Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." The Case Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. The networking was fabulous - meeting many new bloggers in the Boston area as well as seeing long-time blogher buddies and of course, Jory, Lisa, and Elisa. BlogHer always inspires me and this one did not fail. It was better than eating chocolate!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

We are very grateful to everyone for their contributions, links, and advice. Katya Andresen at the Nonprofit Marketing Blog gave me a guest spot to write about the campaign and solicit advice from colleagues here. Click To Play. I'm elated that we made goal. In the meantime, enjoy the thank you video! Britt Bravo on her personal blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

At blogher, I attended a workshop on video blogging lead by Ryanne Hodson and Zadi Diaz. Any advice? At that blogher video blogging workshop, I also asked what were the most common shooting mistakes that new video bloggers make and how to avoid them? Video Blogging Learning Journal. Notes on shooting yourself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I was considering doing a quick and dirty screencast, but while browsing my feeds I noticed that one of my favorite bloghers Amy Gahran (the photo above was taken at BlogHer when we finally met face-to-face) had written about this very topic. She also gives some great advice about how to choose which feeds you read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

To be honest, I'm sort of scared, although the session last week with Laura Fitton (Pistachio) and her advice has helped reduce some stress. Any advice to calm my nerves? Presenting (and putting the stream of learning into a powerpoint) is an opportunity for some reflection and storytelling and learning after the fact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2008

In a recent post on Blogher, Virginia DeBolt mentions the list titled 100 Awesome Webmaster Blogs by and for Women by Jimmy Atkinson. BlogHer's leadership trio Lisa, Elisa, and Jory was in the number 1 spot. This list has included other BlogHers such as Anne Zelenka and myself. Have a plan; 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

What is your advice to nonprofits are thinking about using Facebook to promote their cause? My best advice to Non-profits for Facebook is to keep their eyes peeled for changes that meet their specific needs. Beth Kanter, BlogHer CE for Social Change and NGOS, writes Beth's Blog. Powered by ScribeFire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

I learned about this from a personal branding session at BlogHer I attended this summer. Also, some good advice here on encouraging people to subscribe in terms of usability: Despite this, the basic tenet of usability holds true: if you want someone to do something, you better make it as easy as possible.

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JUNE 29, 2011

I'll be one of the Write Brain | Essential Content Development workshop leaders at BlogHer '11 on August 5th. • Opportunities to Make Your Blog Juicy Bay Area folks • I'm teaching a Jumpstart Your Blog! workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley on July 9th Everyone! My next Juicy Blogging E-Course runs from September 21-October 12.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. Rebecca Leaman writes for the Wild Apricot Blog and offers strategy advice for small nonprofits. Nina Simon. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Blog that covers how museums are using social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Hats off to Lisa, Jory, and Elisa (as well as to my fellow BlogHer CE editors) for posting such brilliant thoughts about this topic. Here's her advice for educators, students, and parents on how to stop Cyberbullying Today!: Some advice on what's needed on the Web/Blogopshere for the here and now for adults. about civility!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

For BlogHer, I'm on a panel with Britt Bravo and I have to present the widget fundraising case study in ten minutes. So, I am thinking about some of the advice in that Nonprofit Times article on how to do this. These are all on the on the topic of Web2.0 tools and fund raising. rest of the session will be discussion/questions).

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MARCH 27, 2009

As evidenced by so many viral videos, really successful ideas are often those with little foresight, like BlogHer, which Erin Kotecki Vest (Building Strong Online Communities) explained was started over lunch by 3 motivated women bloggers.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My fellow BlogHer co-editor, Beth Kanter , has launched a fundraising campaign using ChipIn. If you have a web site or blog, and want to start a similar campaign of your own, I'm sure she'd be happy to share tips and advice-- she's very nice (: sopharath net2 nptech philanthropy

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2007

I asked a few colleagues on Blogher and beyond and discovered a few excellent blogs and video blogs that offer advice and recipes for parents who want to make sure their kids are eating a healthy meal. Applications are being accepted until November 9th! Need some ideas? But, there must be others. Need some programming ideas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

The term "extra organizational activist" comes from Alison Fine's book Momentum and I first heard it back in September 2006 when I read the book and reviewed it over at Blogher. What advice would you give them to increase the changes of success in their campaign? What's your advice for making this a successful partnership?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

What have you learned about personal fundraising that might be helpful to other bloghers? I asked Manny Hernandez, the founder of TuDaibetes, what advice he would offer Tanya. His advice was about online community building, helping set expectations, and also gave some specific tips: 1.

