Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Jane Quigley , who I met at Podcamp, tagged me for the Media Snack Meme. However, if you follow a stream in a strategic way - and stretch your synthesis muscle and pattern analysis skills - it can be like eating carrots instead of potato chips. I summarize the NPTECH tag stream -- and that really exercises your synthesis muscle.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2010

Whatever your resolutions are this year, updating your skills and the skills of your staff and volunteers — computer-based and otherwise — should definitely be at the top of your 2010 to-do list. Luckily, TechSoup can help you brush up on old skills and learn new ones, and you won't even have to leave your desk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I've been participating in service days where I can share my technology skills with local organization. Tags: service. My favorite is the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC which I've been doing for the past ten years! Mozilla Service Week starts on Monday, September 14!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I'm passionate about listening - the skills, tools, techniques, and how it translates to continuous improvement of strategy and understanding the value it provides to organization's mission. The most important listening literacy skills are. Use Some Creative Thinking Skills. What else makes up listening literacy skills?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2011

tags: toblog kvm software opensource. 5 Innovative Ways to Teach Your Skills Online. tags: teaching tools toblog. Welcome – Synergy. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

and/or tagging them in comments in your project management tool or shared document. Especially for nonprofit organizations working with volunteers with different skill sets and levels of commitment, it can be helpful to outline what is expected from the team or group at the start of a project.

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Media Cause

MAY 28, 2021

I was able to create tags using Google Tag manager, as well as create reports using Google Dashboard. There were also many smaller things I learned just from working a remote job for the first time, such as new organizational skills and lifestyle habits that work best for me.

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sgEngage

APRIL 14, 2021

As we take this time to recognize the importance volunteering has in our lives and communities, we wanted to round up some of our favorite volunteer-focused content we have published over the last few years: 60-Second Interview with HCA on Skills-Based Volunteerism. Read more on the benefits of virtual Skills-based volunteerism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work. The topics they look at are what I might call social media literacy skills.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This is a person who comes to one meeting a year, and doesn’t return the CEO’s phone calls, or leaves a 6 am voicemail in response saying, “Tag, you’re it.” They readily apply their skills, talents and connections, and wealth to contribute to the nonprofit’s advancement. Anatomy of a light-lifter What’s a light-lifter?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Tags: Animoto Facebook Online Video. Finally, for those nonprofits that do have video clips, you can use Animoto to create videos that combine photos and video clips. See Mashable’s Animoto Now Lets You Remix Video Clips; It’s Simply Awesome for more information and an example.

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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. Some initial quick reflections: Listening is a key skill of a community technology steward (Nancy White, Etienne Wenger, and John Smith has working on a book about this topic). Having a facilitator - the summaries helped make the tag stream accessible.

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Not only do volunteers build capacity through their people power, skills, and networks, but volunteers are more likely to make charitable donations and, among high net worth donors , 84% give to all, most, or some of the organizations where they volunteer. How many clients are they reaching, even if virtually?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

In a tweet, Subaru tagged Feeding America, shared a video with the Feeding America logo and photos of the nonprofit’s impact on-the-ground, and linked to a webpage with more information about their partnership. More recently, Subaru helped donate 100 million additional meals.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

It may make sense to hire someone to give you that help, especially if that person has the skills you need and can work remotely. Many VAs can help with the more skilled and technical tasks required for communication, development, volunteer management, and program management. What you need is a nonprofit virtual assistant or VA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? The main reason I'm still tagging is for retrieval when asked for a resource on and to write this summary. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

People who can touch API's out there have been fooling around with trying to extract data from the NpTech tag for analysis as well as think about ways that we can make the data that has been tagged more filtered via social search, collaborative filtering, and whatever else. Deborah Finn's thoughts on the NpTech Tag Mashup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

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. Use of tags to organize and bookmark Internet Resources related to subjects. for Educators.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2021

Finding dedicated, skilled volunteers is usually a difficult task. Specifically, mention and tag them if they are on social media. Volunteers are almost twice as likely to donate to a cause than non-volunteers. And it’s no small thing that 85% of all charitable nonprofits have no paid staff and are run exclusively by volunteers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 4, 2009

FreshBrain is focused on an important problem - filling the gap in the education that our teens receive, specifically in the area of 21st Century Skills. Skills around technology, creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration. Tags: T-Mobile OER Boys n Girls freshbrain Ferrario youth development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

