Social Media Lab: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit View more presentations from Beth Kanter. As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. It is a fantastic laboratory to take some of the ideas in the book and put in them into a practice. One of the themes in the book, The Networked Nonprofit, is the importance of doing … [Read more...]
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Using Social Media To Accomplish More With Less
Join me on Tuesday, July 13th at 1 PM EST/1o am PST for a webinar hosted by Networked for Good "Using Social Media to Accomplish More with Less." It's free and three lucky participants will win a copy of the book. I'll be talking about some of themes in the book and sharing some tips for streamlining your social media use. One of the most common questions I hear is when I do workshops is, "How much time does it take to do social media?". It is usually followed by an observation that the … [Read more...]
A Few Reviews of The Networked Nonprofit
One of the most gratifying things about the publication of the book, The Networked Nonprofit, is that it has re-connected me to colleagues and past clients as well as making connections to new people. I met Claire Murray almost five years ago this month when I was working as a consultant for the Community Technology Center Networks to do training for human service agencies that provided homeless services. Claire was working with the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square. I trained her staff on how … [Read more...]
Bridging Offline/Online: Tweetups
Networked Nonprofits know how to close the loop between social media and offline actions. They understand that it is a scaffolded process. Whatever channel they use, they're building a bridge from online to onland. They're masters at meeting their audience where they're at and bringing them further along the ladder of engagement. Take Twitter for example. Once a nonprofit has developed a presence and a network - and has integrated regular and engaging tweeting into the work flow, the next … [Read more...]
Twitter Tip for Networked Nonprofits: Follow the Few To Get To the Many
For the past few years whenever I doing a training or speak about nonprofits and social media and more recently when we've presented about the book, The Networked Nonprofit, someone always raises this concern: "Social media is a time suck." Networked Nonprofits are not only experts in using social media, but they know how to streamline their work flow often based on an understanding of applying network theory to their practice. One of the best principles I learned was from Valdis Krebs who … [Read more...]
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