Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

You can use Citrix’s webinar tools to teach your team how they can contribute to digital story development. Flickr : You’re probably already familiar with Flickr's features such as the ability to upload from anywhere, tag photos, create sets , and create or join groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Flickr Photo by Salendron. I’ve been teaching content curation workshops this year and will teach it in the Middle East at the E-Mediat conference in March, 2012 (more about that in a later post). Does your nonprofit do content curation as part of its content strategy? It is a great technique to keep up with your field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Flickr Photo by John Grocki. He suggests that if an organization could teach only thing to its employees that would have the most impact, it would be to teach people how to learn. Jennifer Aaker recently shared this post, “ The Best Way to Use the Last Five Minutes of Your Work Day &# by Peter Bregman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2011

Flickr Photo by wurges. Whenever I teach a workshop or give a presentation, I ask the audience the question above and jot it down on a 3×5 card. These have become a wonderful collection of small steps, easy actions that can be taken after the training to immediately apply learning and improve practice.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Thing is, if I'm honest with myself, I know that the most sustainable way for me to make the world a better place is by using skills I love, like writing and teaching, which can be quiet work. Flickr photo credit: Vintage Underwood Number 5 Manual Typewriter by Michael Dolan. Anyone else feel that way? Write an op-ed. Tweet Share

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. May 15, 2013: ConnectingUp – Master Class on becoming a networked nonprofit, using measurement, and making sense of data. I’m lucky that colleague John Kenyon is teaching a master class on strategic technology planning at the same time. I am excited for a return visit to Australia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Flickr Photo by Sebr. To be successful in either teaching or learning, you have to slow down. I’m also interested in content curation and have been practicing it and teaching it, but want to take that to the next level. This book is a gem. They are content areas but also skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut. In my interview, I shared that I didn’t know a modem from microwave, but that I had the passion and curiosity to learn and teach others. It was always peer learning – I’d share about the technology and they’d teach me about their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Flickr Photo by Flatbush Gardner. We have proposals from nonprofits, government agencies, companies and individuals who can inspire and teach us all. 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

JULY 7, 2011

Flickr photo: kenteeegardin What do many nonprofits have in common? If you’re interested in learning about fundraising and e-marketing, Blackbaud is hosting a free online summer school series to teach you more! Fundraising. Care2 recently hosted a webinar on multi-channel fundraising and Allyson Kapin summarized the statistics for us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2008

Last August, I was invited organizers of the Cambodian Bloggers Summit to give a keynote and teach Web2.0 I launched a personal fundraising campaign so I could help be a sponsor for the conference and get over there with video cameras, shwag (t-shirts and stickers donated by nonprofits and tech companies) and teaching resources.

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APRIL 25, 2009

Flickr Photosharing Bootcamp , Sunday, April 26: Micheala is teaching a session on Flickr and related tools. You can also find us at these events: Day of Service , Sunday, April 26: Jo, Andrew, Kurt, and Sophie will help install a wireless network at a San Francisco low-income housing project.

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

One of the professors describes his job as teaching how to "get someone else's heart beating fast while yours stays calm.". Tag Galaxy maps Flickr photos onto a virtual solar system. There's even a bacon bra on Flickr, but you'll have to search for that yourself. The return of technology as a national priority.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Then imagine how this teaching can impact children's lives, transforming their journey through life. This five-photo Flickr submission presents a compelling visual narrative and tells a great story. Story of Tomorrow Winner — SEEDS final. Please visit the site to view this video). This is a powerful idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. It may seem odd to bring up online ads before you’ve analyzed your audience, but running experimental Facebook ads can teach us a lot about who we’re trying to reach. ” My answer is: ”Don’t ask me, ask your audience.” ” Facebook Ads as Filters.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Flickr: theirhistory Summer sun and vacation days haven''t slowed down the NTEN community! Henry Timms, founder of #GivingTuesday, and Christine Schaefer, VP of Community and Marketing at Salsa Labs , will teach you how to boost your fundraising through this movement in the upcoming webinar, #GivingTuesday in July: Get Ready for December Now!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

Flickr Photo by Wesley Fryer. But only if you lead with the belief that failure always teaches everyone something. In addition to her consulting practice, Joan also teaches at the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on nonprofit communications and leadership. 4) Acknowledge and celebrate lessons learned from failure.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by pt Last week, we kicked off the year with the NTEN Technology Leadership Series with John Kenyon. He draws from engineering, teaching, and volunteer experiences, and is passionate about helping nonprofits and NGOs make better use of software technology.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Photo by lumaxart The web is abuzz with resolutions for 2009 -- NTEN included! Holly's first resolution is To Use Technology to Work "Smarter" This is exactly what John Kenyon will focus on teaching nonprofit leaders in the Leadership Series.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