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MAY 14, 2008

First I gave away money, then stuff, then advice, and then my giving became more intangible. It isn't difficult for me to care and want to help a cause, or an individual entrepreneur on Kiva , or a reader who emails me for advice. It said, "The finest pleasure is kindness to others--Jean de la Bruyère."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

" asking readers to share their stories about how they got started in social media, first steps, and advice. I jumped on the BlogHer bandwagon in 2005 and followed all the BlogHer's - they were on my sidebar initially - like Lisa, Jory, Elisa, Liz Henry, Lisa Cantor, Ponzi, Lisa Williams, Danah Boyd, Amy Gahran, and many, many others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

I had the pleasure of interviewing Judi Sohn for Blogher and have finally published it. " Her advice for those that work for nonprofits and do not blog anonymously. Judi Sohn, Director of Operations and Communications, for the Colorectal Cancer Coalition. ll search my own blog to get that reference. s always fun when I???m

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

I think it was 2006 when the entire room of 1400 bloggers burst into spontaneous singing of this song at BlogHer. His advice: (1) Embrace the cloud - it isn't evil. This reminds of something that Nancy White was writing about a while back about community indicators and the Beatles song, "All You Need Is Love." Don't be scared of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

What practical advice would you offer a nonprofit just dipping their toes in the social media waters? And since this interview is going to be posted on Blogher, I'll narrow it down to women bloggers: 1. For the same reasons why it is important for you to get to know your neighbors. Or, to teach your child how to change a tire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

I wrote about the experience on BlogHer last week. Just wondering what advice you'd give to the folks at Common Knowledge about using the camera to get the word out? As I mentioned, one of the Day of Service activities was a video blogging workshop for local nonprofits given by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. As a Gen Y, who uses social media and social networks, what advice would you give to nonprofits about interacting successfully with people of your generation on socnets?

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APRIL 26, 2006

As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago, I've started writing a weekly feature over at Blogher called Solutionary Women. What tips, resource and advice would you give to someone who wanted to do the kind of work you are doing, or just wanted to make a difference in women and children's health issues?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

What advice would you give to us to be prepared? Should there ever be a disaster (god forbid), how could a blogging network like BlogHer be of assistance? Some examples of the current projects we are working on include pandemic planning, weather related emergencies and hazardous materials events, including terrorist related events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

In exchange They gave the girls some life advice about being positive and never giving up when faced with life challenges and most of all continuing to celebrate life and enjoy what good there is in the world, surfing being one of them! Cross posted at BlogHer. It was a rainy and cold day, but a few of the women came down anyway.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

He gave lots of strategy advice and tips for each segment. Millie Garfield (who I've had the pleasure of meeting at BlogHer) and I had a great talk about our "virtual blogging" friends. Some notes from Christopher Penn's session strategy: He presented a marketing funnel and goals in different profiles. I met her through Jane.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

When I first started out consulting, one of the first pieces of advice I got was that giving things away free is an avenue to getting business. I can't really quantify whether this has been the case for me - but between my natural inclinations, and that advice, I certainly got into the habit of doing it. Cross posted at Blogher

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. Aside from having a 15 second pitch up my sleeve, what other networking advice would you suggest? Why did you launch your company? After 9/11/01 in New York, the economy was truly dismal. Blogs to read?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

What's your advice about getting conversation going on your organization's blog? Cross-posted at BlogHer It was the connection of our offline and online relationships that allowed this action to take off, and social media tools that greased the wheels for its growth. I noticed that you have lots of comments.

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MARCH 8, 2007

Check out CODEPINK’s favorite pink blogs (and advice for how to start your own). Cross-posted from BlogHer. My newest favorite thing to peruse is this site called www.wefeelfine.org —it’s a program that searches blogs, myspace, etc. by characteristics (gender, age, country, weather) for emotions. Check it out.

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MAY 10, 2006

The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL? Last week I sat down with a former co-worker, Mei-ying Ho, who is now the Co-Director of SOUL , for an interview for my Big Vision podcast.

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JUNE 7, 2006

Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. What tips, resources or advice would you give to someone who wanted to become a grassroots campaign organizer?

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APRIL 24, 2007

BB: What advice do you have for someone who wants to start their own non-profit, or is a budding social entrepreneur? For more information about TransFair USA go to www.transfairusa.org Britt Bravo also blogs at Have Fun * Do Good , NetSquared and BlogHer. PR: The old approaches to the world's problems aren't working very well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Yesterday, in preparation for a session I'm doing at BlogHer Boston , I created a quiz for folks to self-assess how much information overload was a factor. Original cartoon from Rob Cottiingham Social Signal. I got some great feedback and was able to revise the quiz - thanks.

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