Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

Guest blogger, Patti Anklam , author of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World , explores the role of organizational leadership in a network world. The formal organization is represented by the (usually) hierarchical organization structure. Photo by Eric Eugene Kim.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

(In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic) For over twenty-five years, I have implemented a number of rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Professional San Jose Journal Facilitation 89

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And the trick works all too well. For many it’s simply reading and writing, which is the way most of our schools are structured. These three learning strategies are working like gangbusters for me, so I’m delighted to present them for your consideration. Take the time to thoughtfully articulate them. Values are powerful.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Clear goals and a detailed timeline will give the necessary direction and structure to your advocacy campaign. People crave a clearly articulated goal to connect with and promote. If you’re a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level. Introduce your characters.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 12, 2022

I combine these two elements in my working definition of what is a story. Much of the work that non-profits are doing is not necessarily relatable to the average community member or supporter. But by telling a story, you can not only communicate the services/programs you provide, you can also articulate their impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

(In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic). Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

(In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic). Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. This year one thing I am doing for myself is exploring fountain pens and working on calligraphy. A great deal of my training work is done face-to-face.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Grantmaking foundations have the financial resources that nonprofit organizations need to accomplish their work. Nonprofit organizations are doing the work essential to further the grantmaking foundation’s mission. The leaders of a foundation must ensure that the foundation’s mission is clearly defined and articulated.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

When making a technology change, change management is a process of applying a structured approach to transition from the old system to the new system. Create a cadence of meetings and a timeline for them so they understand how the project will be structured. Acknowledge people for great work via email or in staff meetings.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. Think like an owner.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

The upside is that they know how everything in their organization works and can provide backup for most, if not all, staff positions. The more you work to improve your nonprofit leadership skills, the faster and stronger your nonprofit can grow. The old saying “many hands make light work” is true. Where do you need to improve?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. Think like an owner.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. Think like an owner.

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Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Like other successful entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs have the will and skill set to get things done and the traditional public charity structure and requirements may seem like burdensome barriers to moving forward. Founders need to well articulate their vision and involve others in developing plans to implement the mission.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

They believe in the long-term impact of your work and may wish to create a legacy for their philanthropic efforts. You don’t have to become an estate attorney, but you should try to understand how the various legacy investments are structured.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. What gave me joy? What should I let go of?

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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.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? For example, you might seek board members who have former leadership experience, work well within a team, and are impeccably organized and punctual. Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

I am not surprised, because I’ve been doing this work for four decades and it’s been ever thus. Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. I have some favorite tips that will work for nonprofits of any shape and size. I’ve used them over and over – and they work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Structure: How will they estimate, describe and test the operational structure? After the presentation, we worked in small groups to review a couple of scenarios of nonprofit funding requests and whether or not a business plan should be requested and what to look for. Market: Is there a need for this? Is this new and unique?

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Pricing structures. Trying to re-learn how to work on a team? As partners, as a collective, without creating toxic/un-needed structure? Separation of strategy work and managing vendor neutrality. Looking at growth, through partnership, subcontractor, off-load work on to others and still get paid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

In this section, we’ll cover tips for structuring information about your fundraiser on your flyer so that your viewers are satisfied. Let’s work through aesthetic tips to make your flyer more eye-catching. Images lend more evocative value to your content and allow you to better articulate brand messaging.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The opportunity to do meaningful work that directly impacts the community their organization aims to serve. The chance to do work with an impassioned, articulate, and engaged CEO behind whom they can rally. Consider if your current board, structure, and fundraising mechanisms can help you reach those goals.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2012

Too often, eager to fill a vacant seat or secure a well-known name, we fail to clearly articulate expectations of service to prospective board members, or downplay the expectations of service. “Board manuals can be a key resource in facilitating the work of a board member. Board Manual.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2017

These foundations and nonprofits are collaborating on a deeper level, structuring initiatives based on a common language of giving with an articulation of an action plan for achieving intended impacts.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The principles she shared come from her background as a journalist and current work as a producer. " Identify people who are genuine, outgoing, articulate, and lively/likeable. Give structure to your story. However, don’t be afraid to start with the end of the story and work your way to the beginning!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

Yet, executives also report enormous satisfaction in working with talented, dedicated, and inspiring staff members. And, among all domains of leadership that the role requires (leading self, leading others, leading the organization, and leading externally), executives believe they are least effective when it comes to leading others.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

An articulated reason for why you’re holding the event. Your event email campaigns will likely be structured as a drip series ( learn more below ), with the goal of securing new participants in your event. So, regardless of the specific call-to-action, you include, it needs to be clearly articulated and eye-catching.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. Let’s see if we can get to work. Hopefully it’ll work. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

The whole meeting took 90 minutes and the majority of the time was spent really working, not sitting and listening. They spent the first half of their time not even mentioning the museum--just talking about challenges that commuters face, their exhaustion and stress, and the ways that their work separates them from the community.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Articulating content priorities for your homepage and other key pages/sections of your web presence. Determining what content needs to be written from scratch, revised and deleted and developing an editorial plan (for now and in the future) for when this work should be complete and who is responsible. Methodology. What’s Next.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The cornerstone of their presentation rested in the necessity for nonprofits to think strategically about communications plans, working with a definition of strategy by David La Piana: "Strategy is a coordinated set of actions designed to create and sustain a competitive advantage in achieving a nonprofit's mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

The challenge has to do with organizational beliefs and work styles. Whether it be a widely held belief that measurement practice is not worth investing resources. Works with measurement consultants or specialists to improve skills and capacity. DoSomething.Org: A Data-Driven Nonprofit In Action.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2013

It’s still of utmost value though to get all of your stakeholders in a room to articulate what you’re trying to do and to build consensus across the team. Meeting Structure. I always let the client inform how we structure the Stakeholder Discovery. Now, if your nonprofit designs something in-house, purpose #3 is null and void.

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