Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

in philanthropic work, and highlights the social media activity of two “power users&# in the field. Nearly three-quarters of respondents believe social networking services have been at least somewhat useful in furthering the work of philanthropy in general, but only half said it has helped further their own foundation’s work.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated.

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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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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Use it not only to advertise your services, but also to share files with clients, point to resources, clarify your working style/methods/contract, etc. It’s easy and cheap, accessible from anywhere, and will help you define your work. (3) every contract should have a scope of work, the more specific the better.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In December, Gebru said she was abruptly fired over an email she sent to the Brain Women and Allies listserv. I know I gained a lot from Google, but I also gained a lot from both of their work, and they were wronged. The departures point to an ongoing conflict between Google management and staff.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." What is this new network-centric world?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

Figure out where you will work and what equipment you will need. Figure out how you will bill for your work: hourly (at what rate) or fixed-fees for projects? Build your list of references and qualifications, even if that requires doing pro bono or heavily discounted work. Figure out how you will market your work.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2021

On June 1st, an employee sent a note to the Jewish employee listserv, which has more than 3,000 members, writing that they were “deeply concerned about antisemitism within our DEI leadership.”. He will no longer be part of our diversity team going forward and will focus on his STEM work.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 15, 2008

This is always a cause for celebration by our team, recognizing the incredible amount of work involved in bringing each book to our Bookshare.org members by our volunteers and collection development staff. Reading our volunteer email listserv this morning, I came across lyrics to a song about our volunteer community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Last month, in a blog post that I wrote called " RSS As Information Coping Tool " - experimented with switching some my listserv subscriptions to RSS reader. It works in various degrees from gee whiz fantastic to that sucks! Makes sense to really think about whether an information source/listserv is giving you value or not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

It’s our way of embracing and spreading the abundance that working a networked way offers. The way I learned was through working with peer group of people who were supporting nonprofits in their quest to build capacity and skills using the Internet to realize their missions. Why am I excited about this project?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

AASP''s listserv, Fundsvcs, won the grand prize in the 2013-2014 LISTSERV Choice Awards. See3 explains the workings and terms behind the elements that keep your website up and running. M+R shares 6 Rules for Online Writing that just might shatter some old grammar rules. Mark your calendars for 2015!

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. SpamBayes — Trainable anti-spam plugin for Outlook (may work with other clients as well): [link]. Here are mine, minus obvious ones like Gmail and Firefox (note that many are only free for home use).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

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. She worked with COI members Andrew Means, Mark Mathyer, and Gianna Short to write this post. Andrew is already cooking up some big changes for next year’s conference, so don’t miss out. right here.

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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. Three employees told Reuters the rule started in June.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 10, 2008

If I have non-work time, I’d rather be knitting. And it’s okay to admit it’s not working and start something else. Before, there were some high-activity listservs and sites with patterns to download. When I’m knitting, it’s all I can do not to knit 25 hours a day. There’s always another pattern. I feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

In many organizations, technology is viewed as separate from the work the organization is doing. Start talking to folks who "get" technology--there are probably many of them who don't work in the IT department. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) What work issues annoy them most?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Fifteen of us met for 90 minutes to share, commiserate, trade ideas and think about our work at the intersection of evaluation, knowledge management and organizational learning. The difficult work begins when we leave the GEO Conference and go back to our offices to try to make this happen. How to use learning to improve practice.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Last week, Gebru tweeted that the company had abruptly fired her over an email she sent to the Brain and Women Allies listserv. It’s hard, important work, and while we’re steadfast in our commitment to do better, we have a lot to learn and improve. 4 — Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru) December 9, 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

I didn't loose a whole lot more because most of my work is now "backed up" or inside of web applications. A good deal of my work involves collaboration with remotes colleagues and includes tasks as writing articles, curriculum, research, etc. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2006

This post from the npEnterprise Listserv Allen Bromberger does some great pro bono work for the field by answering questions on the npEnterprise list, which is the official list of the Social Enterprise Alliance (where I am proudly a founding board member and am in my last term).

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Charities carry out mission-based work. Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. are two organizations doing good work to make that happen. Foundations need tech support as much as anyone.

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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. changing habits is another story).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Some of the lessons learned include: -Could have provided the Netsquared community with more tools to do their work like listserves, web sites, etc. -Didn’t expect the network nodes to last forever – they could come and go. While this might have fueled the organic growth, they are unable to track some of the impact.

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Care2

JANUARY 12, 2011

If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too. The most successful groups on Facebook are those whose members are passionate about the group’s focus and goals. It could get unwieldy quickly.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

And that information can almost always be broken down into its underlying data: the literal and figurative bits and bytes that catalog our lives, the work we do, and the world around us. Our environment is telling us how important our data is by how hard we work to protect it. Why pay attention to data? Data is valuable!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

I'm working on a small research project for a client to develop a list of conferences where someone who works with and for nonprofits might attend or speak. The work in progress is here. I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. Technology.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share. Here is a compilation of the responses: I did my graduate work in archives and records management. I’m a bit worried by this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I'm also still trying to force myself to leave my comfort zone of certain work processes and squeeze in some experimentation. Okay, it is time to actually do some (billable) work. Wow, better than a listserv! Is reflection in action the way to integrate small amounts of experimentation with Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. So I tweeted Mari Smith who told me she had something in the works. If your nonprofit has a Facebook Page, what have you learned about what works? What doesn't work ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

(tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years. He has since started doing freelance work on his own at rootwork.org. The only limit to our interest in doing social networking is staff time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2016

I have worked in the nonprofit sector for 35 years. In 1992, I had the honor of having a front row seat at the creation of a field – how nonprofits can use the Internet for mission driven work. My work was as a trainer, to teach people who to use these tools strategically. It takes a community to raise a nonprofit!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2011

Beyond the Center, there are also dozens of listservs, blogs, and electronic "hallways" devoted to philanthropy, nonprofit leadership and management, volunteerism, and other facets of the social sector. Our Center's AZGates web-based knowledge platform is a free service that links grantmakers and grantseekers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

This post was in draft because I was starting to devour all the great content on the NTEN Blog , including Marshall's post called " Ten Cool Tools for Working on the Web " and I strongly resisted the urge take Thinkature out for a test drive. ve installed and successfully used RTFM but what difference has it made to my work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

photo by flickr user michale , licensed with CC " BY " I arrived back from the UK only to jump into a car and drive out to Western, MA for a meeting to present an evaluation report I've been working on a for a client. The listserves are hopping with this news. Blog reactions here , here , here , here , here and here.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 29, 2010

She's an amazing woman who was a pleasure to work with. Join NPSF Bit of a shameless plug as I've been co-moderator of the Nonprofit Salesforce Practitioners listserv for a couple of years now. Trisomy 18 Foundation is a very small organization that looks much larger than it is, mostly thanks to Victoria's efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I've been doing a small research project pulling together a list of conferences that people who work with nonprofits and technology and social change might be attenders or presenters. d still say that a sociographic approach would work, but try it solely with social networks of people. The key for me was: I???d

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