Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week I was honored to teach a Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workshop at the 1440 Multiversity Nonprofit Service Week. This past week they opened up the campus to nonprofits and I was lucky enough to be part of the faculty to teach a workshop. They also teach yoga and meditation classes in this room. The solution?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Myself and 28 other social changemakers spent five days at the Earthrise Retreat Center learning how to use Rockwood''s six practices (Purpose, Vision, Partnership, Performance, Resilience and Personal Ecology) to be more effective leaders for social change. It was a deep and profound experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

If you make it clear that winners will be announced on social media, you will not only get engagement during the event but will benefit from attendees checking your social channels regularly. . For smaller virtual events, a cooking or recipe night is an excellent way to encourage social engagement. Cocktail Class.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. Not only was her daughter able to contribute to a good cause by playing a game, the experience also brought up a ethical dilemma.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. I was writing my books for the vast majority of leaders, parents, and salespeople who would do wonderful things with what I was teaching them. It didn’t take long).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations. I also had a glorious week-long experience working along side the co-founders of Wake on the Tech2Empower program in Guatemala.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional Networking workshop for second year students at the Akilah Institute for Women. Akilah workshop. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. All in all, I had a lovely day at the Akilah Institute.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Partner with a local golf course to provide your participants the chance to compete against each other in their very own Masters experience while raising money to support a great cause. Partner with local spas or wellness centers to sponsor the event for a luxurious experience. Irish potluck for St. Patrick’s Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. First as an adjunct professor, I’m always interested in seeing how others teach their classes, particularly how the content is chunked and the activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

When you intentionally build relationships with people—not just with potential sources of revenue—you’ll create a better experience for your donors. Those experiences will set the stage for them to continue to engage with you long-term. Those experiences will set the stage for them to continue to engage with you long-term.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Volunteers help change the lives of those in their community as a social responsibility rather than receiving a financial reward. Student Many students are required to volunteer for a certain number of hours to fulfill requirements for their classes or clubs. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Back then, we were concerned about heady items like constituent-centric experiences, data-driven culture and strategy, technology for change, and use cases for technology. As noted, our recent priorities include constituent-centric experiences, data-driven culture and strategy , technology for change, and use cases for technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” Stephen is an expert in many training methods so this will be an excellent co-learning experience. I am excited for a return visit to Australia. May 13, 2013: Meeting with NZ Funders. May 13, 2013: Half-Day Workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. I was writing my books for the vast majority of leaders, parents, and salespeople who would do wonderful things with what I was teaching them. If you have not read it, please do.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you get kids in on the fundraising fun, you have a great opportunity to teach them important values like leadership, responsibility, goal-setting, team building, and community engagement. Pick a day and ask for donations to wear PJs and slippers to classes all day. Guessing games. Teacher or Principal Challenge. Flamingo flocking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the honor of teaching a master class at the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) on avoiding burnout for fundraisers with Corinne Aartman in Amsterdam. My first ever day of IFC has been an uplifting, motivating experience. He graciously agreed to republish it as a guest post.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. I was writing my books for the vast majority of leaders, parents, and salespeople who would do wonderful things with what I was teaching them. If you have not read it, please do.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. 3) Cooking classes. 5) Online classes.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

White people in museums can post black lives matter on social media, but if they still feel too fragile to talk about race, we’re still where we were before. When I was first starting out, I remember having to teach a Robert Colescott painting. Then I started to teach the painting. But the experience stuck with me.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Bopaiah further teaches that “engaged leaders understand that if they want to design more equitable organizations, they need to center people who have historically been pushed to the margins. That ’ s because we have been socialized to believe that receiving exactly the same thing is fair, and that difference is unfair.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2013

My mom had a variety of teaching and counseling positions while my dad worked mostly for nonprofits. I''ve never had an experience like that again, but I think of it often, and wonder why I had it at that moment. and my second post, Why I Do Good: The Center and Agape. I was raised to serve. I wasn''t on drugs, but it felt like I was.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Bopaiah further teaches that “engaged leaders understand that if they want to design more equitable organizations, they need to center people who have historically been pushed to the margins. That ’ s because we have been socialized to believe that receiving exactly the same thing is fair, and that difference is unfair.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

If you’re new to the topic and how it affects the social good sector or simply have your interest sparked, we highly recommend doing some additional research about DEI for nonprofits. After attending classes, workshops, and/or a retreat, there are probably some easy next steps that leadership can identify to start on immediately.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Bopaiah further teaches that “engaged leaders understand that if they want to design more equitable organizations, they need to center people who have historically been pushed to the margins. That ’ s because we have been socialized to believe that receiving exactly the same thing is fair, and that difference is unfair.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Inspirational Talks: I did my first TedX talk in Berkeley about building relationships online and individual social responsibility. I presenting a “ Walking Keynote ” at the Social Media for Nonprofits Conference where I walked the talk. I also was a guest lecturer for a Berkeley MBA Class on networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

I combining raising money to send Cambodian youngsters to school, an action learning experiment on the art of retweet, guest teaching at Stanford Business School class on social technology, and eating chocolate. It's my 53rd birthday on Monday and here's my birthday party plans. What could be more fun?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it. One of those organizations is the German American Heritage Center (GAHC), a nonprofit dedicated to preserving German heritage and sharing knowledge about the German immigrant experience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Bopaiah further teaches that “engaged leaders understand that if they want to design more equitable organizations, they need to center people who have historically been pushed to the margins. That ’ s because we have been socialized to believe that receiving exactly the same thing is fair, and that difference is unfair.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I’m talking about the stuff we consume daily to keep inform of our professional field. It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! We scan, we browse, we try to thoughtfully read the best stuff, and interact through online conversations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Bopaiah further teaches that “engaged leaders understand that if they want to design more equitable organizations, they need to center people who have historically been pushed to the margins. That ’ s because we have been socialized to believe that receiving exactly the same thing is fair, and that difference is unfair.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. At one of the pre-conference master classes, I met 2 young women from Cairo. For example we use the Chinese folk story, The Empty Pot to teach kids about honesty. He called fundraising ‘a noble profession’.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation. One of things I've learned about social media and doing fundraising for causes is that you will be surprised! I'll also share some insights about instruction.

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