Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

I am just back from Legal Services Corporation and a keynote on ROI and Nonprofits. I caught up with Jen Lemen's post " To Cambodia With Love " I met Jen at Blogher last summer in a session about Global Women Bloghers.

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How do we disrupt the nonprofit sector? I’ve talked about the dire need for nonprofits to innovate over the years on Frogloop. million nonprofits in the US that are working in similar issue areas and trying to address global warming, poverty, the gender pay gap, affordable healthcare, education, etc. Who Can Apply?

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. nonprofit (valued up to $75,000 ). 19 Free Webinars for Nonprofits - November 2009 on Wild Apricot Blog.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. 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. d say there???s

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

GI-NET's blog Global Fund for Women Mission: "The Global Fund for women promotes women's economic security, health, education and leadership." Global Fund for Women's blog Maine Coon Adoptions They rescued and helped us adopt our Maine Coon cat, Dora! is a nonprofit project of the Center for Media Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Beth Kanter, BlogHer Editor for Social Change and Nonprofits, writes Beth's Blog.   (You can see an example of a slideshare (and some early contributions) here.)    She is hoping to raise $10,000 for a group of female entrepreneurs in the Philippines.   You have until October 31st to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. Nonprofit Technology. She covers nonprofit technology, social actions, and social change.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

" So, it comes as no surprise that every holiday season the magazine chooses nonprofit partners and runs a fundraising/subscription campaign. Good Magazine wants to sign up 50,000 subscribers and will donate 100% of the $20 subscription fee towards the subscriber's choice of one of twelve nonprofits described briefly below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.    Maybe more women in the nonprofit technology space will turn their blogs pink!! .    Maybe more women in the nonprofit technology space will turn their blogs pink!! 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Almost two years ago at the first Blogher Conference I was lucky enough to interview and get to know Lisa Canter (we aren't related but I learned a few things about the kanter/canter name from her husband, Marc ). Tharum, who I had the pleasure of meeting via my work with Global s, has linked to the Campaign. Lisa's post is here.

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AUGUST 25, 2007

Getcha Grub On Give and Take *A Roundup of nonprofit blogs by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (check out the blogroll in the right column). Getcha Grub On Give and Take *A Roundup of nonprofit blogs by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (check out the blogroll in the right column).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. The GRO Foundation: Global Relief Outreach. Check out their MySpace page. Can't decide?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Tharum, who I had the pleasure of meeting via my work with Global s, has linked to the Campaign. Katya Andresen at the Nonprofit Marketing Blog gave me a guest spot to write about the campaign and solicit advice from colleagues here. Nancy White. Alexandra Samuel and Robb Cottingham. Erin Denny (Aka Agent Handy). Links/Posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

For example, during the Global s London Summit, a wiki was used to capture a brainstorming session and then to help bring those ideas foward in the months following the gathering. Britt Bravo recently attended Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp and pointed us to the Boot Camp Wiki. and I knew where I could find it.

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JULY 20, 2006

--Anne Firth Murray While on vacation I read several books, but the one that stood out the most was Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change by Anne Firth Murray, the founder of the Global Fund for Women. We love the groups book clubs, Weight Watchers , Dining for Women -- BlogHer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2006

Techsoup is hosting an online event about Nonprofits and Wikis on November 1-3. Let me extract those particular examples: Global s London Summit - used to capture brainstorm notes before and after session. Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Bootcamp Wiki and Britt Bravo's post about how it was used. Ah, but there's the rub.

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MARCH 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Non-Profits: Be the Web You Wish to See!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. The Nonprofit Tech Blog is asking a question via LinkedIn - "As a donor, if you had one wish for the nonprofit sector, what would it be?"

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MARCH 4, 2006

Nonprofit Online News: This is written by Michael Gilbert and is probably the oldest blog that covers nonprofit issues. Anyway, if you are interested in nonprofit resources, this is a great blog to follow. On the social networking end, I would swim through the various frappr groups that are nonprofit technology related.

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AUGUST 23, 2006

Global Warming. That’s why I started interviewing women (and men) for the Big Vision Podcast , and my Solutionary Women series on BlogHer who get up in the morning and have a big vision for a better world as their alarm clock. Election Fraud. Genetically-Modified Food. Find like-minded people to share your vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Donna Callejon with kids in village in Guatemala - the houses, latrines, etc are being built partly with Global Giving support. Tell me about you - how did you end up working in global philanthropy? I met Dennis Whittle, Global Giving's co-founder, at a social entrepreneurship conference in Geneva.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. Take the time to build your friends list. Post your badges on their comment space once you have friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started blogging in 2003 about nonprofits and social media and started second blog about Cambodia, “Cambodia for Kids” after the arrival of my daughter, Sara and discovering that there was a vibrant community of bloggers in Cambodia. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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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 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room. What we do is essentially support social entrepreneurship within refugee communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. Here's a summary of the different viewpoints in the nonprofit sector about it.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. Why should consumers buy Fair Trade Certified products?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Check out what's available on Global Exchange's Fair Trade Store , and Original Good , World of Good 's line of Fair Trade products. Cross-posted from BlogHer. valentine gfit nonprofit donate volunteer fair trade What are some other ideas for valentines that give back? Britt Bravo is a Big Vision Consultant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Last week, there was a useful exchange on the NTEN Affinity group for Nonprofit Bloggers around the question "What metrics do you use to measure success for your blog?" I'm remembering something that I heard Robert Scobel say at last year's Global s Summit in London. " What about out-bound and in-bound links?

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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. women nonprofit activism music ONE campaign

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JUNE 30, 2007

For folks who are interested in how you can use blogs and podcasts and other social media things for social change, basically the way I started was, I have always worked for nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, and was not technical at all. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned.

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