Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

Beth Dunn wrote a great piece called " We're The Young Generation " reflecting on an article in the New York Times about the growing use of social networks by young people for social good. Network for Good estimates that 5% of your donors might be superactivists who would champion your cause and recruit others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

In the why it is important section, I went through the social networking from birth to high school slides. I asked the young people to share with us if they had used any of the social networks like Webkins, Penguin, Virtual Pets, etc. I wondered whether there was a social networking version of that project today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

In between, I attended WoolfCamp , had lunch with Gliteratica and the good folks at TechSoup, got a chance to hangout with Seth and Erin, assisted Chris Heuer with a BrainJam , co-lead a workshop on social networking tools with Kaliya Hamlin , met Juanita Brown of World Cafe and many many more extraordinary people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Social Networking: Part of Your Job or Just for Fun? Your Organization's Social Networking Strategy Doesn't Have To Be Like Mastercard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. GOH developed Hope Meadows, an intergenerational neighborhood that supports families adopting children out of foster care. Generations of Hope is one of 189 organizations going for February’s two top prizes of $250,000.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Putnam, who has written extensively about social capital in American society in his book, Bowling Alone. Putnam defines social capital as “connections among individuals-social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them.”

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