In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn't help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. The messages included pleas for support or retweeting the news, but beyond that the stream included pleas from people on the ground in Haiti asking for emergency assistance or letting loved ones and friends know they're okay. A new American Red Cross survey shows many web users would turn to … [Read more...]
New E-Book: How To Raise More Money Now
It is the sweltering dog days of August, and our attention may turn to building sand castles by the edge of ocean. But many nonprofits deep into planning for year end campaigns and perhaps looking for ways to raise money now. While I was sitting on the beach on vacation, Network for Good published a free eBook called How to Raise a Lot More Money Now – 50 Great Ideas from 11 top Experts. You'll find lots of advice and tips from these experts: The authors include Jeff Brooks, Sarah Durham, … [Read more...]
Visiting the Smithsonian On Vacation
I'm on vacation this week and next! We're visiting family at the Jersey Shore, but stopping in DC to take the kids to the Smithsonian and other DC highlights. You might see a few blog posts or tweets but don't expect a fast reply via email. Playing tourist in DC, it is interesting to see how much your online digital life impacts your offline life. The Smithsonian is one of the Networked Nonprofits we feature in the book. My kids, who had been introduced to the Smithsonian through the … [Read more...]
How To Make Social Media Experiments Fun!
This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice. I've had the pleasure working with one of grantees in the Local Program, the Arts Council of Silicon Valley, to coach them in making the transition to being a Networked Nonprofit. … [Read more...]
Becoming A Networked Nonprofit Workshop: Reflections from Junior Achievement Worldwide
Becoming A Networked Nonprofit View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to deliver a half-day training workshop for staff members working at Junior Achievement Offices at their worldwide conference. This workshop is called "Becoming A Networked Nonprofit: Using Social Media Strategically." The learning objectives: To understand what a Networked Nonprofit is and why it is important to become one in order to implement your social media … [Read more...]
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