Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2006

This post from the npEnterprise Listserv Allen Bromberger does some great pro bono work for the field by answering questions on the npEnterprise list, which is the official list of the Social Enterprise Alliance (where I am proudly a founding board member and am in my last term). FOR-PROFIT OR NONPROFIT? FOR-PROFIT OR NONPROFIT?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Superstar NTEN member Amy Sample Ward interviews Clay Shirky -- NTC09 Plenary Speaker and author of Here Comes Everybody -- about how social media will affect the future of nonprofits, specifically about how nonprofits are (and should be) communicating with their members/supporters. Rockstar Beth Kanter presented on social media ROI.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Social Butterfly has an interesting list of helpful list-servs. Pick one that fits your size and mission, and addresses technology. NTEN and TechSoup list a few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Social Source blog (whose new blog template sports Facebook colors and font style) takes issue with Deborah's post. Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2007

John posted a marvelous report on the NTEN listservs about what he learned. Australian nonprofits also operate in a funding environment that is much more similar to the environment in the UK than in the US, with a major part of funding coming from the government and less from individual contributors.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" James OMalley: How does social media help bring about change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

Some possible uses: I put this out on the SalesForce Nonprofit Practitioners listserv. SpeedGranting is a tool for the Facebook community to help spread the good by getting funding for worthy projects. I'd love for it to have some javascript so you could embed it into a blog post. That's the only thing missing.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. So the first thing that I want to know, this is a chat question, Steven, you can tell me how people respond, what are your biggest funding needs now versus pre-COVID?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 There are two sets of social roles here. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. Follow the links from here.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then, as we continue to engage in this digital remote world, I think we’re all becoming much more comfortable with leveraging technology and social media to amplify our message as well. And so really, our focus was on the annual fund. But basically, we talked about why we have the annual fund, why we support the annual fund.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

So if NSF is funding it, is it only for science exhibitions? We see this as part of the network of sites that NSF is funding for informal science education. Jim: We are really trying to make this into a strong social site. Wendy: We were also very concious about not wanting ExhibitFiles to interfere the ASTC/ISEN listserv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many of you, especially those in greater Chicago, may be familiar with the Data Analysts for Social Good group that Andrew Means founded in May 2012. To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv. right here. Data Guest Post'

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Jody Dilday , executive director of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas (SPSFNA). Thurman has been blogging about leadership, nonprofits, and social media since 2007. Promotion should be done via an organization's website, on social media, and even in staff email signatures and on business cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. Ali is the Founder of AVIF (ABLe Volunteers International Fund). She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. She lived in China for 8 months with her 2 young children.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Wikis work best in situations in which content, not socializing, is primary. A great public example of a wiki-based project is WeAreMedia , a wiki with the goal of creating a "social media starter kit for non-profits." Since wikis are about content, not socializing, you have to find ways to motivate people to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

Wells, Blogger and Community Organizer "We need to treat many of our social tools like door knocking, if someone comments on our site, we should take that as a hello, and use it to open a door to a potential relationship with a new leader, member, or supporter." That's the importance of goal number 2 for FIRM's social media tools.

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