Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Over the past few months, I have had the pleasure of working with NTEN and Holly Ross on a new community-driven social media and nonprofits curriculum project, funded by the Surdna Foundation. to brainstorm on the wiki and these are tactical - listen, participate, content, generating buzz, and social networking. (If

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NTEN

MARCH 9, 2011

What it's all about: Join your NTEN member colleagues for a special reception to start your 2011 NTC experience off right. We’ll be celebrating you, NTEN members – the most important people we know! – If you’re a member of NTEN, you’re invited! Member Reception - RSVP in myNTC! and handing out some very special awards.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. We think we've put together our best agenda yet, with more than 100 total sessions.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. This year, we hope you'll join the nonprofit technology community in San Francisco, April 3-5.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Portland, OR: Digital storytelling for fun and nonprofits. Denver, CO: Beyond Facebook and Twitter: Storytelling Through Social Media. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs and HandsOn Tech. September 10.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Note from Beth: I’ve learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale’s Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. and article about content curation in NTEN Change Journal. Jonathon Colman’s “Epic List of Content Strategy Resources”.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Pop on over to NTEN's Community Builders (CommBuild) Community of Practice group and add your ideas to the conversation. If you've stayed focused this long, here's a little fun distraction for you, courtesy of member Katya Anderson: What's Your Social Networking Personality?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Except the door you opened was to your social network space. Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds? A volunteer group put on a Fun Day.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. We think we've put together our best agenda yet, with more than 100 total sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Make it fun. Take advantage of that information. The Case Study.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2013

Pop on over to NTEN's Community Builders (CommBuild) Community of Practice group and add your ideas to the conversation. If you've stayed focused this long, here's a little fun distraction for you, courtesy of member Katya Anderson: What's Your Social Networking Personality? Anything we missed?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) 1 trackback } The Better Scoial Network 08.24.07 at 8:47 am Hi, I floated over from NTEN. 2 admin 08.08.07

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2010

She reminded everyone of the upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference taking place in Atlanta from April 8-10, which you can follow by searching for #10NTC in Twitter, as well as through NTEN's live streaming and blogging of the event. Tags: Social Networking. Episode 22: Susan Tenby from TechSoup.

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Care2

MARCH 11, 2014

Every year I look forward to one very special conference - the NTC conference organized by the awesome NTEN team. Did we mention fun? Nonprofit Events Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Organizing Social Networking Technology Web 2.0' Join nonprofits and do-gooders for the best 14NTC progressive party.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2010

1:30 PM: Unleashing Technology to Advance Social & Economic Development. 3:30 PM: The Networked Nonprofit: Using Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change . Oh, and be sure to join in the fun on Twitter, using the #10NTC hashtag, as you follow along. Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2008

All this week for NTEN's WeAreMedia project, we've been focusing on the tools that let nonprofits share their story social media style!   Photo sharing sites have many social networking features and with open API's can help you easily republish your photos in other places.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] Having my picture with Phil the Penguin was a lot of fun, I was hot just walking around and this Arctic friend had to have been melting! by Michael Sola.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Most organizations incorporate messaging training as part of the new hire process and encourage employees to “represent” when they are out and about at professional networking events. Amplifying those efforts online by embracing the resources and networks of the entire organization is just one piece of the community-building puzzle.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2009

We want to hear what you like and dislike, the topics you would like to see on the agenda, your social networking needs and wants, and the fun you hope to have in Atlanta with us on April 8-10, 2010! Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

" I'm beginning a project with NTEN in the next few weeks that focuses on social media, nonprofits, and curriculum development. Right now I'm focused on thinking about one aspect of the project - What is the social (networked) process around curriculum development? Human Elements: Trust and Fun matter.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

On Friday November 4 , 300 nonprofit and social good professionals gathered at the Marines’ Memorial Hotel and Club in San Francisco for Social Media for Nonprofits – a national conference series on the use of social media for social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Maybe you saw this teaser over at the NTEN blog last week about the WeAreMedia project activites for the month of October wondered what the term fondle the hammer meant. The NTEN WeAreMedia project has been hard at work over the last few months building the house so to speak -- focusing on how nonprofits can use social media effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

On Thursday, April 9th at 8:00 am, we kicked off the tenth Annual Day of Service at NTEN's NTC which was a resounding success! These projects don't require deep technical expertise and are always a lot of fun. There was a lot of energy in the room.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

We were interested in: How much and how often donor s gave How many donors were gained and lost Where donors were in the long-term donor lifecycle How donors behaved in different online venues: social networks, giving portals, and charity websites. so you look good on your portal and social networking listings.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The email in-box project has also been surprisingly fun: I found quite a few tidbits -- or this n'at , as Pittsurghers would say -- worth sharing. I had heard of these guys before, but finally signed up for a sample analysis of the NTEN community. You guys have a LOT of profiles on social networks. And a lot of friends.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

These services are fun and useful. uses AJAX and XMPP to let users perform the communication functions of social networking (messaging, person to person sharing) through an "apps in the browser OS" metaphor. Tags: Data marshall kirkpatrick Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

Screencasting with Jing : Learn how to record presentations using the free tool Jing to share images and short videos of your computer screen Capture an image Record on-screen video (5 min max) Various uses: Screen shots for whitepapers, tutorials, and documentation Staff/Volunteer on-boarding, training videos Tip of the week Embed video or images (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2010

501 Tech NYC organizes monthly meetups in cities nationwide for NTEN members and other nonprofiteers who wanna chat about technology, online engagement strategy, social media and more. Foursquare, and other location-based social networks like Gowalla , Whrrl , Causeworld and more are all the rage these days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. with "just for fun."

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Discover how the power of social sharing can shine a light on a serious issue and poke fun at the inanity of discrimination. Social Good Shark Tank Speaker: Peter Panepento, Principal, Panepento Strategies. 15NTC community Community ignite nptech NTC nten presentation Program'

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Have fun experimenting with writing tweets that jumps out of someone’s feed and inspires them to think, “hmmm, I want to read more”. Twitter is a SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE. Dawn Crawford, Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition. [Ed.

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

ROI of Social Networking. P.S. We also have fun after parties happening in DC, NYC, and SF following the TeleSummit on September 15th from 6:30 to 8:30 - [link]. Creating a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation. Female Ferocity. Speak Up: Pitching and Public Speaking Mojo. Building the Ultimate User Experience. And more…. >

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

The Remember Me website provided a way to display these haunting pictures and push them out to various social networks. The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College wanted a fun way to have users talk about what being Jewish means to them. The solution was the Most Jewish card game - a social way to start the conversation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Elgg is a very cool community-building and e-learning tool – it’s got the social networking combined with features like forums, etc. I could think of several interesting implementations in the nptech world that would be fun (like it would make a great e-learning platform for, say, circuit riders, or folks like that.)

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