Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

" Looks like Britt has been looking at other tech conferences and asking the same question. Her recent post at Netsquared called " How To Green Your Tech Conference " has some good advice. Mary offers six good tips for being more green at conferences. In the comments, there is also a pointer to NTC's Green FAQ.

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

You can listen to my interview with Ingrid on the Big Vision Podcast , or read a transcript here. Britt: For people who aren't familiar with green rooftops, what is a green roof? But literally they're green because it's a garden on a roof. Britt: What are some of the benefits of a green roof?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Worldchanging Interview: Jean Russell on Thrivability - Great interview with Jean Russell at Worldchanging! After that talk (which you can hear via the above link), I asked Jean to join me in a brief but enlightening Worldchanging interview." Find me on Delicious for more!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Interview Experts. A 10-question blog interview with an expert in an area related to your nonprofit’s mission and programs can be interesting to your supporters. Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

” I was lucky enough to meet and interview Patton in 2009. Evaluation is not about getting to a best practice that can be spread around the world in a standardized way and to answer the question, “Is everyone following the recipe?” New questions, challenges, and opportunities for success are emerging.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

She is also co-host of the radio show, The Queens of Green on Green 960 , which you can also be downloaded as a podcast. I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my November 3rd interview with Kimberly for the Big Vision Podcast. That's a great question. I always have a nice cup of green tea first thing in the morning. You also try to infuse sustainability and green practices into your businesses. That's been super handy. It's my favorite thing.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Without proper “education,” landing an interview let alone a job working in digital marketing was a pipedream—I found myself stuck, making minimum wage, wearing a well-known green apron simply for the health benefits. In 2017 I faced an unexpected health situation—I lost my business, my savings, and my life plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. We had a “prize patrol” of volunteers serving up coffee and breakfast snacks, and handing out GiveMN giving cards and Metro Transit Go-To passes to commuters wearing green.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When an organization conducts a nonprofit feasibility study , they interview important stakeholders in their organization to assess their support of an upcoming fundraising campaign. Assemble key insiders for your feasibility study interviews. Ask the right questions in the right way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? A more participatory approach, and one that Alan Gunn uses, is to crowdsource provocative questions from participants. Participants volunteer their question for the Spectragram. Share in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2010

JD Lasica took detailed notes on the case studies we looked at to ponder that question. This isn't green washing - its a legitimate way to advance multiple interests. This leaves me with some good ideas about contextual questions to ask in interviews for the case study part of the research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

In our quest we have interviewed, and continue to interview, top brands engaged in social media for social good. And those that choose poorly are subject to being the conduits to green washing, pink washing, and any other kind of washing you can imagine. These are real-world questions that go well beyond philosophy.

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Gyrus

JUNE 30, 2016

Time goes by and your desperate pleas are finally answered and you are awarded the green light. After assembling a team and discussing all the things required in this new system, spending weeks combing through written materials and vetting vendor demos, then conducting final interviews, the wait is over.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2009

I posted a new interview last week on the Big Vision Podcast with David Cohn , the Founder of Spot.Us , a nonprofit pioneering community funded reporting. I'll post the transcript soon for those of you who like to read interviews rather than listen to them. Submit your questions to the Be Bold Podcast!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Humberto Kam, Senior Manager of Online Communications for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, was kind enough sit down for an interview recently. It’s won awards from Treehugger.com as the “Best of Green in Food and Health” and is cited regularly in mainstream and new media as a trusted source for sustainable seafood information.

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MARCH 20, 2015

MWC generally also has a strong showing of green technology, and this year's show was no exception. " My colleague Jim Lynch wrote about Internet.org when it first launched and raised a few questions about the initiative. Of all the green news from Mobile Congress, I found Philips' CityTouch project the most intriguing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. .&# They have inspired a whole new generation of environmentalists who don’t take themselves so seriously while creating on the ground change.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 11, 2009

and Kimberly Wilson interviewed me for the Tranquility du Jour Podcast (thanks, Kimberly!). LINK LOVE *GREAT* article: Nicholas Kristof's Advice for Saving the World Top Ten Ideas to Slow Down this Holiday Season Green Career Webinar December 17th (only $5!) November was a good month for press. GoodGuide iPhone app + barcode scanning.

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JULY 14, 2021

As you organize your nonprofit virtual fundraising event , you’ll also want to ask yourself questions during planning, execution, and follow-up on whether your schedule is respectful of your participants’ time. “ If your event has multiple remote guest speakers, have a staff member dedicated to run a green room (preparation room).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

For nonprofits, this should not be a foreign concept. Here's a sampling: Lewis Green warns not to use the traditional investment financial calculations but instead measure value. They are saying that you need to measure value and that it value doesn't necessarily translate into dollars.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. Additionally, there has been a lot of rhetoric on the part of the automakers regarding the greenness of their operations, when in fact what we are seeing is a lot of green-washing. They recognize that green is very vogue right now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

This week's Ask Britt question comes from a friend who is helping a changemaker launch a new book. You can email me your question (please keep it to 50 words) about the do-good, or artistic work you are doing, or want to do, to britt@brittbravo.com. Title your email, "Ask Britt: your question topic." book online promotion.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2008

It's time to set those books about green living, social entrepreneurship, and nonprofit technology aside for a little while. For all you fellow Nigella fans, Casey Ellis of Margin Notes posted a fun little 4 Questions 4 Nigella Lawson interview last month. Learn to cook one new thing each week. Do yoga 2-4 times a week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I interviewed Joitske about her work way back in 2006. Green-print thinking. Joitske poses a good question when she asks, " Can you shift your organization's culture by introducing social media? It reminded of the questions we discussed in the early 1990's about using online collaboration tools for nonprofits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. A Few Book Suggestions: Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , a publication of Echoing Green. Do it, don't think about it. Pick three more actions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. Obviously, I'm a big fan (: Below is a transcript from my interview with Reem from the Big Vision Podcast. Reem: Good question. tea fair trade green business Reem Rahim: My name is Reem Rahim.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

The big question everybody asks me is what I'm going to do differently. By announcing this in many press interviews, I've managed to create lots of external pressure on myself to get this done! My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Viirak interviewed her during the video blogging workshop) She presented in the morning of the first day about why blogging has been useful to her. On the right, is Sopheap who I interviewed for BlogHer. The woman wearing the green t-shirt played the role of my daughter. I am enjoying reading her blog. Photo by Thomas Wanhaff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Using a google form, I sent a pre-survey that asked detailed questions about social media experience, communications planning, budget size, and job role. See the interview I did for Arrive Magazine , pages 34-37). Ask a strategy question about something that was missing? . The wikitation for this workshop is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It is nice to arrive on scene where 800 people in modest surroundings are energetically pursuing questions that have to be answered to build a movement. An easy example is green technology. It is nice to arrive on scene where 800 people in modest surroundings are energetically pursuing questions that have to be answered.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This is an interview between Keli Sullivan, TechSoup’s RCI Program specialist and Candice Erdmann, information manager, at Transition Projects in Portland, Oregon. She explained the ins and outs of the program to me and was able to answer all of my questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. What difference does a cup of Fair Trade coffee make? What is Starbucks relationship with Fair Trade? You can read a transcript of the podcast below.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

To learn more about Twitter scaling issues read this interview by Jesse Stay. Some threads of conversation about the Case Foundation's Social Citizen paper - can be summarized as "This paper is right on in identifying the current "situation on the ground" The question is, as always, how do you apply the information?"

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