Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. Here’s my some of my itinerary while I’m in Australia and New Zealand: May 11, 2013: Full Day Workshop: The Networked NGO in New Zealand. I am excited for a return visit to Australia. I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.”

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Here are some photos from the Performance-Based Funding Institute: Suzanne Walsh, Deputy Director of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation addressing the PBF Institute. You can see more photos on the VisionLink Facebook Performance-Based Funding Album. A Self-Assessment Sheet used by attending community colleges at the PBF Institute.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 47% of nonprofits purchased Facebooks Ads in 2019. 2) Craft a compelling message (behind-the-scenes, a call-to-action, a positive story, etc.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2006

After that, I discovered an interesting photo set in the Link netsquared tag stream and it was Seth Mazow, so I made him a contact. And the next thing I know he invites me to the International NGO Flickr Group. While browsing, happened to notice blogher Kalabird, who is doing NGO work in Cambodia has contributed a few.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2017

According to the 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report , 52% of nonprofits worldwide have used social media to report live. Instagram: Share photos and video clips and stream using Live Video Stories. To register for future free webinars, please see the Nonprofit Tech for Good Webinar Schedule. Before the Event: Get Organized.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 15, 2018

Tweet your new content (with a photo attached to maximize the probability of getting retweeted). If you have donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity within the last 12 months, then please take the survey! This is what we learned works best: 1. Posted Sunday, April 28 at 6:02am. 4 Retweets, 13 Likes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2012

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. Stephanie put together this awesome resource list of services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2016

An Instagram Photo and Video Essay. Known as the International City of Peace and Justice, there are more than 160 NGOs in Den Haag working to make the world a better place. A photo posted by Nonprofit Organizations (@nonprofitorgs) on Oct 17, 2016 at 5:01am PDT. by Heather Mansfield. HagueDayTrip.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Sharing photos online – a decision matrix for non-profit organizations : Social Media 4 Good – "Many non-profits, NGOs and International Organizations are of two minds when it comes to sharing photos on the internet. The decision matrix in below will help you decide which photos to share and how."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. My role over the past year been in the areas of: program design, design and delivery of a train the trainers intensive workshop in-country last March (see posts #1 , #2 , #3 ; #4 ); and develop and support the target NGO curriculum (intensive strategic and skills based curriculum).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With a successful photo-essay or multimedia piece, organizations can attract partners, appeal to donors and grantmakers, influence policymakers, and perhaps most importantly, drive a movement. Masi’s images of The Bhopal Medical Appeal were featured on the New York Times Lens Blog and TIME Photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

Via Twitter, Daniela Papi , who co-founded a NGO called Pepy that supports children in Siem Reap area, introduced me to Yut who was “the best guide in Siem Reap.” Yut told me that it is better to give the NGOs that support the children versus giving money to children which encourages them.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

They will tweet constantly and upload their photo-led blog stories every day between May 11-22. Before they head home, they will train the local community and the NGO partner how to use a Flip video and digital camera so update can continue. Follow the blog updates or the Flickr photo stream. Follow LearnAsOne on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

.” Others offered some good practical advice: Post an unusual (but relevant) photo. Post some inspiring New Year messages and photos to let people know we’re back after holidays. That always gets folks talking and sharing. Get that editorial calendar up and running.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. There are hundreds of responsively designed, low cost WordPress.org templates for NGOs and freelancers available for hire. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs. Your NGO must invest in an email marketing service.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. There are hundreds of responsively designed, low cost WordPress.org templates for NGOs and freelancers available for hire. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs. Your NGO must invest in an email marketing service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The photo opportunity in the orphanage was a very low keyed and orderly event. Vutha wearing t-shirt I ran around trying to get as many photos and videos of the Cambodian bloggers wearing the t-shirts. There was a group photo at the end and we sang Arapee Yah and there was some Khmer dancing. So, I apologize if I missed any.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I’m excited because that means friends and NGO colleagues in other parts of the world can get the book! ” The lovely pup above is Truman, the dog that Marnie Webb and family rescued from Rocket Dog. These photos are definitely keepers for the Cute Dog Theory Wiki ! New book by @ kanter @ kdpaine amz.to/measure-networ…

