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Guest Post: Infusing “Social” into Social Justice Organizations
Infusing Social Into Social Justice Organizations - Guest Post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways. Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best … [Read more...]
What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet?
Content Curation for Nonprofits View more presentations from Beth Kanter Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called "What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet?" that I will be presenting at the Social Media for Nonprofits. This area, content curation, is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching. One of the best ways to learn is the study, observe, or interview the experts. That's why I … [Read more...]
Peeragogy: Self Organized Peer Learning in Networks
My dream is to see more robust informal peer learning networks in the nonprofit sector. As a trainer, I'm intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I've been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate. The term Peeragogy came fluttering through my network, like a butterfly, … [Read more...]
What Do Facebook's New Timeline Apps Mean for Nonprofits?
Remember last September when Facebook announced all those changes to individual profiles, including the timeline? One of the changes was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook. Three new actions were announced at the time, including: Read, Watch, Listen to help people better understand what their friends are doing online. Facebook called it the “Open Graph” and the pr people called "A revolution to the whole meaning of listening to music together … [Read more...]
What Comes First, Content Creation or Curation?
This is definitely not a chicken and egg question! A debate in content marketing circles is whether or not you should simply focus on creating original content and forget content curation. Let's be clear as my fellow content curator, Jan Gordon, says: There is no curation without original content. I might qualify this a bit by saying, there is no curation with awesomely addictive social content! And that means creating content - blog posts, tweets, Facebook updates, YouTube Videos - that … [Read more...]
The Information Diet: Not Just A Book, A Movement For Conscious Consumption of Information
I've been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. I first became interested in the topic after reading David Shenk's "Data Smog" in 1998 using the metaphor of environmental problems to talk about the dangers of having too much online information, primarily email. This was in the era before Facebook and there was far less information available compared today. (My favorite practical principle from Shenk was "Give A Hoot, … [Read more...]
Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales
The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don't believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser. In less than a day, it has over 1 million views. The cute animal theory has not gone unnoticed by nonprofits, even those that are not animal welfare organizations, zoos or aquariums are … [Read more...]
Best Practices for Content Curation for Nonprofits at Social Media for Nonprofits Conference
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...]
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