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Arts Summit 2008: The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations - Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just got back from doing a plenary session at the Arts Summit organized by the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations. It's gathering of arts leader from throughout New York State. Since we shared my laptop, she kindly gave me permission to upload her slides). Many, many memories. See the photos here.

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Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

Museum 2.0

Eric talked about how the New York Hall of Science is trying to fund risk-taking, not just talk about it or under-resource it. Here are our slides and Ellen's handouts if you want to learn more. Ellen shared the brilliant work at Conner Prairie to make finances transparent to all staff.

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Google +: The Trade Off Between Privacy Needs, Community, and Social Context

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. Here’s the official announcement on the Google Blog and review in the New York Times.

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Saving the Soul of the Social Sector

Tech Soup

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. About 42 percent believed evaluations accurately reflected their impact. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead.

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Free Webinar: Sharing Trainer's Social Media Bag of Tricks and Secrets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. The social media integration also includes setting up a #hashtag, uploading slides into slideshare, and living link lists on delicious. The Topics.

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Saving the Soul of the Social Sector

Tech Soup

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead. The Results Problem.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Eugene Eric Kim is an expert in online culture and collaboration, particularly with new tools. His work was recently profiled in this New York Times piece. We had some rich learnings in the reflection of what happened in the group. His slides and my notes and reflections follow. We knew what was coming.