Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2007

This is an unconference so it will have an agenda created by the people who attend. Product building/management in large organizations. Our goal is to create an open space forum for women in tech to come together to. learn from each other - professional skill sharing. network with each other accross diverse sectors of the industry.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Organizing 2.0. If you work in the labor or the community organizing world, your mission is to meet your constituents when and where they need you. The Organizing 2.0 conference in NYC aims to help nonprofit staff answer that question and develop a game plan for your nonprofit’s online organizing future.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., NonProfit 2.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2010

List five ways your organization can use APIs and open data to show your impact, coordinate volunteers, and inspire supporters to take action. Attend the Unconference: Netsquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (# 10NTC ) to learn how. No problem.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. How do you set up an unconference?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2012

There has been a lot of great discussion over the past year about organizations striving to be more human. Unconference this really resonated with me when Paul Young of charity: water said in his keynote, what if your online communications (website, social media, fundraising appeals) looked like how you talked. Is it positive?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

French, Portuguese and Spanish speakers can now connect with like-minded people on WiserEarth, set up their own groups, and search easily for information on nonprofits and social change organizations all over the world. WiserTuesdays have spread to London, UK and Monrovia, Liberia.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2014

I remember going to an amazing unconference led by Ash Shepherd and Amy Sample Ward a number of years ago in Portland. In a nonprofit advocacy organization, priorities can pivot quickly in a political environment. Beyond your affiliation and organization, you are a passionate advocate for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. A big thank you conference organizers! I participated in two unconference sessions. Thank you Geoff, Allyson, and Shireen for organizing an inspiring conference! I don’t often get a chance to listen and learn.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

What : Learn how your organization could use open data and APIs to show your impact, coordinate volunteers, or inspire supporters to take action. Even if you’ve never participated in an ‘unconference’ event like this, no worries! Local Community Organizers (#localco). . – 1:00 p.m. When : 10:30 a.m.

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Care2

JULY 8, 2014

Michael Smith, the Director of the White House''s Social Innovation Fund , spoke to the Unconference after lunch. Nonprofit Nonprofit Events Online Organizing Trends nptech' In the last couple of weeks, we were able to recap Majora Carter and Craig Newmark. And we finally have the workshop session notes up for you to check out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Community Organizing. Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. The book offers some tips on how to shift group behavior, but it also include a wonderful collection of ideas of how to organize smaller group discussions. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Making Decisions and Getting Consensus. Strategic Dialogue. Any many more.

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2014

Unconference we explored how to disrupt social change in the nonprofit sector. Everybody isn''t bad, nor is one organization all good. Have you noticed anything we highlighted from her talk in your own organization? Unconference Storify here. Yesterday at the Nonprofit 2.0 They can''t be siloed, it isn''t realistic.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). Tags: Digital Divide Donors Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Social Networking Telecom Services Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Prior to that she spent years in New York and Washington, DC, where managed communications at Idealist.org; co-founded 826DC; organized with political campaigns and social justice collectives; and got entirely too familiar with the bus and train routes up and down the East Coast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2010

The Case Foundation has generously supported our work on research to support social media capacity building of the nonprofit sector. There is a nice synergy as ALL the proceeds from my share of the sales of the book will be going to the Sharing Foundation , the organization I championed for the first America’s Giving Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I attended a local unconference for nonprofits about two years ago with the intention of learning how I, as a blogger, could help local nonprofits… you & your blog were mentioned several times. How did you discover my FB page? You call yourself activist, what are some causes or ideas that you are standing up for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

Environmental Defense Fund tackles the most serious environmental problems with four pronged approach: sound science , economic incentives , corporate partnerships , and getting the law right. (If you want to learn more about the organization, their CEO, Fred Krupp , is on Twitter and does his own tweets!)

