Save the Dates: Action Breakfasts in 2012

Save the Dates: Action Breakfasts in 2012

The dates for the 2012 Action Breakfasts are set. This year Action San Antonio will host three breakfast workshops in addition to our full-day ActionCamp (which takes place in the fall – date TBA). Get these dates onto your busy calendars now! We’ve got exciting plans in store for Action Breakfasts this year so you [...]

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An Action San Antonio Thank You to Debi Pfitzenmaier

An Action San Antonio Thank You to Debi Pfitzenmaier

Nearly two years ago, Debi Pfitzenmaier and Fran Stephenson came up with a bold idea: they wanted to provide social media and technology guidance, for free or for very little cost, to San Antonio nonprofits with limited staff and resources. Together, they laid the foundation for Action San Antonio and ActionCamp. Due to personal and [...]

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Email Marketing for Nonprofits — An Action Camp Report

Guest post by Drew Danboise      Julie Niehoff, regional development director for Constant Contact, spoke about social media and marketing at Action Camp on Oct. 28. The conference at the Courtyard Marriott, off Wiseman Boulevard, focused on social media to help non-profit organizations and small business in the San Antonio and surrounding areas. “New tools [...]

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Wikispaces Works for Students — An Action Camp Report

Guest Post by David Smith I had the pleasure of attending what the group Action San Antonio called “camp” on October 28 at the Courtyard Marriott by Sea World. Action San Antonio is a group of people either introducing methods, techniques and ideas of different types of ways to use social media for “good” whether [...]

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Social Media for Educators

by Jennifer Cardwell Susan Reeves, an elementary educator, presented “Engaging the Under 18 Crowd,” at this year’s Action Camp San Antonio at the Courtyard Marriott on Oct. 28. Action Camp is an unconference held annually by the Action San Antonio for educators and nonprofit organizations. The purpose of Action Camp is to empower the audience [...]

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Relive Six Speakers from Action Camp 2011

It’s been nearly three weeks since Action Camp 2011 and we hope you are putting all those great ideas into action in your organization. In case you need a little refresher, our good friends at LCTV have documented some of the day’s presentations on video.  It’s no small task to do a live, unrehearsed, unedited [...]

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Action Camp Recap: Social Media Campaigns

Guest Post by Kara Falks In today’s constantly changing media landscape, social media is a vital part of advertising for any business. This seems to be common knowledge, but the burning question for many businesses seems to be –“how can social media be used successfully as advertising? In the “Building Elements of a Social Media [...]

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Thank you Action Campers, Organizers and Sponsors!

We just wanted to take a moment to thank the many people and organizations who made Action Camp 2011 a great success!  We just don’t know where to start and, like a winner at an awards show, we don’t want to leave anyone out, soooo….if you helped, participated, sponsored, worked, enjoyed, etc, please take a [...]

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ActionCamp Attendee Highlight: Meet Morgan’s Wonderland

ActionCamp Attendee Highlight: Meet Morgan’s Wonderland

Let’s get to know the nonprofits participating in ActionCamp San Antonio! If you’ve ever visited Morgan’s Wonderland you know what a special place it is. Imagine a park where everyone can play, regardless of age, ability, or special needs. Jennifer Hatton, with Morgan’s Wonderland, describes it as the world’s first ultra-accessible park: “It’s a place [...]

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Sponsor Support Makes Action Camp 2011 a Reality

Sponsor Support Makes Action Camp 2011 a Reality

Nonprofits know “It takes a village….” but we’d like to rephrase that to: “It takes a Council.” The Action Camp 2011 organizers would like to thank the San Antonio Nonprofit Council, also known as the @SANCouncil, for partnering with us to make the Oct. 28 event happen. Our partnership with them  has broadened our community [...]

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