ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

My favorite historian, Peter Dobkin Hall , wrote a defining essay in one of his books that describes the "invention" of the nonprofit sector in the United States. Both are governed by boards of directors and can benefit from cutting edge knowledge of board development. So, sector is important for policy advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Nasscom provides technical assistance and also manages a knowledge network where best practices and reports are shared. Many of these programs are employee volunteering programs or other social investment programs. Network Weaving With Books and Twitter. I discovered a new form of network weaving : book giveaways.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As the art critic John Berger said in his book Ways of Seeing , “We only see what we look at. The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration. To look is an act of choice.” It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Note from Beth: We featured Momsrising in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , as an example of a nonprofit that was born as a Networked Nonprofit. They are experts in using social media as part of their multi-channel advocacy campaigns. Momsrising Story Site. They are also experts in repurposing content for different channels.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2012

Since advocacy as a topic and a career are both near and dear to my heart, I wanted to give you a preview of some awesome advocacy content that you can expect to see. First, my colleague Emily Goodstein will be presenting Out of the Box - Advocacy Superheroes. We are just 40 days away from bbcon 2012 , can you believe it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Now more than ever it’s crucial that your NGO knows the basics of a successful online fundraising campaign and has knowledge of emerging online fundraising trends in order to prepare for the future. Others options: crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, event registration and ticketing, database integration, advocacy, and online stores.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Candid also offers a wide variety of borrowable e-books by topic: DEI, management, fundraising, grant writing, advocacy, etc. This is a great way to find credible sources for research assignments or to simply improve your sector knowledge. Meanwhile, Candid had one for free. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen has written an excellent book Giving 2.0 I am certainly not the first to observe that the internet has the potential to reshape the way people find and support causes and charities. Beth Kanter has blogged about the topic for years. that touches on the subject.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Note from Beth: Recently, Networked for Good offered a free e-book about how nonprofits can development a micro-content for their social media presences filled with useful tips and best practices. Carie Lewis gives an excellent mini case study of how to leverage micro content during the holiday and get results. Image from Humane Society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

executive summary here ) ContinuousProgress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation is an online guide to more effective foreign policy advocacy and evaluation. tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings. It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. It will interesting to if there is reciprocity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Dixon's new book being published this month by Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley. In 264 pages, Dixon, with ten years of classroom experience in public, private and charter schools, shares his deep knowledge of social media to provide detailed descriptions of the best online tools available for school leaders.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Sometimes I feel like there''s an encyclopedia of online advocacy, fundraising, and social media stuck in my head. While I have close to two decades of experience in the nonprofit field and love to share my experiences and data, I’m lucky to be surrounded by such smart nptech folks who share their knowledge with me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community. is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

Data un-communicated, or ineffectively communicated, amount to personal knowledge or useless raw material. My measurement of "hot" and "humid" remains my personal data/knowledge until I walk back into the house and tell my wife. Information results from discovering something and then telling others about it.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

To be clear, this was not because I was a shy and introverted child who was generally happiest sitting in a quiet room with a chess set, some books about dragons, and no friends. You are a person whose job is to carry passion and in-depth knowledge about your particular cause or organization. Or, not only that. Fair enough.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

How can we talk about technology in social change, while, at the same time, publishing in a format that limits the availability of this knowledge to people privileged enough to pay for it? This goes back to my constant refrain – the means are the ends. These resources and tools thus improve equality of opportunity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 16, 2016

In the new book, The Optimistic Workplace , author Shawn Murphy , explains that the following beliefs are essential to helping create a positive work experience : The team is more important than any individual. The usefulness of creativity and innovation at the workplace is linked to increasing employees' knowledge and skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2009

Transparency Camp is an unconference designed to convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

This post summarizes the knowledge shared by many nonprofit folks on how to use Facebook effectively. A social media policy provides the rule book for all staff to participate. The Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Advocacy Campaign guide points out they come in three flavors: results, tactics, and capacity. What’s missing?

