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I thought about all of this when reading about the recent incident at the Perez Art Museum Miami, where artist Maximo Carminero smashed a vase by Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei in an unauthorized act of visitor participation. MORE
2) The Functional Art : This is the title of a book by Alberto Cairo who also teaches infographics at the University of Miami. MORE
posted by Ryan Stewart Owner Marketic As the owner of a Miami based SEO and digital marketing agency, I''ve helped hundreds of businesses solve complicated marketing problems. He currently owns Webris , a Miami based digital marketing agency specializing in search engine marketing. I can honestly say that the most challenging clients have been non-profit organizations. MORE
There was even a collection of high art GIFS called Moving the Still , which was hosted on Tumblr and at Miami Art Week. I’ve got a riddle for you: What’s a photo, a video, and a slideshow all at once? MORE
Some are stand-alone efforts in their communities, like Give Miami Day benefitting Greater Miami, while others are connected to a statewide campaign like the Georgia Gives campaign. MORE
I had never done it at all until three years ago when Debra Stratton of Stratton Publishing & Marketing asked me if I’d present with her at ASAE’s Great Ideas conference, which just happened to be in Miami in February. I have a confession: one of my least favorite things to do is public speaking. MORE
Miami, FL Youth L.E.A.D. As part of its Be Fearless initiative, the Case Foundation has chosen the 20 winners of Finding Fearless —a nationwide campaign to recognize, reward and inspire fearless changemakers. MORE
Note from Beth: Last month, I facilitated a workshop for the Knight Digital Media Learning Seminar in Miami on “Leading on Social Media.” MORE
I'm doing a whirlwind in 7 days - Boston - Miami - London - Romania - Miami - Boston. I left Boston on Thursday for Miami for a meeting on Friday. I left Miami on Friday evening at 8:50 PM and landed at Heathrow 11:00 AM local time, on hour delayed. Expect light blogging this week because I have no idea whether or not I will have decent Internet access. I'm leading some workshops and doing some presentations and other work. MORE
Council on Foundations / Miami, FL / $1,199. Association of Donor Relations Professionals / Miami, FL / TBD. It's finally here! If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! MORE
Miami. Miami Gardens. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% according to Blackbaud’s most recent Charitable Giving Report. MORE
Earlier this week I was in Miami to do a social media pre-workshop at the Knight Digital Media Seminar. My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. I know why Jennifer, who is the VP at the Knight Foundation is one of my engaged followers this week. MORE
If you've been following my blog, I arrived in Romania last night after 32 hours in transit from Miami, including a 8 hour layover in Heathrow. I am here for a conference sponsored by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. to do a presentation and facilitate a workshop on strategy which will include the Romania version of the Social Media Game. MORE
If you are looking for some new ideas and strategies to ramp up your outreach, social media, or to recruit more donors and volunteers check out Sustainatopia in Miami next week on April 4th! Sustainatopia will rev up with the second annual Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference (SVC/SE – Miami). Where: Miami Beach Convention Center, room B210. As nonprofit campaigners, it’s our job to help mobilize supporters and move the needle to create real impact. MORE
12/1 :: Miami, OK. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is now fully released to the public in both print and digital format. You can now also “Look Inside!&# to preview the first 11 pages. MORE
Myrna Llaguno, Miami Children’s Museum. Miami Children’s Museum had community partners constantly looking for ways to reach their members, but they didn’t want members to see it as a sales pitch. MORE
11/30 :: Miami, OK. 3/19/12 Update: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits launched in conjunction with a social media and mobile technology training and book tour that also served as fundraiser for partners nonprofits – a total of $17,130 was raised. MORE
That meeting in Miami was a landmark event for me. I'm flying to southern California tomorrow, and have been packing for the trip. I remember back seven years, when I first met Jed Emerson and he told me that I was a social entrepreneur, but that a bunch of them were meeting for a "Gathering." Not only was this a community of people like me (after eleven years of feeling like a real weirdo), but they were talking about the issues I had been, was then and would be facing. MORE
