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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...]
Reflections from Monterey Community Foundation Workshop
As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation this year, I've been experimenting with a lot of models for workshop delivery and curriculum for social media. This workshop, graciously hosted by the Community Foundation of Monterey County with support from the Packard Foundation, was a two-part session. The first session, facilitated by colleague Daniel Cohen, focused on creating a communications strategy. The second session, a month later, was focused on … [Read more...]
How to Turn Video Views Into Life-Saving Dollars
Note from Beth: On my way to Kenya for the Ushahidi Board meeting, so enjoy this post by Manny Hernandez. We at the Diabetes Hands Foundation started the Big Blue Test in 2009 with a simple premise meant to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity for diabetes management: testing your blood sugar, exercising 14 minutes, testing your blood sugar again and sharing the results with the community. In 2010, we wanted to let people know about the Big Blue Test through a video that … [Read more...]
Does Your Organization Already Have a Policy for Professional Conduct?
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...]
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