Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

Make Continuing Education a Priority. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values. If folks outside the fundraising department don’t understand what’s needed to enlist philanthropic support, your job is to educate. . Not in a good way.

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Culture Philanthropy Facilitation Job 122

Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Given this, articulating your mission can help fuel your peer-to-peer campaigns, which means it’s time for you. In a reflection of that trust, more than three-fourths would stop giving if they weren't told how their contributions help. . Millennial Impact Report. volunteer fundraisers to brush up on your storytelling abilities. .

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Audience Tips Fundraising Social Media 82

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

There are many amazing community representatives from business, arts, education, and social services who connect us to powerful ideas and partners. We had about thirty participants ranging from MAH trustees to artists, educators to architects, moms to grandfathers. It was an evening meeting with beer and chips.

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Program Community Design Museum 49

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 had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. Movement building is all about relationship building techniques as Beth mentioned in her reflection.

Causes 89

Causes Build Demonstration Reflection 89

Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2017

So, you’ve created a new logo and the perfect tagline that better reflect the work you do. A successful brand will help you engage generational donors, maintain relevance, shift audience perceptions, and clearly articulate your organization’s purpose. The elephant in the room. And you have a shiny new set of brand guidelines.

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Guidelines Nonprofit Retention Articulate 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture. Start at the top.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. “Who How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? Learn (about followers).

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Measure Social Media Media Social 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. " This calls to mind a debate in the educator community. Aspiration's Executive Director, Allen Gunn , read a series of opinion statements and asked if we disagreed or agreed or were neutral.

Generation 50

Generation Open Source Reflection Facilitation 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and events through design solutions. Do they convey the values and messages that reflect your organization and its mission? Motivate people to donate.

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North America Strategy New Jersey 344

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2011

I understand the value of having a web presence that is reflective of institutional brand, makes content available for people to use in a variety of ways, and enables new connections with community members. It comes down to articulating your mission in a digital space. Not every museum would choose a journalistic approach.

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Museum Arts Digital Websites 51

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Your volunteers should be able to clearly articulate what your organization stands for and what makes it worth volunteering for. Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. Tap into schools. Students make great volunteers!

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Residents in the three counties that pay the millage will receive special benefits : free admission to the museum and expanded educational programming. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts. Rebuttal: none.

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Detroit Arts Public Support 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. Now that Clay???s

Environment 50

Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So today, we are going to talk about a few key strategies to help you educate, engage, and empower your board members to amplify your fundraising activity. And my mission is really to educate and empower nonprofit leaders and their teams with the knowledge and tools to scale their revenue and amplify their impact.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Blogging as personal discovery and connected conversation with colleagues Writing a blog regularly provides a vehicle for personal reflection and learning about your practice that can be easily shared with professional colleagues via a connected conversation. Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation.

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Summary Conversation Wiki California 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

What new projects might allow you to better reflect those aspirations? Or maybe education staff are not willing to engage real-time visitors in dialogue around controversial issues. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century. That’s fine.

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Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator. Articulate what you can do for your organization, not what you can do generally. So I packed up and moved down the East Coast. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour hour at the Museum.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. We make more information accessible to the people who need it for education, employment, health, the environment, and human rights. Rebranding is about telling our story better, not changing our core values. They just worked!

Articulate 137

Articulate Open Source Metrics Open 137

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try to articulate your organization’s long-term goals and aspirations in high definition. This could include leaders from various sectors such as business, education, healthcare, and social services, as well as individuals with expertise in areas such as finance, fundraising, and legal affairs. .

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Effective Business Create Tips 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This year, Alan invited me to present a webinar for participants in the Marcus Institute Digital Education for the Arts on how Networked Nonprofits use Facebook. This post reflections on the training design as well as my content notes. I’ll look forward to read any reflections from Alan on how this worked.

