Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats. Developed by ETR in 2014, this is a research-based approach for designing and delivering skill-building trainings. Now, our staff retreat was not actually intended as a skill building training.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

About Black History Month Black History Month began when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. You can do this by visiting a Black history museum or African American heritage site, by reading and sharing books written by Black authors, and by exploring Black music history. Donate to support their mission here.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Adult beverages are often part of the routine checklist when hosting nonprofit events. However, there are several points to consider before setting up an open bar in order for it to become a successful component of your event. Another advantage to hiring certified bartenders is that they're trained to recognize intoxication.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Both online and in-person events have the potential to engage a wide range of supporters. In 2020, the pandemic and its resulting social distancing guidelines led nonprofits to experiment with virtual events (many of them for the first time). Galas have strong fundraising potential and are a staple of many nonprofits’ event season.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Adult beverages are often part of the routine checklist when hosting non-profit events. However, there are several points to consider before setting up an open bar in order for it to become a successful component of your event. Another advantage to hiring certified bartenders is that they're trained to recognize intoxication.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re searching for fun and engaging ways to raise money, auctions and simple online events will get your donors excited to support your organization. Virtual event fundraising. Host a virtual wine and cheese tasting for your donors as a fundraising event. Online networking event. Cooking or baking class.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Welcome to the new blog! July 15, 2007 As you will have undoubtedly figured out – this blog moved! I’ve moved it off of Typepad, and onto Wordpress. I’d recommend it to anyone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Making a better, more findable blog October 24, 2007 I’ve gotten some nice kudos for my blog in the past few days, and it feels nice to know that people read the blog, and get something out of it.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I've been looking at the examples the folks have shared in the WeAreMedia Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style , particularly blogs and thinking about questions, strategies, and frameworks that one might think about before getting into the nitty gritty of the tool itself.  Who will write for the blog?

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Check out the blog post, “ Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do With It? ”. This might include: On-boarding or training about grantmaking rules and regulations, and philanthropy in general. Can participating provide networking or learning opportunities, or access to other events? Address Potential Conflicts of Interest.

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MAY 24, 2021

In the case of social and political upheaval, these might include coming together with others to advocate, share music and art, create and offer support (sometimes virtually). You may have transitioned in-person events to virtual ones , reasoning a half a loaf was better than none. . Your donors have experienced strong emotions too.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Host virtual events to promote a sense of community. Because of ongoing cancellations of traditional events and in-person meetings, nonprofit development professionals everywhere are continuing to invest their energy into effective donor management more than ever before. and providing adequate training opportunities.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Before you head out with your team of volunteer wrappers, host a training session to make sure they’ve got the folding and taping skills they need for your fundraiser. Advertise a one-day-only fundraising event where parents can bring their kids by to let Santa know what they want for Christmas. Holiday fundraising events.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

September 19, 2008 Note: This blog entry was originally posted on Idealware’s new community blog. I’m honored and happy to be contributing blog posts there. Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. What can an organization use a LMS for?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

November 26, 2007 I’m going to Zagreb, Croatia to be at Aspiration’s Open Translation event. It will be my first international open source event, and it’s an amazingly interesting topic. I’m really looking forward to it. So I am so excited to be going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and stories. I was so happy to hear the story of how the event got started and the beginning of the network from Fernanda Bornhausen Sa.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

It’s a conference that is an event of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. I’ve never been – online politics has never really been my focus. But I’m quite looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 12, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology It’s been a while… May 13, 2008 As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t been blogging a whole lot lately. I’ve been pretty busy with a variety of projects.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM is a nonprofit-focused open source tool, centered around membership, fundraising, events and such. CiviCRM has 4 basic components: CiviContribute, CiviMail, CiviMember, and CiviEvents – which allow you to track contacts, donations, members, send out email blasts, have event registration, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. The event itself has been fab.

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DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

So, no blog posts from me here until I get back to work on October 1st. But I might write an entry or two on my personal blog , if you’re interested. { 1 trackback } Nonprofit Leadership, Innovation, and Change 09.29.07 at 6:09 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 09.25.07 at 1:17 pm Happy writing!

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Part III: Blogs, Podcasting and Vlogs September 27, 2006 When I start out these series, I seem to have an idea in hand about how to organize them, which, invariably, gets rearranged in the course of writing. So, here’s the post about Blogs, and their follow ons: podcasting and vlogging. Blogging is old hat. Such is life.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

I’m looking forward to it. I’m on the Evaluating Open Source panel, with Laura Quinn and Catherine Lane, which should be great. I’m also holding the consultant spot on the panel “ Changing your CEO from barrier to partner &# with Marnie Webb, David Geilhufe, and Steve Heye.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. {

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APRIL 11, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 26, 2008

I won’t be blogging here, and I know that my work will be cut out for me in terms of catching up when I land. I’m driving cross country, leaving Friday, and arriving sometime during the weekend of the 6th and 7th of September. Taking a slow, leisurely drive.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Under my hat is a blog post about open source and SaaS. It’s going to be interesting. It might be interesting. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It might be interesting. { It might be interesting. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

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APRIL 27, 2023

Holding events is a great way for nonprofits to raise money, engage constituents, and raise their profile. And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. {

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