NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds). For example, Simone works for an evaluation organization. Start thinking about success stories that you can share with your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I've been doing Internet skills training workshops since 1995 and way back when I used to do one called "Digital Literacy" which was all about how to use email, listservs, and Internet search functions. I have in the past tried to access email from listservs that had RSS feeds. For example, a few in google groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. For concrete examples see the Slideshare presentation above. He has since started doing freelance work on his own at rootwork.org.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs. Pre-internet, people were limited to these passionate conversations with friends in person or by phone. Builds stronger connections with members of the media and legislators who are active on social networks.

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MARCH 15, 2023

This email type is sent with the usual goals of acquiring, recruiting, informing, or welcoming new subscribers to your organization’s email listserv. Examples of this type of email marketing could include newsletters, product promotions, and donation requests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2005

Steve and others, just when I thought there was a lull in our conversation about blog communities and blog cross conversations, I noticed this thread on the Digital Divide List (btw, the digital divide network is another example of a community blog). If you are new, start at the beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

This happens all the time on listservs where people who work on integrating technology into their work participate -- whether it be teachers, librarians, community of practice, online facilitators, nonprofit techies, etc. For example, recently on the UK Riders list there was a thread about tech support knowledge base software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

This a terrific example of in working in networked way. Iavor works closely with individuals responsible for social media and the web at Local United ways, right now via a listserv that serves as a just-in-time support network for social media and web. Here's an example. Iavor is primarily looking for content to tweet about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning. All about the Forums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

" I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. Some more examples and resources from the LASA list: Sean Kenny points to an example of publishing content with RSS feeds. the documentary on youtube for possibly useful example.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

Right now, there is an excellent example of this by the team behind the Davos 2009 World Economic Forum. If the event is offline, conduct follow-up online discussion using a simple listserve or a group collaboration tool to keep the lively discussions going. (We happen to have a software for this very thing: Live Interviews Online.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

" She gives examples of the listening deficits, but also the ways that social media tools can facilitate listening. For example, this nonprofit marketer shares his decision about choosing a software tool in light of the recent acquisitions in the market. BlogDigger. News Feeds. Yahoo News Google News. Additional Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2005

For example, my family can???t s why I started a listserv to help people from Cambodia to learn how to do it. Phone calls are expensive and if they're lucky they can exchange email. But the vlog is almost like being face-to-face and great way to connect back to your culture. Of course, not everyone in Cambodia has Internet access.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. For example, LINGOs has a free nonprofit learning catalog. The GE Crotonville Center is the legendary example An easy "ask" for your local corporations is: can I get a donated seat in your classroom? Pick one that fits your size and mission, and addresses technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

It's touted as one of the Web's best examples of social media software. See Amy Gahran's advice : I also started an affinity group (listserv) over at N-TEN called Flickr for Nonprofits. You could pay for banal photo stock, but there is another option. And, depending on the license, you are free to use many of them.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Recently, several subscribers to the RCAAM (Registrar’sCommittee of AAM) listserv posted concerns about professional photographers and museum visitors taking photographs of objects on exhibition. I encountered strong push-back on the listserv, with one subscriber calling my fitness for my job title, “collections care trainer,” into question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

It is like sending a personal email to the entire listserv by mistake. This is an example of virtual grassroots fundraising. Also, at the end when I thought I was having a private IM with a colleague to set up a play date with my kids, it was broadcast to the entire group. One of them is " Make A Wish Foundation."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

" She gives examples of the listening deficits, but also the ways that social media tools can facilitate listening. Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). She acknowledges that it takes time to listen and that there is no way around it. BlogDigger.

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JULY 14, 2021

Let’s take an academic conference for example: Academic conferences are usually centered around associations or research areas. An association usually hosts the event and will market it on their website, through academic and social forums, through listservs, word-of-mouth, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Using New Technology to Enhance Grantmaker Practices " Lots of links to examples of foundation's using Web2.0 Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. One example is simply turning a Twitter account into an RSS feed. You have observed museums using Twitter in a variety of ways, can you give me some examples (with links to the actual tweet?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. Well, I think the nonprofits that open their blogs up to tell the stories of their constituency -- the March of Dimes blog for example -- are inherently dramatic. Paying attention and contributing to listservs is a part of my job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. Sites/Blogs about blogging as an instructional tool: Weblogs in the Classroom provides links to articles, tools and examples.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

" - Example from Marnie Webb on Twitter. - "Bruce Lesley is one of a growing number of nonprofit executive. " - Example from Beth Kanter on her curation blog post. tried turning email discussions on listservs into blog posts and opting to record conference call presentations. And, he isn't tweeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

A definition of screencasting, with real examples. It's free and anyone can join, so if you are curious about nonprofit applications in flickr, come subscribe to the listserv and if you're going to the NTC, come join our meeting). Top Three Takeaways. Overview of the tools needed. Tips and tricks to make your screencasts successful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. David Wilcox shares an example of growing divided in the UK nonprofit sector between "traditional" online communities (listservs) and those who are adopting Web2.0 choice and when it is not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

I started my research on a listserv of practitioners for SalesForce Nonprofit version asking for case studies and examples. I also got an good idea of who to interview in more depth and some ideas for examples/case studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Take for example her write up on Games for Change. My social marketing colleague Craig Lefebvre, who has a blog ( On Social Marketing and Social Change ), asked me to expand some comments I had made on the Social Marketing Listserve as a guest blogger. For example, rather than starting by saying ???We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

In yet another example of the connectedness of the Web2.0, I shared this on a listserv with some nonprofit technology geeks (aka circuit riders) and one of them told me that his father worked at the same school as Doug in Minnesota. Vicky has written a brilliant post answering the question "How do you write for your blog?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

An example clue may be: near the towels; or in sea on the South West coast. He's raising some good questions too: But what can Second Life offer over and above the normal asynchronous social software tools such as listserves and web conferences? You should take a picture of all your team gathered round the box in its hiding place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! An example? Another example. Here's an example from the Red Cross. So, now is the fun part. This can inform.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Security: Photographers might take photos with intent to do harm; for example, with plans to rob the museum or stalk another visitor.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

"For example, one nonprofit archives records every year based on past giving or when someone last interacted with them. Here is a compilation of responses to the same question from the APRA's listserve, PRSPCT-L : "I would consider any data valuable when it can be utilized for predictive analytics or to build a case for trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The Wild Apricot Blog has published a nice list of ten examples of how nonprofits can use Facebook. leading to an impassioned request for best practices for minimizing damage when this security breaches occur on several listservs. Is this wave of the future? Will email remain the killer app or go the way of the page view?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Use a template : Ask your state library if it has a template, or ask other librarians if they have a template you can use by way of a listserv (such as ARSL) or Facebook group. Although the tips and examples come from libraries, we think that all organizations can benefit from some basic tech planning tips. Speedtest.net.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. My second example is more personal and slightly embarrassing. Do these examples mean you should never use wikis? Here are two cases with related examples.

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