article thumbnail

WeAreMedia: Listening for Nonprofits in a Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I had the pleasure of co-leading a deep dive on listening with practitioner, Wendy Harman, from the Red Cross for NTEN's WeAreMedia project. The above presentation is a remix of a remix of a remix. Six Ways To Make Listening A Practice. Our session covered: Why listening offers value.

Remix 93
article thumbnail

The Community is the Curriculum: NTEN's Social Media and Nonprofits Project - Come Join the Fun!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the next six months, I will have the pleasure of working with NTEN and Holly Ross on a new community-driven funded by the Surdna Foundation. We'll be taking DIY approach, remixing and/or pointing as much as possible. So, what's my role in all of this? My role is to help build the community while curating the curriculum/content.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

C + C + C = C? The Secret to Viral Marketing

NTEN

Put ‘em all together and you get the key to viral victory: Contagious: The holy grail of social media marketing is attained when your engaging, short, and believable message takes fire and people start spreading it on your behalf; hopefully even remixing your message and broadening your appeal.

article thumbnail

Social Media in the Nonprofit Workplace: Does Your Organization Need A Social Media Policy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I like how Holly Ross from NTEN handles her presence and her staff's presence -- and they are using Twitter for the organization. Can our fans remix our logo or will legal get involved? Many organizations just beginning their social media strategy understand the value of listening as a first step. Resources Social Media Policies.

article thumbnail

NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Flickr User Philswin2003 The above flickr photo is from the Nonprofit Software Development Summit and some flipchart notes illustrating what's going on right now: inspiration, matchmaking, and practical methods! Here's ten steps towards Association 2.0 , a remix of Marnie Webb's Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0 Tools To Change the World.

Summary 50
article thumbnail

WeAreMedia Live Workshop: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The next step is to see how people remix, improve, and share back the material (with attribution of course) - that is the true power of working wikily.

article thumbnail

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I brainstormed series of equations or theories that represent best practices that nonprofits are using to implement social media. I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds. This is a nonprofit remix of some of Chris Brogan's ideas and 50 ways to use social media organized by Groundswell objectives from Jeremiah Owyang.