I'm working on a brief presentation for next week at Graphing Social Patterns called "Giving Good Poke: Using Social Apps and Social Media for Social Causes." So, I have been immersed in boiling down 50 days of socially-networked fundraising strategies and stories into a succinct and engaging presentation about the America's Giving Challenge. I thought it might be easy peasy, but it is hard work.
Lately, I've been asking myself a question, "Why don't I just do the same old presentation ... and use the same slides?" If you look at my slideshare collection, I have like 50 different slide shows ... It can be torture to be creative all the time, but I get bored with myself if I tell the same stories all time. The real reason is that I keep implementing new campaigns, trying new techniques and tools, and new projects. Presenting (and putting the stream of learning into a powerpoint) is an opportunity for some reflection and storytelling and learning after the fact.
To be honest, I'm sort of scared, although the session last week with Laura Fitton (Pistachio) and her advice has helped reduce some stress. Any advice to calm my nerves?
I didn't come up with the title, but considering I gave a talk at BlogHer last summer called "Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Raising Money" and I'm on a panel at SXSW called "Pimp My Nonprofit: How Nonprofits Are Using Web Tools To Kick Ass Online" it sort of fits.
If you are one of my Facebook friends, can you help me about by poking me and taking a screen capture of the "Poke Beth?" screen? And if you could upload that in Flickr. I'm trying to make a title slide and you can't poke yourself. And, if you are a Facebook friend and your name is Beth - just ignore the pokes.
poke
Originally uploaded by vbora85.
Bora poked me and sent me this screencapture for the presentation. Thanks so much!
Poking Beth
Originally uploaded by amysampleward.
Thanks Amy! Been trying to figure out a good title visual for the presentation and realized that I could not poke myself and screen capture.
Beth, I wish you the best with preparing for this session. It seems like an interesting idea, and as I am not the biggest proponent of Facebook, I am looking forward to learning something new.
Do you know if this will be recorded?
Posted by: Jeffrey Keefer | February 27, 2008 at 08:29 AM
Hi Jeffrey:
I'm should not be commenting, I should be working my presentation ...
To answer your question, I'm not sure. I might try doing a recording as part of the practice and share it as a slide caste ..
Posted by: Beth Kanter | February 27, 2008 at 09:25 AM
Hi Beth,
I already capture the screen shot for you.
Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vbora85/2296747532/
See ya!
Posted by: Bora | February 27, 2008 at 10:39 AM
This interests me immeasurably- One take on social justice online from this week:
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/02/28/the-search-for-authentic-social-media/
Posted by: chantelle oliver | March 01, 2008 at 06:24 AM