Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations.

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Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I was able to develop dynamic, innovative, and knowledgeable courses using e-learning tools such as Articulate, Camtasia, Microsoft Office, and worked with graphic artist to develop custom interactive multimedia instruction (IMI). Professional development in the nonprofit sector today is no longer considered a want, but a need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The four-day workshop has a different theme for each day as follows: Day 1: The Power of Networks. Day 4: Action Learning Projects, Communicating After Workshop, and Managing Our Attention. Peer exchanges help participants not only form good habits, but they also naturally start to collaborate and work in a networked way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. Peer Learning Exchange: Theory of Change. We are also using a Facebook group for daily communication.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Today was the second session of my 2-part workshop for consultants and wanna-be consultants. Has always been the accidental techie in arts organizations, starting as a volunteer, so how can can I transition and set a dollar value for my skills? Jana Byington-Smith blogged it again, and here’s what she recorded.

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Consultant Structure NTEN Skills 100

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Years ago, I was running a workshop at a conference introducing a creativity technique to museum professionals. In the debrief to the experience I asked people what they thought they might take back to their institutions from the workshop. The comment that brought me up short was “This was great. Or the tables?

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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. It is obvious that our skills directly translate into establishing an online presence.

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Ning Community Social Media Culture 92

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Which by the way, if you work at CCS, this is pretty serious people if you know that agency. So I’m going to pipe down because people don’t want to hear from me, they want to hear from you. And when people ask why I do the work that I do, I like to share my own mission. She works over at CCS.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. I met lovely people in engineering, but I found the work to be too detail-oriented and microscopic in scope to satisfy me. I designed electricity workshops for families. Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Finally, I taught two social media strategy workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners before having two days to get a taste of India and then a 24 hour journey home. . First, I try to connect with people in the country or community via social media.

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India NGO Social Media Reflection 96

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

We did not ask people to design whole exhibits and hand over CAD drawings so we could build them. If good ideas are easy to come by, why not let other people contribute them and focus our time on the hard work of execution? People were unsure whether they should go it alone (and try to win the whole prize) or team up with others.

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Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try to articulate your organization’s long-term goals and aspirations in high definition. Who are the people you are trying to serve? Provide ongoing training opportunities and support to help your team members develop their leadership skills overtime. Detailed analysis of the needs your mission seeks to help.

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Effective Business Create Tips 91

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Professional Development: Many associations offer educational programs, workshops, and certifications to help members enhance their skills and advance their careers. Step 1: Define Your Purpose Begin by articulating your association’s purpose and mission. That’s where we can help!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

You know, why is it that, when we talk to people about communications in their organization, we hear so many different things? And one of the most important ways to advance that mission is to get on people’s radar and get them to take action. And it’s really awesome, so check out the podcast or Steven’s book.

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Build Video New York City Communication 121

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

There are expectations around what people wear, what they can and can''t do, and how they relate to each other that may be comfortable for whites while feeling alien for people who don''t grow up in a white culture. The YES program helps teens not only learn science but learn how to articulate their interests and pursue new passions.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

There are expectations around what people wear, what they can and can't do, and how they relate to each other that may be comfortable for whites while feeling alien for people who don't grow up in a white culture. The YES program helps teens not only learn science but learn how to articulate their interests and pursue new passions.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53