Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018!

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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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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

This lead me to ask: Will board meetings of the future allow us to reach out to professional networks and get real-time advice and input for decision-making? Board source. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. It was dramatic. The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance.

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Social Media Government Reflection Media 95

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. At the same time, making a public statement that is not followed by congruent, well-aligned action will likely be viewed as performative contrition and will adversely affect public trust. . Investigate the budget. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The learning objectives for the workshop were two fold: Participants understand best practices and how to apply. Always good to leave time for Q/A at the end for those). This was the first 90 minutes of the workshop, and while content and interaction kept in active learning mode — the next step was a synthesis.

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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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This week I attended a session with David La Piana , author and long-time nonprofit consultant, hosted by the Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program. David gave a talk about his new book, The Nonprofit Business Plan , and mini-workshop about what makes a good business plan from a funder’s point of view.

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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. In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 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 are working very closely with V.S. 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

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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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

While we spend plenty of time talking with parents and adults about what makes a place "family-friendly," there's no substitute for kids' unique perspectives. I came out of the workshop with a mixture of joy and unease. A key aspect of this rung is the degree to which children are engaged in critical reflection.

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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. The leadership environment is key.

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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. happen in different locations several times a year and for the past three years, these meetings have taken place after the annual NTC: Nonprofit Technology Conference. Penguin Days.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Nice to see a full room, especially and during such a busy and hectic time of year. But most importantly, I know a lot of you have already done this, but please feel free to chat in during the session we’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. I’m so excited for you all to be here. I’m Steven.

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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. . Real-time improvisation. This workshop was for the NGO audience. I'm still recovering.

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India NGO Social Media Reflection 96

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. 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. I designed electricity workshops for families. Every time a kid said, "I never knew science could be like this!"

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try to articulate your organization’s long-term goals and aspirations in high definition. How much money do you expect to make and spend over a specific period of time? This will help you stay focused on your goals and avoid getting sidetracked by other priorities. Create a compelling and effective marketing and outreach plan.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Now that the dust has cleared and the kids are banging on the exhibits (and showing us what we have to change next), I have the time to step back and share some of the lessons learned from this experience. 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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This post reflections on the training design as well as my content notes. I’ve been exploring how to integrate social media into instruction at face-to-face workshops and as well as webinars. I’ll look forward to read any reflections from Alan on how this worked. Social Learning In Webinars.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I know, it’s a busy time of year. We’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. 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. . ” I love this topic. And thanks for joining.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

We’re going to save some time for Q&A. We’ll save some time for questions but, most importantly, we would love to hear from you. But do reach out because we’ll have some time for your questions at the end. We’re going to leave time for that. But, most importantly, use the chat bot.

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Build Video New York City Communication 121

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. In the summer, they spend 8 weeks working full-time at the Taylor Center learning and facilitating public programs. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops.

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St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. In the summer, they spend 8 weeks working full-time at the Taylor Center learning and facilitating public programs. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

You should be able to articulate your goal, whether it is reaching a particular niche audience or a designated level of participation. Or are you primarily interested in reflecting and presenting local content and perspectives? How much is an educational workshop worth? How do you decide how much a traveling exhibition is worth?

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