Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2017

I’ve been enjoying The Cooper Review , the satirical blog of Sarah Cooper that features weekly original articles, videos and cartoons on workplace humor. Scheduling regular power hours in your calendar in advance each week will keep you from overworking on weekends and evenings.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Go the extra mile with your appreciation efforts by reviewing your volunteer database to gather data on your top-performing volunteers. A calendar There are many different kinds of calendars. You can get creative and design a beautiful calendar that volunteers can place on their desks or walls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This article summarizes how some corporations are doing this with AI and other automation tools. A recent article in the New York Times describes how new AI driven systems are getting better at natural language. How AI Is Transforming Content Creation reviews the impact that AI tools are having in writing content.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. And that’s okay because by offloading the highlighted tasks, you just cleared space on your calendar to focus on these items and get them done. COMMUNICATION .

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Tax compliance can be an intimidating topic, so in this article, we’ll be re-framing the process. Requiring board members and/or the Executive Director to review and approve the form before filing is an excellent way to eliminate filing errors and maintain accountability. Then comes the filing process. Be sure to put checks in place.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

Check out our specially curated reading list of 16 free nonprofit books perfect for any summertime occasion: If you’re short on time… Is your calendar booked solid with fun plans between Memorial Day and Labor Day? Read this Philanthropy News Digest book review.) Have we got some recommendations for you! Happy reading!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Here’s something to keep in mind when planning your communications strategy: 12% of giving happens in the last week of the calendar year. . A recent article in Stanford Social Innovation Review highlights an Online Fundraising Quick Wins Study with three specific nudges you can add to your website to boost your chances for success. .

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

This article will answer these following pressing questions about where to begin: What is web accessibility? As soon as people enter your home page , they’ll likely be looking for your donation form, event calendar, and other ways they can interact with your organization. You’ve come to the right place. What are the ADA and WCAG?

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NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

Think about the websites you most visit: Facebook , Google’s Gmail , Calendars and Docs , Yahoo , Netflix , NYTimes , Friendster –what, you don’t use Friendster anymore? These could be articles, resources or documents. Well, my point is that all of these sites have user logins. How do we get constituents to log in?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

So if you’re reading this article thinking “We’ll just go get a grant for what we need,” I highly encourage you to question that intention. You need a “yes” to each one before adding that funding prospect to your final prospect list and your grant calendar – thus, meeting the 3-Way Fit Test.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this article, you’ll find four tips to keep in mind when building your newsletter and 14 ideas for your newsletter’s content. Whatever you do, maintain a content calendar and be consistent. Years (or Months) in Review Recap your organization’s month or year. We’ll cover more about what the best membership newsletters include.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2020

Nonprofit entities will now be required to review the terms of all their contracts to determine whether they need to apply the new revenue recognition standard. You must perform an analysis by reviewing the contract terms to make this determination. beginning with the December 31, 2019 calendar year-ends and 2020 fiscal year-ends).

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For example, some associations develop calendars and holiday cards that feature members’ photography or artwork. . So, take time to review your training and certification programs. When you need to drive non-dues revenue, Nimble AMS gives you the technology foundation you need to put the approaches in this article to work.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

An article in Psychology Today suggests that “ people’s ability to think about information in new and unusual ways can actually be hampered when they wield too much brainpower.”. Make reviews and conversations more about their contributions to advancing your overall goals than meeting specific delivery numbers.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To help you build your content plan, Neon One has created a 2024 Nonprofit Calendar that you can download as a PDF or add to your existing personal calendar. To download the calendar or learn more about nonprofit content planning, here’s a quick overview of this article: What’s in Neon One’s 2024 Nonprofit Calendar?

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 19, 2022

These statements help your organization with day-to-day financial management , are reviewed during audits, and store information in one place to make filing taxes easier. Again, remember to review the section of your net assets that calculates assets without restrictions.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Before we dive into these tips, let’s do a quick review of how text-to-give works. In this article, we’ll discuss how you can incorporate text-to-give into your fundraising strategy to boost impact. Use Text-to-Give in Fundraising Events. Incorporate Text-to-Give in Ambassador Fundraising. Market Your Nonprofit with Text-to-Give.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

But more importantly, I wanted to close the loop and show you that after getting back to a consistent editorial calendar, the engagement and reach came back from vacation. One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars. My answer: Yes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also use it as a year in review tool. I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. Year in Review. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 3, 2019

