Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Last night I had a wonderful conversation with Corey Pudhorodsky who is the and brains behind 501c3Cast - Podcast for Nonprofits , a weekly podcast show of interviews and news about Nonprofit volunteers, do-gooders, and professionals. and he has promised to me sound smart and articulate!). I'm on a little podcasting kick here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

On Day 3, when it was time to focus on more time on teaching the tools, we started with an opening exercise designed to help identify those in the room who had knowledge. 2. Design for Organizational Reluctance. It almost always naturally leads to discussion about how to amplify each other’s voices using social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Social Web and Altruism Nick Booth, high fibre podcasting blog, points us to some fascinating brain research that has discovered the part of the brain responsible for altruism and he links it to why nonprofits should be using the social web to advance their missions. Live Blogging Conferences. Lucy has more coverage on her blog.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. Is that when fundraising expectations are clearly articulated during recruitment 52% of CEOs report that their boards are actively engaged in an organization’s fundraising efforts. It’s how my brain works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. The hardest part of putting this presentation together was using the template because it reminds me why I think powerpoint is evil ! Defined Audience. ROI Process.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Shortly after starting the poem-a-day project, I became more aware of the extent to which a vast majority of the internet is about this concept—exposing processes, opening up the innards. And then of course there are blogs, in which millions of people are airing their brains out daily or weekly for everyone—and anyone—to watch and comment on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. After a nervous giggle, I shared with them that donating and volunteering does the same thing as chocolate to your brain. Self-expression is such a powerful thing to see and having people articulate it for your cause is the holy grail.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

” So you can open your eyes. And then you also need to be able to articulate that, without fundraising or without a steady income from which to draw upon, you could cease to exist. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. That’s how it works.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. Where I’ll say to somebody, “You know, you’ve been so articulate about why you care about the work, would you write a testimonial?”

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And also for Old Navy, when the flagship store opened in New York City, I got one of the first jobs at the cash register. What do you want to pick my brain about, how do y’all want to dig in a little bit more with me while we have our time together? Ooh, supermarket attendant, Ivene. I love that. I didn’t do that job.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

The ones that have gone dark and stopped responding to or opening your emails? This post highlights the success of NTEN’s campaign to re-engage the 24,000 subscribers who had not opened an email from them in the past year. Speak to the part of the brain that controls action-taking. Tell stories. Evoke emotion.

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