Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

I’m looking forward to spending some face-to-face time with the group when we meet on April 5th and 6th in San Francisco. A Tale of Different Networks: Netsquared and TSG (Video interview with Marnie). TechSoup Global Summit: Notes from Plenary Session. Inspiration Overload About Networks. Story of Stuff.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

A big thanks to everyone who listens to the program and reads the interview transcripts here on Have Fun * Do Good. Over the past two years I have had the privilege of interviewing 30 "Big Visionaries." I've listed all of the interviews below with links to the podcast and the transcript.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 2, 2011

Contributors include Big Vision Podcast interviewees: Anna Lappe , author of Diet for a Hot Planet Jensine Larsen , founder of World Pulse Melinda Kramer , founder of Women's Earth Alliance Kavita Ramdas , former President of the Global Fund for Women Some of the contributors I'll be adding to my Big Vision Podcast interview wish list include: Lily (..)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

In follow-up interviews we discovered that many nonprofits were using cloud-based software without even realizing it, so the adoption rate could be even higher. I did an internal survey of TechSoup Global’s use of cloud tools and we literally use dozens of cloud tools now. cloud survey project on their blog.? Learn More.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

A big thanks to everyone who listens to the program, and reads the interview transcripts here on Have Fun * Do Good. I've listed all of the interviews below with links to the audio and the transcripts. Please note that because the interviews take place over three years, some people's work has changed.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? From @amoration: I find we’re always both global & local, so many of us travel frequently that virtual organizing tools are essential even for “local&# endeavors. Social media used to engage local supporters to act globally.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. I spoke with Allan Baez, project manager of the ConnectSCC project about the study and what CTA plans to do with the data. An Opportunity to Learn.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. April 9 Attend a protest along the Olympic Torch relay route in San Francisco. You just have to take the steps that are available to you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. She’s launched a policy project you can read about here.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

And they’re certainly not exempt from a global pandemic. responding to a global pandemic is a matter of doubling-down on what they know. Those are weekly calls with representatives from Massachusetts and Boston, and all the way to San Francisco and the University of Washington.”. Michele Lunsford, U.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2008

I was in a very dark period in my life dealing with a chronic illness (multiple sclerosis) as well as a major move from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I signed up for the Challenge today and decided to celebrate Day 1 by donating to the BlogHers Act' "Donate Now to Save Women's Lives" campaign on Global Giving.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Cami Walker, Founder, 29 Day Giving Challenge The 29 Day Giving Challenge is a global giving movement where participants give away one thing each day for 29 days. In the interview, Cami mentions that she is writing a book about the 29 Day Giving Challenge. How has it affected the project, if at all? We practice gratitude.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. military policies globally, not just what's happening with women domestically. We are based in Oakland, but we do work nationally, and in many cases globally, but our funding is always under constraints.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. I think the real answers lie in the small, diverse, creative solutions we come up with ourselves in our communities, by ourselves, or with our friends, or with a global group. The way it emerged was amazing to me really.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Steve also happens to be the fiancé of Mei-ying Ho, who I interviewed last month. In the last couple of years, we've begun two new organizing projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

The three Bay Area municipalities, along with Oakland and San Francisco (who haven't placed their orders yet) have all signed-on to be part of Plug-In Bay Area, an initiative to put more plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road. Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2012

This morning, I attended a meetup for San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that Libby and her team hosted at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park and next week she will be on the speaker line for the Social Media For Nonprofits Conference on July 26th (you can still register). What are your five tips for nonprofits? What is the url?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. As Jeska Linden, Community Manager, for Linden Labs, said in her recent interview with me, "This isn't for all nonprofits." A time investment of more than a few hours.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2006

Today's transcript is from my interview with the founders of Back to Earth , an organic catering and outdoor adventure company. One of the things I've enjoyed the most about interviewing people for this podcast is seeing the similarities and connections that arise between people. I hope that you enjoy their interview.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. We help them build a digital portfolio that showcases their practical skills in tech through hands-on projects,” Wilson says. “We

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

How do I deal with going through the interview process all over again? But given the current global uncertainty, are you finding added stresses to your job, worrying about what might be tomorrow or in the coming months? ” I’ve lined up a couple of interviews. How do you prepare for interviews? Lisa: Yeah.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. You can listen to my interview with Jensine on the Big Vision Podcast website, or on iTunes. I've posted an edited transcript below. Yes, and they're very synergistic.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

In either case, both Wello and the The Hippo Water Roller Project are searching for creative ways to make these devices affordable to the people who need them now that the technology is ready. We have another date for the end of the global digital divide! People are comparing this venture to Google’s Project Loon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Last week, I was in San Francisco leading a workshop and helped organized a group of attendees for TwestivalSF. I wrote a follow up post titled " Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations " based on an interview with Ben Matthews , a member of the London founding group.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. In Africa, we're running capacity-building trainings, and supporting women in launching sustainable businesses, and viable projects, to bring clean water to their communities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

I learned about artists like Yolanda Lopez from San Francisco, or Ester Hernandez, or even male artists like Malaquias Montoya, who were doing very radical work, and were getting into venues and areas that I really wanted to get into. I learned about Frida Kahlo. I think that is really important. Art lovers in general.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This means that web design projects (and even smaller, iterative updates) are important investments for nonprofits, and they can involve any number of different strategies and techniques. Project Open Hand. For major campaigns or specific projects, creating a dedicated website can be a very smart move. North Shore Animal League.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. Kevin talks about the Global Citizen Center, a large mixed use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially responsible enterprise, education and economic development.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Amazon, born in 1995 as an online bookstore, grew by the 2000s to become the largest global e-commerce platform company in existence.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. Like there'll be times where I'm really interested in food issues, and I'm interviewing and talking to people about that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. By working on whatever project, I could keep one step ahead of the fear and the despair. The other thing that happened as part of the transition to motherhood was understanding global life through the eyes of a mother and a parent.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. Britt: Tell us a little bit about your work here, like what does your day look like, what kind of brought you to this work, for people who are like, "Oh, I want to work in a project like that!"

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