Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Employees working on a paper on recommendation AI, which is used to personalize content on platforms like YouTube, were told to “take great care to strike a positive tone,” according to Reuters. The company has also asked employees to “refrain from casting its technology in a negative light” on multiple occasions, Reuters says.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Maybe that’s your Database Administrator, your CFO, or an office support staff person. Find that person, tell them they are amazing , and help them get in touch with their peers. Having the support and encouragement to scrub data or write down basic data-related procedures will get your data person on the path to good data management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

She turned to Facebook to ask how we might document the day for those who couldn’t join in person. To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv. Andrew is already cooking up some big changes for next year’s conference, so don’t miss out. right here.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Eric says I’m a better person to live with when I’m knitting. Before, there were some high-activity listservs and sites with patterns to download. That’s when I knew I needed fiber back in my life. On top of that, there’s a really nice yarn shop about 10 minutes from our new home. Resistance was futile.

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JUNE 21, 2009

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. If there are 15 people in the office, I say ‘hi’ as I pass down the hall, chat for a minute with one person or maybe two, and get into my office to work. Attend conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2007

This person will also oversee G4C's online presence, listserv, and future social networking space. This is a resource directory and social networking space for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative, a 4-year funded project going into its 2nd year. For detailed info see here.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community. It's real-time and easy and personal. My thoughts, keeping in mind that Salesforce is evolving this frequently: It's fun.

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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). Start thinking about success stories that you can share with your organization. to get success stories. is going end-of-life!" Wa wa, wa wa wa wa.)

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. Easter Seals staff and volunteers are personally responsible for their posts. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez). Carmen left me a follow up comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I'm caught between being a Myers-Briggs J or Getting Things Done person (as fast as possible) and making space for reflection or rather reflection in action. Wow, better than a listserv! I'm also still trying to force myself to leave my comfort zone of certain work processes and squeeze in some experimentation.

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JULY 14, 2021

This format is structured the same as in-person conferences. Attendees and presenters attend remotely rather than in person. . Virtual conferences typically have an overall theme, much like traditional in-person ones. When hosting an in-person conference, the presentation of sessions is in the control of the organizer.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

" TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. The project grew out of the Council on Foundations and led by one part-time staff person, executive director Lisa Pool. Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Get Users to Grant Administrator Access Ask your users to visit Setup -> My Personal Information -> Grant Administrator Access and put in a date some time in the future that you don't have to worry about it for a few years. than to poke around in the interface or export on demand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

About six months ago, we connected via a listserv I posted to and she emailed me privately to say hello. The reviews and reviews of reviews are over and despite bureaucratic quagmires, delays, missing persons, lost paperwork, and every imaginable hassle, I am officially finished my PhD!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

Eric Eckl's personal blog, Water Words That Work , a blog and web video (and podcast) series that explores the intersection of language, technology and environmental protection. This week, I???ll ll interview five of them ??? Eric mentioned in his email: The results were quite interesting, with a number of common characteristics emerging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. The beauty of ChaCha is that it can hook you up with the person that knows. I was multi-tasking scraping the archives of some nonprofit listservs to see what else might turn up. The work in progress is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

person in the know??? Meanwhile, maybe Gavin might write up some more thoughts on social search or maybe all the stuff he posted some place on a listserv about RSS search techniques over at Digital Dinner. so to speak. s not so much ???what???s s the answer to my question??? who should I ask.???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

Laura Quinn provides a summary of the concerns expressed on different nptech listservs: As these two software companies are two of the ???big The listserves are hopping with this news. Personally, that's not the direction. This big news and it rocked the nonprofit technology world yesterday. big three??? GetActive???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

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. Useful for you personally or organizationally? YouTube Nonprofit Channels Now, even the Queen of England of has her own The Royal Channel on YouTube. Not at all?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv. So now my personal Facebook profile is the Administrator of the Oxfam America group (which I can tell you, is less than ideal). Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

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. My personal profile is my work identity. He tracks content to share about local United Ways. Here's an example.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 3, 2013

Imagine seeing a museum exhibition related to this person's work. Thank you to the ISEN listserv for helping spark this post, via the controversy over Richard Dawkins' denigrating remarks about informal science. A genius has just created a major body of work. What will you experience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Despite working with George for over a year, we've never met in person.) I posted a message on a CivicSpace listserv about my plans to make CitizenSpeak into an open source module on Drupal. How did you hook up with George Hotelling? I owe the CivicSpace community for this fortuitous virtual meeting.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. We put our resources into creating that profile as a way to put a personal touch to those issues as 500 "real" people on his friends list. Nonprofits can use groups).

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See3

APRIL 22, 2009

When I left my position at Easter Seals , I had seven-plus years of research covering the field of nonprofits online flowing (more like gushing) in daily via email newsletters, listserve digests, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. I went through my contacts one-by-one asking myself - is this person(s) a king ( Sub-Galactic Commander ) or queen of conferences ? I got about half dozen or so pretty useful leads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

to track personal fundraising campaigns. Speaking of personal fundraising campaign, check out the " luck of seven " - an open source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change from noel hildalgo, a new york city-based activist, organizer, blogger, and barcamper.

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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. 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. Well, at least I wasn't saying catty things about the people who were there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

Meetings – in person or online gatherings with an agenda (i.e. who made sure you’re the new person was invited in and met others?). listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.). The guide has a check list of different orientations asking your to rate each one in terms of your own community. monthly topic calls).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

Individual staff members use these tools both personally and professionally. Part of that has to do with my personality--I love to write, and I rarely take photographs. Most of the professional networks I belong to online operate using the most antiquated of text-based tools: the listserv. I''m supportive of all of this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." 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). BlogDigger. News Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

The downside is that the person may not say what they're going to say succinctly or you may not gain their trust. Speaking of good audio, I raised this question on the video bloggers listserv and David Tames (who took the photo stills in the video) offered some great tricks here. We discussed the pros/cons. So, I like let them know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." 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). BlogDigger. News Feeds.

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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. She uses her personal blog, A View From Home , to help her keep informed of technology. Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. I have one blog post here. All by next week!

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