Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

photo of Lucy Bernholz live blogging during the Northern California Grantmakers Briefing. Allan Benamer of the Nonprofit Technology Blog continues his coverage of the software vendors with a poll to debrief the Convio merger teleconference and a hug. Deborah Finn was at both events and blogged about the latter here.

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MAY 31, 2016

Editor's Note: This blog was originally published in eLearning Industry in May 2016, and has been reproduced here with permission. Tools such as Google Hangout and Skype are increasingly being used as cost effective video conferencing training tools.

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His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. Sometimes we even get things first like the Google Partners Program for Google adwords. NonprofitMAR Community: Google Analytics basics for nonprofits: Q&A with Jason Shim. Silicon Valley North. However in the NPTech world, I often forget I’m Canadian.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

ll find 72 results found by Google desktop, 9,494 Google news results, 2,283 blog posts in the last 12 hours according to Google blog search, 3,498 videos found in Google video (#1 is Jim Carrey), 22,978 blog posts about Burma in Technorati and 275 groups in Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

" (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. GoogleEarth launches Nonprofit Outreach Program via the NTEN blog and NetSquared community blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts. Please blog amoung yourselves." Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. young people???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Presentation Slides on flickr Blog post here. Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. Michele Martin points to a new feature in google news that can spark conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The Nonprofit Software Development Summit Lots of notes and blog posts over at the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit wiki to read. Tools Creating Passionate Users Blog asks " Are our tools making us dumber ?" There's a lot of work to be done, whether the results go on a wiki or a blog or a stone tablet."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism.

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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. Fundraising 2.0 It isn't dumb dumb.

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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 ? I keep running into NpTechers posting vacation photos and blog posts. Here's one from LOLNPTECH.org and Little Dishes 2 from the Non-Profit Tech Blog. for his blog. Do you follow your blog's technorati? Google Aps. Check it out.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

Twitter is a micro-blogging and social networking tool. NancyWhite of Full Circle Associates suggested using a Google Group , a blog, or Moodle, a free, open source course management system. amoration of AMO: The Root of Love also suggested Moodle, and Sloodle which integrates Moodle and the virtual world of Second Life.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The team uses tools such as Huddle and Zoho to list and assign tasks, Google Docs and Wikispaces to share documents and other resources, and ReadyTalk and GoToMeeting for internal team training. where blog recaps and upcoming events can be found. Tips for Collaborating in Small Chunks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Post, Post It Passion Exercise from Youth Noise, Youth Summit Blogging and New (to me) Blogs Blogging 101 Community Blogging describes how to avoid the slow hard agonizing death of a blog: Make it a team effort. This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

These were the early or maybe even pre-Google days on the Web. She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. t able to conceive of Second Life as anything more than a game.

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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. Emily, of the World Grows Wide blog in Australia, responds. Anonymous Blogging. era websites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

It meant that I missed what Joe Casco had to say about Social Networking Fatique - I hope he blogs it). I bumped into Millie Garfield who shared some reflections about her "virtual" blogging friends. It was also great to see John Wall a second time this month! Yahoo is better to count links to your stuff than google.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog. So, blog posts with tips on productivity are very much appreciated. The Daily Rebellion blog gives nonprofits some tips for using MySpace for members and money. Check this out, an entire blog devoted to Webinars!

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life. " Found your blog via Google Image search on "Snowflakes" Thanks. 60) Search « Notes from Care2/OneWorld/Interaction Fundraising Seminar | Main | MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

Google: The Search Engine Industry. A Second Life for the Archivist. There many more in the group and many more for you to discover on SlideShare and add to the NpTech group if you're interested in sharing. Here they are, in no particular order: Government 2.0. Bottom-Up Tagging. Flickr and Libraries. Mobile Social Play

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos. Open group blogs, photo pools, video collages and similar projects are also good examples of co-creation. However, just because everyone can become a creator doesn’t mean that everyone does.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life. " Found your blog via Google Image search on "Snowflakes" Thanks. 60) Search « Notes from Care2/OneWorld/Interaction Fundraising Seminar | Main | MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

It's here The context- arts educators in a workshop looking at how can they integrate the use of email, web pages, or google searches into their practice. Then I go to Marc Sirkin's blog Why not just jump off the cliff and have some fun experimenting? Beth Kanter turned me on to this neat new service.

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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. In the comments, blog readers share their experiences. Meanwhile, Party4aPurpose launches the alpha version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

Google, Flickr, Second Life and literally thousands of new companies depend on engaging users to make money, and the more people who engage with their content, the more money they make. The tools I've found that work best to make money off of free content are Google AdWords and Revver. He is an activist for EFF.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

So in the past month, the people who have jumped in are mostly people who are already familiar with the platforms we're using (the Web and Second Life ), primarily those already in Second Life. Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life. It's social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

My colleague, NMC's VP Alan Levine (aka Cogdog Blog ) invited to give one of the keynotes in their 3D virtual space. . The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 And I’ll keep my eye out for a good Second Life consultant. 6 Comments | by Share Article in Guest Blogs , Social Networking Reader Comments (6) Justin, thanks for publishing this. Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

60) Search « Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities | Main | NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award » Monday Aug 27 2007 Grantmakers Dive Into Web 2.0 Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0 Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

When David explained that each of the Holocaust Museum’s myriad comment boards, blogs, and online forums is moderated by a staff member, the audience turned a little green. It may take you only a few minutes to create a blog, but doing so means (hopefully) a commitment to frequent content posts. Start a blog. the comments.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

60) Search « Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities | Main | NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award » Monday Aug 27 2007 Grantmakers Dive Into Web 2.0 Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0 Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 And I’ll keep my eye out for a good Second Life consultant. 6 Comments | by Share Article in Guest Blogs , Social Networking Reader Comments (6) Justin, thanks for publishing this. Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

People are not choosing museums over google when they need to find something out, regardless of how trustworthy we are. Whether on blogs or talk-back walls, people are more conscious about their comments when they know their name will be associated with their work. It's great that museums are a trusted source of information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

They both use the MySpace blog, which reminds us again to speak to the community where they are, don’t try and drag them over to your main blog. Developing custom Facebook apps may be the way to go, as already discussed on this blog. Carie opened with an intro to social media. Oxfam now has a very nice custom page.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

I’d find a blog and say you might be interested by this—and then it spread out. But then these kids blogging it on car mod sites—they’re finding it without realizing it’s an art work. So then someone can search google and find everything out on the web via that searchable term. What do you think has made you successful?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

The NonprofitTech Blog did manage to do a little apres turkey web surfing and found a disturbing example of a google bombing campaign as well as discovering that his blog has been tagged as porn ! The See3 Blog points us to a video on YouTube that demonstrates the power of online video and will put your heart in throat!

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