Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I just discovered a new (to me anyway) blog on nonprofits called the Nonprofit Eye via a provocative post on the Netsquared Community Blog. She a prolific blogger, a nonprofit techie, and has worked in the nonprofit sector for twenty years. And, finally, this podcast from the Gender and the Social Web panel at netsquared conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

Blog Day August 31st A day for bloggers to recommend 5 new blogs to their readers,"preferably blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude." Bloggers Unite November 10 Similar to Blog Action Day, Bloggers Unite is a day for bloggers to write about one subject. For more info. For more info.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

I’m honored to be included on this “dream team&# roster of women (and a few guys including fellow Zoetican, Geoff Livingston ) working on the forefront of social change and technological progress, among them: Mary Hodder, Technologist and Founder of of Dabble.com, Author Blogger and CEO of Zoetica Media, author Clay Shirky, Elisa Camahort (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Water Words That Work - an excellent nonprofit video blogger. Photo from Cambodia4kids.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2008

Hey all you do-good bloggers! Ben Rattray of Change.org wanted me to let you know that they are hiring bloggers. I've pasted the blurb below: Hiring Bloggers for Change.org! Positions are part-time, paid and start in June. To apply, go to [link]. Positions are part-time and paid. blogging job activism

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DECEMBER 11, 2006

That's how much food blogger, Pim Techamuanvivit of Chez Pim , raised for UNICEF in 2005. In 2005, 80 food bloggers were involved in the campaign, and together they raised $17,000 for UNICEF. Food bloggers were asked to contribute prizes to the campaign, and readers were asked to buy virtual raffle tickets.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

Edward Harran is a blogger and nonprofit technologist I have connected with through NetSquared, this blog, and of course Twitter. I am also a big supporter of Edurelief, NetSquared, SocialActions, ConnectingUp- organisations tthat are are showing how social action and technology converge. Essentially as soon as I can get it.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I can’t speak for others working in the “innovation sector,&# but at NetSquared we can’t emphasize enough that our Community is what drives us – whether’s it’s online or offline. How can this work? Community feedback shapes everything from our goals to our website and everything in between.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. [Ed. Here are some example searches using NetSquared as the organization. netsquared” or “net squared” - putting this in the search term area of the alert would mean that any time “NetSquared” is mentioned or “Net Squared” is mentioned, I will get alerted. You can read all the details here. ].

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Finalists were invited to present in person to the NetSquared community at a one-day conference.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Here are some other bloggers that are writing their nonprofit resolutions at Convio’s invitation: Beaconfire Wire. Help send me to the NetSquared Conference Okay, time for shameless begging and plugging… I’m really interested. That’s my resolution. Nope, just coincidence. Beth Kanter. Connection Café. Everyday Giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Read more from blogger Kami Huyse (who lives the Houston area), Beth Dunn , Netsquared and the RedCross Blog , The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has issued a roadblock. encouraging radio stations to simultaneously air public service advertising in support of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

Being an organization's blogger involves not only writing for the blog, but also building relationships with other bloggers by reading them, linking to them, commenting on their blogs and inviting them to comment on your blog. A natural person to be the staff blogger is whoever writes the organization's newsletter or e-newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Unfortunately they don't have credit cards (that's a problem for some of the potential donors like the bloggers I met in Cambodia - take for example Denith ). Also on the Google Alert, I discovered that Britt Bravo has posted on the Netsquared Blog too. I want to thank everyone who has contributed so far. I tweeted that too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Marshall Kirkpatrick , who was working with Netsquared , whipped up the NpTech Metafeed which allowed folks to aggregate items tagged by nonprofit techies from many distributed sources. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Back in the early days of Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex is a great example of a change blogger. I guess I'm a change blogger too. The meme isn't necessarily limited to individuals as David Neff at Fispace mentions - corporate bloggers like Tyson Foods will donate 100 pounds of food for every comment made here. This fall, DC will be one of 35 cities visited by NetSquared???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! GoogleEarth launches Nonprofit Outreach Program via the NTEN blog and NetSquared community blog. Here's another low cost email list tool, an email newsletter application just for bloggers called Zookoda. Net Tuesday Seattle has been in the local press too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2009

Some great must-reads include: Why Guest Bloggers are Great for a Blog. How to Find a Guest Blogger for Your Blog. How to Be a Good Guest Blogger. I remember when I was a guess blogger on Netsquared early on - it was an amazing experience. How to Get Guest Blogging Jobs. Click To Play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

Inviting bloggers to Davos is a good thing as it means those not attending in person can participate in the discussion and it makes the whole thing a bit more informal. Is there a polite way to interrupt a blogger to say hello, or even try and talk? And back to David Wilcox's posts about blogger actvists preparing for a conversation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2010

Our very own Elliot Harmon , talented writer , blogger , forum host , poet , and all-around-good-guy was notified last week that he's won Ashoka's "Blog Your Way to Hyderabad" contest. Aside from Elliot's big honor, TechSoup's Global Community Development Manager of NetSquared , Amy Sample-Ward , was among the six finalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I've been reading Dave Cohn's blogs or " DigiDave " for sometime now and even got a chance to meet him last June at Netsquared where we interviewed each other. writes for Wired, and has worked with pioneering journalism bloggers like Jay Rosen and Jeff Jarvis. Dave interviews Beth - Beth interviews Dave ). Dave is a journalist 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2008

Long Station blog has great notes here ) Erin talked about the NetSquared Mashup (deadline on March 14th).& & You can find a copy of my slides, notes, and resources on this wikitation ) A few bloggers blogged great notes and some other commentary below -- thanks so much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

I'll still continue to blog here during the next two weeks, but will point you over to daily guest posts on Netsquared. I asked a few questions: -Many video bloggers do vlog posts where they aim the camera at themselves, talk, and let the video roll. As I mentioned before, Ryanne and other video bloggers say "Just do it!"

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Join me, Allyson Kapin, Co-founder of Rad Campaign and Blogger-in-Chief of Care2''s Frogloop blog and Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director of NTEN for this free webinar. and serves as the Blogger-In-Chief for Care2''s top-ranked nonprofit communications blog, Frogloop. Don''t worry though, we can help you change that.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

Susan Chavez is a blogger for TechSoup's Online Community team. NetSquared Think Tank: Curating Content. Technology has made it easier than ever to access a wide range of information, but what’s the best way to sort through it all? The best advice is to take a tip from libraries and museums and curate all that information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. And, next week, nonprofits and bloggers in Southeast Asia and Cambodia will be gathering for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit. Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 28, 2008

For the past two days I've gotten to spend time at the NetSquared Conference with my Co-Editor of BlogHer's Social Change, Nonprofit and NGO section, and fellow NetSquared blogger , Beth Kanter of Beth's Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words. Don't forget to add the search tool. Hurry the deadline is May 19th to submit your idea. And if you???re

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Care2

APRIL 7, 2010

With so many informative panels to choose from (such as Diversifying Your Tech and Online Communications Teams by Frogloop bloggers Jocelyn Harmon and myself as well as Ivan Booth and Shireen Mitchell) on topics ranging from online fundraising, recruitment, and social media - it was a real challenge to come up with my top 12 picks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think? See below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. is coming " Bloggers go to the SF Symphony! Some New (to me) NpTech Bloggers - Welcome! Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Need some comic relief?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Britt Bravo, MA, write for three blogs: her personal blog, Have Fun * Do Good , the NetSquared blog , where she is the Community Builder, and for BlogHer , where she is a Nonprofit and NGO Contributing Editor. She also produces her own Big Vision podcast and the NetSquared This Week in NetSquared News podcast.

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