Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. One of the things that is essential to good instruction (or presentation) is knowing your audience. It's a shift from sage on the stage instruction to honoring the learners for what they know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Over the years, I have developed and refined one-day or half-day workshops on social media strategy and tactics for nonprofits. The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

My last deep dive into social media and health care was when I delivered this keynote for a health care organization so this was an opportunity to see how the field has progressed. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. I introduced some concepts about Social Media ROI and steps to making a case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. Participant-Generated Instructional Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I encounter a lot of social media skeptics who ask me pointed questions. What if your goal is large scale systemic change, why bother with social media?". A few weeks back I met Melinda Venable, Associate Director Digital and Ethnic Media at Resource Media who told me about the ClimateChangeUS Twitter strategy. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Social Media: Getting the Word Out in the New Information Age View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: nonprofits socialmedia ). I wrote about some specific instructional techniques you can use here and here. "Social Media: Getting the Word Out in the New Information Age???

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

You can leverage social media platforms by sharing engaging content, impact stories and calls to action. Encourage your supporters to share posts and tag their network to amplify reach. You can also engage with influencers or ambassadors to share your Giving Day and expand your reach or tap into new audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar for Social Media and Nonprofits, I’ve been working with grantees on a variety of capacity building projects – from coaching to workshops to peer trainings. Specific examples of social media best practices from organizations with Summer Learning Programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2008

I'm remembering some tagging ice breakers I've used both online and offline that incorporate the concept of social bookmarking and tagging that I've used. Burning Questions Playing the Social Media Game Reflection at the End.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. I also got a chance to spend some time with Thomas Taylor , the Alliance's nonprofit technology in-house guru and social media whiz who turned me to twitpic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

I like to use videos as part of the instruction to trigger discussion or something at the end as a group bonding mechanism. This trick, along with being able to Tweet from Powerpoint is definitely going into my Trainer's Bag of Social Media Tricks. Tags: training materials. Something that has eluded me is how to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Friday after lunch and following the t-shirt giveaway, it was time to play the Khmer version of the Social Media Game. If there was all-day instruction on the Web 2.0 workshop, I spoke about tagging. After the workshop, John Weeks created a Khmer image for tagging using Angkun. During the Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2008

VideoJug - Life Explained on Film is an excellent site for instructional videos and screencasts on a wide range of topics, including some fantastic how-to content for social networks and other tools. The example above is one that plucked from the socialnetworking tagged videos. How To Download YouTube Videos.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

They’ll give you more insight and better step-by-step instructions. Tags: Marketing and Communication Social Media #nptech Facebook Non-Profit Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools. If you’re new to it all check out the resources I’ve given you below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Earlier this week, Leslie Poston invited me to participate on her podcast on Race and Social Media along with Shireen Mitchell , Liza Sabiter , and Rahsheen Porter. When I've do social media and nonprofit trainings, the audience consists of staff, board members, or volunteers from nonprofit organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2007

I just finished the last segment of an online Webinar for Extension on tagging for knowledge sharing and collaboration. The first part was a presentation , the second part an action learning exercise over two weeks, and the final part a discussion to reflect on what was learned and putting tagging into practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Presentations and instructional content are an important part of my content strategy and the lifeblood of my work as a trainer. Slideshare helps set my work free and share it with nonprofit professionals all over the world. Tags: storytelling. Today, I have over 200 presentations in my account, some with tens and thousands of views.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. All of the instruction is aligned to a network frame. . Social Media Strategy As Design Process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. Social Instructional Design.

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

Include the prizes/rewards in with the instructions, so people are absolutely clear on what the requirements are. Share that information on social media as well. This idea works best on social media. Include the rules in your pre-event email and consider adding a pop-up on your event platform or event app.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Here’s a nice story with detailed instructions on how to get started on Twitter. Tags: Education and Training Microblog Tools CIO mcdonell twitter. Hat tip to Steve McDonell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2005

I'm live blogging at blogher and in about an hour and half, I'll be attending a training on how we're supposed to be tagging our posts and some points about writing style, etc. Her is the description of my task: All social and networking portions of BlogHer are being blogged all day by our BlogHer-on-the-street, Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2008

I followed to lead trip into the NpTech Tag Community. or social technologies into community of practice work ask amazing questions. Having a facilitator - the summaries helped make the tag stream accessible. The social tools have now evolved to the point where there is easier person-to-person or networked information sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Some really good links to and about Social Media that nonprofit techies will love. lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." I do this all the time with annotated screen shots to provide "just in time" answers versus typing out instructions. There's no place like Web2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

Include the prizes/rewards in with the instructions so people are absolutely clear on what the requirements are. Share that information on social media as well. This idea works best on social media. Include the rules in your pre-event email and consider adding a pop-up on your event platform or event app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

I am honored to have facilitated this project with NTEN over the past 18 months on the WeAreMedia: Nonprofit and Social Media Starter Kit. I think one of my favorite community curriculum building efforts was the toolbox - a community curated selection of how-tos, tips, and information about social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

Tag Poetry. Yesterday, Nancy White suggested that we add having the students create poetry from their tags. When I got back from on-site work (reflections on that follow) and finished my mommy shift, I discovered that Nancy wrote a poem with her tags. " What if you linked your tag words to something?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation. One of things I've learned about social media and doing fundraising for causes is that you will be surprised! Tags: birthday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2005

Marshall has a great post about a technorati tag bookmarklet that can save you a lot of grunt work. Technorati tags can help you attract more readers for your blog and also facilitate contributing to the collective community wisdom surrounding a particular tag. But it required some editing to make it link the tag to Technorati.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 25, 2023

This can be the hardest part of configuring Google Analytics because it requires adding a Google Analytics tag to your website. Check out this blog post from Semrush to read detailed instructions for adding Google Analytics to your website. You’ll just need to add your Measurement ID to the correct field on your CMS.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Ask them to be ready to share and challenge their friends and give them some sample social media posts they can use. Start gathering stories, statistics, videos and pictures that you can tag for reuse on #GivingTuesday. Engage your supporters – tell them you have something special coming for #GivingTuesday.

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See3

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

All you have to do is upload it to YouTube, tag it with “Tweetsgiving&# , and include the tweetsgiving.org URL in your video description. Watch the instructional video below, as well as three Tweetsgiving videos made by members of the See3 staff. Any questions? Write in the comments below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

I'm working with an afterschool program/ctc lab to develop an instructional technology plan. In addition to the traditional methods of integrating technology, I want them to explore some simple ways to integrate these new tools such as tagging and blogging without running away screaming. for Educators. Put it on the list to explore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners.

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