Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

The conversations about what constitutes an effective nonprofit social media strategy have been thought provoking. In the last few weeks, I've an opportunity to present and participate in conversations about social media, nonprofits, and foundations with those who work in philanthropy.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Instead of getting a nod of understanding or an enthusiastic question about the mission of the organization, I got a blank stare and the response, “C…F…O…?” Even larger organizations that experience growth may be wondering if their current team is well-suited to take their organization to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2006

The above powerpoint is from 1999 and excerpted from day-long workshops I used to lead when I worked at NYFA and design and ran a program called "KIT: Knowledge in Technology - Technology Planning for Arts Organizations." He defines participatory culture as a culture: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

re not creating a billboard, but rather starting a conversation -- you have to be willing to respond." " Taking it a little deeper, organizations should not go in the other direction - and be strategic in friending people. Some argue that young people acquire these key skills by interacting with popular culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The Symposium has several brief white papers about future techologies and education to jump start the discussion: It's Easy To Fall in Love with Technology by Danah Boyd. But the point is that knowledge is now externalized in our global brain of connections with colleagues and other organizations. Wait a minute!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

In fact, a survey we conducted indicates many people expect help to arrive within one hour of posting a request on an emergency organization's Facebook page. We did some research around this issue and published a white paper detailing the case for integrating time-honored emergency response expertise with real-time social input.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 22, 2022

As an association, you have an opportunity to develop thought leadership content, building organization awareness, and credibility , while also meeting your members’ content needs. But how should your association organize the way members and non-members receive your content? . Members want more content. Gated content.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2017

This blog post will help you get prepared by arming you with planned giving terms and examples to help you carry the conversation! Most conversations about planned gifts don’t start with technical questions; rather, they center on donors’ wishes to have an impact on the organization’s needs. and Canada is around $57,000.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

My firm guides leaders and organizations in strategic plans and governance processes that deepens social change, racial justice, stakeholder engagement and community strength. Is your organization working off of a strategic plan? So it looks like is your organization working off a strategic plan? And let me just skip this.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Thompson discusses the 3 Paradigms for Identifying the Future Leaders of Your organization , presenting eight strategic alternatives to identifying a leader for your organization. This isn’t new, it’s just amped up” says company culture expert Josh Levine, author of Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Employees Love.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

As the idea of a school walkout and the March for our Lives took shape, advocacy organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety offered to help with logistics and planning , but the students themselves still led the work. Digital tools give all of us the power to organize campaigns on short notice – all we need is time and passion.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Using your organization’s vision and your messaging. You want to stay true to your organization’s mission, values and vision. And that is how you get the results of them buying into your organization, buying into your message, wanting to donate. So I did a briefing of my own organization.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 10, 2014

In her post, 6 Steps to Creating The Fundraising Results You Really Want , she gives you tips to building a systematic fundraising plan that will get your entire organization on board. Facebook’s desire to move the messenger component of their site into an application of its own is stirring a lot of conversation. What worked?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2014

For a refresher, my 2013 piece Non-Technology Trends for the CIO and a 2011 white paper for the Association of Fundraising Professionals on similar topics may be good places to start and worth a read as well.). And, for better or worse, this New Normal is not going away anytime soon. Working Smarter. Maintaining top-line growth (e.g.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

The term platform cooperativism is relatively new, introduced in 2014 by Trebor Scholz, associate professor of culture and media at the New School in New York City. 35 The Open Food Network, an international platform cooperative, has a focus on helping local farmers connect to customers with sales of their organic harvest.

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