Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

Carolyn, Ben, and I each did a brief presentation on the topic and then we sat down for a discussion facilitated by Darian and Ritu using questions from the several thousand people in the audience. Get Their Attention: “Camp outside their door.” Get Their Attention: “Camp outside their door.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

It’s time to up your virtual facilitation and convening skills. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Because we are not in full view of each other compared to face-to-face meetings, it is harder to pay attention because we are tempted to multi-task (reply to emails, etc) ( Theory of Zoom Fatigue ). Essentially, everyone loads up zoom or a messenger group on their mobile phones, and then walks around their neighborhood.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Discover why communication tools are important to include for effective project management Google Products Shared Google Sheets and Docs work well to facilitate asynchronous work and communication at a low cost. Project plans can be efficiently set up in spreadsheets with deadlines and tasks that the whole team has access to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. In response, there was a campaign to hire her back on Facebook, it garnered mainstream media attention, and was a public relations nightmare for AppleBee’s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

If you are responsible for planning and facilitating virtual meetings, here are some tips that’ll help you make your meetings more productive. Virtual Meetings Require Iron Fist Facilitation. Appoint a facilitator to function as traffic cop, spelling out the rules of engagement and calling on people when it’s their turn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. The first 90-minute webinar to introduced the content. This mirrors what you might do in a face-to-face workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It One thing that I do is try to do my interaction on my phone and use my desktop for posting. and Sean Waugh, San Francisco Opera.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 5, 2022

You’ll also want to strategically use bolding or italics to call extra attention to key points in your letter. They want to know how they're going to make a difference, how they're going to facilitate some amount of change. And in fact, sometimes my paragraphs may just only be one sentence that stands out the main point across.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I’m facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation. It includes design and facilitation – and these days those are important leadership skills. There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Grabbing supporters’ attention requires having highly engaging opportunities, and lots of them. Host a virtual phone bank for supporters to contact local businesses and grocery stores requesting excess food donations. – Host a phone bank where supporters reach out to their networks to donate excess food to local dropoff spot.

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Neon CRM

MAY 12, 2023

In membership programs , it’s all about the details—and there might be one seemingly small detail that your organization isn’t devoting enough attention to: The all-important membership renewal letter! Why Send Membership Renewal Letters? At the end of your letter, tell your members where they can direct any questions, comments, or concerns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. If you haven’t done so already, update your procedures to collect contact methods and donor information that will facilitate virtual fundraising. The bottom line: if you can’t reach your donors, you can’t solicit them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Last week, we had a board retreat to dive into identifying core results as part of results-based accountability work , facilitated by an excellent outside consultant. Movement became acceptable as part of the meeting – and I know I was about to pay more attention and make better contributions as a result.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. The point is that algorithms are scaling inherent bias – and should not be used as crystal balls to predict what civil society needs, but be a mirror of civil society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I can’t possibly read everything, but I am using content curation skills to pick out the best stuff to give more attention to. The latter requires a different type of attention and whole new set of information coping skills. The latter requires a different type of attention and whole new set of information coping skills.

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MAY 31, 2022

No nonprofit fundraising plan is complete without specific attention paid to online fundraising. For example, you might find that your annual fundraising 5K is well-attended, but you have a hard time maintaining supporters’ attention in the aftermath. Incorporate phone and Zoom calls and in-person meetings. Online fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” Next Janet shared examples of empowering questions that help facilitate listening and coaching.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Find constituent phone numbers. Check and identify constituent phone numbers annually – and cell phone numbers biannually. Most notably: Pay attention to portfolio size. When you have a portfolio management meeting on the calendar, it will drive ongoing attention and activity. Ensure email delivery.

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MARCH 10, 2021

Telling a story can inspire Millennials to pay attention to the issue you are trying to solve as a nonprofit. Keep in mind, if your donors’ personal information such as their phone numbers and financial credentials were to be compromised, it could tarnish the reputation of your brand. Make your mission personal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. Understand the Two Different Types of Attention. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By translating these lessons into the nonprofit context, we can gain valuable insights into crafting campaigns that inspire participation rather than simply grab attention. This runs counter to short-form trends on TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube that occupy our attention. Facilitate two-way dialogue to make supporters feel heard.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Turn off the television, turn off the cell phone, and pay attention to the people around you. EWF International provides professionally facilitated peer advisory groups for women business owners and executives. Realize when you are not engaged and re-engage. Smile and talk to strangers that you meet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Note from Beth: I facilitated a panel about Mobile Integrated strategy at the Innogive Conference earlier this month and have shared the notes here. The same design and the same code works on PCs, Macs and Linux desktop computers or Apple, Android, and Blackberry smart phones and tablets like iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. The PDF is.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. You should pay careful attention to where the points of friction are that may cause a would-be donor to abandon their donation. A phone call? Mastering relevant content marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

For example, just a few weeks ago I decided to kick a bad habit to curb: sleeping with my mobile phone which was disrupting my sleep. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers. I did it!

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Instead of multiple phone calls back and forth, they can just enter their information on your online form and press “submit.” A good way to facilitate an in-kind donation campaign virtually is to take advantage of your online tools and make an eCommerce page with a list of needed products. Leverages common tools.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Turn off the television, turn off the cell phone, and pay attention to the people around you. EWF International provides professionally facilitated peer advisory groups for women business owners and executives. Realize when you are not engaged and re-engage. Smile and talk to strangers that you meet.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

As you encourage content curation activities for your staff, you may also want to remind them of techniques for being efficient and staying focused: Manage Your Attention, Not Just Your Time: Don't just create a to-do list, lay it out on daily and weekly schedules, breaking down key tasks of the project into chunks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2010

Sure, technology isn't necessarily air-dropping supplies and ferrying in doctors, but it's raising millions of dollars, helping the right people connect where they're needed, and making all of us distinctly aware that something horrible is happening and needs our attention. It uses their new researcher tool.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2015

That expedited route includes fostering entrepreneurship by facilitating the introduction of product and service “ rough drafts ” to customers, and then, based on feedback, swiftly adjusting—or dumping—them. Turn off the television, turn off the cell phone, and pay attention to the people around you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Workplace flexibility creates a need for better skills in facilitating virtual meetings and hybrid meetings where some participants are in the room and others participate are using audio-only or video conferencing platform. That’s why I’ve added a new workshop on running and facilitating effective virtual meetings.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. In the modern age, mobile phones are most people’s constant companions. Text fundraising. Other Nonprofit Tools. Accounting software. Employee Management/HR Software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Note from Beth: While many of us focus our attention on FB pages, Facebook groups can be a good platform for nonprofits to use for informal peer learning groups, getting feedback from your post passionate fans , or to cultivate and support a brand ambassadors group. Photo by Laughing Squid. No medium exists in a vacuum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Being Present means paying attention to the people in front of us, focusing on the tasks at hand, and managing our emotions in the moment. BEING PRESENT.

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