Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I also use it as a year in review tool. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Being able to articulate and quantify how your organization engaged volunteers prior to the pandemic and since the outbreak is equally important to understanding the trends across the sector. While the guide is designed to help make the case to funders, the techniques apply equally to leadership. Know your own Engagement and Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also use it as a year in review tool. 2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Year in Review. I look for patterns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

Back in November, 2014, Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans published an article about “New Power” in the Harvard Business Review that caught my eye. We are also seeing that our hopes for toppling dictators are diminishing because the authoritarian leaders are mastering new power techniques.

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Employee Performance Review: A Comprehensive Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - What Is an Employee Performance Review? Employee performance review is a formal regulated process of assessing the employee’s work performance and articulating future work expectations. How to Conduct Performance Reviews Effectively?

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Employee Performance Review: A Comprehensive Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - What Is an Employee Performance Review? Employee performance review is a formal regulated process of assessing the employee’s work performance and articulating future work expectations. How to Conduct Performance Reviews Effectively?

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Gyrus

MARCH 15, 2024

Employee Performance Review: A Comprehensive Guide Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems What Is an Employee Performance Review? Employee performance review is a formal regulated process of assessing the employee’s work performance and articulating future work expectations.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Tip #10: Use Your Data to Tell a Compelling Story Your data will help you articulate the connection between your sponsor’s dollars and your nonprofit’s outcomes. It’s essential to discuss data collection techniques when reviewing any and all sponsorship opportunities.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

But as much as fundraising is a calling, it’s also a career that requires business development, sales, client retention, and articulable value propositions. Demonstrate (and articulate!) Learn more about donor stewardship in the article: 3 Stewardship Techniques to Scale Your Fundraising Efforts.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

Analytics data as User Research : Timeframe for which to review analytics data and some specific research questions to drive data analysis. Surveys and Interviews : Which research technique to choose, how to recruit participants and what questions to ask. User Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Articulating measurable goals.

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Forj

APRIL 24, 2018

Never use the Articulate setting that forces the learner to listen to every second of voiceover. They’re not motivated by the credit hour, they’re motivated by the applicability of the knowledge, skills, or techniques you’re teaching and the intrinsic interest of their profession. We reviewed it last year. . or 2x speed.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Because as a federal grant reviewer for a decade, I can tell you that this is the easiest way to ensure that you remember to respond to all items, and it’s the easiest format for funding sources to find your answers. This 6-step GRANTS Writing Formula can help! These are N arrowed objectives.

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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. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? Convert —> loyalty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data. Rather than bringing a number to a meeting, people should be reviewing their own statistics and data. This is part of what I am doing at Do Something – closing the data loop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Are you up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques in your area of focus? When we reviewed their website statistics, we found that nobody ever visited that calendar. Clearly articulate the issue -- and your plan to solve it. Are you credible? Are you acting responsibly with your financial resources? I know I would.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

They want articulated goals and expectations. We were hasty experimenters, and when one technique didn't work, we would alter it, much to the perplexion of the volunteers involved. Here's one I've made twice: not providing participants with clear criteria for success. Give your participants a client to serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

To facilitate the lab, I used human centered design techniques (for a good overview see Jen Bokoff’s terrific overview post here ) and more specifically the Luma Institute methods (for more, see my post here.). Design thinking methods are great way to identify and articulate some of those first step ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Before the session, I spent some time reviewing Museum Facebook Pages – luckily the MIDEA project has them organized into this handy list. Networked Nonprofits have articulated SMART objectives and a target audience for their Facebook page. Networked Nonprofits practice deep engagement techniques on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Here are three techniques I use: Connect with and research audience via social media. I do a quick review of my training materials with a "US Centric Lens." What does that mean? As a blogger, I've been given copies of books to write reviews and have also purchased books myself. A lot of it is re-framing and re-purposing.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I saw that in an article I paraphrased, a part of an article I read about resilience in leadership in the Harvard Business Review probably six or seven months ago. So I like to employ a lazy Susan management technique. How many of us have been involved in something where we’ve gotten all the way to the end of a process?

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This means that web design projects (and even smaller, iterative updates) are important investments for nonprofits, and they can involve any number of different strategies and techniques. We’ve reviewed and ranked our top website builders with nonprofits like yours in mind. Mission page. Meet the Residents page.

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