Association Adviser

MARCH 17, 2014

Technology is not synonymous for innovation; some associations are having breakthroughs by going back to old tech. In response to this challenge, some associations have made impressive gains in their adoption of technology, particularly in the areas of mobile, social media, video, online learning, connectivity and more.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

After my colleagues and I figured that out (it took us a few years), we adopted a number of practices designed to bring our work online: posting photos and videos on social media, sending out a series of emails, and so on. Because people are busy. Here are three examples: 1. The technology of tomorrow.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Otherwise, all our talk of innovative, new approaches will be just that: talk. Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe. To What End? – guest post by Phil Buchanan.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 15, 2013

I think people and organizations need to shift to the growth mindset when comes to implementing social media – and working networks – and need to incorporate a steady program of measurement and learning. But often, our feelings of shame or the blame gets in the way. Here’s how.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I listen to KEXP in Seattle. Innovation. Social Media. Principled Innovation. I said, "Johnny Rivers? He wrote that?" " My brother said, "Yes." " I got out an old Leadbelly album from the 1930s and played the song for him. They play the cutting-edge music of today. Generation Jones.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. We can easily fall into the use of shorthand or brand names to describe it: it is “social media” or the internet or Twitter or Facebook.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 13, 2013

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW).

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