BF Wire blogger and senior consultant Elizabeth Weaver Engel (aka me) will be heading to ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference in Miami later this month to present with Jason Della Rocca in the Social Media Lab on Wikis: Collaborative Content at Your Fingertips. MORE
Marty McFly: ‘Cubs win world series…against Miami’? Marty: I just meant that Miami—What did you just say? The day has finally arrived! After countless hoaxes on Facebook, today is Back to the Future Day. MORE
You can also download a Policy Brief created by attendees at a Performance-Based Funding Institute hosted last summer in Miami. Two weeks ago VisionLink''s W. MORE
We will collect all entries through the Changemakers website and then there will be a live, pitch-it competition at a conference in Miami at the end of February. Ashoka In association with WeMedia , Ashoka's Changemakers.net is sponsoring a competition to suss out "the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology." MORE
But The Miami Foundation and Boulder an increase in participating nonprofits and overall amount raised. Source: GiveMN A school principal rides a zipline as a way to bring attention to Give to the Max Day in Minnesota. Guest Post by Michelle Huttenhoff, Knight Foundation. MORE
In this interview recorded live at bbcon 2018, Javier Alberto Soto, president & CEO of The Miami Foundation, talks about the important work the Foundation is doing to improve the quality of life in the Greater Miami area through philanthropy, community investment, and civic leadership. MORE
The experiment has continued in Miami’s Little Haiti. Congratulations to The Takeaway, WNYC, Public Radio International, Public Insight Journalism and WDET Detroit on their 2010 Knight-Batten Award for the Sourcing through Texting project. From the official site: A team from The Takeaway radio show joined journalists from WDET Detroit in a successful experiment that prompted residents to text tips about particular stories from Mexicantown in Southwest Detroit. MORE
They've kindly given us permission to host this stream of a conversation between Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer and his wife, Janus, about how Dr. Greer started working with Miami’s homeless. This post is part of a series highlighting TechSoup member organizations' achievements. StoryCorps is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit and TechSoup member organization that records and shares Americans' personal stories. You may have heard one of their recordings on weekly broadcasts of NPR's morning edition. MORE
Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum / Miami, FL / $945. It's finally here! If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! MORE
So we're ramping up to ASAE's Great Ideas Conference in Miami (three words: YAP Miami Vice ), and Lindy and I thought it might fun - and useful! - MORE
Thirty-four judges from a diverse range of media organizations and universities selected the winners at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. We’re thrilled that WNYC Radio picked up a prestigious prize for breaking news at this year’s Online Journalism Awards last night. WNYC collaborated with Mobile Commons to report on the massive snowstorm that hit New York City late last year. MORE
I just spent two days in Miami at the Knight Foundation Media Learning Seminar where I co-facilitator a pre-conference workshop on leading on social channels with Amy Gahran and Stephanie Rudat. MORE
University of Miami Twitter post: Did you know that your company may be eligible to match up to 100% of your gift? One of the most commonly asked questions we receive at HEPdata is, “How do I make my donors aware of the benefits of matching gifts?” MORE
There are several ways that you can use the Miami social media company for your business. Reputation. The first way is to build a credible reputation for your business. This means that you are going to need to know how to connect with the right people. MORE
This year's summit will be held in Miami Beach, Florida on October 14 and 15 with the theme of "Prospering in Recessionary Times.". TechSoup is hosting upcoming 6th Annual International Computer Refurbisher Summit (ICRS 2009). ICRS is one of the lesser-known events in the electronics recycling industry. Most electronics recyclers do some amount of whole-system or parts reclamation, but this is the place where people who focus on electronics reuse get together to talk shop every year. MORE
Yellow-Pepper , a similar service based out of Miami, FLA offers the same service to countries like Brasil. At one point in time, when you opened a new account at your local bank, and the expectation was that you’d stay awhile. MORE
How do you build a movement for institutional change? That's the question we've been grappling with as we start the OF/BY/FOR ALL initiative. Our goal is to help civic and cultural institutions become more representative OF, co-created BY, and welcoming FOR their diverse communities. MORE
Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million, organizers at The Miami Foundation realized that Give Miami Day 2014 would be their most successful Giving Day yet. Thursday’s Give Miami Day raised $5.2 MORE
