Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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The Smart Nonprofit Book and New Article in Harvard Business Review!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am thrilled to share with you my article in today’s Harvard Business Review , “ How Smart Tech Is Transforming Nonprofits ,” co-authored with Allison Fine. The post The Smart Nonprofit Book and New Article in Harvard Business Review! The Smart Nonprofit. And have a happy and healthy holiday season.

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Book Review: The Nonprofit Business Plan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week I attended a session with David La Piana , author and long-time nonprofit consultant, hosted by the Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program. David gave a talk about his new book, The Nonprofit Business Plan , and mini-workshop about what makes a good business plan from a funder’s point of view.

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Stop the Glorification of Busy and Thrive

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Thriving is about being intuitive and being able t listen to your inner voice and not be so busy that you can’t hear it. Often, that’s where I discover something that can inspires a whole new wave of learning.

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What Mesh Businesses Should Support Philanthropy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A number of standard philanthropy business processes, like financial due diligence, come to mind. If such businesses are to emerge (and please — I’d love to know what might already be out there), foundations need pressure to be efficient. What mesh businesses would others create for philanthropy?

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The Internal is the new External: EDF Business Innovation Exchange

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The objective of the The Innovation Exchange is to facilitate rapid and widespread adoption of environmental innovation in business. They hope to improve both the environmental impact of business (improve operations) and the business impact of the environment (improve products).

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Social Business Relationship Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This graphic is a mashup of Priscilla Brisbane's illustration of Levels of Engagement in advocacy campaigns with this blog post from the Social Organization's blog about how how business relationships and how technology helps or hinders. I stapled people's business cards to the rolodex cards. The fourth stage is friendship.

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Another Model of Giving: Socially Responsible Small Businesses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ebilane, a small business owner, who founded a company called Asianinspired. Do you know of other examples of charitable giving or cause-related giving by small businesses? Are there bloggers writing about this form of charitable giving or cause-related marketing by small businesses. I learned about this charity from Jennifer J.

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