Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. The opening plenary was hosted by the renowned Usha Menon , past chair of the Resource Alliance and celebrated speaker, connector and consultant to the social impact sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

I spent today at day 1 of the TechSoup Global Summit in Mountain View with two hundred and forty people who work in the TechSoup Global Network around the world, plus other stakeholders. I’ve been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2022

The COVID-19 crisis has shined a spotlight on the value of philanthropy and, for this reason, many foundation representatives believe society at large will expect philanthropy to address global distress in the future. In addition to addressing the inequality gap, ensuring global equitable access to COVID-19 has become a moral responsibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

This morning I had the great pleasure and honor to present at Amplified Leicester about Community-Driven Social Impact, and run a short strategy-building workshop. They are also hoping to learn from and document their experiences to share as a model with the larger global community looking to do something similar. Presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Global Voices is the leading participatory media room for voices from developing countries around the globe. I've the honor of being involved with the Global Voices on and off for a couple of years. In December 2005, I got to meet Tharum in London at the Global Voices Summit, its annual gathering of the Global Voices Community.

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

That’s where participatory grantmaking comes in. By giving your community an active role in your grantmaking process, you get a better understanding of their needs, build stronger relationships, and have a more direct impact. What is Participatory Grantmaking? And several ways not to do it.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2018

Last week, I had the great honor of launching the OFBYFOR ALL global initiative as the opening keynote speaker at MuseumNext in London. We hope this project sparks a set of tools AND a global movement. Without them, without you, there will be no global movement. I hope you enjoy it. I tried to do a great job, but it felt safe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Henry Jenkins made his first official appearance in Second Life visiting the Teen version, known as the "Teen Grid," where the Global Kids Island is hosting an event, A World Fit for Children Festival. ve created something that has some impact in the culture. s the exicting thing about the work of Global Kids ???

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

Our guests will talk about consistency, production quality, distribution tips and ways to work effectively together to achieve the greatest impact with your nonprofit stories. This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts! questions surrounding globalization and social justice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Only measure impact, not process. Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation about participatory learning agendas. The only valid data is quantitative data. Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive by analysis.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. Publishing plust interactivity, participatory. The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Rob Reed - Max Gladwell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The book looks at how ICT can help solve global poverty issues in a range of fields, including disaster relief, health education, micro finance, and education. It is filled with great examples and stories from around the world. .&# 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. Mary Joyce is one of the thought leaders in the field.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

Executive Director Nina Simon, who was hired in 2011, says that in the years following the global financial crisis, the facility was struggling. “At The impact was dramatic. One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Within three years, attendance tripled.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

Our guests will talk about consistency, production quality, distribution tips and ways to work effectively together to achieve the greatest impact with your nonprofit stories. This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts! David Evan Harris - Global Lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

This week at the Packard Foundation, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks. Key is a participatory development process. The map illustrating this post was developed by a couple of dozen people in Guatemala from their mental models, to support CARE to vastly enhance its impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

President, Global Hematology and Oncology, Celgene. The session included an update of Celgene’s work in patient advocacy and an announcement of their Innovation Impact Awards Program , focused on incorporating the patient voice into pharmaceutical and biotech research and development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

But, not just skills training, but learning to understand the impact of connected society and transformation. Co-create narratives with global partners that are based in local voice and respect for local communities, and invest in building networks that aim at community vitality.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. million patients in Malawi and Uganda, they've seen that text messages and cheap mobile phones are great tools on the front-lines of global health. Who are they and what are they working on? Second Place: $15,000.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

Women and girls in particular have felt the impacts of a never-ending global health pandemic, conflict and displacement, and authoritarian government takeovers, to name a few. In addition, female athletes globally have faced abuse and harassment from the very people who are charged with coaching and supporting them to succeed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

I started my blog as a test bed for theories I have about blogging and it's growing impact. Data interoperability is the thing that is going to take the entire global research community to the next stage of information navigation and retrieval. Yes, I do work for an environmental non-profit. for instance, but why should my managers?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Impact Foundary / McClellan Park, CA / $200. Your great work will be validated, and you will be energized to move beyond current paradigms and find innovative ways to increase your impact. Global delegates. Impact Convergence 2016. Impact Convergence 2016. 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. We’ll examine how to harness tools for nurturing positive outcomes and amplifying impact. 2016 IMPACT Conference. 2016 IMPACT Conference. AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2008

How will it impact the other services and roles museums represent in contemporary society? Another woman at Saturday's colloquium spoke of a confusing experience at a museum program on global warming, saying without any trace of irony: "I came to listen to the facts that I believe in." Tags: participatory museum.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

Last year, our board and staff came together to develop a “theory of change” that connects the activities we do to the impact we seek. We decided as an institution to focus on just one impact statement: “our community grows stronger and more connected.” It feels amazing to be so aligned and clear about purpose. The next exhibition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

How do you devise a future strategy for a diffuse Internet-based global movement? Ultimately, she realized that the highly participatory process resulted in a robust strategic plan that articulated goals and initiatives through 2015 to stabilize infrastructure, increase participation, improve quality, and encourage innovation.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

At the same time, technology advances, global consumer trends, and the urgency of so many causes have given rise to the networked individual who is rewriting the rules of engagement. As fellow changemakers, we should be intensely focused on how we catalyze the transformative impact of the individual. Old power works like a currency.

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Candid

JUNE 21, 2022

There was extensive discourse on the global pandemic and how health crises in one part of the world can disrupt all our lives. The conversation also focused on vaccination, the global collaborative process, and philanthropy’s response. We prefer our dignity, but we need support; we need global support.” Interconnectedness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. Economic Impacts. Lessig presents this as a desirable ideal and argues, among other things, that the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process. Fundraising presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Last week at the TechSoup Global Summit , I had an opportunity to meet Annie Leonard and do a quick interview about their lessons learned working as a networked. 2) Networks are participatory. They can get millions of people to help, not just paid staff. (3) 3) Networks offer many different ways to get involved.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

At the same time, there are growing calls for funders, organizations, and institutions to make decision-making more inclusive and shift power to impacted communities. We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms. The results are promising but not perfect.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2008

Why is there lots of snow if global warming is happening? One of the most popular interactives at the Monterey Bay Aquarium is the Real Cost Cafe, in which visitors select fish from a menu and hear their choices dissected in terms of environmental impact on video by a waitress, a cook, and a dishwasher in a restaurant.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe. Established in 2015, CRUS is an independent global grantmaking sister organization to UK-based Comic Relief, which was founded in 1985.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The aim of digital BerkShares’ added convenience, ultimately, is to deepen the local currency’s impact by encouraging even more spending to stay local and fostering increased community investment. A handful of America’s largest financial corporations are also leading investors in global fossil fuel extraction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

While virtual tools make it possible for a far-flung team to work with or for an organization that has global impact, I am reminded about the importance of “face time&# for effectiveness – there is simply no other way to build relationships. I favor a participatory approach with full room discussion.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

This global movement is a game-changer for our industry, and an incredible success story of the power of social media as an equalizer. Since your organization is no longer limited to spending a great deal on galas and events in order to raise funds, you’re able to use your resources in more strategic and impactful ways.

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