12/1 :: Miami, OK. I tell ya. It’s a surreal feeling to know that someone could be reading your book right now… on the subway, in a cafe, or at a park in any city, anywhere in the world. And the fact that this books exists at all really is a testament to the power social media. MORE
501tech miami If you're not in the New York City area, you can always join your local 501 Tech Club for ongoing learning opportunities. The picture to the left comes from the first meeting of our newest tech club in the Miami-Ft.Lauterdale area. MORE
Paul, Minnesota, Salem, Cincy, Toronto, Iona, Santa Cruz, Philly, Glasgow, Ottawa, London, Jersey, Miami, Tacoma, Phoenix, NYC, Orca, LA, Manchester, Lancaster, Worcester, and, I'm a killer. Visitor (though, really my child) at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK As I said, last week, I’ve been to a travelin’ girl for the last couple of years. Not quite a troubadour, as my karaoke skills are more humorous than sonorous, I’ve enjoyed being on the road. MORE
My friend Gabriela of One Love Alliance forwarded me an email today from Slow Family Living that said: "Remember? It's supposed to be Comfort and Joy. Not stress and overwhelm. Don't forget to. Slow Down. Connect. And truly Enjoy this holiday season." Isn't that awesome? MORE
Eco-blogs target younger generations in South Florida | theledger.com: "Eco-blogs target younger generations in South FloridaBy BRIDGET CAREYThe Miami HeraldMIAMIRebecca Carter has a mission: raise awareness of local, green-minded organizations through one Web destination.Last year, she launched her blog, greenerMIAMI.com, and now it's beginning to blossom as the go-to destination for green. MORE
Consider the experiments at the New World Symphony in Miami, where they are performing classical orchestral music for outdoor "wallcasts" that include projections and visual content. In pop culture-land, relevance is all about now. Who's hot. What's trending. MORE
The presentation was prepared for the Miami Philanthropy Conference and addresses a familiar issue: Many nonprofits feel that demonstrating impact through performance measurement is a top priority for their programs and communications efforts including social media. MORE
Miami Related Topics Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 million, organizers at The Miami Foundation realized that Give Miami Day 2014 would be their most successful Giving Day yet. Thursday’s Give Miami Day raised $5.2
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Council on Foundations / Miami, FL / $1,199. Association of Donor Relations Professionals / Miami, FL / TBD. It's finally here! If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar!
Connection Cafe
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
In this interview recorded live at bbcon 2018, Javier Alberto Soto, president & CEO of The Miami Foundation, talks about the important work the Foundation is doing to improve the quality of life in the Greater Miami area through philanthropy, community investment, and civic leadership.
See What's Out There
NOVEMBER 2, 2007
VisionLink
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
You can also download a Policy Brief created by attendees at a Performance-Based Funding Institute hosted last summer in Miami. Two weeks ago VisionLink''s W.
Everyaction
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum / Miami, FL / $945. It's finally here! If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country!
AFP Blog
APRIL 23, 2007
Eco-blogs target younger generations in South Florida | theledger.com: "Eco-blogs target younger generations in South FloridaBy BRIDGET CAREYThe Miami HeraldMIAMIRebecca Carter has a mission: raise awareness of local, green-minded organizations through one Web destination.Last year, she launched her blog, greenerMIAMI.com, and now it's beginning to blossom as the go-to destination for green.
Connection Cafe
MAY 26, 2016
Myrna Llaguno, Miami Children’s Museum. Miami Children’s Museum had community partners constantly looking for ways to reach their members, but they didn’t want members to see it as a sales pitch.
Frogloop
MARCH 29, 2011
If you are looking for some new ideas and strategies to ramp up your outreach, social media, or to recruit more donors and volunteers check out Sustainatopia in Miami next week on April 4th! Sustainatopia will rev up with the second annual Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference (SVC/SE – Miami). Where: Miami Beach Convention Center, room B210. As nonprofit campaigners, it’s our job to help mobilize supporters and move the needle to create real impact.
Beaconfire Wire
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
BF Wire blogger and senior consultant Elizabeth Weaver Engel (aka me) will be heading to ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference in Miami later this month to present with Jason Della Rocca in the Social Media Lab on Wikis: Collaborative Content at Your Fingertips.
Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
APRIL 16, 2019
There are several ways that you can use the Miami social media company for your business. Reputation. The first way is to build a credible reputation for your business. This means that you are going to need to know how to connect with the right people.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 28, 2013
The presentation was prepared for the Miami Philanthropy Conference and addresses a familiar issue: Many nonprofits feel that demonstrating impact through performance measurement is a top priority for their programs and communications efforts including social media.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 14, 2015
But The Miami Foundation and Boulder an increase in participating nonprofits and overall amount raised. Source: GiveMN A school principal rides a zipline as a way to bring attention to Give to the Max Day in Minnesota. Guest Post by Michelle Huttenhoff, Knight Foundation.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 19, 2012
11/30 :: Miami, OK. 3/19/12 Update: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits launched in conjunction with a social media and mobile technology training and book tour that also served as fundraiser for partners nonprofits – a total of $17,130 was raised.
NonProfit Hub
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Marty McFly: ‘Cubs win world series…against Miami’? Marty: I just meant that Miami—What did you just say? The day has finally arrived! After countless hoaxes on Facebook, today is Back to the Future Day.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 15, 2007
That meeting in Miami was a landmark event for me. I'm flying to southern California tomorrow, and have been packing for the trip. I remember back seven years, when I first met Jed Emerson and he told me that I was a social entrepreneur, but that a bunch of them were meeting for a "Gathering." Not only was this a community of people like me (after eleven years of feeling like a real weirdo), but they were talking about the issues I had been, was then and would be facing.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 20, 2014
Miami. Miami Gardens. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% according to Blackbaud’s most recent Charitable Giving Report.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 21, 2015
Earlier this week I was in Miami to do a social media pre-workshop at the Knight Digital Media Seminar. My most engaged follower on Twitter this past week is Jennifer Preston. I know why Jennifer, who is the VP at the Knight Foundation is one of my engaged followers this week.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
I'm doing a whirlwind in 7 days - Boston - Miami - London - Romania - Miami - Boston. I left Boston on Thursday for Miami for a meeting on Friday. I left Miami on Friday evening at 8:50 PM and landed at Heathrow 11:00 AM local time, on hour delayed. Expect light blogging this week because I have no idea whether or not I will have decent Internet access. I'm leading some workshops and doing some presentations and other work.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
12/1 :: Miami, OK. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is now fully released to the public in both print and digital format. You can now also “Look Inside!&# to preview the first 11 pages.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 21, 2013
Some are stand-alone efforts in their communities, like Give Miami Day benefitting Greater Miami, while others are connected to a statewide campaign like the Georgia Gives campaign.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 10, 2009
So we're ramping up to ASAE's Great Ideas Conference in Miami (three words: YAP Miami Vice ), and Lindy and I thought it might fun - and useful! -
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
If you've been following my blog, I arrived in Romania last night after 32 hours in transit from Miami, including a 8 hour layover in Heathrow. I am here for a conference sponsored by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. to do a presentation and facilitate a workshop on strategy which will include the Romania version of the Social Media Game.
Mobile Commons
SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
Thirty-four judges from a diverse range of media organizations and universities selected the winners at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. We’re thrilled that WNYC Radio picked up a prestigious prize for breaking news at this year’s Online Journalism Awards last night. WNYC collaborated with Mobile Commons to report on the massive snowstorm that hit New York City late last year.
SocialFish
JANUARY 25, 2012
I had never done it at all until three years ago when Debra Stratton of Stratton Publishing & Marketing asked me if I’d present with her at ASAE’s Great Ideas conference, which just happened to be in Miami in February. I have a confession: one of my least favorite things to do is public speaking.
ASU Lodestar Center
OCTOBER 29, 2014
posted by Ryan Stewart Owner Marketic As the owner of a Miami based SEO and digital marketing agency, I''ve helped hundreds of businesses solve complicated marketing problems. He currently owns Webris , a Miami based digital marketing agency specializing in search engine marketing. I can honestly say that the most challenging clients have been non-profit organizations.
