» Multi-Channel Fundraising Campaigns: Storytelling Is Key
24/11/09 17:47 from Beths Blog
Planned Parenthood Online Overview View more presentations from Big Duck . This morning on Twitter, Farra, from Big Duck, pointed me to a guest blog post titled " What Story Are You Telling Your Donors, Where Are You Telling It ?" The abo..
» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-11-23
24/11/09 03:25 from Silence and Voice
Fascinating current stats from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project of who uses the Internet http://bit.ly/7sgoju # Having a meeting about # WebEx implementation. # 4 new comments on "Silence and Voice" and more http:..
» A Journal Article Workbook
23/11/09 13:12 from Silence and Voice
I am beginning to work on revising one of my doctoral papers for a journal article (which will hopefully be my first, single author article), and am happy with the new text I just found to assist and help organize the process — Writi..
» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-11-22
23/11/09 03:25 from Silence and Voice
Starting yet more laundry; will continue my work between clothes in and out. # New comment on "Aalborg dialog on May 2, 2010" http://bt.io/AVJp # Jeffrey's Twitter Updates: Assessment Issues in Online Learning http://bit.ly/8e8ulZ # Finall..
» TEST POST
22/11/09 20:38 from Silence and Voice
This is a test post, to see if WordPress is working properly.
» Assessment Issues in Online Learning
22/11/09 18:54 from Silence and Voice
I have been working all day on issues around assessment for my doctoral course of study (the one I am taking, this time!). It is amazing how some issues that seem so straight-forward at first are really very complicated and involved. One o..
» Help Raise $1 Million for LiveStrong By Following @DrewfromTV
21/11/09 19:03 from Beths Blog
Carey, who is on Twitter with the handle "DrewFromTV," offered $100,000 for the Twitter name "@drew," which is was offered for sale by Drew Olanoff, of "Blame Drew's Cancer," who was willing to auction off his Twitter handle to raise mone..
» Twitter and Education
20/11/09 16:29 from Shirley Williams : Activity
There are two questions relating to Twitter and education: 1. Should we teach students how to use Twitter? 2. Can Twitter be used in education? Here I want to concentrate on the second, largely based on University level education in my own ..
» Guest Post by Heather McLeod Grant: MomsRising: What We Can Learn from New Online Models
20/11/09 15:00 from Beths Blog
As part of our ongoing research project into the future of membership-based advocacy organizations, we’ve been talking to folks from “new” as well as “older” groups focused on issue-organizing. We’re hoping to find out how the nature of ci..
» Hamburger Candy
20/11/09 14:29 from Silence and Voice
Hamburger Candy Originally uploaded by Jeffrey Keefer A colleague bought me this adorable Hamburger Candy at a bake sale. Yumm.
» This Twitter Fundraisers, Next Year FourSquare Fundraisers ....
20/11/09 12:37 from Beths Blog
Today, Pete Cashmore had a piece on CNN " Next Year's Twitter? Foursquare " predicting that FourSquare will be the darling of 2010. FourSquare is a is location-based social network service overlays your Twitter network with an added layer ..
» 140 Characters Conference
19/11/09 12:11 from Shirley Williams : Activity
Jeff Pulver’s 140 Characters Conference took place in London on Tuesday, it was sub-titled "Exploring the State of Now", based around Twitter. It was different to any other conference I have attended in both format and in attendees. T..
» GiveMN Raises $14 Million Online in 24 Hours!
19/11/09 04:01 from Beths Blog
I think I want to change Garrison Keillor's well known descriptor of Lake Wobegone. It goes "Minnesota from"where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." Let's add ..
» Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame
19/11/09 01:54 from Beths Blog
TweetsGiving 2009 If the dollar amounts from fundraising campaigns using social networks are disappointing, one response is to say this doesn't work and stop doing it. An alternative approach is to experiment and find ways to improv..
» WeAreMedia: What's Your Social Content Strategy?
18/11/09 18:43 from Beths Blog
When we kicked off the WeAreMedia, A Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits 18 months, we included two areas about content creation. We had a strategy module that shared best practices in storytelling and a tactical module called " Tell ..
» I Live Here, I Give Here: Place-Based Charitable Giving Hubs
17/11/09 04:47 from Beths Blog
Give to the Max in Minnesota Day I've been noticing a social media spin on making charitable donations in your community, regional, or state. Here's three recent examples. 1) GiveMN GiveMN a new online resource that hopes to encourage m..
» The Right Way to use Social Media for Fundraising: Wildlife Direct
16/11/09 04:05 from Beths Blog
Paula Kahumbu, Wildlife Direct and PopTech Fellow 09 Last week I wrote about a pair of surveys that looked at social media and nonprofits. One came to the conclusion that social media was a waste of time; the other talked about strategic ..
