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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year I’ve been focusing on data visualization and techniques for nonprofits – and working on my visual thinking skills without letting my basic drawing skills become a barrier. I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008. I thought was done!

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How to choose a CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow. I also wrote a software choice worksheet , that can help with the process of looking at a wide variety of tools.

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Arts Summit 2008: The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations - Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(Since we shared my laptop, she kindly gave me permission to upload her slides). For 12 years, I worked on arts and technology projects with the New York Foundation for the Arts , beginning with its Arts Wire program in 1992. You can find the slides and resources at my Arts and Social Media wiki. Many, many memories.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. You should already have the slides, but in case I missed you, we’ll send all that good stuff later on today. So I’m going to stop sharing and I’ll let you pull up your slides here. Let’s see if we can get to work.

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RIP Google Reader: Don’t Scream Who Moved My Cheese, Pivot Your Reading

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been using Feedly since 2008, when Kevin Gamble from the Extension community mentioned it during an online workshop that I facilitated. I’ve been using Feedly since 2008, when Kevin Gamble from the Extension community mentioned it during an online workshop that I facilitated.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. There were some terrific questions and discussion. I’ve included some resources along with the slides here.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you can invest only 5 hours a week, then you will get the return on investment (ROI) from 5 hours of work. Many people today are overwhelmed by text, and photos and slide shows can often do better at communicating your message than text-heavy articles or blog posts. The truth is that you get out of social media what you put into it.