Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

Any advice on how I can help balance the scales, between discussion and action? Question: My organization has made strides with DEI internally – training for the staff and relatively diverse hiring , but leadership is very hesitant to discuss DEI with our fairly conservative donor base and actively avoids it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2011

If your nonprofit is considering tapping into mobile technology, my advice to you would be to start a with a mobile website and then expand from there. Nature Conservancy :: m.nature.org. Here are 22 nonprofit mobile websites to help get your creativity flowing: 1. Best Friends Animal Society :: m.bestfriends.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Let’s do the math and make a conservative estimate. Shockingly, according to a Software Advice research report, 52 percent of nonprofits are still using Excel and Google Docs to run their development operations. More than 10.4 million volunteers are currently needed to support nonprofits (VolunteerMatch).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

Yesterday, I got an email from Anne Housego from Retina Australia give me an update and asked for some advice. Clear guidelines are important - see this interview I did with folks from Nature Conservancy about their contest. Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. What advice would you offer Retina Australia? Michaela Hackner.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

If your nonprofit is considering tapping into mobile technology, my advice to you would be to start a with a mobile website and then expand from there. Nature Conservancy :: m.nature.org. Here are 33 nonprofit mobile websites to help get your creativity flowing: 1. 350.0rg :: m.350.org. Metropolitan Opera :: m.metoperafamily.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2008

Every now and then I get emails asking for advice. I work for a conservation organization and we???re Can you share some advice? The advice for marketers looking to embark on a Web 2.0 Photo by Billerr. I also read Seth Godin???s, s, Chris Brogan, etc. And therein lies my question. t know how to begin. What is ???square

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Through her work with clients like the Wildlife Conservation Society and her love of (math) problem solving, Amy has picked up a lot of wisdom + I wanted to better understand her process for approaching a social media campaign and measuring its efficacy. About Wistia. How did it do at what ?".

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Nonprofits can use this to make future recommendations and generate actionable advice to consumers. . The Nature Conservancy , a non-profit organization, has helped the Red Cross to create a dashboard and mobile app that can broadcast information like earthquake magnitude and flood locations through social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

A lack of government resources in the slums and low-income areas to address the problem of animal abandonment and cruelty has inspired many Brazilians to give to nonprofits that support animal welfare and wildlife conservation. 5) What is the most important piece of fundraising advice that you have to offer charitable organizations in Brazil?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2011

More conservative organizations and fields, might have a more restrictive social media policies. See more advice here. There’s lot of good advice and resources to get your started. Kirstin Beardsley – Setting the Boundaries: Developing Social Media Policies for Your Organization.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 4, 2009

Advice From the Front Lines on Branding Via Social Media : By Abny Santicola : FundRaising Success: "In the session 'Effective Branding in a Social Media World' presented at the 2009 Bridge Conference held just outside Washington, D.C.,

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Learn as nonprofits tell their Box stories and share advice throughout the conference. Hear from nonprofits such as Teach for America, The Nature Conservancy, ASPCA, The James Irvine Foundation, New Story, Team Rubicon, and more!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. When you are considering launching a new campaign or starting a new online community, go to the blogosphere for advice.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 31, 2017

Thanks to Alice Antonelli, Director for Advisory Services at NFF, for her great advice! Then, take total cash (or for a more conservative approach, use total unrestricted cash if you know it) and divide by the monthly expense number. Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part One: Top 3 Measures of Financial Health.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. When you are considering launching a new campaign or starting a new online community, go to the blogosphere for advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

Providing advice or materials for the campaign (for example the visual meme on this post by created by Joe Solomon and the network map by Marc Smith). If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. Think About Different Levels of Influence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Matt Fitzgerald from Upwell shared their approach to Big Listening and Spotting Awesome which helped them leverage “Shark Week,” ocean conservation social media super bowl. Matt gave great advice about how to get started with big listening for small organizations. ” Yes!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. She has also just published a book of poetry, “ On The Advice of Rumi.” She is a poet, an environmental activist, and a nonprofit management expert with a masters degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. Unfortunately, there were some short films that were censored by the Movie Television Board (which I want to say is one of the most conservative board of censors in the world!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