» Think Social Awards To Be Announced November 19th
16/11/09 03:27 from Beths Blog
On November 19th 2009, at The Paley Center for Media’s International Council Event, ThinkSocial will be recognizing three outstanding examples of innovation, featuring – an individual, an initiative and a collaboration between institutions..
» The role scripts play in finding stories
15/11/09 21:01 from Anecdote
Everyday we tell those closest to us (our family, friends, colleagues) about what happened to us: today, yesterday, last week. Occasionally we'll reminisce about the old days but for those we know well what's worth recounting, what's remar..
» Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile
14/11/09 19:11 from Beths Blog
My friend, Manny Hernandez, founder of Tuiabetes Community and author of Ning for Dummies, let me know that today, November 14 is World Diabetes Day . Today, at 14:00 hours (local time), thousands of people with diabetes will test their b..
» I like reading books
14/11/09 16:52 from Shirley Williams : Activity
James Clay asked the question "So do you like books, or do like reading?" He asks this as an opener to his opinion that e-Books are going to be big. Now I haven't got an e-Book reader so I am not qualified to comment about whether they are..
» Book #44 Too Close to Home
14/11/09 16:10 from Shirley Williams : Activity
"Too Close to Home" is a thriller by Linwood Barclay. I read a book by him (well I assume the author is male) a couple of months ago and found it gripping . This book was equally well written, it is difficult not to give the plot away when ..
» Links for 2009-11-13 [del.icio.us]
14/11/09 08:00 from Phronesis
Impact of CoP (Evaluation of Community of Practices) From CGIAR
» Win A Social Media Library! (Plus One More Book From Me - Twitterville)
13/11/09 18:39 from Beths Blog
Steve over at Polar Limited like me, loves book. Also like me, he's doing a networked social media book giveaway . Steve has convinced these seven authors Mitch Joel , Tamar Weinberg , Tara Hunt , Chris Brogan + Julien Smith , Gary Vayner..
» Virtual Field Trip
13/11/09 18:14 from Webbed Feat
CPsquare, the community of practice on communities of practice, and SCoPE are working together to organize virtual Quarterly Field Trips . The practice of visiting communities has a long history in and around CPsquare. We decided that the ..
» NTEN's Ask the Expert With Seth Godin: My Notes and Takeaways
13/11/09 17:12 from Beths Blog
Yesterday, NTEN;s Holly Ross hosted an online conversation with Seth Godin and me, along with Roxy Allen and 100 plus NTEN members. These " Ask the Expert " chats take place on the phone with a online chat back channel. This conversatio..
» Research Interest Clarification, 2009
13/11/09 16:39 from Silence and Voice
I recently had to re- introduce myself to a colleague regarding where my current research interests are, and I thought it may be interesting to share with a wider audience, as I do get asked to explain what I am interested in (since I cann..
» A Tale of Two Nonprofit and Social Media Adoption Surveys
12/11/09 16:38 from Beths Blog
Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact . The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. One focuses on t..
» Re-Thinking E-Learning Research (free) Seminar at SCoPE
12/11/09 15:25 from Silence and Voice
I just learned about a new 3-week online seminar that just began at SCoPE: Re-Thinking E-Learning Research . I purchased this text after reading about it earlier in the year, and this is a great opportunity to begin reading it, especially ..
» Can Small Nonprofits Reap Success With Social Media? (Giving away a copy of Twitter for Dummies)
11/11/09 03:31 from Beths Blog
With the big holiday charitable giving season just around the corner, there's a host of cause-related giving campaigns waiting in software launch and nonprofits gearing up for their end-of-the-year efforts. Some will launch sooner, while ..
» Linksphere
10/11/09 21:37 from Shirley Williams : Activity
Linksphere is a JISC funded project that aims to link researchers and information. There are two strands to the project: Developing a social network-like site to allow researchers to link to each other, while keeping control over who sees w..
» Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits
10/11/09 06:45 from Beths Blog
Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta View more presentations from kanter . Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. The workshop was hosted by Compasspoint , with..
» WeAreMedia: A Larger Context For Social Media for Program Delivery - Next Nonprofit Report
10/11/09 06:31 from Beths Blog
Source: Nonprofit Next Report form David LaPiana Last week we invited people to help us crowd source a Hollywood Ending for the WeAreMedia Wiki . We've spent the last 18 months focused on how social media can support communications and fu..
