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MARCH 1, 2024

For example, if your podcast is about fundraising, you would research experts in the fundraising sphere, such as authors of fundraising books, fundraising consultants , and fundraising event planners. Computer or laptop. You might also consider the interview format, where you invite a new expert to appear on each episode.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

She recently authored an excellent e-book on how to use Evernote ). I will sometimes take notes on my laptop during a conference session or webinar if I am planning to do a write up. Since I can type 120 words per minutes, I can capture complete quotes and summarize key points very quickly.

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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 Train Your Attention with Your iPhone Timer: I would never have been able to write my book, if I hadn’t read Peter Bregman’s 18 Minutes A Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. Soren welcomed everyone and asked to be totally present and give full attention – which is becoming rarer and rarer at conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Conferences: Small or large sessions at conferences. Virtual Meetings: Conference calls, online chats, and webinars. Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

If you are choosing to do Simulated Live , you will need to make sure that the video is being shot with enough time to upload to the virtual event platform to be used for a digital webinar, hybrid conference, summit, or meeting. . Engagement with the virtual component. Networking opportunities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

Last weekend, from sundown, March 4th to sundown, March 5th, I turned off my cell phone, laptop, and TV as part of the National Day of Unplugging. My favorite cure for social media envy is to use the Jealous Map exercise from Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way : Ask yourself, "Why am I envious of this person?" (e.g. It was awesome.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

With the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference coming right up, this might be a good time to think about what you're going to pack. Could you leave your laptop at home ? NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward co-authored a book with longtime NTEN Member Allyson Kapin. Be honest, now. Thank goodness for altruists, then.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

One man I supervise planned on taking his laptop on his honeymoon. Get a massage, go on that hike, read that non-work related book, watch too much Netflix, get a pedicure, do whatever your heart desires. At the end of a long day of meetings and phone conferences, sometimes the last thing we want to do is talk to more people.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2014

I’ve eagerly read productivity book after productivity book and poured over countless blog posts about getting things done (while not actually getting things done in the process). and break down larger tasks into smaller pieces I can do in shorter chunks of time in-between conference calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

We all have lived through that awful conference call or equally horrendous in person meeting. Why not end the meeting early? In addition, we should always question our assumption of the need for a one hour meeting, why not book in 30 minute or 45 minute meeting intervals? I spoke about standing and walking meetings.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

ReadyTalk Mobile (iPad) makes it easy to jump in on a meeting if you left your work laptop behind. of the app lets you connect to Lync conference calls, and allows you to make or receive calls using your Lync ID number. TechSoup Donor Partners. Although working during vacation isn't ideal, it happens to the busiest of us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. He gave a review copy of his forthcoming book to everyone at the conference! Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0 Organizational Culture of Balance Is Important. I enjoyed the conversational approach.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Maybe some of those constituents are on the laptop of an employee who works remotely and can't connect to the CRM.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Maybe some of those constituents are on the laptop of an employee who works remotely and can't connect to the CRM.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Did you bog your email down in boring “news” about your Board treasurer’s retirement or your trip to a conference? Seek funding for very specific needs, such as heartworm prevention medicine for dogs in your care or laptop computers and internet access for families in your education-focused program. Make the right Ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. But what's even better is that this wasn't an isolated training, it was part of an new online community called Engage365 which runs on a platform called " Conference 2.0 ". Know of any?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

If you want to find out more about the conference, read the tagged blog posts from the conference here and the nonprofit technology spin here. (Be David Weinberger hosed his laptop and apparently after cursing on his blog and breaking the "shit" and "fuck" barrier face-to-face in the room ( !

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. Now, look around the conference table and you’ll see smartphones and tablets. In the past few weeks, I’ve used my iPad to connect to WebEx conferences, FaceTime with coworkers, update my OneNote folders and Evernote Notebooks, and take a picture of my receipts to attach to an expense report.

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

Earlier this month, I attended their tremendous annual conference with notable and unforgettable speakers that make you leave the glimmering chandeliers in DC's Omni Shoreham ballroom thinking to yourself, what more needs to be done in international development? How can the end goals be achieved?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. I’ve known this for years, ever since I read Richard Mayer ‘s educational research in his book, The Handbook of Multi-Media Learning. The study was of medical school lectures. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2011

Actually the first laptops hit the market 20 years ago and cell phones started shrinking in the early 1990s. Neither does lounging in a chair at home, reading a book. They could be reading a book that gives them an idea that changes the future of their company. When did our office equipment start shrinking? Five years ago?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

John Kenyon was also at the LASA Circuit Riders Conference in Birmingham with me earlier this month. The NTC Conference is a little more than two months away and I'm really looking forward to conversations with colleagues and meeting others face-to-face for the first time. Where do I find more information?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

Another way of putting that: Half of American adults can’t comprehend a book written at an 8th-grade level—which includes titles such as The Great Gatsby and the Harry Potter novels. In this case, students care far more about getting a day off school than a teaching conference. American Literacy is Iffy. Writing is a way of thinking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2005

I've spotted some tell tale signs of continuous computing lately in the posts of some blogs that I read: You try to google a physical piece of equipment or book that you can't find in your office. the digital devices people carry, such laptops, media players, and camera phones, 2. So, I wonder how this impacts nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

Networking: I add people to my network when I met them face-to-face at a conference or meeting or virtually. The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. Well, she did !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. But at least they were preserved) An early video from the Riders Conference in Kansas City in 2000 was discovered on Blip.TV. platforms.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

After NTEN had to cancel their annual conference, they set up a crowdfunding page where people could still donate to help cover lost revenue from the conference. For those who have an exercise bike at home, you can also encourage them to, set up their laptop or mobile camera and cycle together. Virtual Live-Stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

I'm going to bring over video blogging kits - inexpensive cameras, rechargeable batteries, SD cards, and Ryanne's book. It's been a year since I had an "unconference experience," having participated in the Dialogue and Deliberation Conference last summer and facilitated by Lisa Heft. The back story is here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Next week, I will be participating in a session entitled, "Reach Out and Blog Someone" along with Steve Swenson of the Bakersfield Californian at the United Way of Kern County's Professional Development Conference for Nonprofits. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In the book, this section (taken from Chapter 2 ) is twice the length seen below. Take webinars, attend boot camps or workshops, or go to conferences that focus on the how-to of social media. However, do to word count constraints the content below is not in its full entirety. Just a FYI. Please get training!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. 1) Better Petitions: Whether at a conference or on the street, the iPad is an enticing input device. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. I only have my laptop and my notebook with me, so all I need is an outlet and the wifi password to get to work.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Lots and lots of books have been written about remote work, long before the pandemic started. And I said, well, what if somebody wants to watch Netflix on their company laptop? But if it’s eight o’clock in the evening, and I’ve got my organization laptop at home, and I want to watch Netflix, like, who cares, right?

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