Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Below are eight benefits of having a nonprofit blog. Submitted by Britt Bravo, publisher of Have Fun • Do Good Should all nonprofits have a blog? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers multiple benefits for nonprofit fundraising. We look forward to upcoming events that dive further into our report’s findings and exploring ways that nonprofits can benefit from AI to increase and deepen support for their efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

It lays out some the benefits, but also suggests situations where a social networking strategy is probably not right for your organization. I cover the benefits, options for getting started, and describe what the work flow entails. My initial reaction was no you can't benefit and that "no presence" should not be an option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2015

Are you an one-person communications department? Perhaps you can relate to this chart from Gerard Matthews , Communications Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. As a one-person communications department, your workload, which includes doing the social media, is always increasing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It begins with learning, habituation, and cultural shifts to fully harness AI benefits responsibly. Discovery can help them understand the benefits and the limitations as it applies to their specific work flows. The illustration above captures the full AI adoption journey for nonprofits that will take months to years to complete.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

He is saying that to appreciate the change in conversation or attitude shifts you need to also look at the qualitative data and perhaps identify those intangible benefits. The point here is that you need to collect both quantitative and qualitative data to come to a complete understanding of both tangible and intangible benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2006

He is currently working on a paper about: "How do blogs benefit nonprofit organizations in U.S." As part of research for his degree, he is conducting a survey about the Benefits of Blogging in Nonprofit Organizations. He was born in Lima, Peru and is studying for his masters in Information Systems in Hawaii at HPU. Check it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. His list of benefits include: Video is a powerful storytelling medium and has the potential to engage people and build relationship, particularly if using some of the video/social networking sites. Here's a few tidbits I picked up from reading and participating in the discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

There are a few more benefits to turning off your camera on Zoom. If one hour of videoconferencing emits 150–1000 grams of carbon dioxide and requires up to 12 liters of water, imagine the environmental benefit if everyone had their cameras off during back-to-back zoom meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2019

AI-Driven fundraising key benefit is the ability to scale 1:1 engagement that now is primarily reserved for major donors. However, if only focused on the ROI benefit – you lose some of that potential because it lead to prospecting over keeping current donors engaged. Lucy Bernholz has made this point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

Walking as exercise has documented mental and physical benefits. Welcome to the Fake Office Commute – WSJ Fake Commutes Help You Unwind When You WFH by Healthline What is Mindful Walking – Positive Psychology 6 Ways To Get Benefits of Mindful Walking – Mindful.org A Zen Master Explains Mindful Walking – QZ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Unesco has a paper and a call to action for international and national policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies benefit humanity as a whole. This research was supported by Microsoft’s AI for Humanitarian Action Initiative. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2006

I came across a post from Kevin Lim who writes about social technology and recently posted some information from his Intro to Blogs Workshop. His focus not on the writing process, but the importance of reading blogs and knowing what's going on out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

My topic area is about rituals in the workplace which create social connections and many health benefits to individual staff members. Creating positive social connections at work offer a key productivity benefit: people are more likely to learn from each other, sharing and combining their thoughts more freely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

Benefits of Global Blogging: Dinner Companions No Matter Where You Go! Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. The Internet connection is very slow that I am on and typepad won't load. But, I manage to optimize some photos from my arrival and last night's dinner with the Clogger Team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2023

This helps create a more inclusive and supportive work culture that ultimately benefits the entire organization. By fostering an environment of trust and open communication, nonprofits can better understand the needs of their employees and make adjustments accordingly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

There are significant benefits to both the organization and the leaders themselves by building a thought leadership profile on social. This post covers the benefits and provides some ways to effectively cultivate thought leadership through social channels. Balancing Personal and Professional: Worlds Collide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But there is always more to learn and participants shared a few ideas worth noting: Empathy or Discovery Walks : We talk a lot about the health and productivity benefits of walking meetings, but there is yet another benefit – building stronger relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2014

Last week, I wrote a blog post called “ Walking for Work ” about the benefits of incorporating walking into your work day, not as a break, but to help you do your work. 2. Think about your goals: Walking has the added benefit of getting your creative juices going. cc @ynpnnyc pic.twitter.com/RkZDLoG77T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

