Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The purpose of the tool was to empower Kenyans to document and report on incidents in real-time, giving the media, governments, and relief organizations a true picture of what was happening on the ground. Ushahidi will use its $750,000 MacArthur Award to ensure its ongoing stability and growth going forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

( The presentation is here.) One topic they discussed the challenge of networked governance and leadership and mentioned that they’d be holding this convening to talk about to “smush&# the two networks together and have the networks design the best governance structure. Photo by Glenn Hirsch.

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MAY 2, 2022

But you avoid the hassle of finding a venue, working with the local government to map out a route, recruiting a ton of volunteers, and worrying about insurance. You can have your own version of The Voice or America’s Got Talent and let the audience choose the winner. Artists used their driveways as their canvas and posted a photo.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. The FCC should review policies governing competition and pricing. It's essential that they hear from us. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 Net Neutrality.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. The project is designed to be available to citizens 24 hours a day and aims to increase the government's communication efficiency. How can people fight back? Through technology!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. A first-person voice is best. Your role is to give them a word limit, a general theme, and a deadline, and to solicit photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Flickr photo by Beth. I took the above photo with my camera phone and uploaded to flickr. So, I twittered about it as part of the demo and asked my network to leave some comments on the flickr photo. So, I twittered about it as part of the demo and asked my network to leave some comments on the flickr photo.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2013

" It was this feeling of disempowerment that brought together several concerned citizens, including Darko, to voice their disapproval in a local online forum. In the end, the government lost the election, and the regional prime minister was forced by his party to resign from his position. was born in 2005. A Virtual Movement.

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He would like to see the disability community speak with one voice on these issues. When the entities involved are public entities like governments or groups with a mandate to serve the entire population (BBC in UK, schools), the standard is higher than for an individual or a tiny business.

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Easier interactions with the government. The federal government isn’t known for its quick response time, but the direct link from Grants.gov makes it easy to immediately apply for grants. Nonprofits can rest assured knowing they’re applying for official grants, and the government authenticates the applications as they come in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

And the circumstances under which user data is provided to governments, or human rights information and accounts are taken down from services are not always transparent. Some of those questions are: What are the censorship and free speech concerns around video and photo tools and products? Sam Gregory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

By using their voices to support their organization’s mission, they boost trust and inspire meaningful conversation and debate. Global trust in government, media, business and NGOs has fallen to its lowest levels ever. Technology is creating new mechanisms that are enabling us to trust unknown people, companies and ideas.

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JUNE 24, 2009

Give voice to new and alternative actors. Barriers to entry: The government prescribes a lot of requirements (i.e. Barriers to entry: The government prescribes a lot of requirements (i.e. Top photo: Michele Jolin and Steve Goldsmith. Engage people who are closest to the problem. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Next, I asked them to stand and take a photo of someone next to them and to post the photo on their Facebook or Twitter using our hashtag, #netnon. That’s where I first discovered and connected with the Global Voices Community around my interests in Cambodia. (I’m I’m now an advisor ).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. Here are some of the things it currently does: It takes photos and videos by voice command and can upload them to the web.

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APRIL 27, 2009

Livingston - HHS, wanted evaluation of pandemic flu conversation online, point was to understand what they were saying about the government and so on to really know what to address as an organization to that community. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted. even one voice can give you great insight.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Board Governance. This motivational program lets you, your students, staff, or volunteers learn typing from a range of tutorials using voice response, 3D animation, video, and virtual reality. Photo: phonakins. Take just the individual courses you want (admin fee: $77.50 The Learning Institute Certificate Series.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. You can be an expert and have a strong voice--a voice visitors want to hear--without being the only voice in the room.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Lisa of ENOUGH writes in, Tell Companies Sponosoring the Chinese Olympics that Darfur is Not 'Business is Usual' , " we believe that the more voices that are raised, the more hope there is for peace in Darfur. The Olympics belong to all of us, and in the face of genocide, anyone in a position of influence must try to act."

