Note from Beth: Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals. Ashley and her colleague Anita - as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved. They recently held a blog carnival and are sharing some reflections. Guest Post: A Virtual Party with a Purpose by Anita Jackson & Ashley Boyd, MomsRising.org Regardless of the tool we’re … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes Experimentation with Social Gaming for Social Good from HandsOn Network
Note from Beth: As you read this post, I'll be at the Ushahidi Board Meeting in Kenya. I thought it would be a great opportunity to share a couple of guest posts this week. I'm very interested how nonprofits are approaching their social media strategies with a little bit of science to propel best practices. Jessica Kirkwood, VP for Social Media,HandsOn Network agreed to write this about their latest social media experiment and what they were learning. Behind the Scenes Experimentation … [Read more...]
Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource
Board source View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called "Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media" where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit, co-authored with Allison Fine. I did a book raffle at the end of the session and Tara Veliz and Alex Hildesvend were the lucky winners. With almost 100 … [Read more...]
How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day
Note from Beth: Last year I covered Give to the Max Day and the impressive results. Since I'm enroute to Kenya, I invited Jeff Achen to share his thoughts. Go Minnesota! How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org On November 16, 2010, Minnesotans will take part in Give to the Max Day. This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we're hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than … [Read more...]
TechSoup Global: A Tale of Two Dramatically Different Networks and Their Development
Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. The presentation is here. The first network is TechSoup Global that was launched over 5 years ago, initially to distribute Microsoft products to nonprofits at reduced cost around the world. (You can review the slide deck to get the details of its growth in terms of … [Read more...]
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