No matter where I'm speaking or teaching workshops, the same questions come up ... How much time does it take to do social media effectively? Who in our organization is going to do the work? How are ever going to find the time to do social media? Social media does take time even if you are efficient. While the specific hour count can vary depending on what depth of your social media strategy, you need at the minimum couple of hours of week for a selective strategy. There are three … [Read more...]
Celebrating Free Agents: Mark Horvath Launches WeAreVisible
I first met Mark Horvath on Twitter and later face-to-face last December during a trip down the California coast during the holidays. Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness. A free agent is a person (many times a GenY, but not always) who is a passionate about a social cause, but is working outside of a nonprofit organization to organize, mobilize, raise money, and engage with others. Free agents are also fluent in social media and take advantage of the social media … [Read more...]
Dilbert's Social Media Policy and Reflections from Palo Alto Community Fund Workshop
Palo Alto Community Fund View more presentations from Beth Kanter. As part of my work as Visiting Scholar for Social Media and Nonprofits at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I've had the pleasure to do a number of workshops in the area. Last evening, I had the pleasure of presenting a Networked Nonprofit mini-workshop for a group of about 50 local nonprofits and government agencies in Palo Alto hosted by the Palo Alto Community Fund. The participants represented a wide … [Read more...]
Twitter's Claire Williams Shares Why Literacy Is Her Cause
Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I've seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. The Sharing Foundation started this Khmer Literacy program for young children of farm workers in Cambodia - that helped these children learn to read and write in their native language and enter school. I've followed Claire's work in Kenya and her passion for literacy programs - and invited her to share her … [Read more...]
How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook
How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Introduction One of the very first bloggers I started reading and having conversations with about social media was Alan Levine (aka CogDog Blog). Over the years, we have supported each other's professional work and personal fundraisers before ever meeting in person. Last year, Alan invited me to keynote the New Media Consortium's virtual conference to talk about the future of social and nonprofits. It was … [Read more...]
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