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

People may use an alternative keyboard or keyboard emulator, a Braille input device, a mouse emulator, optical character recognition, or voice recognition software like Dragon software. There are local government based nonprofit programs like Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Ohio, and ARC Broward.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 22, 2006

Send a Million Voices for Darfur e-card to Bush. Post a photo of a candle on your blog or web site with a link to Bloggers for Darfur, and to their Flickr Group. Here are some of the things they suggest that you can do to get involved virtually: • Email networks to ask why genocide doesn't get the news coverage it deserves.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. You can be an expert and have a strong voice--a voice visitors want to hear--without being the only voice in the room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. What if organizations did not have government funding or pursue it? What is the balance of government, private, and earned income? Does the post relate to the blog's goal, voice, and conversational voice. It is a challenging and exciting at the same time. Good or bad thing?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Voice-Operated Everything. We're now talking to our mobile devices with Apple's Siri , OK Google , Samsung S Voice , and Microsoft Cortana. We can talk to our cars with voice command systems like the Ford SYNC. Among Apple Store's Best Apps for 2016 is Prisma , the free new photo app for iOS and Android.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The doll takes a child's words and sends them over the Internet to cloud based voice-recognition software that can create the perfect response. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Children love it. ConnectHome is another new U.S.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. Try sharing blog posts about a recent volunteer opportunity, sharing photos of your volunteers, or giving star volunteers a social media shout out. Do so frequently.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Foundations face unique communications challenges—from amplifying the voices and work of their grantees, to advancing their overall mission and goals. Or do you want to serve as a cheerleader, giving grantees the ability to directly voice the work that you are supporting?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I wonder if in 2020, whether nonprofit boards/governance will be totally transparent? Most of the stunning visuals are shot by Scott himself (he says if anyone shoots 1,000 photos, at least one will be a powerful image). Scott and his team travel with digital still and video cameras everywhere they go.

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DECEMBER 11, 2010

Or, if you want users to share photos, make sure some are pre-loaded. Giving users a voice in the community is also helpful. Just as in offline circumstances, online users learn from their peers in terms of how to interact with social objects. Make sure you provide the appropriate cues and share examples.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

One of the reasons why I learned to do photo and video was because media outlets weren't showing up to the actions that I was organizing. If we look at very successful online campaigns, one thing is clear: they all have a distinct voice that stands out from the crowd. But a lot of organizations struggle with is finding their voice.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Flickr's Commons project - Flickr is offering up its powerful community tools for museum photo collections. Developers of the ECHO project are exploring new ways to use web technology to bring native voices into museum exhibits and research. What if the government said you had to? Who's sharing authority and how?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They also started small and low-cost with the automated phone call system: instead of taking the time and money to build out interactive voice response technology, a Fasal team member recorded the “automated” voice behind the phone by reading call scripts. In the following test we had two photos.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Board fundraisers – Your nonprofit board of directors is the governing body of your organization. Pivot this to virtual by having each participant upload a photo or live stream themselves walking their “at-home” runway. Pet photo contest – Everyone loves looking at adorable animals and showing off their pets.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2011

Without an explicit "I" voice, the museum's perspective on humanity is oblique to say the least. I was really impressed by the diversity of artifacts in Welcome to Pine Point --from yearbook photos to VFW badges to video and photos from the 1980s and today. The subjective "I" voice of Michael drives the whole story.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Let’s take a quick look at some of the major social media platforms: Facebook: On Facebook, not only can you share videos, photos, and written updates, you can also create groups dedicated to your cause, events, or volunteer program. But are you aware of all your options? Make sure you’re providing high-quality images!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Government. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages. It provides engagement data about your photos, likes, follower growth, as well as when is the best and worst time to post. PicMarked photos would make a good Flickr slideshow as well.

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JULY 14, 2023

Since your staff members are the experts on your organization’s mission and the cause(s) that it’s championing, it will be up to all of you to guide its voice. Thought leadership content helps to establish that voice as you create and share things that showcase expertise, creativity, and unique insights.

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