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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Time is Running Out: Apply or Nominate Someone by Wednesday, February 29th! Blogger's Choice Award: Lastly, there will be a Blogger's Choice Award of $1,000 (USD). The CTK Foundation will choose a blogger (hopefully me) who will hand-pick one winner from any category.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2013

Last month, I kicked off my blog series on how to coach your first-time fundraisers towards success. Today, I’m going to bring this blog series to a close with talking about the third step which involves how to keep the momentum high with your first-time event fundraisers in the months and weeks leading up to your event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Unrestricted and capacity-building support held steady, and foundations even reduced grant approval times from an average of 90 to 60 days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2008

It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson. The Drumbeat of Bad News for Nonprofits Fundraising in 2012 What resonates with you from this diagram of next year? . Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. On the one hand, I was impressed by the quality of conversation and sessions during the time I was there. Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start. What are foundations willing to STOP doing in order to make time for learning? Flickr Photo by Zen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. It involves being an insider and outsider at the same time—how can one be Saul Alinsky and the State Medicaid Director at the same time? Photo by Sea Turtle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference will offer a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Stay tuned for a blog post about it. The GeoFunders National Conference takes place from March 12-14th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. At the 2012 GEO conference, I learned about a Big Experiment for Learning in Public undertaken by the Packard Foundation, together with TCC Group and Beth Kanter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

Last week I spoke at BlogHer '11, a gathering of over 3,000 women bloggers. with Gwen Bell As I mentioned in my post, Taking Back Your Time: Is Unplugging the New Green? Having a ritual, practice, or totem can help you be more conscious about your online time. BlogHer '12 : August 2-4, 2012 (NYC). Digital Warriorship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. This time, my favorite conversations have been about what’s next. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Whether I'm working with bloggers and creative entrepreneurs , or talking with a friend, everyone I know is trying to grow good habits. By the time my birthday came around, I felt great! In 2012, I'm trying to grow the good habit of doing these four things every day, and I've been using my Happy Reminder Board to help me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. We get lots of feedback from them, real-time, via independent / anonymous surveys, etc. Flickr Photo by hanspoldoja. BUT we do not get beneficiary feedback directly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. Fulton’s talk was timely. It is an exciting time. Flickr Photo by Mburpee. The Internet is getting physical and charitable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. We are doing our best to learn in public and in collaboration with our partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. How to set aside time for reflection and learning. Photo by Aaron Schmidt. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Nonprofit leaders, like most Americans, are programmed to think that the answer to every problem is to spend more time working away in the same way.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I believe that new models of aging and senior life will emerge from this wave, and can't wait to see what is created, which is why I loved stumbling upon The New York Times article, For Healthy Aging, A Late Act in the Footlights. The NOHO Senior Arts Colony and the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony will open in 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Beyond just having a vision, Grit is about having the motivation to overcome obstacles and the persistence and zeal to do so time and time again in pursuit of that vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. No question about it, it also adds complexity and cost – in dollars and time. Flickr Photo by AnEye4Pictures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The challenge here is that program staff who have been steeped in learning often have a hard time telling their story simply, in ways that attract attention.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2011

Comedy and video go together like peanut butter and jelly but it takes time and probably the help of a trained professional to pull it off. This was my first time at Netroots Nation, but definitely not my last. Progressives also need to come together around the tough challenge of organizing for Obama for 2012. Wicked good!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. We recently released our most up-to-date Atlas of Giving report that takes a look at current giving trends to provide guidance for nonprofits on what to expect (and not to expect) as we finish out 2011 and roll into 2012. April 2012 is expected to be down 5.5 Keep this in mind as you make plans for 2012.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 27, 2012

Pierre Khawand is a guest blogger with more than 20 years of experience in the software industry. Writer Nick Bilton thinks that’s a big problem as he tries to manage his more than 6,000 monthly emails, using everything from filters to away messages to no avail (see "Disruptions," The New York Times ).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

I am pleased to have the opportunity to be a part of the TechSoup blogger community, and I’m excited to get started with my first blog post. This happened over and over until, in November 2012, I was finally "done," and I left the San Diego Futures Foundation ( SDFF ). Hello everyone.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The next time your organization makes a mistake, use these tips to handle the crisis ASAP, so it doesn’t bubble up and explode. For example, when the first Kony 2012 campaign video was released and went “viral” it helped energize their own constituents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The goals need to be front and center through the entire process, particularly when the measurement approach is more new or participatory and is designed to evolve over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. And even better was to process the findings in real time interactions. Flickr Photo by Andy Beal.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Pacific time. His best selling Accomplishing More in Less Time, Less Effort, and Less Stress workshop enables business professionals to better cope with information overload and competing priorities. Find him on Twitter at @pierrekhawand and on as a guest blogger on the TechSoup Blog. Find Kristy on Twitter at @kg.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2015

In honor of Ken Blanchard 's and Mark Miller 's book, Great Leaders Grow , I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. In the past, they may have gone to their leader and made an honest suggestion such as, "Ken, I think our Thursday afternoon meetings are a waste of time." Here's the question: How do you rate as a leader? Are you kidding?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

That time was earlier this month. I had to adapt all my social media techniques for very low bandwidth and do it in real time. I was able to share photos , tweets , Facebook updates , and Instagram photos in real time. Beth Kanter (@kanter) August 4, 2012. Headed to phnom tamao wildlife sanctuary instagr.am/p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

In honor of the book release I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. In the past, they may have gone to their leader and made an honest suggestion such as, "Ken, I think our Thursday afternoon meetings are a waste of time." If the supervisor answers with an outburst by saying, "What do you mean a waste of time? Are you kidding?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

But hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these difficult times. Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. This reminds of something that Peter Deitz wrote about over at the Social Actions blog called "How Wil Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Finally, I will be offering a Google+ and Google Products Webinar for Nonprofits on February 28, 2012. Over time and through implementing the best practices listed below and those yet to come, you will find your Google+ voice. Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . Post quality content to the Google+ Stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

I’ve taken a little break from blogging to enjoy some much needed family time. I’m lucky because my colleague, Joe Waters, offered me a guest post for your to read while I’m away from blogging. Things have just changed a lot in a short amount of time.”. However, the true genius of GoFundMe may have been its timing.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2013

My eyes may be bloodshot, but the sight of the blogger interface still warms my heart. Check out the comments for more unlikely connections between Mao and the American national past time. Back to the land of the blogging! I''ve spent the last eight weeks on a "blogcation" so I could focus on the birth of our new baby, Rocket.

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