LIVESTREAM – 6.30pm GMT 20th Dec
Be Good Be Social will be streamed LIVE from the Scottish Parliament between 6.30pm – 9.00pm GMT on Thursday 20th December 2012. You can join in the discussion via Twitter using the #BeGoodBeSocial hashtag. Hope you can join us! Programme 6pm Networking drinks and food 6.30pm Intro to Be Good Be Social from Ross McCulloch 6.40pm Anne Connor, Mind Waves 7.10pm John Haydon, The Nonprofit Facebook Guy – Live Video Discussion 8pm Break 8.20pm David McGillivray & Jennifer... Read More
#Citizenrelay: Engaging with communities through participatory practices
Special Guest blog post from Jennifer Jones & David McGillivray….you can hear them speak at #BeGoodBeSocial Edinburgh! #citizenrelay was a Creative Scotland-funded participatory arts and (social) media project that brought an interdisciplinary team of academics, activists, artists and community media specialists into dialogue with a variety of publics around the ‘hook’ of the Olympic Torch Relay as it travelled around Scotland in June of this year. The... Read More
Be Good Be Social Takes over Toronto again
Get ready for a night of peer-to-peer collaboration and innovative thinking. Be Good Be Social Toronto is back this year with an exciting lineup jammed-packed with thought leaders from some of Canada’s most dynamic non-profit organizations. On November 7, at CSI Annex in Toronto, the second annual Be Good Be Social Toronto event takes place. CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FREE TICKET NOW Highlights of the night include: Social media clinics with experts on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook... Read More
5 things you need to know about #begoodbesocial glasgow 2012
1. We’re livestreaming the whole night. From 6.30pm on Thu May 17th, after everyone has had their sarnies and wine, we’ll be livestreaming the speakers. Simply hit LIVE on this website to watch the speakers and join in the chat via the #begoodbesocial hashtag on Twitter. Huge thanks once again to Beyongolia for working her video wizardry on our event. As well as the livestream we’re also lucky to have professional photographer Rich Dyson giving up his time to... Read More
Speakers’ slides – social media for social good 2012
Here’s all the speakers’ slides from Social Media for Social Good (26th April 2012). We’ll be adding the workshop slides and videos from the day soon. If you’d like to know when they’ve been added please add your email address to the mailing list box on the left-hand sidebar of our website. Thanks to everyone who made it along yesterday and to everyone who joined in via the livestream. Ross McCulloch, Third Sector Lab – Intro & Ten Trends... Read More
Social Media for Social Good – watch the livestream
From 9.30am GMT on Thursday 26th April 2012 we’ll be live streaming Social Media for Social Good – Scotland’s first third sector social media conference. Simply click the ‘live’ button at the top of our website or go straight to the livestream player. Remember to join in with all the chat on the day via our hashtag: #begoodbesocial Here’s the talks and workshops we’ll be streaming: 9.30am – 9.45am Speaker: Ross McCulloch – Third... Read More
free #begoodbesocial Glasgow tickets now released
Scotland’s fourth sector social media gathering returns on Thursday 17th May 2012 6-9pm at Big Lottery Fund Scotland HQ. Join us for a range of talks, a Q&A panel session and, importantly, drinks & food. You can grab free tickets via Eventbrite. Our Speakers John Popham, Celebration 2.0 “From the village green to your computer screen: Because technology should be fun” Ally Tibbitt, Greener Leith & STV Local “Neighbourhood community engagement on... Read More
Five fundraising tools for mobile
Special guest blog post from Robert McAllen, Blackbaud Europe. Rob will be hosting a workshop on mobile giving at our upcoming Social Media for Social Good conference (26th April 2012). Conference tickets are now sold out but we’ll be releasing free tickets for #BeGoodBeSocial Glasgow (17th May 2012) this week. There are many ways to fundraise via a mobile phone and more and more we are turning to a system that is easily accessible as well as gives far greater access to... Read More
Social Media for Social Good – book now
Bookings can now be made for Scotland’s first full-day third sector social media conference via the Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) website. Taking place on 26th April, Social Media for Social Good is a day long event packed with expert talks and workshops to help third sector organisations get the most out of social media. Programme 9.00am Registration & Tea/Coffee 9.30am Speaker: Ross McCulloch – Third Sector Lab & Be Good Be Social Third sector... Read More
Social Media for Social Good – full workshops list
GCVS are now taking bookings for Scotland’s first ever all-day third sector social media conference – Social Media for Social Good (26th April 2012). We’ve already announced three headline speakers. We’re very pleased to be able to share the full workshop line-up today, there’s absolutely tons of practical and inspirational workshops to choose from on the day (full list below). Social Media for Social Good – Workshops - Conrad Rossouw –... Read More