» Twitter Roles Out Beta Retweet Feature: Will It Generate TMRT? (Too much Re Tweeting)
09/11/09 19:40 from Beths Blog
Twitter has been rolling out new features for its web interface, taking the approach of small groups to get feedback and then full roll out. Over the weekend, I noticed the new beta retweet feature on the web interface and played around ..
» Qualitative Research Links and References
09/11/09 15:30 from Silence and Voice
I recently stumbled across Ron Chenail's The Qualitative Report website at Nova Southeastern University while I was doing some research for a proposal I am working on for the 6th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2010) . Ron..
» Please Help: Volunteers Needed To Help With Hurricane Wiki To Prep for Hurricane Ida
09/11/09 02:09 from Beths Blog
Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US. About ..
» More proof that emotion is a powerful force in making sense of information
09/11/09 00:34 from Anecdote
In 2004 Drew Westen and his colleagues put together an experiment to see how people of a particular political persuasion (Democrat or Republican) make sense of new information. Drew is a neuroscientist and advises political candidates on h..
» Constructivistic Instructional Design
08/11/09 15:49 from Silence and Voice
A colleague of mine, Catherine, had a wonderful blog post this week entitled ADDIE Deconstructed , which is somewhat related with my own recent posting on this topic, and is nicely juxtaposed with the work my students are doing with my onl..
» Networked Learning Conference 2010 Paper Submissions Due in 1 Week
07/11/09 16:27 from Silence and Voice
If you are planning to submit a paper for the 2010 Networked Learning Conference , you better hurray–the date for submissions is only a week away. Key dates and submission specs are listed here . I am busily revising a paper that I a..
» Causes Ditches MySpace: Don't Put All Your Fundraising Relationship Eggs in One Third Party, Proprietary Basket!
07/11/09 00:17 from Beths Blog
Photo by Billie Hara Late last night (or early this morning), Amy Sample Ward reported that Causes notified 184,725 users that its MySpace app will be removed from MySpace as of today. The email encouraged MySpace users of Causes to jo..
» Bike Scheme
06/11/09 13:47 from Shirley Williams : Activity
A recent circular starts: "The University of Reading is pleased to announce the launch of its Cycle to Work Scheme. University staff can now take advantage of the Government’s tax initiative scheme aimed at encouraging more peo..
» Book #43 - The Surgeon of Crowthorne
06/11/09 08:03 from Shirley Williams : Activity
My brother gave me "the Surgeon of Crowthorne" by Simon Winchester. My first reaction was to think it was a fictitious thriller, when I realised it was in fact a book about a dictionary I was uncertain how readable it would be. The book is ..
» Ways To Use Twitter Lists for Your Nonprofit Work
06/11/09 07:53 from Beths Blog
Gopher Screen Capture Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture The Internet has a strongly ingrained "list-making" and "collecting" culture. Back in the early 1990's, during my "gopher mistress" days, I could use this In..
» ROI on building management capability
06/11/09 02:50 from Anecdote
Today's Australian Financial Review (p7) reports on the release of a study funded by the federal government. The report, titled 'Management Matters in Australia: Just how productive are we?' demonstrates what we know intuitively..that if a..
» Cloudworks
05/11/09 17:43 from Webbed Feat
I've been following the work of Gráinne Conole from UK's Open University for some time. I believe the first time I corresponded with her was during the Shaping Our Future conference in May, 2008 at SCoPE where we invited her to provide an ..
» (Online) Identity in Postmodernity
05/11/09 12:57 from Silence and Voice
I am starting to be a little restless with my blog byline recently; perhaps it no longer fits me or I have outgrown it . The wonderful thing about websites is that they can grow and develop with us. My current one is: Research and Practice..
» Custom Cheating
04/11/09 21:13 from Shirley Williams : Activity
I just deleted a comment on a post that said: Whenever i see the post like your's i feel that there are helpful people who share information for the help of others, it must be helpful for other's. thanx and good job. The link with it was to..
» WeAreMedia: Nonprofit Program Delivery and Social Media
04/11/09 20:34 from Beths Blog
Photo: Bread for the World The most common application of social media is for fundraising and marketing. But what about using social media as part of program delivery. Do we have examples of using nonprofits using social media for: Volu..
» WeAreMedia: Help Us Crowdsource A Hollywood Ending
04/11/09 19:20 from Beths Blog
It's NTEN appreciation month and I can think of no better way than to say thank you to all the NTEN members (and non-members) who have contributed to the WeAreMedia project. It is time for the community to write the Hollywood ending ! I ..
» A as in ADDIE
04/11/09 12:48 from Silence and Voice
I asked my students in my a PPOCCID class to do some searching for online references / discussions about the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) instructional design model. I find this model very useful in many applic..