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.” Once identified, they were able to have peer conversations identifying what was causing stress.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Often times the community’s ideas or needs are shared in ways that require translation, of sorts—someone that can bridge the community and organization, listening to the conversations and identifying the opportunities for the organization. What’s the foundation of CDSI? Best Practice. But what are some best practices?

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

However, the trick is to shift the conversation from the process to the outcomes. Acting on this insight, they shift their live workshops to nighttime, leading to a 30% increase in participation. Focus on the Outcomes Embracing the Future: We know change is hard and in long-standing organizations, can be met with resistance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2010

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to deliver a half-day training workshop for staff members working at Junior Achievement Offices at their worldwide conference. This workshop is called “ Becoming A Networked Nonprofit: Using Social Media Strategically.&#. Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. Leveraging the Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

A (blog) conversation strategy is how you support and nurture a conversation on your blog in the comments. It is a combination of how you will comment on other blogs, how you track the conversation, and how you respond to comments on your blog. I recently commented on Emily Williamson's blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When colleague Dan Cohen told me of his recent experience using guided imagery in a social media workshop, I thought it was definitely valuable to share with others. Ellie thought a moment of serenity in the heat of a very intensive training and cohort-building workshop might be a good idea. It was astounding.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts — but there's a special magic that happens when we get face to face. Bellevue, Washington: Microsoft Azure IoT Workshop. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Thursday, June 1, 2017. Thursday, June 8, 2017.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2023

Read our blog for tips to get started. Have an honest conversation with your board about the competition and how it will impact your organization. To keep up with the competition, your association will need to do things differently. Know your competition. Level up onboarding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

The other day of I saw the term "Conversation Graph" in a title on a post by Brian Solis. That inspired the above illustration - the social life of a blog post. The Conversation Graph Has Gotten More Complex. Click to see larger image And, blogging was not just about conversations on your home base, but also on other blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This past week was a busy one for leading workshops. I also lead a workshop on social media strategy for communications professionals who work with networks, nonprofits, and foundations. Conversation is a “learning in public” tool – maybe one of the best. Social media is a conversation engine. Photo by Justin Benttinen.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll explore ways nonprofits can lead the charge, ensuring Latino voices are not just heard, but celebrated, cherished, and elevated. Here are some suggestions to get started: Educational Endeavors: Host webinars and workshops spotlighting influential Latino figures who have added value to America’s prosperity.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. The social impact landscape in Romania is complex and exciting – you can see struggle and hope, fear and enthusiasm mixed in every conversation and every presentation. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Roxanne Darling presenting Many thanks to Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells for organizing fantastic Social Media Workshop. Chris Heuer started off with a talk called "Conversations Aren't Marketing" Listening What is Social Media? Having conversations with people and always has.   Even if you are not using. 

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table. Don’t miss the pre-conference workshops to help you get the most out of Financial Edge NXT, from building your chart organizer to digging into personalized reporting with Insight Designer.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 12, 2023

Read our blog for tips to get started. Have an honest conversation with your board about the competition and how it will impact your organization. Because of this, the associations don’t view themselves as traditional member-based organizations, so they are playing by different rules. Know your competition. Level up onboarding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

What tools and techniques do you use to create good conversations on your blog? Do you have an awesome example of a conversation on your blog or one that you've started elsewhere? I'm doing a workshop in Cambodia called " Five Steps to Khmer 2.0 This workshop was remixed from Associations 2.0

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Trailblazers are invited to sharpen their skills with 1,000+ sessions and workshops. Reimagining Engagement with Omni-Channel Personalization – Learn how Teach For America is using real-time, personalized experiences across marketing channels to drive conversion, increase efficiency, and provide a better supporter experience. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

Holly Ross wrote a good reflection piece about public conversations on blogs and how to get your audience ready for that conversation. She makes the point: What I am saying is that your audience may not be ready to have the conversation that social media enables. It enables PUBLIC conversations.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. Melissa Hill Dees and Sandi Zellner’s conversational session, “Have You Considered the Consequences?”,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2005

Steve and others, just when I thought there was a lull in our conversation about blog communities and blog cross conversations, I noticed this thread on the Digital Divide List (btw, the digital divide network is another example of a community blog). If you are new, start at the beginning.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

In this blog, we will explore the signs of a successful nonprofit board by examining the specific areas where board members can contribute their time. Engaging in conversations with prospective donors and sharing the impact of the nonprofit’s work is a crucial step in building relationships and attracting vital resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

That's a video blog post I did to demonstrate how a simple technique for creating effective videos using your cell phone or digital camera and placing it one the web, in this example, on YouTube. While the workshop wasn't a handson video workshop, I did something along those lines in Cambodia - the curriculum is here.).

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Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

6 simple steps for asking for legacy gifts Legacy giving can be a bit of a touchy subject to approach with donors, but there are ways to get the conversation started. The post The Nonprofit’s Guide to Legacy Giving appeared first on Fundraising Blog for Nonprofit, Educational, and Faith-Based Organizations.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2023

These tools are designed to be conversational in nature, so you can workshop and build upon each prompt until you have a first draft to make your own. Once you have a few rough bullets, you can feed them into a generative AI tool to workshop different phrasing, even tailoring your message to donor levels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

One thing I have noticed when co-designing workshops or gatherings with other facilitators, is that some facilitators like to specialize and or have a preference for one method or philosophy. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference. Community Organizing. Any many more.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. This blog seeks to capture the information gathered at the workshop, keep the discussion alive and build momentum."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

One of our hopes for the book was that it would spark conversation about the need for self-care as part of doing the work. I was thrilled to see this blog SSIR blog post, Five Myths that Perpetuate Burnout Across Nonprofits by Ann-Sophie Morrissette. Then had a group conversation about what people were open to sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I’ve been facilitating nonprofit workshops and staff retreats focused on creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. Most recently, I facilitated this workshop with staff at Lightful , a social media platform for nonprofits based in London where I am currently a senior advisor. It is one of many HR & Culture Slack Apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. I had designed the leadership workshop on resilience to include a lot of solo and peer reflection time and small group work and some small amounts of presentation and context to do the exercises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Note From Beth: Having good openers (and closers) are essential to the success of your training workshop. Renee captured some of the letting loose on Twitter: Having fun at the Facilitation: Tools of the Trade workshop. Icebreakers Can Be Fun! Guest Post by Jen Bokoff. At the end, go around and do them all together again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? The workshop was an all day workshop , with an opening presentation followed by small group exercise. What worked? What didn't? I also like to practice my storytelling skills.

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EveryAction

APRIL 6, 2017

This post was originally featured on The Campaign Workshop blog and has been reposted with permission. I recently sat down with the good folks at The Campaign Workshop and chatted about marketing automation for nonprofits. The Campaign Workshop: "Why should I care about nonprofit marketing automation?".

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

This guidance comes from almost a year and a half of hosting DEI experts and equitable fundraising practitioners on the Bloomerang blog and webinar series. Attending workshops where leadership can learn about recognizing bias, DEI terms, and more. Encourage Staff to Get Involved. Watch the Culture Start Shifting. Lead From the Top.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! The ASU Lodestar Center offers two great resources to get you on your way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2008

The workshop design looks at how to considering the role and activity of the technology stewards in authentic situations as well as exploring the uses of social technologies to stay in touch as well as for sustained inquiry. The social tools have now evolved to the point where there is easier person-to-person or networked information sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2017

Last week I facilitated a workshop on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Linking Nonprofit High Performance to Wellbeing in Santa Cruz hosted by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. Part of the workshop includes an assessment and reflection about the causes of stress in the nonprofit workplace.

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