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2022

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Taraborrelli added that Sony has announced a $2 million donation to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the NGO Save the Children to support those affected by the invasion. Bungie stands with the people of Ukraine and everyone impacted by the ongoing war.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills. The photo above shows the “Fish Bowl” technique. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

However, the use of social media could affect the trust people have in your nonprofit organization or non-governmental organization (NGO). 1) Social media helps enhance your NGOs credibility. Your NGO can use a variety of compelling storytelling methods to share your history with your supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Photo by Be Chandra. Training Design'

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NTEN

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Speaking of Salesforce , they just announced NGO Connect , a new app to help nonprofits connect every aspect of their work for greater impact. Kivi Leroux Miller has teamed with BC/DC Ideas to create a photo a day challenge for Instagram and Twitter to help nonprofits share their mission through daily photo prompts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2013

For the last five years, I have been using Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words ” to identify three words that help you visualize your goals for the year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

Based on the underlying theme of women’s empowerment with a focus on education and entrepreneurship, the 70 participants of the Tel Aviv event included representatives of NGOs active in the fields of employment, education, women’s empowerment, consultancy, and tech training from all over Israel. link] (photo by me). It was great fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Photo by @sdarine. The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. Since modeling the use of social media to document and share learning, we began with a discussion about our rules about live tweeting and posting photos.

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Candid

JULY 17, 2024

When asked whom they trust to tell the truth about technology and innovation, respondents ranked scientists and “someone like me” as equally trustworthy, while they were neutral about NGO representatives and company CEOs and distrusted journalists and government leaders. Leave a comment to recommend a report for an upcoming feature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes. For the Packard Foundation OE Program, the first step to share their internal thinking and resources with their NGO, capacity building, and funding partners. Some are tool specific The Twitter Ladder or the Facebook Ladder or it may describes different levels of engagement across channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. When I ask an NGO “who are you trying to engage with?”, Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details. ” My answer is: ”Don’t ask me, ask your audience.” Imagining Supporters with User Stories.

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Audience Analysis Nonprofit Facebook 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

I learned so much about the digital challenges facing Asian NGOs, how these are similar or different from NGOs in other regions, met and connect with amazing people, and was inspired by the speakers I heard and the workshops I took for my own learning. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference. Some of those questions are: What are the censorship and free speech concerns around video and photo tools and products? Do you have human rights content on your platform?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

Leng Sopharath is one of 19 college students being sponsored for college through a program of the Sharing Foundation , an ngo that works directly with local officials, orphanages, and NGOs in Cambodia to identify and carry out projects which improve the lives of children. The photo above came in today's letter from Leng Sopharath.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I also keynoted the NGO track at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy (more about that in separate post later). I’m just back from a trip to Europe where I was part of the opening plenary at this year’s International Fundraising Congress outside of Amsterdam. (I Mentions on #nobelprize2014 at Trendmaps, Amaizing!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2006

With the arrest of a leading advocate for freedom of expression in Cambodia the last night, there were scant few photos available in flickr. Technorati Tags: ngo , flickr , net2 , nptech It made me wonder about training materials available for using flickr and the extensions available. Flickr Tools The Great Flickr Tool Collection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Group Photo with Certificates. For example, you can hear the story about how the above Tunisian NGO went from “crawling” to “running” over the course of the program. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

This week on the Microsoft Citizenship blog , there's an interesting profile of Concern Worldwide , an NGO that fights poverty in 25 of the poorest countries in the world. Photo: Leo Reynolds , CC license. The profile shows how Concern uses Office 365 to connect its office staff and field workers. Cloud Computing Worldwide.

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