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 facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

I learned so much about the digital challenges facing Asian NGOs, how these are similar or different from NGOs in other regions, met and connect with amazing people, and was inspired by the speakers I heard and the workshops I took for my own learning. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. These were workshops at Cause Camp , Global Giving , and the Hartford Foundation. I did not have a remote audience.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is a perfect fundraising idea for late April or early May because you can use catalogs that feature Mother’s Day presents to motivate people to make a purchase. Spring decorating competition Since many people like to decorate their homes for holidays and seasons, why not host a little competition?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2022

First up were our co-hosts from Arctic Basecamp, who had set up camp in front of Hotel Schatzalp, with a big tent for presentations and several smaller tents for sleeping—a tradition now in its fifth year. As the trail opened up to the town below, we discussed the need to continue supporting young people in their fight for climate action.

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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. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2021

We were able to design virtual workshops in a matter of weeks, whereas under normal circumstances, it may have taken us months. It’s much harder to see confusion on people’s faces using Zoom—particularly if their camera isn’t on! Laura Bergman Programs Assistant, West. The COVID-19 webinar series exemplifies teamwork at Candid.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Cyclists sign up for the ride and seek out people in their network to sponsor their participation. One of the reasons that challenge events work so well is something called the “martyrdom effect” which finds people feel better about a thing if they have to undergo adversity to achieve it. Use that to your advantage! Yes, they are!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. It can help people learn faster and in a more fun and natural way. by Sharon Bowman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

I presented a master class on The Networked Nonprofit as pre-conference session, a mini-workshop on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , and a plenary session on engaging donors moderated by Macelo Jambeiro, a talented digital strategist that works for an agency called Alder & Lang and previously with Change.org.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

We’re so excited to unite all the best people, resources and ideas the sector has to offer under one roof. During snack breaks, collaboration workshops, breakout sessions and happy hours, you’ll mingle with like-minded attendees and inevitably make some new friends. Cause Camp 2019 is just one month away! Connections.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 18, 2017

Our students engaged in three days of workshops and brainstorming sessions across a wide variety of topics, including: leveraging social entrepreneurship, organizing grassroots social movements, and building strategic partnerships. Another highlight was hearing ASU alum Bill Roske present on the topic of Human Centered Design.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2022

As one of the Customer Support Representatives for Accelevents, I’m one of your go-to people when it comes to answering inquiries related to your organizers, speakers, exhibitors, and attendees alike! If you do not give them a ticket, your speakers can still enter the event and present in their assigned sessions. #5

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

"I think as cooks there's something sort of innate in us that's about sharing and being generous and giving to people." She's known for the Pop-Up General Store , Tartine Afterhours dinners , Home Ec Cooking Classes , and the nationwide Bakesale for Japan that raised $140,000. workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The learners will space out and come back to attention but not as at the high level at they did at the beginning of the presentation. This mirrors what you might do in a face-to-face workshop.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2012

From time to time, we at TechSoup highlight webinars from our webinar donor partners and former presenters. Approximately 75 percent of nonprofits* have no formal budget for recruitment – that’s where the power of social recruiting can help you gain an edge on finding the best people for the job. From ReadyTalk.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2017

I wanted to go to panels I knew I could benefit and learn new from, so I went to workshops surrounding the topics of: multi-sector collaboration, representation and diversity, managing volunteers, activist philanthropy, and social enterprises. This only motivates me more to continue in research.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

In addition to the info-packed sessions and workshops, these conferences provide invaluable opportunities to connect with other fundraisers, share ideas, and encourage each other. . There are tons of sessions, workshops, and roundtables to choose from, and they cover an unbelievably broad range of topics. They’re the best!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. My Theme for the Year: Happy, Healthy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech Slides View more presentations from kanter. PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. I learned a lot about how to begin to adapt the game process for people with a program orientation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It shows that attention is the sharpest during the first 10 minutes of the lectures, then plummets, and then gradually goes back up but not to the same level. That means talking non-stop for more than 10 minutes, people start to tune out. It is far less work to slap together a powerpoint presentation and prepare the content.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 20, 2011

I was first introduced to this concept in a volunteer management class. During the workshop, we received a workbook that included two three-circled Venn diagrams of its own. The first diagram focuses on the three "P's" of corporate social responsibility: people , profit , and planet. Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and stories. I loved hearing Isadora Faber, a pre-teen girl who lives in Florianópolis and creator of page Daily Class on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising. 3) Cooking classes. Many people love to eat, but many of us aren’t as close to being culinary experts as we would like to be. As an added benefit these types of classes are often easy to broadcast live. 5) Online classes. 7) Shopping.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2014

The oath reads: I will get things done for America - to make our people safer, smarter, and healthier. This event also provided a workshop for parents about Be a Leader’s resources to help their children go on to college. We’re Public Allies Arizona Class of 2014 and we all are going to keep getting things done for America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

There are some people who have been involved for many years and they are not treated as “the old guard” or behave in that way. Each presenter gave a summary of their campaign as follows: The Genesis: How did it get started? After they presented, we had a discussion between the three of us and then brought in the audience.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

ACCP: The Conference features General Sessions, Learning Labs, Workshops, and The Masters’ Series. With robots in warehouses, bots on social media, and algorithms thinking for us - it's sometimes hard to figure out the place for people. Presented in collaboration with African American Development Officers Network (AADO).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Combat information overload — and accomplish more in less time and with less effort and stress — with this donated three-part webinar series from People-OnTheGo. These programs make it easier to hold meetings or training sessions by allowing staff or constituents from around the world call in to your conferences and presentations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present? Before the appointment, I decided to go to my favorite belly dance fitness class, ShimmyPop! I wanted to go to one last dance class before the doctor told me I couldn't anymore; a last meal sort of thing. at Hipline.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers. Brahm Ahmadi: Sure.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

ACCP: The Conference features General Sessions, Learning Labs, Workshops, and The Masters’ Series. Presented in collaboration with African American Development Officers Network (AADO). The Conference itself includes philanthropy classes ranging from individual donors, planned giving, and marketing/social media subjects.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. Community science workshops. I haven't found a centralized resource that is presenting information about these institutions, so I'm going to start writing more about them. Skill-sharing free schools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2006

From one of my favorite edtech blogger, Alan Levine (fellow lab lover) comes this Flickrtation - using flickr for a presentation. Here's what they say about the this new genre This presention is being completely delivered as a flickr photoset. I really like the use of flickr for presentations instead of powerpoint.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. Some people can pinpoint one particular moment during which their lives took a new turn. Other people experience a series of moments that build upon one another.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. When we have a critical mass of new people, anywhere from 3-7 a month, I try to explain the project as briefly as possible. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

In defining your target audience, too, keep the intended outcome in mind: Which people are actually in a position to act on your information? How research or any type of findings are packaged and presented can impact how readily the knowledge is put into practice.". Evaluation. impacts on decision making).

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