Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Even thought I am still reflecting on that Pew report and the comment from Weinberger's blog Even if just 1% of Web users tagged resources with some regularity, they would be creating handholds for the other 99%. Is reflection in action the way to integrate small amounts of experimentation with Web2.0 Wow, better than a listserv!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2005

This is an experiment on my part to see if distributed conversation can transcend the containers (blogs, listservs, etc) and how. If you are new, start at the beginning. If you've been following the conversation and want to say something, here's your chance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. But the exchange prompted some reflection on how I use Feedburner. What is your thought and reflection process for insight harvesting?

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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. Ivan Boothe helped start the Genocide Intervention Network in 2004, and was responsible for communications, web development and social networking strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

You can read the presenter's reflections on the event or what he calls "info-edu-tainment" here and a participate blogs about their experience here. I got a little distracted with some IM networking because I ran into an avatar who I "know" from the SL Educator listserv - but hadn't met in-world yet. Got that?)

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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. James shares his reflections on testing the tool: I???ve memory lapses, had forgotten it. I remember that term!)

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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. Over at the NTEN blog, you can read reflections from nonprofits that are participating in America's Giving Challenge. They tire networks; call it competition fatigue.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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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. Nonprofits can use groups). In this post, the GrokDotCom blog picks up the Free Ranger Rick thread and asks: Are non-profits an endangered species on Facebook?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

The big steps: Preamble: reflection on the role of tech steward. listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.). To see larger diagram Inspired by Nancy's analysis of a bird watcher's community orientation , I thought I do a little analysis of the WeAreMedia year 1 as a reflection tool for thinking about the next phase.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

And of course, I use this blog as a reflective space to learn by writing. While I''m comfortable working out my thoughts in a half-baked way in words, I rarely use images as part of that learning/reflecting/sharing experience. Part of that has to do with my personality--I love to write, and I rarely take photographs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

style and tolerance for change, I decided to do a seperate action learning experiment on my own dime and reflect in real time along with doing the work: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads and connections? I've been doing a small research project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

To catch up, read the summary here and to read the most recent thoughts -- see Gavin's newest post here and Emily's reflections here. GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Have an opinion on any of these topics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

The Nonprofit Blog Exchange celebrates its second year anniversary and reflects on activities to date. Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition. It went right into the SlideShare NpTech Group ! to track personal fundraising campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

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. And, then it is time to step back and reflect on what learning has taken place. If I don't take the time to reflect, I get cranky.

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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. I designed the course to reflect lessons learned from my doctoral research. Earlier this month, Janet sent me a note that she had completed her Ph.D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Andy Roberts is part of the group that is now being called "Virtual Educators Community of Practice" He's written a meta reflection on some of his recent tour experience here. Personally I think I???ve

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

They are open to NTEN members and non-members alike and center on themes that reflect both a specific programmatic focus and an ongoing opportunity for growth. The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform. How will the CoP members interact?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

Now comes the reflection on the process, the craft of screencasting. I started my research on a listserv of practitioners for SalesForce Nonprofit version asking for case studies and examples. I didn't know the software like the back of my hand. And, to make it more daunting, I'm hardly a database expert.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface. I posted a question on the educator listserv and there doesn't seem to be one. Photo by/NC from Matthew Saunders' Flickr Stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Some reflections about the newest web2.0 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 Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work. bleeding edge tool, twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. The best approach is to learn blogging is to create a personal professional development blog - a blog you use to write reflections and learnings about your subject area or personal learning goals. Professional development - reflect and learn about your work.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I don't know if that was their original plan or a reaction to our poor use of the wiki, but it certainly didn't reflect our supposed digital chops. Woody launched it with an email to the ASTC listserv--a good group to target for his content. But people who read a listserv aren't necessarily incentivized to contribute to the wiki.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

There's an example up there right now about Wild Music , which I posted, and there have been a lot of people involved with this project, and the designers are at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and I talked to them about it, and realized that I hadn't updated the case study to reflect everyone involved. So I keep updating it.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2007

Of course, there's a basic tension for museums that feel both "the obligation to be reflective and considerate, and the seeming imperative to react to emergent issues." Hopefully a timely choice considering the recent discussion on the ASTC listserv about the differences (semantic? They're called dinosaurs instead.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So first is how we can reflect on the importance of diversity to our board’s work, specifically fundraising. So feel free to get on our mailing listserv or whatever the real phrase is called and stay in touch. And so the report really challenges us to think about five things. Would love to continue the conversation.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And there’s been also a lot of questions about that and applications about racial equity, and then the makeup of your staff and reflective of the people that you serve. And of course, diversity, equity and inclusion, there’s been a lot of money, especially in the corporate space.

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