Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I caught up with Danny Alpert at the NTC Conference in Minneapolis, MN where he briefed me on how he is using a “Transmedia” strategy to raise awareness and funding to support homeless services. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy.

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MARCH 19, 2011

[Sketch by Hong Yee Krauker created on an iPad with Sketchbook Pro The Friday plenary session at the NTC featured Dan Heath, Co-Author of Flip the Switch, and was all about organizational change. Also new this year is the online NTC. She gave a quick update on NTC and thanked everyone including, staff, the community, and sponsors.

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MARCH 18, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] A Photo Essay by Wendy Marinaccio A team of 30 NTEN-ers volunteered our mornings at the Community for Creative Nonviolence, which runs the largest homeless shelter in the country.

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MARCH 18, 2011

This year's Day of Service featured three different projects - a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC's largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. Event 360 was a sponsor for the Day of Service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2007

For the past five years, I've coordinated the NTEN/NTC Day of Service and before that participated as a volunteer. Susan and Karen were on a twenty-person team, led by John Nuno of Cisco, that worked with homeless clients in a community technology lab at the Wilderness Alliance. Peter did a strategy consult with a local organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

You may be familiar with the NTC ( Nonprofit Technology Conference ) hosted by NTEN. The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter!

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MARCH 19, 2010

Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Katya Andresen, Alia McKee Scott and Mark Rovner will be presenting a session during NTC based on this book, so attendees will definitely want to get their hands on a copy! 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80. O-matic Software in booth 76.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Katya Andresen, Alia McKee Scott and Mark Rovner will be presenting a session during NTC based on this book, so attendees will definitely want to get their hands on a copy! 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80. O-matic Software in booth 76.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

I'm the sole IT person at my non-profit organization (we are a shelter for homeless families), and we are undergoing severe budget cuts at the moment. Fundraising for a 2009 NTC scholarship fund, and facilitating donations of airline miles. And, as one member recently told me: . As of January 1, 2009, NTEN is: .

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MAY 5, 2009

I joined a group project installing a mesh wireless network on Treasure Island, a community in San Francisco which is home to many low income families many of who were previously homeless. Cisco sponsored the project and provided the hardware for the network. Photo Credits: SteveLavo (Flickr).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. I’ve been playing with the conversational panel or conversational keynote models for short sessions (60, 75 or 90 minutes.)

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