Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

Twitter Doubles Character Count: Twitter officially doubled the character count for all users last November, 2017 after testing it. I use moments to create stories based on Tweets from conferences or workshops that I’ve presented. Here are some tips on using Tweetstorms. Here’s an example of using Moments from a Museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. How Strong Is Your Social Net? Greatest Challenges.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

She was more than happy to share what her and her team learned about the planning and execution of a large virtual conference, and how you can apply these lessons to your nonprofit’s next event. Alexa’s team reviews post-session and post-event feedback surveys from attendees to get direct insight into the attendees’ personal experiences.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

Whether or not lead retrieval is your main event marketing goal or part of a bigger marketing strategy, one which includes thought leadership or brand awareness, a hybrid event or a virtual event can create opportunities for your brand to develop more distinct brand personas, categorize your target audience, and test out email marketing campaigns.

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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! If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

You still have money to raise, and years of testing and research shows donors are central to your mission —not just a means to an end. Now, in particular, it’s important to survey and interview donors so you can learn from them directly about what is keeping them up at night. Test new approaches, channels, formats, and ideas.

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Forum One

MAY 7, 2009

While the technology is getting better and better ( here's a good list of options ), putting on a good web conference still requires some preparation and practice. For a large or high profile meeting, do a test run with 1 or 2 international participants. Below are some helpful tips. Before the meeting. After the meeting.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

The knowledge one can gleam from this tool is practically endless–and the resulting testing and site modifications one can make, even more so. A new version of Google Analytics is currently in Beta testing and a future web post will address what you should know before using. Google Analytics Dashboard.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

You can test their camera, lighting, and audio. Some platforms focus on virtual trade shows while others are better suited to a conference environment, while others still are useful for virtual meetings and webinars. One of the biggest errors you can make as an event planner is to skip the post-event survey.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specific services include donor database management, prospect identification, direct mail testing and analysis, online giving optimization, telephone solicitation surveys and custom reporting for all aspects of your organization’s fundraising efforts. Chase Solutions, Inc. Website: [link]. Based in Cape Cod, Mass.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

After some results from routine tests during my annual physical, my doctor informed me that my cholesterol was high. ”Start exercising more and stop eating bacon cheese burgers ” were the doctor’s orders and we’ll retest in 6 months. .” Are there other benefits? What are the challenges? last month.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2012

Featured in this week’s round up are discounted conference registrations and new fundraising tools. Food and Water Watch has put together a survey to test your knowledge. TabTimes has extended a special invitation for NTEN members for their conference, “ How to Deploy Tablets in the Enterprise ,” April 27, in New York City.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Green room – Host an audio conference with fellow organizers before the presentation begins. Content library – Store reusable content, including documents, surveys, and recordings. Tests and materials – Design tests for use before, during, or after a training session. GoToWebinar.

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

The long and short of it is that the Digital Fundraising Summit is a virtual conference designed to help nonprofit marketers and fundraisers thrive in today’s digital-first world. It’s Free: You can register for free to attend the 2-day conference! We’ve got you covered. But, free space is limited. Save your seat asap! +

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to a survey conducted by Vimeo , these digital trends are expected to stay. If you are hosting a virtual conference or virtual webinar, then you might want to lean towards a pre-recorded style event. Or, buy your own green screen and put your video editing skills to the test!

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

Whether or not lead retrieval is your main event marketing goal or part of a bigger marketing strategy, one which includes thought leadership or brand awareness, a hybrid event or a virtual event can create opportunities for your brand to develop more distinct brand personas, categorize your target audience, and test out email marketing campaigns.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Specific services include donor database management, prospect identification, direct mail testing and analysis, online giving optimization, telephone solicitation surveys and custom reporting for all aspects of your organization’s fundraising efforts. Chase Solutions, Inc. Website: [link]. Based in Cape Cod, Mass.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

