Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Here they are: My Three Rituals. What gave me joy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? The CPS is used internally to define your workplace culture. Additionally, it should be unique to your organization. Where are we now and where do we want to be?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you? I look for patterns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I also use it as a year in review tool.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

They help you develop a robust brand strategy — both internally and externally. Your brand lacks internal alignment. . But what’s maybe even more important when it comes to branding is to create internal alignment — something many nonprofits struggle with. You didn’t invest in audience research. . Which gets you not very far.”.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? The CPS is used internally to define your workplace culture. Additionally, it should be unique to your organization. Where are we now and where do we want to be?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? The CPS is used internally to define your workplace culture. Additionally, it should be unique to your organization. Where are we now and where do we want to be?

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. The point we’re making here is that branding touches every aspect of your nonprofit, both internally and externally. Whether you’re working with a nonprofit marketing consultant to develop your branding guidelines or crafting them internally, there are a few key elements to include.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values. Culture tends to reflect who’s in charge. Fully embrace this obligation and intentionally work at building an internal culture of philanthropy. customer service is a priority).

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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. Happy New Year ! How about you? I write down stuff I won’t do, a “no thanks” list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

And we’ve underscored the importance of networks articulating their values and keeping themselves accountable to those shared values. Being result and outcome-oriented is also a value that networks can hold for themselves and evaluators can look for evidence of networks holding themselves accountable internally and externally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. The term “continuous” that the organization has create a virtuous cycle of feedback that repeatedly inspires staff to reflect on what is working and what can be done differently to get better results. The term means learning culture.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2018

As our staff and board became reflective OF our community, more people felt represented. Happy International Museums Day. I believe that in many cases, the best way to be "for" people is to become "of" and "by" them. That's what we did to spark transformative change at the MAH.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

Once that group shifted to talking about project ideas and ways the museum could connect to this constituency, they were in a whole different mindset, and the suggestions they made reflected how we can meet community needs, not just market to a particular audience. We also had interns recording during the honeycomb exercise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I wanted to capture some reflections around my burning question: How do you think about using social media effectively along the continuum of open/closed networks? And, it is also clear where the fence or password protection belongs when the conversations needs to be internal. Flickr Photo by Marin Labar.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

It also creates a problem internally where turf wars and a noncollaborative environment lead to frustration, burnout, and staff turnover. The nature of today’s nonprofit workplace——face-paced and heavy workloads—makes it difficult to find the reflective time to put together a learning plan and implement it consistently.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

When organizations change their mindset about measurement and reporting to be internally focused, to ask “What data do I need to best tell the story of our organization,” to emphasize continuous improvement program, the motivations are fundamentally changed in support of an organizational culture that values learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

We are so focused on getting things done, checking it off the to do list and the forward momentum that it requires, that we miss an important opportunity to hit the pause button, reflect, and improve process. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2012

Legends of the Stall was started by a visitor services staff member, Katie Chrivia, who collaborated with interns and volunteers to develop the content and the design. Whenever an intern takes a prototype out on the floor, I ask her, “What might change about this project based on this test?” That’s what pushes us to improve.

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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. Integrate Practical Use of the Tools for Reflection, Network Weaving, Getting Ideas, Follow Up Work. organizational change, and technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. Over the past five years, we’ve stumbled our way into social media.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We thought so, so we put together a short list of items we felt could trigger meaningful conversations just in time for end-of-year reflection and 2019 planning. . Technology that provides that progress across all of your areas of focus and internal departments connects you to those findings faster. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2021

As we develop branded products, we may find ourselves bending to internal politics or the influence of a board member, or maybe we strive too hard be diplomatic. Do they convey the values and messages that reflect your organization and its mission? And often we overexplain! 2) Use your brand smartly and consistently. ALYN Hospital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

It’s uncommon for a nonprofit to spend time developing and articulating their unique value proposition, but this is one area in which organizations should act like companies. Women for Women International is another example of an organization whose founder´s story is very much a part of its brand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. It may require internal culture change – proactive listening and experiments. ROI analysis requires documenting, collecting data, and internal discussion and cooperation. Engaging internally. Can we calculate it if we haven't done anything yet?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

As one visitor recently commented, "the MAH has become 'our' museum, a reflection of us and a place where we can appreciate art, share it with each other, learn and make new connections." Articulate it clearly. Doubled our budget. Doubled our staff. Got on strong financial, programmatic, and reputational footing. So start with a goal.

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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.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In 2004, Anna was the Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the International Spy Museum. I went to Anna and argued that we should have someone internally who could lead the creative development and manage the process under her--someone without all the other responsibilities that Anna had as a department head.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The intent was to provide a deep dive for program officers to reflect on the way they currently work, identify what needs to change to create more impact, and come up with some prototypes. Afterwards, I facilitated a reflective conversation about the various ideas – what were the patterns? What is actionable?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

What new projects might allow you to better reflect those aspirations? I’m particularly enamored of this simple diagnostic used at the Museum of Life and Science in North Carolina to articulate the types of institutional goals they are trying to achieve with forays into participation. Sixth, you need other people to help you.

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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. Teaching in an international context. I like those the most, but often have to delete them from presentations in an international context. No wonder I am still tired! NGOS in India.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

When it comes to authoring original eLearning courses for your association’s members, there are generally two paths forward: Purchase course authoring software and tackle the project internally. Elucidat is known for creating training for large– at times global– employers, and that’s reflected in both its features and pricing.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And Canada’s 180 international development agencies, what makes you different from them? Some of them are, you know, doing child sponsorship, others long-term international development, others emergency work. So you’re reflecting back what they said, and then you essentially deflect it. . Next slide. .

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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. We lacked this staff member, and made up for it with a group of wonderful volunteers and an amazing intern, Sarah Cole.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. It was really tremendous. We know this.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

Our goals are really easy to articulate.” So if your fundraising team is going to secure investment level donations, if you’re going to pick up all that money that’s sitting on the table right now, you have to be able to share and articulate the true need in investment level conversations. I’ve said in every.

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