Source: bethkanter.org via Beth on Pinterest On January 30th, I'm speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. (You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code "Beth" when you sign up although the discount only works on the more expensive tickets). This year, since content curation, is a social media competency that I'm focusing in my own learning and teaching , I'll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic. Robin Good, one of … [Read more...]
SOPA Strike: 12 Hour Internet Blackout on Jan. 18th To Call Attention to US Bill That Threatens Open Internet
Source: globalvoicesonline.org via Beth on Pinterest United States lawmakers are considering two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), that post a threat to the openness of the web around the Globe. In response, many web sites are going on strike. Sites includes Wikipedia, Reddit, BoingBoing, and Global Voices are “going dark” and will black out the Global Voices Advocacy site for 12 hours on January 18 beginning at 8 am. Other sites … [Read more...]
Does Your Nonprofit Need Legal Counsel About Using Social Media?
Source: amazon.com via Beth on Pinterest Over the past couple of years as I've guided nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal issues than about using social media. Here's a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. How do the rules on lobbying play into our social media strategy? What if we're asking people to take action on Facebook, does that constitute lobbying? What do we … [Read more...]
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr Today: Inspiration from Pinboard
Source: Uploaded by user via Beth on Pinterest The newest social media darling is Pinterest, a platform that nonprofits can use to curate compelling visual content. Pinterest, with its ease of use and the pleasing beautiful sea of visuals, is the perfect place to curate inspiration for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Like Whitney Friedlander, I decided to mark MLK Day holiday by searching and curating some inspiring images that link to great content about one of this country's greatest … [Read more...]
Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?
Note from Beth: Over five years ago, I connected with Sam Mayfield, an independent media maker, through my blog. In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. At that time she made and raised $2,000 using Chipin, using the case study I had documented where I raised money to send a young Cambodian women to college. This was the very beginning of what we're calling crowd funding or social … [Read more...]
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