I've just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the "Silicon Valley" of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and … [Read more...]
Why Your Nonprofit Should Be A Big Listener
Note from Beth: Last month during one of our book talks for "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World, " at TechSoup Global, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell came up to say hello. Rachel is a long-time "nptech" colleague who is now leading the team at Upwell who is trained to sift through the vast amounts of real-time online conversations and content online to support ocean conservation. Their time is spent on three areas: (1) monitoring and analyzing online … [Read more...]
Bringing a Network Mindset to Board Development
I just published a blog post over at the SSIR blog called "Bringing a Network Mindset to Board Development." If you thinking about combining a network mindset with social networking tools, you and your board can recruit both the best talent to join your board and the people with the best networks. Having a robust, well-connected network can help your nonprofit find new resources, get new ideas and inspiration, and be more effective. My blog post shares some ideas about how to do this and … [Read more...]
Watching Our Vote Live on Twitter
I am in Brasil to keynote the Social Good Brasil Conference (had to vote early), but I can still watch democracy unfold in real-time through my friends updates on Twitter, Facebook, and other social channels. I love seeing these photos of polling places where my friends are voting. But you can also see aggregated information about the voting process on Our Vote Live created by Election Protection,Lawyers' Committee, NOI, and Ushahidi. It is mapping out all reported voting/election … [Read more...]
How #GivingTuesday is using Champions
Giving Tuesday hopes to spark a movement of people and organizations who want to celebrate giving and encourage more and smarter giving during the holiday season. The intent is to create an annual national day of giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving or this year on November 27, 2012. The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. I heard about it in September and immediately signed up to be a social media ambassador which was a … [Read more...]
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