Two or three years ago, I received an email from Chris Brogan asking if I would give some advice to a recent college graduate named Avi Kaplan who was interested in a career of using social media for nonprofits.   I chatted with Avi and answered some of his questions.    Not long after that, Avi helped Stacey Monk develop a strategy for the very first Tweetsgiving. A few weeks ago, Avi asked me if I would participate in a blog tour for the Jewels of Elul focused on renewal and beginnings that … [Read more...]

Based on the discussion threads in my Facebook page,  I've updated my mega list of tools in my social media listening and engaging instructional wiki.   In reflecting over the past three years,  the definition of listening tools has broadened beyond "monitoring" or "research" to include several categories:   social media engagement management,  analytics, influencer identification, and social network analysis. Here's a couple of new tools I've been exploring: RowFeeder should be in your … [Read more...]

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...]

I'm so thrilled that the Networked Nonprofit has made it Australia! A few years ago, I had the opportunity to keynote Connecting Up, the national gathering of Nonprofit Techies hosted by Connecting Up. I'm thrilled that they shared a photo of themselves eating tim-tams and their #squirrel mascot! I just had to blog this. … [Read more...]

This is a quick roundup of some of the wonderful reviews, blog posts, photos, and videos of The Networked Nonprofit. If you're in the Bay Area and didn't make it to our launch party at TechSoup,  there's a book party in the East Bay on Friday, July 23rd.  The staff of Donordigital Bay Area are throwing a #netnon book party.  Join us on Friday, July 23, 2010, from 6 to 8 pm at Pro Arts Gallery (http://www.proartsgallery.org/) at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, a stone’s throw from the Oakland … [Read more...]