But the sooner you get in the film room and review the game tape, so to speak, the fresher it will be in your mind once game day arrives. This article was originally published on 1.16.2018—Updated 1.2.2019. Plan for next year. I’m sure the last thing you want to do in January is plan for November and December.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Block enough time on your calendar to complete this process in weeks (not months). We also recommend a proposal or contract review meeting as a standard part of the contract process. If you really want the best possible match, then this is good news.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Outlook.com now has 400 million active accounts, more than a quarter of which are getting their mail, contacts, and calendars on mobile devices via Exchange ActiveSync. This one is a bit complicated, so check out Ed Bott ’s ZDnet article: Why I use Outlook.com for my custom email accounts (and how you can too). New Features.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

WordPress plugins are the engines that drive the features or functionality on your website: add-on features like events calendars, comment forms, and timeline graphics. Before downloading a plugin, double check whether the developer is active and makes regular updates, what reviews say, and how many reviews there are.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

I think we'd all do ourselves and our audiences a favor if we read this article from Jake Brewer and The Sunlight Foundation : " Rethinking Advocacy Email." Speaking of kudos, Beyond Nines was given a nod in a recent FastCompany article about web. Here's what the reviewer had to say about their. Her latest weekly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

The potential for being overwhelmed by technology is magnified in the workplace by something called “ Collaborative Overload ” Rob Cross and Adam Grant in a recent Harvard Business Review article. Just because the default setting on your calendar software is for 60 minutes, it doesn’t necessarily mean you need the full hour.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Easily design event registration pages and create an events calendar that’s easy to update. Will you be posting blog articles on your website? If you’re leveraging an editorial calendar, make sure your CMS allows you to schedule posts so you can ensure they go out at the right time. Event management features. Blogging Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Robin Good curated this article about research on future workplace skills. I check my insights monthly against my editorial calendar. Then I look at the date and carefully review what type of content and topics were posted. Sense-making is an essential workplace skill along with several others. Here’s how I do it: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When I shared this article on my Facebook Page , it resonated with a lot of people. ” She admits that she was wrong and was encouraged to maintain a healthier work-life balance as part of her job review. “I The topic of my forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout ).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

They reference an article from the fall 2009 Stanford Social Innovation Review , The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle. Mark your calendar now for September 20 to 21. Back in 2013, GuideStar, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, and Charity Navigator formed an alliance to combat the overhead myth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Note from Beth: Alison Zarella is the co-author of the recently published “ The Facebook Marketing Book.&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly. Be flexible with additions to your calendar, but use it as a guide and plan as far ahead as you feel comfortable, either by topic or actually writing out the full text.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

You can easily adapt these for your nonprofit’s event, and review them before, during, and after your event to gauge your success. Registrants: Classy aims to increase the total number of registrants for the Collaborative year over year, so Alexa’s team reviews this metric first. How to Measure Success.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

Six Mobile Marketing Strategies from the Stanford Social Innovation Review provides some more steps and considerations for building the foundation of your mobile strategy. Additionally, check out our Mobile 101: The Basics article as well as the Mobile Technology solutions page to strengthen your research. Optimize Your Website.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In fact, I am planning to post a how-to article to teach you how I go about writing a typical appeal with Fundwriter. You have five AI-generated drafts ready for your review. Article Outline Plan the outline for your next blog post or newsletter article based on a topic. It feels like magic when I use Fundwriter.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The Google Calendar crammed with notes to share this on social and send that email. We’ve tried piecing together editorial calendars and sharing them with the team for feedback, only to watch them get edited to shreds. In trots your handsome hero: the editorial calendar that actually works. The daily scramble. The Evernotes.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

Access your calendars and daily schedule on the road. Create, edit, and review Microsoft Office documents. Check out our Mobile 101 article series to learn the basics of mobile devices , as well as how your nonprofit or library can benefit from them. Find directions (probably the app used most on my own smartphone).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Trello also has workflow automation features which include: Rule-based triggers Custom buttons Calendar commands Due date commands Why This Fundraising App Made Our List Trello works both from your desktop and from your mobile device with the Trello app. Review your members’ dues and charges, and alert them when they have overdue payments.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

The start of the new year is the perfect time for reviewing your technology and making improvements of any size. Let’s dive into the basics of reviewing your website and what it’s like to take on a full web design project. Your calendar and sign-up or registration forms. Your donation page and tools. Your blog, if you have one.

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