Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2011

.&# That takes the discipline of listening to ensure that you understand your community, value them, and build a meaningful experience. It also takes analyzing competitors and perhaps in the nonprofit sector, understanding the ecosystem or network of organizations working on similar issues. In short, listening is market research.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog here , or read the copied post below. As organizations or community builders active online, working to practice and create quality engagement, we are often trying to guide, collect or herd conversations and interactions into spaces that we have created or monitor closely.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I recently had a conversation with a friend and colleague about what I perceive to be a revolution in progress. Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Around the world, organizations face unique challenges when mobilizing their constituents and growing online communities, whether for a cause, an issue, an organization's mission, or a combination thereof. Join the Conversation. How should organizations harness their online communities? Pacific time, 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, 3 p.m.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Other CSR teams promote programs to address a huge range of social issues. Conversely, how can other CSR teams better use technology to further their own CSR missions? TechSoup is an international network of more than 60 NGOs that leverages technology to build nonprofit capacity and help solve social problems locally and globally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The UN Global Report is also using Facebook Messenger bots to engage young people around different issues. Building personas allows you to have empathy for the audience, to put yourself in their shoes. Empowerment. What would you add to this conversation about donor engagement? Transparency. Aspiration.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. What other questions do you want answered?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. What other questions do you want answered?

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Myspace Technology Causes Social Network 158

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Really looking forward to this conversation! Empowerment is unconditional. It’s always better to build too little than too much. Design to support conversations, relationships, stories - not to organise documents. Be specific, define the issue, problem or idea, and let the answers pour in. People want control.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment. And after talking to other students who agreed with the we decided to change the schedule!” Another student suggested that the organization build a student lounge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2008

I also had a chance to work with Ore through Nancy White and KM4DEV Technology Stewardship issue. s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC). s Technology Empowerment Centre. This project builds upon the work of the Blogs for African Women (BAWo) initiative; an earlier project aimed at introducing blogging to young Nigerian girls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. We embed the product donation with a connection to the community and capacity building.&#. The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing [.].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Granted, due to the limitations of fully automated conversion, this is not perfect braille, and we continuously work with experts to improve the quality of our Braille Ready Files (in the BRF format). and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries. This is important here in the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

You can explain complex issues like cap and trade in 140 characters. Building Networks of Partners. Have you used measurement to make the case for building social media capacity? How does your organization use A/B testing to improve conversion rates? More detailed suggestions for A/B testing with images here.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. Networking effectively and trying to have in-person conversations with corporate giving people is an essential part of corporate fundraising. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar. In developing a prospect list of potential corporate donors start locally.

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Philanthropy Survey Results Giving 55

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

There were quite a few participants and some really great conversation. I’ve tried to pull out some of the relevant tweets from the Twitter stream to help follow the flow of the conversation in case you missed it. rootwork : I strongly believe list building w/ petitions etc. realize_ink : Q1. Both important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Organizing is about building relationships and mobilizing people around a cause. Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance. Interaction: Asking questions and commenting back when someone has an answer is creating a “conversation.” Twitter does exactly that.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. Networking effectively and trying to have in-person conversations with corporate giving people is an essential part of corporate fundraising. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar. In developing a prospect list of potential corporate donors start locally.

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Philanthropy Survey Grant Giving 44

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

To build your online brand? After a year or so of building the brand recognition of your avatar, you can then switch and rotate square photos as avatars to spark curiosity and add variety, as long as they include a smaller version of your logo somewhere in the avatar. Engage in conversation. To secure new volunteers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. Program Design. Program Design.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. Takeaway #4: Collaboration is necessary to solve the big issues today. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Scribe: The role of the scribe is to capture ideas and build group memory. When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. Taking in New Ideas: Facilitated Listening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Also, if you are writing about the same topics repeatedly on your blog, when a reporter is searching online for an expert on your issue, your posts may come up at the top of their search results. Blogs facilitate conversations with supporters and potential supporters. Think of the comment area of your blog like a cocktail party.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

Build community. I''ve gotten more comfortable and more confident with the idea of the museum as political body that advocates for empowerment and social bridging. Empowerment? What do you think has changed around these issues in the past five years? Humans empower each other. Make space for each other. Social bridging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur hopes to gain insight into how virtual worlds are used by young people, to introduce the foundation to an audience that may have little exposure to institutional philanthropy and to take part in and stimulate discussions about the real-world issues that it seeks to address. Can you talk about security and pornography issues?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

The museum display included information about the issue, a countdown clock to the government's decision, and a running tally of postcards submitted to date. Because museums are often afraid, unwilling, or unable to take clear positions on issues, they settle for empowering visitors to "get involved."

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. You rarely find folks who have stayed on that long and really committed to building the infrastructure and the political roots of an organization.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects. How do you go about building this network and what role do they play in the work you do?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Our essential intention is to cultivate partnerships of grassroots women who are working at the community level on issues of environmental sustainability and social justice, so that they can really find opportunities to collaborate and to exchange best practices, exchange resources, and really build a collective agenda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Nonprofit RockStars: Using Video to Share Your Message by David King Video is a great way to share your organization's message, start conversations, and move people to action. Should you build from scratch or use a commercial solution? Explore cases and key issues in a fast-paced and interactive session. His "JUST ASK!"

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy. High crime.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Ephraim Gopin moderates a panel of nonprofit pros – Mimosa Kabir, Sarah Willey, and Lisa Chmiola – to look at the issue of being laid off and ask: what next? And so I got to have that conversation with her just because we already had an appointment on the books and. It’s a bit of a broader issue, but I’m going to ask.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Whether they implement a system, or build it, they will inevitably have the job of supporting that technology. Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider. Second, Empowerment. All technology providers have to deal at some level with support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Karen Bloom, Project Kesher, leads a monthly group walk at county park across the street from their building. Here’s what I learned: Karen learned about the importance of self-care as part of her organization’s work on issues of women’s empowerment and women’s equality in Eastern Europe and Israel.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Our October 14th conversation began with Jensine explaining how World Pulse works. I felt an emptiness inside, as a woman, that I wasn't hearing from the teachers that I wanted to about world issues. If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It can build on the way people already care about things, but it can also act as a reminder or invitation to like-minded people." " An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. This campaign was a simple way to start a conversation about gender equality.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It can build on the way people already care about things, but it can also act as a reminder or invitation to like-minded people." " An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. This campaign was a simple way to start a conversation about gender equality.

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