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Companies don’t make friends. People do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Note from Beth: Last month during one of our book talks for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , ” at TechSoup Global, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell came up to say hello. For nonprofits, and especially advocacy groups, the other side almost always has more resources.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2012

For me there is nothing like the thrill of curling up in bed with a book or polishing off a (hopefully good) blog post. Instant connection to unlimited knowledge and ideas! Jocelyn is also a recognized blogger and speaker on online marketing and fundraising. Words are another passion of mine. Access to new and diverse individuals.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When you read a book, you immediately get a sense of the genre based on the author’s diction and stylistic choices. To get you started, consider if you want your organization to come across as: Knowledgeable. Integrate your story into your website. Maintain the right tone of voice. These elements make up the tone of the story.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A few offered solid concrete suggestions that take the big idea of "advocacy" and make it concrete, like list wages on hiring requests and refusing to use unpaid interns. Much of leadership is advocacy for your team, and it's hard to do that without understanding their work. Book group, conversation, whatever.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Keisha recommends checking out the book, The Human Face Of Big Data , as a way to get a grasp on how all this new information is creating a nervous system for the humanosphere. The Open Knowledge Foundation is a great advocacy charity in that field. I asked Keisha to catch me up on what charitable big data looks like now to her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

The Network-Centric Advocacy blog says thank you to the Integration Proclamation that might help progressive organizations reach the Holy Grail: getting the technology groups use to work together! " The Network-Centric Advocacy blog explains. Check out the Digital Hero Book Project. Have you signed the petition yet?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Depending on the nature of the retreat, board members may be required to take a survey, review material, complete worksheets, read books, and participate in interview calls. Learn institutional knowledge All board members should be enthusiastic ambassadors of their organizations.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

And our members also rely on technology to take part, booking reminders in online calendars or using GPS-enabled cell phones to get to events. Mobile phones shouldn't be used as personal tracking devices without a warrant or even the owner's knowledge. Tags: Advocacy Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN privacy.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

He has argued that Mother Theresa was not primarily interested in eliminating poverty, which would have involved muscular advocacy for things like the empowerment of women. I have been reading the wonderful book Forces for Good, by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant, where this dilemma is presented quite starkly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition includes a "Knowledge-networking" category designed to take good ideas and circulates them widely, taking full advantage of the Web's potential for collaborative thinking. " New Realisties in Online Advocacy " tagged and Jason from Democracy in Action.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2005

People can assist in outreach, knowledge development, tool development. [Me] Mark] Drupal has a huge development community, and has many features that we need, e.g., blogs, aggregators, surveys, wiki books. Me] Is the NetSquared site intended to support the April conference, or do you see it having a longer life?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Educating to Mobilize the Masses David Williamson Shaffer (UW-Madison), Doug Nelson (Doorknocker Simulation/ Kinnection), Nelson Layag (CompassPoint Nonprofit Services) How can organizations educate their masses for door-to-door canvassing, fundraising, or advocacy? How Computer Games Help Children Learn? available for pre-order.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This session provides highlights from the new book Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to Implement Online Multichannel Strategies to Spark Advocacy, Raise Money, and Engage your Community by Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward and gives you the next steps you need to start working to create real social change online and on the ground.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Advocacy and Representation Membership-based nonprofits often advocate for their members’ interests—and associations are usually formed for expressly that purpose! When it comes to advocacy, the two keys are making sure that your members can offer their input and communicating the impact of your advocacy back to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Design and Plan Training: To build an effective training, you need to do some assessment of the current skills, knowledge, and comfort level of employees. Building Employee Advocacy on Social : This free e-book by Neil Schaffer offers excellent tips for implementing an employee champion program on social channels.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Data and Knowledge Centers. Kimberly Mitchell.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

Dominique Calixte will equip you with the knowledge and resources to include Millennials and Gen Z in your fundraising strategy successfully. So I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge with us. And so being able to pass down that knowledge is only going to help your nonprofit in the long run. So be there.

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