As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I've had the honor to facilitate training workshops at grantee's conference. I just returned from doing Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshops at the National Summer Learning Association's Conference in Indianapolis. As I discovered when I did an online chat with this community, this field includes a mix of educators, nonprofits, government agencies, and universities - and I learned so much from the … [Read more...]
Tech@State: Reflections on Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents
Last week, I was honored to facilitate a "networked discussion" about the Networked Nonprofit and working with free agents in Washington, DC at the State Department's "Tech@State Civil Society 2.0" Event. Joining me were two of my favorite free agents, Mark Horvath (next to me on stage) and Shawn Ahmed (virtually through Twitter #netnon hashtag and video). My goal was to have a conversation with the folks in the room - who represented both traditional nonprofit institutions, government … [Read more...]
Sparked, Micro-Volunteering Network, Has Volunteers Standing By For Your Nonprofit's Next Small Project
Note From Beth: Colleague Ben Rigby, co-founder and CTO of Sparked, a micro-volunteering networked has a problem. The site matches skills-based volunteers with nonprofits to do just in time projects like logo or business card design, marketing help, and other small volunteering tasks. All the job requests from nonprofits are getting down and micro volunteers are standing by to help your organization. Every time I do a workshop, the common complaint from nonprofits is "I don't have time to do … [Read more...]
Networked Nonprofit Update: November
I'd like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. The photo above shows WiserEarth's team from around the world in the Bay Area during break from a staff retreat reading the Networked Nonprofit. Networked Nonprofit in Vegas In October, I presented on two panels at BlogWorld and briefly walked the exhibit floor to notice the book at the Wiley Booth … [Read more...]
November 1st – No Twitter or Facebook To Support Autism
This is an interesting social media networked fundraiser that asks donors to stop using Twitter or Facebook for a day (November 1st) to call awareness and financial support for autism. You are asked to donate a modest amount to autism organizations ($5 or more) and you get to install an app and widget that lets your friends know that you're not using Twitter or Facebook to support autism. In an age where social media fundraisers create cause fatigue, this is a refreshing tactic that also … [Read more...]
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