Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

.” I was lucky enough to meet and interview Patton in 2009. We need to integrate evaluation thinking into our everyday work so we can improve what we’re doing. We need to integrate evaluation thinking into our everyday work so we can improve what we’re doing. Evaluation is not an add-on task.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. To take my learning deeper on social network analysis and mapping techniques and how they can be applied them to a social media strategy, I took a workshop with Marc Smith. Who liked each other, who didn't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Then work backwards to identify what motivates your audience to get to the next run on the ladder. That’s the secret! Once you have defined your organization’s ladder, then you start to identify key metrics that will tell you whether or not someone has moved up the ladder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Note from Beth:   I'm always excited to see inspiring examples of personal fundraising and the dollars raised have come a long way since my first experiment in 2006, a testament to how much more connected we are and the rise of popularity of this technique.  The challenge is continuing to grow. 5 Takeaways.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 10, 2009

At its core, Ravelry is primarily a user-built relational database of yarns and patterns, linked through the users who work with them. As you enter details about the projects you’re working on, the information is automatically linked with what other people are doing with the same yarns and patterns. When I’m knitting, it’s all I.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Great work. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us Good for you!

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. Let’s see if we can get to work. Hopefully it’ll work. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

I'm looking for guest posts, ideas, and examples of nonprofits using crowdsourcing for their programs, fundraising, and marketing. Some questions I don't know the answers to: What are the best examples of nonprofits using social media to crowdsource advice, program evaluation, ideas, or other uses? at the Smithsonian 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Excellent example of aggregation strategy and really clear and good information design. It will be the only growing market in 2009. Look at it as part of your organization: There have always been good reasons to build your social network, but now it is a matter of strategy and applying the techniques of network weaving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences. It’s free but you can purchase additional data for reasonable amounts (for example you can get Klout Scores ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

We partnered with Fission Strategy to bring you a new guide that explores a simple but powerful tactic to dramatically increase engagement — responding to people as they talk about your work online. How your key stakeholders, donors and activists talk about the issues surrounding your work is not only observable, it is measurable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2009

They are using FLIP Cameras and Camtasia editing software to product a series of videos of their deep field work in Africa. For example, storytelling. See 3 Video Guide: This step-by-by video guide goes from the picture to the techniques of story telling and into editing and marketing. Have an example you want to share?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. What are some your takeaways from these experiments?

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Main | Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team » Wednesday Jan 14 2009 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:40AM | by Allyson Kapin Let’s face it: People have a love hate relationship with their email. January 15, 2009 | Samer Excellent suggestions!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Here's a few examples. Gallaga cites a specific example of giving money to DonorsChoose.org, a company that connects students and teachers to people who would like to donate. Innovative Giving: Leverage Your Twitter Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? What works?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. For example, last year's vacation in Florida and my encounter with an alligator on from an airboat on the St. The solution? I've even lived blogged my vacations.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Post a comment and let us know what you think.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Post a comment and let us know what you think.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. Surprising or unexpected, as well as unknown, works from the permanent collections are featured. This year, we took a different approach.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. There are some great examples of nonprofits that are doing an excellent job with online video.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010 How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Research from universities around the country show that employees who "click" with each other at work have more career success. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011. Plan to work with your mentor for no less than three months, and ideally for six months or longer. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Make that one of your New Year’s resolutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,&# without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings. An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood. The average worker will spend 10 years of their work life dealing with email. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented. Make conversation with your team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

A few examples - TwestivalDC , BostonTwestival , SFTwestival , and so many more. Projects working in the U.S. It has explained social network analysis and techniques in a way that is easy to understand for those who are not experts. I'll be participating in one at the end of the month). It's open to 501c3's serving U.S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Always Follow Through Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2010

He recently shared his findings from his latest book, " Re-Engage: How Americas Best Places To Work Inspire Extra Effort In Extraordinary Times." So, its good to be reminded of what is working for the best companies during this challenging economy. big and small improvements, new ideas and suggestions for innovation.)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership. Did it work? What have you done to foster a wide number of views in your work environment? "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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