from the NpTech community on the session.

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Flickr Photo by JC Burns. Aliza Sherman’s Crowdsourcing (She’s just published a book on the topic). Giuseppe Mauriello’s Social Media Strategy and Marketing. Stephanie McAuliffe’s Nonprofit Lists (check out the great lists she discovered from other curators). Howard Rheingold’s Infotention.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Flickr photo by Geoff Livingston. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I have continued my work as senior advisor to Lightful , a social media management tool for charities based in London. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2019!

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MAY 8, 2013

Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” He also sent me a book to read on the plane! This workshop is for intermediate organizations and will focus on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Among the scholars Notre Dame invited to speak to us was Dr. Jeffrey Sachs (author of the book ???The He chronicled his story and work in Bangladesh using social media tools and engaging story telling techniques.   You can learn some valuable techniques about social media engagement AND be inspired about his effort.

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MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The first thing I asked about was his view of the new role of nonprofit organizations in the social media or technology revolution that is well underway. After taking some pictures at the local holiday parade, she finds that many others wanted to post their pictures on Flickr and started a group to pull them all together.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Flickr Photo by John Grocki. Do you make time in your day to pause and reflect on your professional practice of using social media? And most importantly what and where to improve or repeat what worked. What have you learned?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

The article goes on to point that while the novelty is wearing off for some social media consumers (aka "younger people" or what has been dubbed "digital natives"), it doesn't necessarily mean that people will stop using them alltogether. And some are cutting back. Steve's post offers some great ideas.

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JANUARY 3, 2012

Flickr Photo by Sebr. This book is a gem. What’s refreshing and different about this book is that it isn’t about trying to get everything done efficiently. What’s refreshing and different about this book is that it isn’t about trying to get everything done efficiently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Some questions I don't know the answers to: What are the best examples of nonprofits using social media to crowdsource advice, program evaluation, ideas, or other uses? What are the best resources, including blogs, books, and articles? When there is a need to fill a gap, the Luce Center posts a photo on its Flickr site.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. Social media policy - Make sure the organization has a social media policy in place and that it is a positive, encouraging policy and not punitive.

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JUNE 2, 2011

As Facebook reaches 600 million users in January 2011, social media continues to attract attention from nonprofits internationally. Are you new or seasoned at social media marketing? Even for social media gurus, the area is constantly changing. Read Mashable.com and other social media news outlets.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

One of my key themes for the year is to look at failure and learning – and will also have a chance to dive into a conversation at the upcoming COF Conference with colleague Peter Sims , Author of Little Bets and founder of BLKSHP. His book has a great summary of the research out there on what is failure. Now you are ready to learn!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi. I really like the 7 steps of measurement for their simple elegance and how they can be used to measure social media or anything for that matter. I use the chart below, which comes from Chapter 5 of our book. I’ve even used the framework to measure trainings I have delivered!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2011

I invited him to share a guest post based on his speaking notes from this wonderful presentation he presented in NYC at the Social Media for Nonprofits event the beginning of August. (Hat Tip Farra at Big Duck for the terrific roundup from the conference.). Here is a rough narrative to accompany my ‘What does the data say?’

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