Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She gave an overview of the three different methods that would be discussed in more detail throughout the day. These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data. There deep dive sessions for each method. You can view the videos and presentations on the conference materials page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles.

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MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Group Polling Techniques and Tools. Facilitation Methods and Techniques. Design Thinking As Instructional Technique. Learning Styles.

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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 28, 2010

I attend a lot of conferences , but mostly as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or panelist. Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. A big thank you conference organizers! Her blog is a must-read and I hope someday that she writes a book.

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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. On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! There are two different methods to evaluate your training. This book is a must-have for any serious trainer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

Last November, I had the honor of being one of three keynote speakers for the Social Good Brasil Conference , along with Peter Sims who is an amazing thinker, networker, and connector. ” One method that some nonprofits engage in to improve an event or campaign is an “ After Action Review.,”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about data methods from Alexandra Samuels and cross-track sessions from traditional panels to unconference. The culmination of these two and half very intense days was an Idea Accelerator Lab. Do you have a preferred method? ” Anne Lamott.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. Keynote at the Social Good Brasil Conference. Movement can also incorporate what you’re training on. What was some of the best training you’ve ever experienced?

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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). Everyone is going to find certain methods that work for them and is an ongoing process of fine-tuning what works and translating that into habits that help.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Here’s ten books that nonprofit colleagues and authors have shared with me in the last few months and I wanted to share them with you. If you are looking for more recommendations, check out Book Authority’s list of 52 Best Nonprofit eBooks of All Time ( The Happy Healthy Nonprofit is #9).

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

Geoff’s new book is Welcome to the Fifth Estate: How to Create and Sustain a Winning Social Media Strategy. What is your new book all about? Creativity and innovation demands unique twists and turns and methods. He has worked as a public relations strategist in the Washington, D.C. region for more than 17 years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences. I’m not sure if this was just the way it is, stage fright to report out to a large group that included funders, or perhaps it needed another method than mic runners (fixed mics stationed around the room?). Some Reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

One of the big themes in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , is the importance of experiments and not to frame them as success or failure but as learning. In his question to create the storage battery, he conducted 10,000 experiments before arriving at a method that worked. So they used the technique of “OH&# or overheard.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

One leader at Candid wisely uses the progressive stack method , a technique to prioritize voices less-heard in team meetings. Budgets tightened, conferences were cancelled, and networking events moved to less engaging virtual formats. A book club is another budget- and remote-friendly option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Sometimes you don’t have the ability to do a survey before, especially if it is an online webinar or a conference session. There are alternative ways to do research. I do this all the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

But first, let me share the description and what I’m planning: This interactive session is based on a key theme in the book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? Tags: Conferences Free Agent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2012

At the NTEN NTC conference this year, I did a session on data visualization for nonprofits called “ Picturing Your Data Is Better Than 1000 Numbers ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. ” This is a common theme for those interested in incorporating visualization techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

My most recent experiment involved Twitter, fundraising, and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. By the end of the conference, the total had climbed to $3,774. This is a technique I've used as a trainer, but it also works beautifully for social media projects. I'm going to call it AMORE.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. The choice of method for transferring and exchanging knowledge will depend on the audience and the message [but] knowledge is most effectively exchanged when using multiple methodsâ?

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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. This is a great method for peer learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

There has been a series of ”lean” books diving in the topics, including one on measurement called Lean Analytics Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster by A listair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz that I reviewed earlier this year. 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact by Meg Rulli.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Last week I was lucky enough to facilitate a mini-innovation lab for 60 community foundation program officers at the first meeting of ProNet during the Council on Foundations conference in Cleveland, Ohio that celebrated 100 years of community philanthropy. Has your organization used design thinking to rethink the way it works?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

This post recaps these sessions and offers my own struggles and thrills of the conference. If participatory exhibit design is going to progress as a design methodology, it has to produce outputs that are demonstrably equivalent to or better than exhibits created by traditional methods. conference audiences are ready to work (and play).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

She is the founder and president of Weinreich Communications , and wrote a book called " Hands-On Social Marketing: A Step-by-Step Guide." In addition to your consulting practice and the book, can you tell me a little more about yourself. ve traditionally relied on education as their main method ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2013

Learning from Failure: Little Bets: This past year, I gave a keynote for the Social Good Brasil Conference where I met Peter Sims , author of Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. What are you focusing on for 2013?

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Tunisia Instructional Design Technique Literacy 97

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Book Sale Book sales offer a literary haven for bookworms. Supporters can browse through a wide selection of donated books and make purchases, with proceeds going toward the nonprofit’s initiatives. Consider hosting on holidays like Halloween, Christmas, or Veteran’s Day for some fun, seasonally-themed tales.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

” They have a specific method for this: The Rules. One method they use is the “ Joyful Funeral.” ” They will ask is it time to order the flowers? They will give the technique a formal burial and eulogy. Don’t be afraid of failure because it often helps uncover a better idea or approach.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It was good opportunity for me to look back at the crowdsourcing chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , and update the examples and thinking. The presentation was followed by a discussion about how one might evaluate efforts to engage crowds. What do you track? A Crowd-Curated Exhibition.” Was it more efficient? (4)

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on June 2nd, 2011 I’m starting a new series of short interviews with people who are really changing what’s happening in the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

The themes science, environmental, nutrition, economic development, children, youth, parenting, and leadership are very much appropriate as this conference agenda from the NACDEP and ACE/NETC shows. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Share your tips, tactics, tools, and techniques for effectively curating to serve your audience. topic, with all of us sharing the tools, methods, and ideas we have. tried turning email discussions on listservs into blog posts and opting to record conference call presentations. We also reinforce the conference tag.

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