Are these data sets part of the “ public benefit” potential of these companies and will they argue such when the inevitable battles between nonprofit and for-profit versions of home or car sharing services arise? But as my colleague, Lucy Bernholz, likes to ask, “ Where is the Public Benefit? What do we see emerging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2005

I can think of at least two free "continuous computing" tools that ought to benefit every nonprofit. (I hope to post an interview with SJ soon.) Hi Beth -- thanks for linking to my blog. One is wikis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Larger Image here. That's a screenshot from the official Google Chrome comic book that preceded the release of the Google Chrome browser that blogger Duncan Riley from Australia found in his mailbox. B ut what do with a brand new, unread, limited edition Google Chrome comic book? eBay FTW is the logical choice, but I don???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2016

But don’t take my word for it, the Surgeon General’s Step It Up Call To Action page includes a good summary of all the medical research and benefits of walking to individuals and to entire cities. Communities can benefit when they implement strategies that make them more walkable and when more people walk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

Are there other benefits? Looking across our data, we find that individuals’ willingness to share is dependent on what data is shared, how the data will be used, who will have access to the data and when, what regulations and legal protections are in place, and the level of compensation or benefit (both personal and public).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2018

” The benefit of visual communication does not interrupt the meeting flow. The cards allow meeting participants to communicate visually while others are talking on a video conference call. There are also cards for other common online meeting hazards – like “You are on mute.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

He says science confirms what he’s learned working with thousands of volunteers over decades–volunteers engage more deeply when there’s opportunity for growth and personal benefit. But when we take steps to offer meaningful opportunities and challenge our volunteers, it may be our organisation that benefits most.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

The benefits of taking control of your digital life in and outside the office are immense: greater presence and mindful attention, enhanced productivity and creativity, better relationships, improved sleep and less risk of anxiety. Bring these benefits into a nonprofit workplace, and perhaps some of the stress levels will go down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2011

Who does your organization/endeavor benefit? How does your organization benefit someone? YOUR ORG NAME] helps [TWITTER FOLLOWERS] to [BENEFIT/VALUE YOU. Finish with an ‘ask’ to follow. It may take you some time to boil it down to just a few words and you may not be able to get all those concepts in the bio line.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2018

And that can ruin your time at the beach and more importantly prevent you from reaping the full benefits of taking break. We learned that taking a technology break during this time can help accelerate the benefits of time off. And according to recent poll s, some 62% of people check their work email while on vacation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

Really good set of questions for your nonprofit to ask about Machine Learning to see the value or benefit. What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About Machine Learning from Global Giving’s Data Scientist Nick Hamlin. The questions include: Do you have a mission-related question to ask and have answered by your data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2013

Countless organizations could benefit from Kyle’s skills, yet there is no system connecting national service alumni with nonprofits and public sector agencies most in need of young talent. Together let’s figure out how to leverage this tremendous resource to benefit smart, young people with fresh ideas, while better serving our communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Note from Beth: Digital storytelling is key to fundraising success, but using a storytelling lens in your organization can have further benefit of busting organizational silos. To be fair, silos do exist for a reason, and do have their benefits. Flickr Photo by Rex Hammock. Miriam Brosseau and Stephanie Corleto share why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Now that we know what the research says about the benefits of rituals, nonprofit leaders should view the creation and fostering of rituals as essential, whether for the entire organization, your department, or team. This can be done in less than hour and can reap many benefits. Here are some examples: Rituals to Celebrate Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2010

I wonder if the secret sauce is to do a cost/benefit analysis before you start preparing your favorite social media sauce? 10-15 questions: Use the questions to quantify the cost/benefits and then make the decision. Are there benefits beyond the money? Will the contest provide any long term benefits? Under 10: Pass.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. The problem is that walking is perceived as a “break activity” not part of work as explained in this Harvard Business Review blog post, “ Take a Walk, Sure, but Don’t Call It A Break.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

These exercises can calm you and have the added benefit of restoring focus and productivity. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. I also use them a lot when I doing full-day trainings.

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