Mobile Commons
JULY 20, 2010
The experiment has continued in Miami’s Little Haiti. Congratulations to The Takeaway, WNYC, Public Radio International, Public Insight Journalism and WDET Detroit on their 2010 Knight-Batten Award for the Sourcing through Texting project. From the official site: A team from The Takeaway radio show joined journalists from WDET Detroit in a successful experiment that prompted residents to text tips about particular stories from Mexicantown in Southwest Detroit.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 20, 2015
I just spent two days in Miami at the Knight Foundation Media Learning Seminar where I co-facilitator a pre-conference workshop on leading on social channels with Amy Gahran and Stephanie Rudat.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 25, 2011
12/1 :: Miami, OK. I tell ya. It’s a surreal feeling to know that someone could be reading your book right now… on the subway, in a cafe, or at a park in any city, anywhere in the world. And the fact that this books exists at all really is a testament to the power social media.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 4, 2015
Consider the experiments at the New World Symphony in Miami, where they are performing classical orchestral music for outdoor "wallcasts" that include projections and visual content. In pop culture-land, relevance is all about now. Who's hot. What's trending.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
How do you build a movement for institutional change? That's the question we've been grappling with as we start the OF/BY/FOR ALL initiative. Our goal is to help civic and cultural institutions become more representative OF, co-created BY, and welcoming FOR their diverse communities.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 11, 2009
This year's summit will be held in Miami Beach, Florida on October 14 and 15 with the theme of "Prospering in Recessionary Times.". TechSoup is hosting upcoming 6th Annual International Computer Refurbisher Summit (ICRS 2009). ICRS is one of the lesser-known events in the electronics recycling industry. Most electronics recyclers do some amount of whole-system or parts reclamation, but this is the place where people who focus on electronics reuse get together to talk shop every year.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
I thought about all of this when reading about the recent incident at the Perez Art Museum Miami, where artist Maximo Carminero smashed a vase by Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei in an unauthorized act of visitor participation.
Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 17, 2012
Miami, FL Youth L.E.A.D. As part of its Be Fearless initiative, the Case Foundation has chosen the 20 winners of Finding Fearless —a nationwide campaign to recognize, reward and inspire fearless changemakers.
Idealware
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
There was even a collection of high art GIFS called Moving the Still , which was hosted on Tumblr and at Miami Art Week. I’ve got a riddle for you: What’s a photo, a video, and a slideshow all at once?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 2, 2013
2) The Functional Art : This is the title of a book by Alberto Cairo who also teaches infographics at the University of Miami.
NTEN
JUNE 28, 2012
501tech miami If you're not in the New York City area, you can always join your local 501 Tech Club for ongoing learning opportunities. The picture to the left comes from the first meeting of our newest tech club in the Miami-Ft.Lauterdale area.
SocialFish
AUGUST 17, 2015
Yellow-Pepper , a similar service based out of Miami, FLA offers the same service to countries like Brasil. At one point in time, when you opened a new account at your local bank, and the expectation was that you’d stay awhile.
NTEN
DECEMBER 12, 2008
We will collect all entries through the Changemakers website and then there will be a live, pitch-it competition at a conference in Miami at the end of February. Ashoka In association with WeMedia , Ashoka's Changemakers.net is sponsoring a competition to suss out "the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology."
Museum 2.0
JULY 16, 2019
Paul, Minnesota, Salem, Cincy, Toronto, Iona, Santa Cruz, Philly, Glasgow, Ottawa, London, Jersey, Miami, Tacoma, Phoenix, NYC, Orca, LA, Manchester, Lancaster, Worcester, and, I'm a killer. Visitor (though, really my child) at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK As I said, last week, I’ve been to a travelin’ girl for the last couple of years. Not quite a troubadour, as my karaoke skills are more humorous than sonorous, I’ve enjoyed being on the road.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 2, 2010
They've kindly given us permission to host this stream of a conversation between Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer and his wife, Janus, about how Dr. Greer started working with Miami’s homeless. This post is part of a series highlighting TechSoup member organizations' achievements. StoryCorps is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit and TechSoup member organization that records and shares Americans' personal stories. You may have heard one of their recordings on weekly broadcasts of NPR's morning edition.
Have Fun - Do Good
DECEMBER 4, 2009
My friend Gabriela of One Love Alliance forwarded me an email today from Slow Family Living that said: "Remember? It's supposed to be Comfort and Joy. Not stress and overwhelm. Don't forget to. Slow Down. Connect. And truly Enjoy this holiday season." Isn't that awesome?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 17, 2015
Note from Beth: Last month, I facilitated a workshop for the Knight Digital Media Learning Seminar in Miami on “Leading on Social Media.”
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