Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Can Social Media Save Lives? Digital guru Gary Vaynerchuk , who has over 900,000 Twitter followers, is hosting a social media session Friday with Andy Smith , the author of The Dragonfly Effect on ‘socialchangeinabox.’ So today is the day you can do some good with your social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Note from Beth: “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” is getting a lot of good feedback as people read and apply the ideas in the book. In particular, their free reports give you your social audience’s pulse on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, and other platforms. 3 – Monitor Social Conversations.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. In a small village in India, 9 year-old Fatima lives in a tiny hut with her parents Priya and Amit. What Makes a Good Story?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Unlike the.ORG domain which can be registered by any individual or brand (but mostly registered by nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits), the new.NGO and.ONG domains can only be registered by nonprofits, charities, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and ONGs (non-governmental organizations in a romance-based language ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The top three countries are the United States, India, and Pakistan. Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

I just finished reading Kentaro Toyama’s new book, Geek Heresy, tackling the cult of technology as a cure-all for society’s ills. He’s a geek (former Microsoft Research guy) who is making the case that technology doesn’t make the kind of social impact it claims to deliver. Why is it in the social sector we think it is so easy?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

This guest post was authored by Ritu Sharma, Social Media for Nonprofits co-founder and executive director. Under her leadership, the world’s only series dedicated to social media for social good has earned a 92-percent approval rating from more than 2,500 nonprofit leaders across the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

I greeted at the airport with a sign that read " Nasscom Leadership India Forum - Miss Kanter." The driven took me to the Grand Hyatt Hotel saying that during the day the traffic is much different. And the Nasscom India Leadership Forum is not different. Tags: india.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to end the book famine for people who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. Ultimately, this community should have equal access to all of the books that are needed for education, employment and social inclusion. or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. Last month, I participated in the day-long convening of funders at the Media Impact Forum. Keynote at the Social Good Brasil Conference.

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JULY 11, 2013

Sometimes I feel like there''s an encyclopedia of online advocacy, fundraising, and social media stuck in my head. For example, one of the case studies that Amy Sample Ward and I profiled in the mobile section of our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere was about “Missed Calls” as an organizing strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

More than a hundred hand-selected volunteers are highly trained in interview techniques, media relations and public speaking to become Greenpeace spokespeople. 7000 kilometres away in India, Haiyya is training the next generation of community organisers. About the Authors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

I will be working with a cluster of Packard grantees in Pakistan and India in collaboration with IIE. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The answers to those questions can fill entire books, but at the very least it will take time and hard work to make sure you get the support you would hope for this fall and winter. ” – Azim Premji, one of the wealthiest and most generous business leaders in India. This can apply well to social media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 31, 2008

One of the most exciting literacy social enterprises that I've run into is PlanetRead. When Brij heard I was going to South India, he insisted I visit his team in Pondicherry. In addition to a print book, they have multimedia content that animates the characters and adds audio narration.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

The high Internet growth countries are now India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Philippines. Communications: Here’s a tweet from David Sacks, CEO and founder of Yammer: “both WhatsApp and Secret represent the ascendancy of the phone book over the friend graph. Here's what I found: Internet growth: 2.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

This book is a gem. What’s refreshing and different about this book is that it isn’t about trying to get everything done efficiently. This past year of writing the book “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” with KD Paine and editor Bill Paarlberg, I got a taste of slowing down.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 27, 2010

I’m joining many other social entrepreneurs on our journey to Davos, home of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. The Schwab Foundation arranges for the social entrepreneurs to stay in the Schatzalp mountain hotel. My first event was the orientation for new Schwab social entrepreneurs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2011

The presentation was an opportunity to share some insights about working internationally and from sharing the ideas from the book from trip to Kenya / UK last November. I’m now interested in the question of how your scale a networked capacity building approach around social media. . IIE is managing the project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books. Illustration by Beth Kanter. Techniques.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. They’re more likely to mention your organization on their social media channels and in casual conversations with friends and family. Click To Tweet. They’ll share your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. The guiding principle of the awards is to “apply a Silicon Valley mindset to social innovation.” They also operate social venture businesses like the Hayes Valley Bakeworks restaurant.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

In 2005, Shannon Keith visited India and was confronted by the harsh realities of brothels and prostitution. Library book sales or "friends of the library" donations. But this is only one example of how nonprofits can use an online store. Easily manage inventory and content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

My 8 day visit to India was a whirlwind. The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. I'm still recovering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

You don't go into using a Twitter strategy without having built up a little social capital or as Tara Hunt calls " Whuffie." I also wonder about the effectiveness of fundraising on Twitter as more and more organizations or individuals start doing it? September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Traders brought Hindu-Arabic numerals from India and the Arabian Peninsula into Europe more than a thousand years ago. Number of emails (and social media posts) per participant. Common peer-to-peer benchmarks include the following: Repeat attendance. Number of participants. Team participation. Percentage of self-donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Youth Connection, Part I: Field Building with University Students Moderated by Katie Salen (Parsons, the New School of Design) Description: Aside from creating "future leaders," let's talk about what University students are already contributing to social change gaming by creating a new kind of gaming environment. Important to test.

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JULY 18, 2013

Many will talk today about how to connect with Millennials through social media. Food, rent, books, study abroad, plane tickets. I volunteered at a child health care org in India. Started Sparkseed, a nonprofit for social entrepreneurs. Vocation, passion, the thing that will give you a sense of purpose every day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

It was launched by Dr. Mani who raised money for heart surgeries for poor kids in India. The dual purpose was to promote Comm's recently published book and to raise money for a ministry that provides clean water in Kenya. Last month, Joel Comm sponsored a Tweet-a-thon. According to Joel Comm , $13,000 was raised.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. Crowdfunding and social fundraising campaigns. Crafting a mobile and social media policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. The man denied it and left.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

My background is in campus organizing, and in helping college students connect with others working to create social change across perspective, issue, approach, and geography. Fundraising with PledgeBank, however, creates a type of social contract -- the people pledging their money are doing so on the condition that a certain goal is met.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Photo by Pratham Books: Snapshots from Bookaroo 2010 : Children's Literature Festival. I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit. I first discovered the organization about a year ago when I taught some workshops in India. Creative Commons to the rescue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I was honored to be included in the line up of the invited guests , but also to be exposed to many of the concepts and case studies that are in her new book, The Dragonfly Effect. All of which deeply resonated with my own thinking, writing, and doing about small actions for social change.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Foundations can make greater progress on addressing critical social issues by using digital platforms to elevate the work and success of the many players in their sector. a set of “lego blocks”, rather than a static book or shrink-wrapped product. Let’s look at a number of shining stars who are doing this really well.

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