Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

So, it is important for the host to hold a call with the facilitation team to clarify expectations for the session outcomes and team authority/decision-making roles. Next, of course, is diving into the design task of identifying goals and framing for the session and specific roles. Defining Roles.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Importance of Testimonials Testimonials are personal endorsements, typically in the form of a statement or story, that reflect a person’s experience with your nonprofit. Regularly update your collection of testimonials to reflect current experiences and ensure ongoing relevance.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sadly, many current change efforts that try to incorporate knowledge work for social good end up with disjointed or burdensome lists of isolated activities that really aren’t very engaging or valuable. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. It is voiced or expressed outwardly in society in some way.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

If you’re new to web design and development, creating a homepage that accurately reflects your nonprofit’s mission and values can feel difficult. Who does your nonprofit serve and how are you actively working to solve the challenges they face? Ask yourself: What roles can supporters play in advancing your nonprofit’s mission?

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

While you should avoid “positivity whitewashing” your community’s problems in a way that obscures your organization’s need for resources, your proposal should reflect an urgent, forward-looking position rather than get stalled out in problems. Be mindful of passive voice. Use a people-first approach. Strike the right middle tone.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

Depending on the size of your nonprofit, you might have numerous roles open at any given time. While recruitment is important for your organization’s long-term success, you should always prioritize allocating resources for mission-critical activities. Implement inclusive language and content. Pay attention to subject lines.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2011

This week Nonprofit Management and Leadership student Rosela Martinez discusses her research on the role of Ethnic Identity in positive youth development. Likewise, youth undoubtedly have a role in the fulfillment of the mission of any organization. Research Friday will return January 6th. Thank you to all our contributors and readers.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Outline engaging activities and events that align with your mission but also provide opportunities for members to actively participate and contribute their skills. Develop a Public Relations Plan Advocacy is about being the voice of change. Start by outlining your organizational structures. Don’t stop there!

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures. Displaying AAPI visual arts is another engaging activity. Not only does this provide powerful role models for attendees, but it can boost interest and attendance at your event. Their grassroots activism brings important perspectives.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

A: When she reflected, she saw that she needed to safeguard the public by ensuring the recall is done immediately. A: Lean in and activate the organization’s crisis mitigation plan. Do you need to lean in (take an active stand and provide a point of view?); A: She needed to be courageous.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

Because mid-level donations play an essential role in your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy, cultivating and stewarding strong mid-level donor relationships is vital. This way, you can carefully tailor donation appeals and donor recognition activities to your mid-level donors’ involvement, preferences, and interests in your organization.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. Intern Roles (if any). Activating our values in 2022. We adapted. Applicant Contact Information.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

An organization, company, or other entity can have all of the diversity numbers in the world, but until everyone feels included and that there is a place and voice for them, it is all for naught. Workstream priorities should reflect this knowledge. She is an active philanthropist through YFJ Philanthropies as well.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

To do this effectively, content strategy for digital collections is a necessary piece that is able to streamline the approach of how these institutions shape and expand their roles as modern resources. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. Fostering audience relationships.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Environmental sustainability is an ongoing movement, and Earth Day is an excellent reminder of our role. The outdoors became our main source of activity and entertainment, reminding us that we’re surrounded by life even in isolation. The event gives passionate supporters a way to breathe and reflect. SF Parks Alliance.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

As we gain perspective following a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll use this opportunity to reflect on what we’ve learned, and how to use those lessons to prepare us for the future. I’m looking forward to the session, Amplifying Underrepresented Voices in Tech. Register now to attend Nonprofit Summit on April 21.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them. When it comes to strategic planning, there are a few common hesitations that nonprofits voice throughout the process. Ask yourself some of the following questions.

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Givinga

JANUARY 26, 2021

COVID-19 showcased the huge opportunity for companies, on a global scale, to play a more pronounced, proactive and impactful role, through impact innovation. It’s impossible to predict when it will be needed, but when technology and tools are ready to be activated, companies can respond to any disaster type at any time.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 18, 2011

A blog is an opportunity not only to change static into dynamic, but also discover and share voices from your organization. If you're the one pushing for creation of a blog, you're already its champion — and you must stay committed to that role and responsibility. It's a chance to convene and nurture a community of storytellers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. The class typically erupts in a cacophony of voices, as it did that first time he told students to talk to each other because he couldn’t figure out what else to do. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. It also improves overall staff engagement because it gives everyone a voice. What is Brainstorming? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Note from Beth: December is a time when start to reflect on the past year and future online trends for fundraising. People-based fundraising techniques give your passionate advocates a voice and an active role in the success of your cause. Moving Forward.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . A: With many nonprofit leaders holding multiple hats and roles in their organizations, we constantly hear that they are exhausted. Krista joined the Austin Angels staff in 2018 without hesitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

She is one of the leading voices of ”social learning practice” which is about self-directed and informal learning from your online networks. She also talked about a new role called “Social Learning Practitioner,” someone who encourages and enables and supports knowledge sharing and learning across the organization.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

We’ve also created more opportunities for staff from across the organization, even if they don’t work together daily, to interact socially via optional evening and weekend activities. Organize creative activities or events, for example, our annual workplace giving campaign allows our staff to support the causes they care most about.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Employees, potential talent and other stakeholders expect that the companies they work for offer them opportunities to play a role in their social impact programs. This trend is reflected on employee expectations as they choose how to give, when to give and which tool to use. Giving Days. Virtual Food Banks. Affinity Groups.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Our neural activity increases 5X when listening to a story. Cut through bias by communicating various perspectives and voices. That subtle change is an invitation to your supporters to take a front-seat role in the work you do and take center stage in the story. Storytelling can offer many benefits to your organization.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

For the past five years, I’ve been teaching social media workshops for nonprofits and lately doing deeper dives on the techniques of listening both for nonprofits and in my role as Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation. Got to share my Radian 6 dashboard.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 3, 2014

Succession planning is the ongoing process of defining the organizational roles and capacities needed for success and of identifying and developing personnel to prepare them to fill those roles as needed. Therefore, it is an inherently strategic activity. Try to add insight, reflection, and acknowledgement during the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

On the other hand, the growth mindset is about learning how to improve from setbacks. These people are willing to take more risks since challenging experiences are chance to grow and that their performance on every task is not a reflection on their intelligence. How can we improve the activity the next time we do it?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Era of Increased Activism and Grassroots Campaigning. The recent presidential election has led to a level of true grassroots activism that hasn’t been seen in decades. Ordinary Americans not formally affiliated with any organization or cause are rising up to make their voices heard. And the rewards will be well worth it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. This was designed as a peer learning activity – so it was the participants who were mostly the presenters. Member Voice Proxy: How will you make it memorable? and storify.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ).

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

Young people feel competent and confident enough in their role as community members to understand the need for collaboration and that in asking adults for their input, the project may be strengthened. A key aspect of this rung is the degree to which children are engaged in critical reflection. Here's a synopsis: Participation 1.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums. why not museums?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact.

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