Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s a campaign geared toward targeting and attracting people interested in the organization’s mission, goals, and activities. Sharing your mission during a membership drive raises awareness for your organization and expands your reach, even if people don’t join right away. You want to reach as many people as possible!

Benefit 52

Benefit Track Associations Marketing 52

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Teach them that fundraising isn’t about asking for money; it’s about giving people the opportunity to give back and improve their communities. First things first, you should be able to articulate to your board what role you’d like to see them have in your development plan. Have the same conversation with your board members.

Fundraising 85

Fundraising Teach Hosting Skills 85

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

The JEDI approach centers the fight for racial justice and equity and addresses oppression and known disparities which limit access to essential and life-enriching supports for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). Evaluate each applicant’s ability to articulate and demonstrate shared core values. .

Consultant 111

Consultant Script Evaluation Nonprofit 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

With almost 100 people in the room, I started the session asking folks to shout out the first two words that came to mind when they thought about social media. As expected, I heard two themes – words that describe the power and benefits of social media and those that articulate very real concerns. Board source.

Social Media 95

Social Media Government Reflection Media 95

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. We seek to evaluate our people and our work, and to continue to document and improve our procedures. We're striving now to fully live up to them! Benetech Truths 1 We are committed to social change through technology.

Literacy 145

Literacy Articulate Open Source International 145

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 77

Professional Develop Instructional Design Phoenix 77

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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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

In graduate school, they called me the queen of grants due to my ability to track down grants and help other people with their applications. Every time you apply for a grant, you’re raising awareness about your organization’s mission and services, and making the case for why people should support your organization.

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Grant Articulate Application Awareness 21

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. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications. Day 2: Integrated Social Media Strategy.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

MuseumCamp is amazing, but there are two issues that come up every January when we announce the new session: The application process is very competitive, and hundreds of people end up being rejected or waitlisted. Some people want an outcome-oriented training (as opposed to a community co-created summer camp).

Community 31

Community Participatory Museum Registration 31

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.”.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

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 people with skills are out there.

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

At SXSW, I did a workshop with Carie Lewis and David Neff who assessed their organization’s measurement practices along the Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly continuum. It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

The workshop lasted four days, with each day devoted to a specific theme: 1) Networked NGOs, Networks, and Change from the Inside Out 2) Integrated Social Media Strategy 3) Effective Practice and Techniques 4) Action Learning Pilots, Measurement, and Remote Support. We are also using a Facebook group for daily communication.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. In January, as part of a series of place-making workshops facilitated by the Project for Public Spaces , we worked with a local dad to coordinate a workshop explicitly for kids (full writeup here ).

Design 49

Design Participatory Children Museum 49

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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Ning Community Social Media Culture 92

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.

Place 52

Place Museum Environment Problem 52

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.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Today was the second session of my 2-part workshop for consultants and wanna-be consultants. Be able to articulate what you help orgs do and accomplish, not necessarily the technical products/skills? Jana Byington-Smith blogged it again, and here’s what she recorded. Presenters: Robert L. Michael Stein, Michael Stein, Inc.

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Consultant Structure NTEN Skills 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Ironically, the best of social media leads to the kind of direct peer to peer communication among people of faith that was the origin of most mainstream religions before formal institutions and hierarchies were established. It's time we bridged the relgion-technology divide, so I have put together some workshops to do just that.

Technology 50

Technology Second Life Articulate Broadcast 50

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

Outputs are: members of our association sent an average of six staff people to association events this year. We held 30 workshops and seminars, with a total of 3245 registrations." Outcomes are, "of the 3245 members who attended our workshops, 2800 said they felt better prepared to deal with new regulations regarding blah blah blah.

Management 40

Management Module Articulate Associations 40

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit. The good news? The bad news? Finally, we looked at assets.

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Structure Model Social Profit 31

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

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. How to bring new people up to speed. Open Source Feminism - Click to Play.

Generation 50

Generation Open Source Reflection Facilitation 50

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. NGOS in India.

India 96

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.

Virtual 21

Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

What's the biggest mistake people make when involving non-professionals in exhibition design? They want articulated goals and expectations. Give people something to work for. People do not sign up to help design exhibits the way they sign up for an afternoon workshop. Why did I make this same mistake twice?

Teen 20

Teen Volunteer Create Design 20

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? This can be done by searching online databases, such as Grants.gov and Foundation Center, and attending grant-related workshops and conferences. Identifying your target audience.

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Effective Business Create Tips 90

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I know both of you are super busy you’re speaking at conferences, and doing webinars, and workshops all the time, so it’s really a treat to have you. . Being in thorough and honest relationships with people seems to work better in fundraising. That was a good omen for things. Thanks for doing this by the way.

Money 104

Money Question Raise Video 104

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!

Associations 52

Associations Guide Structure Industry 52

Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

We got a big room of people, and we got a fun hour planned for you over the next hour. At least wait an hour because you all are in for a treat, one of my absolute most favorite people. I’m seeing all the people come in from all over the place, and I hope that I can share some information that everyone finds useful.

Relationship 84

Relationship Donor Build Video 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve been exploring how to integrate social media into instruction at face-to-face workshops and as well as webinars. Networked Nonprofits have articulated SMART objectives and a target audience for their Facebook page. This post reflections on the training design as well as my content notes. Social Learning In Webinars.

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Facebook Network Museum Nonprofit 111

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

If you’re attending in-person, you’ll have access to a workshop on April 7th where you can better your nonprofit organization through hands-on learning. Our three workshop leaders have years of experience in different aspects of the nonprofit sector. People passionate about their cause and about making the world a better place.

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Causes Camera Storytelling Technique 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2013

I recently heard this same idea from colleague Carie Lewis during our Measurement Workshop at SXSW. It means that you need to engage with a purpose or articulated goal. ” You have to measure conversions from social media – from engagement to whatever action or goal you want people to take. Advanced Segments.

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Measure Social Media Media Social 117

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.

Build 121

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.

St. Louis 45

St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

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