The tagging discussion included an action learning exercise where we shared a lot of resources about tagging as well as explored the discovery aspect of delicious. group" about tagging and social-bookmarking. What central tag to use to get an item noticed? What tags to use to describe items, who decides this?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. Don’t be a photo tag spammer either! It’s a good practice to occasionally tag important partners and sponsors in image tweets, but doing so often will only annoy them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Posting a video opportunity on the YouTube Video Volunteers platform to find a skilled YouTube user to create a video for your cause. Tags: Online Video YouTube. Listing on the Nonprofit channels and the Nonprofit videos pages. Ability to add a Call-to-action overlay on your videos to drive campaigns.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In early 2018, a band of adventurers who came to be known as the Salesforce.org Trailhead Editorial Board set out to reach customers, partners, and pro bono volunteers with a comprehensive menu of skills-based training. Tag @SalesforceOrg to extend your reach. The challenge was to meet the needs of multiple audiences.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 29, 2010

There’s no more convenient way to brush up on your skills than to do your professional development online - and July 2010 brings us lots of free online presentations and seminars for fundraisers, board members, administrators, active volunteers, volunteer coordinators, and other non-profit folks.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

the skills identified in this workshop or sessions at the upcoming NTC designed to look at change issues that technology surfaces from the viewpoint of executive directors or IT staff might help. No problem, I dug into the NpTech + Digg tag archives and pulled out this terrific Beginner's Guide To Digg. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

It's part of helping people to easily adopt RSS readers as an information coping skill. I go to my blogreader or email and then I get distracted or I can't quickly extract it from del.ici.ous because I didn't tag it carefully or I can't quite remember the correct name of the blog. About those memory lapses. I find myself stumbling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

My graphic design skills are very limited, but I did create an interim Google Buzz icon for those early adopters out there. Tags: Google Buzz Uncategorized. I use them on my website, Facebook Pages, MySpace, and most importantly, on the right side of this blog. They have a great set of Google icons , but not yet for Google Buzz.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Some online e-commerce stores like Etsy spotlight Black-owned businesses or have a special tag you can search through to find Black-owned businesses to shop at. Their programs are aimed at increasing digital literacy and helping people gain valuable tech skills to funnel into successful careers.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

Brainstorm the skills, talents, and abilities you need so your marketing is clear. Be specific about what the volunteer will do, what skills are required, and how much of a time commitment you expect. Next, what are the required skills for the job? Stick to the skills that the job really requires, and don’t go overboard.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2009

The mission of YouTube’s Video Volunteers platform is to connect nonprofit organizations with skilled video makers who can help them broadcast their causes through video, reaching new audiences online and driving action around issues and projects that matter to them. Want to use your video skills for good?

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Bring Good Karma with Your Admin Skills: This is my baby. Where should they go to find out more about volunteering their tech skills? Tagged: Blackbaud , Dreamforce , Nonprofit , Salesforce , unemployment. I pitched the session and got a fantastic panel joining me. Where’s the nonprofit community?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Consider incorporating a digital element, such as asking participants to share photos from each location on social media, tagged with your organization’s hashtag. Talent Show Host a talent show where local performers can showcase their skills in support of your nonprofit.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2009

Want to build your IT leadership skills without a travel budget? Tags: TechSoup. Our friends at NTEN are launching a 2-day virtual conference for nonprofit IT leaders. I'm thrilled to see this. I think there's a big need for a "mini-MBA" for nonprofit chief information officers (CIOs), particularly those who came up through the ranks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

We are currently suffering from filter failure; which means the need to help people navigate and work within this world is really huge; we need skilled sense makers! KM has a purpose, skills/values/practices related to it have a real purpose today – but why are we not succeeding? KM is about helping people make better decisions.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Volunteers are passionate about your cause, donate their time and skills to make a positive impact. You can make individual mason jars for each volunteer and tag the jars with their names to personalize them. You can even use cute puns in the tags on each snack pack, such as “Our volunteers are so sweet!”

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Bring skills to the table to do tasks you can’t afford to hire out (like bookkeeping, lawn maintenance, facility maintenance, video editing, etc.). While they’re volunteering, you can evaluate their skills and dedication to see if they have what you need on your Board. which makes volunteer hours add up fast!

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