Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. … [Read more...]
The Capacity-Building Frontier(s)
Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. … [Read more...]
KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency
On Tuesday, right before the KONY video exploded on the mainstreams and went viral online, my 6th grade son came home from school and announced, "Did you know that there are more people on Facebook today compared to the number of people on the planet ten years ago? I immediately asked him how do you know that? What was your source? He answered, "KONY Youtube Video." That was the first I heard of the video and immediately tracked it down to watch the 30 minute video. The … [Read more...]
Message It: How to Make the Most of Your New Facebook Page
Note from Beth: I've been working with John Haydon over the past week to get my Facebook Page ready to go (and it's gonna rock can't wait to show it off!). As part of the process, I've been looking at what other nonprofits have done to get ideas. It takes time to do that, so I've been posting screenshots of Nonprofit Facebook Pages and curating them on pinterest so other nonprofits can spend more time looking, versus hunting. I noticed that every time I posted an example, Nancy … [Read more...]
101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide
My colleagues Chad Norman and Melanie Mathos (who have day jobs at Blackbaud) have published a new social media how-to book, 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide. The book is a collection of time saving tips for using social media organized into the following categories: set up, communicate, engage, fundraise, and measure. The book is based on their wildly successful presentation and deck, "50 Social Media Tactics" at the BlackBaud Conference in 2009. I was honored to … [Read more...]
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