What advice do you have for remote presenting? To avoid technology fail, they had a video team create a video with me in Boston last week — it is a reality tv meets Networked Nonprofit presentation, where I’m wondering around Boston in the rain and conservationally giving talking points. Talk about multi-tasking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

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? Do you have advice for an organization using Flickr as a campaign platform? What are the best practices or techniques for crowdsourcing? We are storage, after all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2008

She told me that her board was very conservative and that she was the youngest person on staff. I know you all must have lots of tips and help advice on how to be a n effective social media evangelist behind the firewall - so please do share it: How do you get your whole organization to own the social media strategy?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2014

Conservation-oriented environmental groups have focused their fundraising on getting donors more involved in “places that matter,” and showing them the impact of their gifts, said Doug Barker, co-founder and principal at Barker & Scott Consulting. Environment – Connecting with donors.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

As Tech Impact grew, I transitioned into Director of Technology Services where I now provide technology advice and solution development to nonprofits around the globe. When not working, I am an obsessed bird watcher and volunteer to conserve shorebird habitat for endangered species. TechSoup : How many nonprofits does TechImpact serve?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The National Air and Space Museum raised nearly $720,000 in 30 days to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon, far surpassing their goal of $500,000. Think all of this is great but want some step-by-step advice on how to get a crowdfundraising campaign started? Denver Zoo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

IN two weeks, I will have the honor of presenting at the E-Metrics Conference with Jonathon Coleman, Nature Conservancy and Laura Lee Dooley. nonprofit and government folks who need to get more advice re: measurement in social media. Photo by Smitty42.    What a combination!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

This week there are two more articles with advice that isn't sleezy, one from a for-profit perspective and the other an nonprofit perspective. There was also a follow up post here. Advertising Article: Video blogger Steve Garfield recently shared an article with me called " Ten Lessons for Marketers About Viral Video.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. Veda Banerjee, Director of Communications, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Today we''re giving a big thank-you to the dedicated members of NTEN''s committees.

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Care2

JUNE 22, 2012

People depend on your advice, programming, and services. When nature’s fury flares, you’ll be relieved that you have an existing relationship with professionally vetted art conservators that you can call on instead of also needing to research the best partner to deal with the consequences when the waters rise. Have a Plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. When you are considering launching a new campaign or starting a new online community, go to the blogosphere for advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Finally, as a conservation organization, we’re always looking at ways to reduce our use of paper. What advice would you offer to other nonprofits about using mobile apps as part of their overall communications strategy? The biggest piece of advice is “be useful.” An app is not another form of email or social media channel.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 14, 2014

Are your students, on the whole, more conservative, or is yours a hippy-dippy student body? Our advice to you: do not start drinking heavily, but do get the creative juices flowing, (and if that includes an occasional brew or an entire bottle of wine, we won’t judge). Are athletics and sporting events popular among your students?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

The Rapleaf Business blog also has some great advice on incorporating user generated content instead of working from scratch. If you haven't read Seth Godin's seminal " Flipping the Funnel ", yet, you should start there. What's that you say?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The elevator pitch for Canadian Wildlife is “CWF helps protect wildlife through conservation education, awareness and outreach.” EG for CC: If you had advice to share for a new Convio admin, what would it be? ” Say it with me!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

I was just reading an interview with The Nature Conservancy's Jonathon Coleman on Treehugger. Andy Carvin responded with this advice: That's the only way to do it. There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E:

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Austin, Texas: Miradi: A Flexible Approach to Program Planning for Conservation and Beyond. Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery: Hands-on Advice and Help. Washington, District of Columbia: February DataJam. Thursday, February 16, 2017. Saturday, February 18, 2017. Tuesday, February 21, 2017.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

The members support each other with advice and experience. based consortium of 31 leading international relief, development and conservation nonprofits focused on information and communications technology (ICT) and collaboration. They also support a community of practice, noted above. Read his full bio.

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