ActionCamp 2012 takes place October 26 and we’re looking for companies, organizations, and individuals who want to make San Antonio stronger by supporting the nonprofits in our area. Action San Antonio is a program of the San Antonio Nonprofit Council. We are a community of individuals interested in learning and sharing more about how to [...]
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Action Report: Help is on the Way!
Last week’s Social Media Help Session for Nonprofits was fantastic! A big thank you to table captains Nathan Cone and Andrea Leal with Texas Public Radio; Melissa Burnett with the Downtown Alliance; Taylor Henson with Social Media By Design; Colleen Pence with Social Media Mentoring; and Fran Stephenson with Step In Communication. Nonprofits in attendance had [...]
Action Report: Ready, Set, Campaign!
On May 9, nonprofits from across San Antonio arrived at Cafe College for our sold-out Action Breakfast. Our challenge? For every attendee to walk away with at least one actionable item that would help them create successful social media campaigns. But, before we could take on that task, kickoff speaker Alicia Arenas, with SaneraCamp, put [...]
Introducing Our Table Captains for Action Breakfast on May 9
Action Breakfast is a week from today, on May 9. We’d like to introduce you to our table captains. They’ll lead the roundtable discussions following an opening talk by kick-off speaker Alicia Arenas on time management. Action San Antonio invites table captains who bring experience from the nonprofit sector, as well as with social media [...]
Action Report: Leap into your Social Strategy
by Fran Stephenson A record-setting crowd gathered last week for the first Action Breakfast of 2012 in the new location at downtown’s Café College. The event opened with a presentation from Denise Barkhurst of Big Brothers Big Sisters on how her organization has made the “leap.” Afterwards, small discussion groups tackled the topic in various [...]
Action Breakfast Speaker Armen Babajanian with Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas
We’re kicking off this year’s first Action Breakfast with a special guest speaker, Armen Babajanian, the vice president of external communications for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of South Texas. Armen will open our breakfast workshop on Wednesday, February 29, by discussing the social media strategy for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas. Armen [...]
LEAP Into Your Social Media Strategy at the Next Action Breakfast
In honor of Leap Day, and because we don’t want you to wait 4 more years before you get started, Action Breakfast is going to focus on Strategy! What is it? Why do you need it? You won’t want to miss the first Action Breakfast for 2012 on February 29 at our NEW location, Café [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