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Care2

JANUARY 10, 2012

Advocacy Rising In 2012: What this Means for your Organization? From "Arab Spring" to rallies and movements bubbling up across the US, people around the world are organizing and demanding change. When: January 19 th from 4PM to 5:30PM. Click Here to Register. It’s free. Social Media Strategy Summit, Las Vegas.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Unconference where Beth did some learning at, see the summary Allyson Kapin provides over on the Care2 Frogloop blog. Organized by Nancy Schwartz and Getting Attention, there are more categories to submit in this year, including special event taglines, campaign taglines, and any program. Wendy's Keynote. . than when she started. .

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

You could use the virtual event ideas below as inspiration for peer-to-peer challenges, or you can simply engage your donors to reach out to their friends on behalf of your organization. Afterward, have a live-stream to celebrate your participants and give them the ability to connect with each other and hear from someone at your organization.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasn't sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." " The event, Participation Camp , was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One. When the vote happens, the conversation isn't over. It's only the beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

She's Geeky - Kaliya Hamlin, the expert of unconfernces, is putting together this unconference for women who work in technology, both nonprofit and for-profit. From accounting to programs to fundraising, we use technology to organize and analyze data, to communicate, and to deliver services. I'm going to try to make it.

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Care2

JUNE 25, 2010

Allison Fine and Beth Kanter keynoted a thoughtful keynote conversation moderated by Shireen Mitchell during the first annual NonProfit 20 Unconference. Nonprofits should embrace free agents to raise money for your organization said Fine and Kanter. Fine highlighted Roger Carr as a prime example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

It was organized by Ed Schipul. They organize supporters, raise attention to important social and political issues, seek donations, and organize supporters to walk, run, shout, protest, and vote, things that were once done mostly by nonprofit organizations. Our session will explore how and why this needs to change.

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Care2

JULY 1, 2014

Unconference, and we promised to keep ''em coming. I know they''re talked about flippantly, but they really are key to talking to funders and constituents who may want to get involved in your organization. And in the meantime, you can check out the Storify recap of the Unconference.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference — look for the people wearing NetSquared pins. The NetSquared regional ambassadors will also be on-site sharing the joy of being a NetSquared organizer and participating in the fun. Buea, Cameroon: Microsoft Cloud Event for Nonprofit Organizations in Buea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2007

It's unconference style, and very supportive atmosphere for women who work in technology and also want to encourage more women to get involved. Much praise goes to the organizing committee and particularly Kaliya. For past day and half, I've been here in Mountain View at She's Geeky. That's the coffee cup from She's Geeky.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Every month NetSquared volunteers hold free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. Or determine if Office 365 is right for your organization? Wellington, New Zealand: Engage Your Community unConference. Ever wanted to discover the art of transmedia?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

When I look over someone's shoulder, I organize my learning. Her dream: unconference. What we had unconference with over your shoulder and worked in pairs. Not one person has to do it. Looking over their shoulder around a certain topic. It is hard to do it by yourself. There's so much out there.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. Jake Brewer talked about how his organization, The Sunlight Foundation , has played an instrumental role in the development of new data transparency standards in the US government. Tools Web Building.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

We're also throwing a party at one of our favorite "Unconferences," New Organizing Institute's 2012 RootsCamp. -Dane Grams will be making his Care2 speaking debut at the DMA Washington Nonprofit Conference, on a panel called Follow that Donor! How to Succeed with Digitally-Driven, Multi-Channel Donor Stewardship on March 1st.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

Using NetSquared Camp as an example, he introduces readers to the participant-driven unconference model. Maria Zaghi organized a virtual regional meetup as part of the G-Everyone Summit. They discussed how online innovation can impact everyone from the agricultural sector to small startups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

The photographs above were taken on the last day of Blogher, at the Unconference on Sunday morning facilitated by the talented Kaliya Hamlin who blogs about unconferences here. My first exposure to "unconferences" or Open Space Technology was during a week-long arts and education professional development seminar in 1997.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2009

Transparency Camp is an unconference designed to convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2008

Read More » Webinar Recap: Foundations and Online Collaboration Joe Anderson in Influence 24 Jun 2010 Forum One hosted a webinar on June 23 on online collaboration for philanthropic organizations.

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