I'm teaching my first webinar for a client in a couple weeks. What To Cover When You Teach A Webinar? on Online Webinars Seven and Seven: Tips for Running Effective Webinars on Chief Marketer Running Effective Online Trainings on TechSoup Flickr photo credit: They just asked about twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. Flickr/Photo Sharing, Video, and Games for Change An interesting comparision between photos on flickr and Getty images.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi. When I use this a teaching tool for peer learning projects, participants select one result area to base a small project that they will measure. The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Flickr Photo: mfilej I've spent most of the last three months on airplanes, so I'm a little behind the times here, but I still want to talk a bit about a report released this Fall, "When Did We Start Trusting Strangers?" We have to teach ourselves to operate that way again. It's a bit of a misnomer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

Cool Cat Teacher Blog "Teaching content with new tools, enthusiasm, and belief that teaching is a high calling." But just the other day, someone left me this comment on my flickr set of compression settings. " bring attention to a post " The Power of the Newbie." and fyi - I do love your blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2008

Learn what they teach you. This post was originally written for the NetSquared Blog Flickr photo credit: Test Tube Flowers by Casey Yancey. When asked how she stays ahead of the curve on the latest tools, and figures out how to use them effectively, Beth answered: Make time to learn something new each day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Peter Durand, Flickr Photo. One of the things that I do before I teach this workshop is look at the participant's social media ant trails by looking at their web sites, twitter streams, Facebook and YouTube. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. Having graphic notes during the workshop was an asset. The Audience As Part of the Presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Flickr Photo by Jungle Boy. Jamie McKenzie's From Now On site was my favorite site when I started teaching teachers and nonprofits about using the Internet in the early 1990's. Teach42 has captured a hilarious cartoon about digital natives, a term coined by Marc Prensky. The corporate/business perspective on this here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

Flickr Photo by udithawix. Some people find mini-meditation to do the same – and there are lots of apps like Headspace that can help teach you to do this. But having many choices and opportunities requires developing a special set of skills in order to be successful. These skills are: self-management and attention training.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

Flickr Photo by Lab2114. It means asking questions and letting the audience, your students, or your stakeholders teach you. Chris Brogan started a wonderful "open thread" that ignited quite a few comments and discussion. Beth Dunn , who was getting up at 4:00 am, stayed up late to respond her blog. Impressive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Flickr : Documentation of the work we do and also to upload our Creative Commons licensed illustrations so that they can be remixed/reused. (See Channels used : Scribd, Blog, Flickr. Scribd : Uploading our books frequently so that they can be read by more people. See this blog post from Creative Commons ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

re out there in the wilderness doing our grassroots thing, using tools like Flickr, Del.icio.us, YouTube, etc. There are people creating new flickr accounts to join our efforts and we're teaching them how to tag. Also, with flickr, people need to realize that they you need more than 5 photos to be live.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2010

On August 17 at 5:30 PM PT/8:30 PM ET I will be teaching a one-hour teleclass about How to Start a Big Vision Circle to Support Your Creative Dream. Flickr photo, Circle of Life uploaded by red twolips/magdalena. I'd like to help you start your own Big Vision Circle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Add applications to your Page and engage your users with videos ( YouTube Box ), photos ( Flickr Box ) reviews, flash content, and more. Five Lessons Celebrities Can Teach Us About Facebook Fan Pages from Mashable. Flickr photo credit: metaweb20 by CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 So You Want a Facebook Fan Page?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Honor the more advanced participants and make them teaching assistants. Use the icebreaker as an assessment and do a pre-survey so you know who has what knowledge and skill level. Do real-time “network weaving&# by pointing out knowledge in the room. Use participant examples of part of your presentation or have them share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2006

Is the title of a research study by William Jones, Ammy Jiranida Phuwanartnurak, Rajdeep Gill, and Harry Bruce that explores the way people organize information in support of projects ("teach a course,' "plan a wedding", etc.) Now, all we need is the audio and flickr streams. The folder structures to organize project information ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

re not near your Yahoo mailbox, your blog, your flickr account? I remember this from my time in Cambodia where I was an hour's drive from the nearest Internet cafe while teaching ESL in the Roteang Village School english program. but now new Web 2.0 services are encouraging you to do more online than ever. What do you do when you???re

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