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Facebook Network Museum Nonprofit 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

You can find my materials and slides on the workshop wiki - CSR and NGO workshops, but always like to do a reflective wrap up post. Take for example IRIS Business Service voter project or Steria's Education program to get a flavor. No wonder I am still tired! It always helps me improve practice. Teaching in an international context.

India 96

India NGO Social Media Reflection 96

Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

You’ll land on Braincake , their social networking site for girls, parents, and teachers focused on math and science education. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. I like that; here’s an educational site that also has social networking at its core.

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Interview Museum Teen Myspace 20

Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

Our goals are really easy to articulate.” And they’re aggressive, and they should be aggressive because he’s working in educational equity here in Chicago. Let’s educate them. So we want to double the families. We want to replicate our model across the country. that’s where we get stuck.

Money 107

Money Video Fundraising Gift 107

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

The resulting (real) exhibits are high-quality experiences that reflect a level of creativity that could not have resulted from our scant in-house exhibit development staff. They are more like floor staff or educational program staff--energetic, social communicators who are comfortable in the environment of your community space.

Virtual 21

Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Forj

JULY 22, 2021

Hope Liu discusses how their merger with Council on Accreditation (Alliance- COA) makes for the perfect combination of an organization committed to education, systemic change, and the proliferation of best practices and standards for community-based organizations. As your organization evolves, so will your impact.”.

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eLearning Summary Podcast Management 36

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The honest reflections from staff members beyond curatorial and education departments--including registrars, security staff, and PR--are unparalleled. Artist as Problem Solver vs. Artist as Problem Explorer Mark Allen (director of Machine Project) and I have talked about this issue several times, and Mark articulates it beautifully.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. Instead, she went out into local neighborhoods with low-income families and lousy schools and asked parents how they felt about their kids'' science education. They graduate high school in record numbers and the majority go on to post-secondary education.

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St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

A lot of women reflected back to us that they felt oftentimes like the families would treat them as if they were a part of the family, so that then their work was in some ways made invisible. She eventually became a member of the steering committee, the leadership body of the organization.

Podcast 40

Podcast San Francisco South Africa Homeless 40

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

In the work in Bolivia, we really saw, sitting around that table, women really talking to each other and seeing reflections of themselves; and watching the connection that then became available was worth all of it. We have a woman who is designing educational programs for young women in Brooklyn. It was really tremendous.

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Green Global Action Network 40

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We want to get them excited about our work, we want to educate them, we want to cultivate them. So fundamentally, I think for major donor conversations what you want to be doing is asking questions, then you reflect back what they’ve said. So you’re reflecting back what they said, and then you essentially deflect it. .

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Money Question Raise Video 104

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 16, 2013

When I reflected on our museum, I realized we have some inconsistencies in how we calculate attendance. For attendance to be correlated with impact, you have to find a way to articulate a theory of change that connects attendance to your mission (inspiration, learning, civic participation, etc.).

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St. Louis Impact Museum Denver 55

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. Instead, she went out into local neighborhoods with low-income families and lousy schools and asked parents how they felt about their kids' science education. They graduate high school in record numbers and the majority go on to post-secondary education.

St. Louis 53

St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. Thanks to custom development and integration with Salesforce , the site instantly reflects every gift ICA receives! Educational materials. Mission page.

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Websites Organization Nonprofit Site 52

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Some interactions, like educational programs, may be quite expensive per visitor but are considered very high value; others, like retail, are only worthwhile if the interactions are cheap and return financial value to the institution. Others send educators out to schools citywide. How much is an educational workshop worth?

Virtual 20

Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Recently, Haji sat down with Care2s Clint OBrien to reflect on lessons learned over the years, including simple life lessons, as well as more complex lessons about how technology is revolutionizing the way that charities advance their missions, not to mention how nonprofits interact with their donors and supporters.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Recently, Haji sat down with Care2s Clint OBrien to reflect on lessons learned over the years, including simple life lessons, as well as more complex lessons about how technology is revolutionizing the way that charities advance their missions, not to mention how nonprofits interact with their donors and supporters.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28