Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. Blogger Wagner James Au who reports on Second Life is seated next to Susan.) The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

NetSquared is proud to be a sponsor of this kickstarter project. We put the idea on a site like StartSomeGood (or in this case, Kickstarter) - and we're raising money to help bring this guide to life. Also, just to put it out there: we're also hoping to surpass our fundraising goal to the tune of $3,500.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. You might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. Additionally, check out TechSoup's recap of Nonprofits Live: Gaming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

I've seen this question posed in a different ways: What happens when fundraising strategies get remixed with Web2.0? What happens when fundraising meets social networking? What happens when fundraisings goes personal and connected versus organizational? Social Fundraising? Socially-Networked Fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2007

I got an email from an instructor at Standard University continuing education who plans to remix it and an email from someone in Italy who will translate the game and fundraising case study into Italian. She is the third person to mention a remix. Which brings me to the reason why I love SlideShare. Much better than emailing as attachment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

I've known Britt now for almost three years and have enjoyed working with her at Netsquared and Blogher. Not only has she been a generous donor to every personal fundraising campaign for Cambodia I've undertaken, but she also messaged out to her community to support this cause. If you have not yet donated $10. (or

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

Social Media Seth Godin points to Mark Rovner's insightful post about the current state of fundraising. fundraising, and direct mail is dying. Pixelanthropy takes hold in Second Life! You can set up a fundraiser, issue a challenge, or social contract. The summary: most big charities are based on direct mail. And if you???re

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Care2

APRIL 7, 2010

With so many informative panels to choose from (such as Diversifying Your Tech and Online Communications Teams by Frogloop bloggers Jocelyn Harmon and myself as well as Ivan Booth and Shireen Mitchell) on topics ranging from online fundraising, recruitment, and social media - it was a real challenge to come up with my top 12 picks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! " (At first, I thought the title might refer to Electric Sheep Company , a big player in virtual worlds, and that it would lead to some more reflections on the MacArthur Foundation's recent Philanthropy Event in Second Life. NpTech Talk. Looking for a primer?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

But, it’s just to say that you are in it just like the community is, and not everything we try in life works smoothly. Events: NetSquared Camps. Community Driven Social Impact strategies for events – let’s look at the NetSquared Camps pilot. Community-Driven Social Impact – 11NTC. Case Studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

She her day job is to blog and she does a terrific job at NetSquared and BlogHer. Again, as all fundraisers know, donor stewardship important. Contribute to my latest personal fundraising campaign to support Leng Sopharath , an orphan from Cambodia, for her junior year at college. But, Britt is repeat donors. Donate now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

" And finally, are cat lovers only to be found in Second Life ? Unthinkingly blog has an interesting post about computer recyclying aptly titled " The Joy of e-waste " Online Fundraising. Fundraising Success Magazine covers The Great Debate: Direct Mail vs Online Acquisition. here's a fundraising strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

First up, a round of applause for the winner of the sixth annual Care2 Impact Prize, which recognizes a campaign or initiative in the nonprofit sector that has made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising, or both. Eli van der Giessen , NetSquared Global Community Manager, TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). The panelists included. Dale Pfeifer, CEO of GoodWorld.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

By incorporating real legal and societal elements into the game, ProperLORDty's creators have ensured that the real life situation is getting more attention. Want to learn more about how gaming is changing social issue awareness and fundraising? In ProperLORDty, banks may end up taking away all the players’ money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Two nptech events were visible in the NpTech tag stream, the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Launch Party and the Net2 meetup in Houston.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? Philanthropy, Fundraising, Disasters, and Video Good corporate citizenship was highlighted at Davis this past week. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

With video conferencing, broadband, and Second Life, well, we can all safely stay ensconced in our own virtual-reality-sensory-deprivation-tanks and just digitally dance the salsa at the next NTEN gathering.??? What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. TechSoup has set up a virtual office in Second Life and earlier this month hosted a mixed-reality event showcasing a new nonprofit directory. t able to conceive of Second Life as anything more than a game. Even though I didn???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. I'd add fundraising with a ton of caveats). Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST. Ruby has compiled a Progressive/Nonprofit Guide to Second Life. Need some comic relief?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Choose a prize or prizes of your choice from the Menu for Hope Have a meal of your life. Bay Area readers: You can hear Pim and the co-founder of Kiva, Matt Flannery, talk about Fundraising for Nonprofits with the Social Web tomorrow, December 12th, at NetSquared's Net Tuesday. Delicious experiences. Tasty treats. Cooks' tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Any suggestions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Use an excel spreadsheet to look at events, fundraisers, programs, web site content, performances, and other activities to socialize. 5: Make sure your content has a social life. Example: Red Cross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts. Also, be sure to read Sean's summary of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about how a new generation is reinventing fundraising. Global NpTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The HSUS newest campaign is geared towards helping the 1,300 chimps still condemned to life in research labs across the country. Social Networking Fundraising Success article describing how different nonprofit organizations are using social networking sites to tap into a whole generation of new supporters. And if you???re

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Include outreach to bloggers as part of your online fundraising campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

There are many things in my life and work that I need to streamline, and an important skill to facilitate this is learn how to say no. I will also try, for the first time in my life, to have a blogging schedule for topics and to give more attention to proofing or at least reading my posts out loud before publishing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

To answer Deborah's question, I don't think Facebook is yet the default front end for nonprofits, but it has become an increasingly important fundraising channel give the impressive growth statistics (not just users but in the age 35 plus category). And, of course, Facebook is a taste of what is coming in November. And if you???re

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. The way Thunderclap works is that a user invites followers to support her or his Thunderclap on an important tweet like an end-of-year fundraising pitch. Every now and then, we like to predict what's on the tech horizon.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2005

(. in which I continue to interview my former dorm-mate, Mark Liu, now the project manager for TechSoup's NetSquared initiative) [Me] What can you tell us about the April NetSquared conference? First, we hope to build a community of active participants in the NetSquared website over the coming months.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Social media tips directly from our new book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere Social fundraising - when is social media the right place for this? We''ll provide you a behind the scenes peek at engaging, exciting, and successful social fundraising campaigns. The importance of a Social Media Hand Guide and how to create yours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

One wonders where virtual words like Second Life fit on the interaction and communications axis. Charity Badges, Widgets, Virtual World Fundraising and More. Traditional offline/online fundraising techniques still, of course, work. A nice post from Heather at Aspiration about their fundraising strategy. The graphic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Check it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Tis the Season Is mobile fundraising the next frontier? Child's Play Charity targets gamers as a donor community, by Penny Arcade , raising millions mostly to provide games and equipment to child life programs at leading hospitals around the world. Net Tuesdays are spreading around the globe! And if you???re

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