Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

And it was amazing to be at this meeting and see and connect with real examples of foundations struggling and succeeding with networks in ways that were just notions (yes, hunches) a few years ago. And we’ve underscored the importance of networks articulating their values and keeping themselves accountable to those shared values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. I produced four “ Advanced Practices Webinars ” for the Knight Foundation for Giving Days hosts.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

Both our boards and our staff, not to mention our membership, need to reflect the cultures of the communities where we work and live. You must show that your organization — your mission, goals, and objectives — reflect the local, regional, or national makeup of the community you serve. Demonstrating Inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. We were able to thoroughly document the exercise here. Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees. Program Design.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

But as much as fundraising is a calling, it’s also a career that requires business development, sales, client retention, and articulable value propositions. Demonstrate (and articulate!) With that solid foundation, I was able to offer innovative solutions my clients hadn’t considered, which strengthened our relationship even further.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Or, perhaps the smiling faces of children who have received wishes from the Make-a-Wish Foundation? Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. It naturally follows that you’ll want to craft your brand narrative carefully so that you have a strong foundation carried through your organization’s actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating peer exchange groups on measuring the networked nonprofit with 60 grantees. Does not have a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Articulating measurable goals.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I remember sitting in a session by Kurt Voelker of ForumOne Communications, Tompkins Spann of Convio, and Jeremy Carbaugh of The Sunlight Foundation. It’s well-documented at this point that people are hungry to engage with causes they care about in various forms. They were talking about API’s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. " Last week Ethan Zuckerman was the invited speaker at the Ethos Roundtable and also presented this talk " Looking beyond the US for activist inspiration " at the Berkman Center/Sunlight Foundation meeting. Live Blogging Conferences.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. It should be concise and specific, and it should reflect the needs and priorities of your community. Your mission statement should be a living document that evolves as your organization and community change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. My 53rd birthday wish.

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Classes Learning Fundraising Reflection 95

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. And actually, before we got started with this webinar, Steven and I were both reflecting on one of our shared favorite people, who’s Kivi Leroux Miller at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. So you get the point. Sarah: Exactly, exactly.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Our desire to "protect kids"--which reflects twenty years of clamping down (at least in the U.S.) Few were able to articulate a response policy that wasn't based entirely on the volume of the ire raised. Imagine an art museum that allowed patrons to bang on the exhibits the way you can in a science center.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits , we’re reminded that a key step to improvement is having an accurate retrospective view. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. So get out your journals and start taking note. Give it a look.

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