Elijah van der Giessen
Elijah van der Giessen
@elijahv@digitalnonprofit.ca

Host of Vancouver’s #Tech4Good meetup TechSoup Connect Canada.

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  • Net Tuesday September 11: The Science of Facebook Pages for Nonprofits

    The event will be streamed live at http://www.livestream.com/w2media

  • Online fundraising presentation for Social Media Club Vancouver

    The cool kids at Social Media Club Vancouver invited me to their #SMCYVRsummer event August 14. Good times! They hold their event in Ceili’s, so there’s booze. A valuable lesson for Net Tuesday? As an old man I went in to sass the crowd of youngsters and told them that they couldn’t fundraise with social…

  • Changing the Face of a City: The work behind the web redevelopment project of vancouver.ca

    Net Tuesday is excited to be a media partner for this special presentation on the creation of Vancouver’s new website. RSVP on Meetup.com When: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 6:00 PM To 8:00 PM Where: Main floor of City Hall, 453 West 12th Ave (corner of Cambie) Early in August 2012, the City of Vancouver will…

  • Social Media Club Vancouver

    I’m tickled that I was asked to be a presenter at the August 14 Social Media Club Vancouver event. I accept!

  • Social Media Club of Vancouver presents “Social Media in Education and Non-Profits”

    Hi team! Net Tuesday is taking August off, but there’s still plenty to do! Join Social Media Club Vancouver for a nonprofit-focused tweetup. Net Tuesday organizer @elijah will be presenting on @NetTuesdayYVR and @DavidSuzukiFDN   RSVP on EVENTBRITE: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/3996904850 ==================   SMCYVR Social Media Club of Vancouver presents the 2012 Summer Tweetup Social Media in Education and…

  • NetSquared: what have I done for the last two months?

    It’s been two months since I joined Marc and Anka on the NetSquared community team. But what have I been up to? It’s time to report back. I started off with a survey to the NetSquared Local organizers, which helped us focus our work initiated by the 100 Day Challenge. Survey Results and Actions What…

  • Meetup: Nonprofits in the Cloud + TechSoup Canada Q&A [September 25 2012]

    Have you heard of “cloud computing” or the “cloud” but not quite sure what it is? Wondering how other nonprofits are using it and whether it’s right for you? RSVP on Meetup.com When: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 6:00 PM To 7:30 PM Where: W2 Media Cafe, 111 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC RSVP on Meetup.com In…

  • Net Tuesday September 11 2012

    Net Tuesday September 11 2012I’m thrilled to have Net Tuesday friends Darren Barefoot (coming from France!) and Theo Lamb kicking off the 2012/12 season.

  • Graphics win on Facebook

  • Meetup: The Science of Facebook Pages for Nonprofits [September 11 2012]

    How NGOs win on Facebook View more presentations from Darren Barefoot How NGOs win with Facebook What actually works in garnering likes, comments and shares on Facebook pages? Darren Barefoot and Theo Lamb analyzed 1000 posts from large environmental NGOs and are keen to report their findings. Learn who’s doing Facebook well, and what really…

  • New Meetup for Blackbaud users

    http://www.meetup.com/BCBlackbaudUsers/ For users of Blackbaud’s products such as Raiser’s Edge, Convio, eTapestry, Financial Edge, Net Community and others. Our goal is to increase understanding and provide information sharing among organizations using this software in British Columbia and beyond.

  • Vitamin SocMed

    I was a social media surgeon for Net Tuesday. http://socialmediasurgery.com/surgeries/net-tuesday-vancouver

  • NetSquared Camp 2012

    NetSquared Camp 2012My latest post for NetSquared.

  • Social Media Surgery in photos

    http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615

  • Talking Good with Elijah van der Giessen

    Talking Good with Elijah van der GiessenAn interview with Rich Polt of Communicate Good on heroes, visions and the meaning of life. Plus jokes!

  • Vancouver Social Media Surgery

    Vancouver Social Media SurgeryMy latest experiment: a “Social Media Surgery”, and idea stolen from Manchester Net Tuesday.

  • Social Media Surgery July 3

    A team of cracker-jack Net Tuesday social media surgeons are here to listen to what organisations like you, community organisations, want to achieve by using social media in your workplace or volunteer role.  Get free on-one-one support in a face-to-face meeting with a local social media expert. Are you ‘Facebooked out?!’ Need help with your account?…

  • Online community management event report

    Missed our Online Community Management panel? Shame on you, because the event was wicked awesome. But you can redeem yourself by checking out these event recaps courtesy of new attendee Candie Tanka and Net Tuesday online animator Kelvin Claveria.  Kelvin: “Online community management is about more than sending a Tweet“ Candie: “My First Net Tuesday –…

  • TechSoup Canada donation deadline approaching

    Hey Canadian nonprofits, TechSoup Canada’s annual allotment of software resets on June 30, 2012. Get your requests in by the end of the month or lose access to last year’s software donations. Find out more at TechSoup Canada.

  • #CommBuild chats with Claire Sale

    The mighty Claire Sale is hosting regular Community Builder chats on Twitter. Didn’t get enough community management best practices at the Online Community Manager panel? Then this is your Masters Class! ====== Are you working in a community-facing role for a socially-focused project or organization? If so, I’d like to invite you to attend #CommBuild chats!…