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An Offline Social Media Exercise That Improves Online Content

Tech Soup

Ask folks to think about the people in the group and what content would appeal to them. Feel free to remix, modify, and share this exercise. In my case, I use a Facebook update, but you could use an update on any channel with the relevant engagement options, in this case Like, Comment, and Share. Engagement.

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Free E-Book: NetworkforGood Giving Day Planning Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Increase in engagement of key groups. Participation among key groups – like staff. Making it easy for your champions to do the work is also important and you’ll find lots of templates and examples that you can remix on the Knight Foundation’s Giving Day Playbook and toolkits on the GivingTuesday site.

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Video Blogging in Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I tested three video hosts - blip.tv (which doesn't have online editing yet), YouTube (And YouTube Remix), and Jumpcut. YouTube's Testube has a remix option that uses Adobe video editing. The only problem is that your remixed video takes forever to get posted on YouTube. There is an active Cambodian community/groups there.

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How To Develop a Social Media Plan in Five Easy Steps

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We created a worksheet with more detailed questions adapted and remixed from CCTV's wiki. Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method. Step 4: Go Offline. We used a map metaphor , inspired by and adapted a post by Chris Brogan. Find people. Set rules of engagement. Step 3: Engage.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. We've seen a number of reiterations, from those that allow anyone nonprofit to enter to those that are for a select group of participants.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

James pulled together a group of funding partners and Clay Lord from Theatre Bay Area. The space was large enough so we could have small group tables, space for food, and space to do full group and small group moving around exercises. I do a lot of small group and share pair exercises. I said yes.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. We knew what was coming.