You can view the videos and presentations on the conference materials page. Systems are non-linear, complex, and dynamic. But on the other hand, traditional evaluation models are: Focused on model testing. Key Informant/Stakeholder Surveys and Interviews. There deep dive sessions for each method. Here are my notes.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Using Citrix Online products, you can conduct online meetings, trainings, and video conferences. Detailed reporting: Create reports that show poll, question-and-answer, and survey data, as well as attendee interest levels and registration information. Citrix Online Web Conferencing. Learn more about the GoToTraining discount program.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

Conference apps help organize virtual conference events, offering features like schedule management and attendee networking. Some of the tools this platform offers includes customizable event apps, registration and ticketing, live polling, surveys, and analytics. Test and launch your event page.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Nancy Roach, our founder, casually surveyed some of us early stakeholders to decide on a name. An example of our early "brand" circa 2005 Like everything else that has gone well in my career, it started with a NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference). They sent out surveys. Why did we do this?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2020

W e successfully hosted our first fully virtual and truly global conference , bbcon 2020. COVID-19 pressure has tested existing EdTech needs and processes, especially in the areas of support for online students. We had a record-breaking 38,000+ registrants from 70 countries and h igher ed was the largest group in attendance.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

How about sending out informational surveys about how to improve the workplace? Here are some ideas for employee engagement for both businesses and nonprofits: General Employee Engagement Ideas These involvement initiative ideas are tried and tested in both business and nonprofit settings: Professional development opportunities.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Marketing platform : Grow your donor network with email marketing tools and insights, donor surveys, and communications audit tools.

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NTEN

JUNE 23, 2014

Then we’re also in the process of diving into the actual hard data available to us through Google Analytics and a full content audit; we will supplement this further with targeted interviews and surveys for the community to help weigh in on various parts of the project. We’ve dug up some good-looking online tools to open up usability testing.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

Whether you plan to hold a simple webinar or are thinking of something larger, like a multi-day conference, virtual events allow you to create content that leads to conversations and interactions between the brand and your target audience. . Begin by conducting a post-event survey. Real-time attendees. Download volumes.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 28, 2021

According to a survey conducted by Vimeo , these digital trends are expected to stay. If you are hosting a virtual conference or virtual webinar, then you might want to lean towards a pre-recorded style event. Or, buy your own green screen and put your video editing skills to the test!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Yesterday I went along to the Mobile and Digital Conference in London , organised by Fundraising magazine, to hear first-hand about how, in a fast-changing world, charities are using social, mobile and digital media to reach new audiences and raise more money. Author: Julia Woodcock. So what were some of the main themes from the day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. Imagine sitting around a conference table planning an upcoming project that involves user-generated content. Scientists design the test questions, steer the data collection, and analyze the results.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Today I presented on a “featured session” at the United Way Community Leaders Conference in Grapevine, Texas. The conference theme was “Working Together in the Era of the Individual.” Here’s an example of some survey questions you should ask. Did it help move the needle? Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

” Survey your audience 5-6 months about mobile usage (yes it changes that fast!) Sample survey. Also, it gave me an opportunity to test a recipe for facilitating these types of sessions – more about that to come in a trainer’s note book post.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. Dd is also testing low cost drones that locals can use and repair to perform aerial photography and surveying. " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

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. Up to 15 users can meet and collaborate in secure online web and phone conferences with GoToMeeting. Meetings and webinars can also be recorded for future use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’m thrilled to be spending a few days in London where I am keynoting The Future of Social conference hosted by Social Misfits Media. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. And, they have generosity in their genes.

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

An analysis through an in-depth survey accompanied by a few short one-on-one interviews with the projected user base and decision makers within the organization can aid tremendously. Almost all LMS vendors will provide a demo or trial period for testing their product before your purchase. Recent Post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

I've been preparing for a Leadership Conference with TCG (Theatre Communications Group, the service organizations for theatre companies) on strategic social media.   As part of the preparation, we surveyed participants for their burning questions and that's how I created the content. . 

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