Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

French, Portuguese and Spanish speakers can now connect with like-minded people on WiserEarth, set up their own groups, and search easily for information on nonprofits and social change organizations all over the world. Tags: socialnetworks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With

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Forum One

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Back in September, Forum One was one of the sponsors of CongressCamp, an informal "barcamp" unconference here in Washington. Tags: Influence Internet Strategy. I want to tell you about a fantastic new (and developing) resource for congressional staff.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

The Online Community Report MeetUp is back this month, fresh from the Online Community Unconference and ready to discuss online community tools and techniques. Brad's talk will kick off an informal discussion on online community strategies, so bring your ideas, questions, and topics of interest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. For example, they immediately start updating their Facebook page letting people know what information is available and they are there. I participated in two unconference sessions. I don’t often get a chance to listen and learn.

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Forum One

MARCH 1, 2009

It's a great gathering of policy wonks, transparency advocates, IT geeks in from in and out of government - all excited and busy with shaping a whole new day in how government information will be made more accessible, valuable and transparent. Technorati Tag: TCamp09. See the chart of sessions. More followup thoughts later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2009

Transparency Camp is an unconference designed to convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

They are in the process of building and growing a 'problem solving' network by convening thoughtful people inside and outside of EDF to review their thinking and then comment, critique, and contribute new information so they can improve their impact. Tags: transparency. Sharing internal presentations on slideshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

So, I wonder what collaborative thinking through our fingers might look like when it comes to capturing and sharing notes from conferences, dialogs, meetings or informal gatherings. I've seen this used frequently with "unconference" or "open space" technology-oriented conferences and workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Here’s my picks for SXSW Nonprofit Panels: A Conversation About Change Agents Through Social Media Social media is causing a revolution in how information is shared and communities are formed. And how will this impact the way we build relationships and find information? Tags: Conferences Free Agent. How much do we share?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

CongressCamp was an unconference focused on the Congress side of Gov 2.0. Institutional entities, like the House Information Resources, appear aware of the need for guidance and are slowly making progress to meeting this need with new rules/policies. Tags: Events Government Transparency Strategy.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

On 8.16.08, the Museum of Art and History (Santa Cruz, CA) hosted FreelanceCamp, a free unconference that brought 150 designers and techies from the south bay area together to talk shop. I was at the last of these three events--the unconference in Santa Cruz. Tags: web2.0 Yes, getting new audiences in your doors is a start.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Even if you’ve never participated in an ‘unconference’ event like this, no worries! Traditional community organizing informs a successful online campaign and lays the groundwork for a sustainable, effective movement for social change. Tags: events 10ntc netsquared nten presentation. When : 1:30 p.m.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Back in September, Forum One was one of the sponsors of CongressCamp, an informal "barcamp" unconference here in Washington. Tags: Collaboration Government. I want to tell you about a fantastic new (and developing) resource for congressional staff. I know we all have something to contribute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Susan Tenby from TechSoup shares her notes from the Unconference. With the onslaught of information and greater complexity in our work, visual diagnostics are more and more important. After you have your social network analysis map in hand, here's some tips for putting the information into practice. Registration here.

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