Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. More importantly, this experiential learning — not just discussion.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are three tools I created or co-authored that can help you match skills to roles: Nonprofit Data & Tech Skill-Building Checklist — a worksheet that provides an inventory of technology and data-related skills and a way to rate your skills or those of a team member or job candidate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2017

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. The book has two parts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his new book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. The book has two parts.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 17, 2021

Whether it was Tammy Charles pushing us to build powerful corporate partnerships or Bill McKendry providing a detailed list of ways our organizations could make a leap forward, we all left feeling inspired to crush our goals in 2021. There was no thematic direction for this lineup other than to speak on a trending topic for nonprofit pros.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

How did you demonstrate relevance and urgency then vs. now? The conversation must be reset, moving away from how do we do this to why are we going to do this and finally to how do we build from there ? After the audit, use the tools at your disposal to build donor relationships you’ll need to achieve sustainability. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 12, 2006

We had a great conversation high above south Mumbai in the Air India building, which overlooks Mumbai's peninsula. Citing a lack of trained teachers, TCS had built a PC-based curriculum for teaching reading in 40 hours. This is the sort of unexpected learning that I've come to expect.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Beyond English - Remove the Language Barrier to Relieve Poverty and Save Lives. Access to information and knowledge in your language is a fundamental human right. This session will present strategies that enable nonprofits to communicate with constituencies in their language. Here are my top five picks. Session Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I was lucky enough to be working with the digital strategy coordinator, Maria Rubi , from the Mexico office. She is not only fluent in English (and four other languages in addition to her native Spanish), she is also an excellent trainer and facilitator. We did a poll on the level of energy in the room after about 30 minutes of sitting.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. It demonstrates your organization’s unique approach to addressing a community problem. Here are some ways to create a strong anchor story: Identify a story that demonstrates what your nonprofit is all about.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Nate Zinsser , Director of West Point’s influential Performance-Psychology Program, shares his secrets of mental toughness and how to build and master confidence. He also teaches that it is a misconception that mistakes, failures and negative feedback will destroy, erode or weaken your confidence.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2019

Step 1: Build Relationships with Students & Alumni. To effectively capitalize on this connection, you need to start building relationships with students before they graduate. Use this language to appeal directly to current students, alumni, and other prospects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. It is really important to pay attention to body language (discomfort, confusion, boredom, etc.) and be transparent and responsive to the audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

How do you build capacity. When I co-train with other trainers and we speak the same language it is easy to trade of roles. For example, one person may be talking while the other is demonstrating on the computer. Listen for resistance and incorporate that in your teaching materials. But what happens when you leave?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

Everything was about numbers and, for her, this prevented her from focusing on truly building relationships with the donors to whom she was assigned. As demonstrated by the fact that, at a point where she was still in danger in the story, I thought I had to cut the call short to join a staff meeting. I felt so much sympathy!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A charity golf tournament won’t just raise money and build excitement for your cause, it can also be a pillar of your major donor recruitment plan. You can even make your trivia night a regular event that builds a sense of community and brings in more potential donors. Foot Race These are a classic of the genre.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

The times we’re in offer opportunities to demonstrate your effectiveness, relevance, and unique purpose in ways that weren’t previously accessible to organizations other than the largest nonprofits. Put enough boots on the ground to become effective at building relationships through multiple channels. So, spend more on fundraising.

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Classy

APRIL 7, 2021

Their Classy campaign featured language that explicitly called out how someone could become a virtual runner regardless of where they were located. Consider this virtual event idea to build a sustainable donation strategy around more global donors for current campaigns, future fundraising efforts, and recurring monthly gifts.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Are they wanting to fund capacity-building initiatives? So let me navigate around that. Well, thank you so much.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. I want you to pat yourself on the back because, just by virtue of being here, you’re already demonstrating how smart you are. And is just all over the place. So on to today’s session.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

The summer before my last year in college, I participated in a summer program in Philadelphia that was designed to teach young people organizing skills around poverty and homelessness issues. I think it is important for us to build off that hope and build off the experiences of folks who have gone before us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Practice inclusive language in life, and bring it into the training room! The best way to demonstrate inclusivity in the learning community is to live, speak and breathe inclusivity in your everyday life. Learn from others (we love the Teaching Transgender Toolkit by Luca Maurer and Eli Green). Build your facilitator’s toolkit.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey McKinnon and Andy Robinson will discuss how to build stronger donor relationships and how you can use this strategy to improve every kind of fundraising. What we want to emphasize today that most of the work is relationship building. Why you became a fundraiser is also a way to build trust. And next slide. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

I think that we have to be very innovative in how we do that, and that includes building institutions, doing actual art, having art jams, and just getting people involved in the artistic process. I was working with the Women's Building, and they were doing a play around how, as women, we have two sides. I did a poster around that.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And bringing them back year after year has some distinct advantages, one of which is that all of that onboarding and that teaching and the encouragement that you do when you first recruit a participant is a great deal of work for you, but returning participants will need less onboarding and less support. Try it with your donors.

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