Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

In our quest we have interviewed, and continue to interview, top brands engaged in social media for social good. And those that choose poorly are subject to being the conduits to green washing, pink washing, and any other kind of washing you can imagine. What are some of the worst examples? If so, how?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my November 3rd interview with Kimberly for the Big Vision Podcast. Our conversation began with Kimberly explaining what Tranquil Space Foundation is, and why she started it. I always have a nice cup of green tea first thing in the morning. Also, hot baths, I'm a hot bath girl, every night.

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To achieve this balance, Hampton encourages creativity, stating that traditional recruitment and interview tactics do not provide much information about how candidates will fit into daily life. It is vital to ensure those in key leadership positions are trustworthy and lead by example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. Humberto Kam, Senior Manager of Online Communications for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, was kind enough sit down for an interview recently. The Pocket Guides are a great resource and conversation starters. Tell me about Seafood Watch.

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JUNE 7, 2011

This piece is part of an occasional series we do at GreenTech to profile leaders in the Green IT field. publication, Green IT For Dummies. There are now many general books on green IT, but Green IT For Dummies remains one of the most readable and practical introductions to the field for people in small and medium sized offices.

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“ If your event has multiple remote guest speakers, have a staff member dedicated to run a green room (preparation room). We worked directly with their team to set up interviews. Hashtags serve as a great way to encourage continued conversation online. Get a Free Social Media Planner for Your Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

A couple things I discovered by following participants' ant trails: The Bay Versus the Bay: This was an excellent example of how social media strategy can support behavior change or action. For example, note their call to action right on the YouTube video. See the interview I did for Arrive Magazine , pages 34-37).

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The first example gets the message across, but it’s somewhat dry and dull, and the donation request feels like a gentle suggestion. On the other hand, the second example uses urgency, a timeline, and power words to inspire immediate action. What key ingredient is missing in the first example? Include images of people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I can't remember the details of our conversation, except that he used a lot of words beginning with "C": courage, commitment, calling, creativity. You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Interview with Jonathon Colman. Harry: A Green Geek. Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. What is your blog conversation strategy? Twitter is the Second Highest Referral After Google. Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. So in the case of big companies, like Starbucks, for example, we've made a good start. What is Starbucks relationship with Fair Trade? But it's only a start.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2010

You can listen to our conversation on the player below, or on iTunes , as well as read an edited transcript of the interview. You have some examples of climate-friendly farming practices. Can you talk a little bit about some examples, and anecdotes about what is working, and some possible solutions for this problem?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. It probably isn't too early to start thinking about that busy year-end online fundraising season.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

If you're at the conference, hand me an index card the URL of a web resource that you discovered in a session or informal conversation, write a brief description, and hand it to me while at the conference. The Bamboo Project points to two excellent examples of technology stewardship from the World Grows Wide blog.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Example of what a branded campaign page could look like. You could use surveys, interviews, or even study your past campaign performance data to identify patterns. Putting Design Elements Into Practice Let’s consider an example. But it’s not just about aesthetics; your design should have a purpose and tell a story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Donor databases like Little Green Light , Bloomerang , and Kindful do so much more than just track donations. You can make notes about your conversations and what people express interest in. For example, Wednesday is accounting day every week. For example, every day from 9am-11am is emailing/correspondence time.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

But this week, I got the opportunity to interview Jason Nelson, creator of digital art and avant garde game wonder game, game, game, and again game and how could I resist? When I lived in Bowling Green, the museums in Ohio used to bother me with exhibitions like The Art of Star Wars. Can you give me an example? Okay, I lied.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And I’m going to tell you how to get them to do it and what the conversation should be about as we go through this because I think a lot of times a lot of people focus in on asking and that is not what it’s about. ” And when you’re interviewing those candidates, of course, you’re going to ask some questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. You can also listen to our conversation on iTunes. I'm going to be green. We interview the teams. For example, if you are a food company, you would get someone like Jim Harris who is a board member of ICA. We go to your site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

The second topic started percolating at last year's SXSW Social Media for Social Good BBQ and a question - so where are the good examples and techniques? We also asked the community to vote and rate the examples. Invisible People uses crowd sourcing to select the best stories and interviews. A funny thing happened.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So the question here is, you know, when you look at your workflow, how much of your time is spent actually having these face-to-face conversations with your donors? . The volunteer did not ask for money, but they had a nice pleasant half-hour conversation. . Are you hiding and avoiding them? . If not, chat will work for this.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Guest Post Written By: Victoria Greene. Guest Post: Victoria Greene is a branding consultant and freelance writer. increase in customer service conversations on Twitter. For 15 minutes the nonprofit conducted interviews with first responders and medical staff while providing live updates.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

all the green is WhatsApp. So people right now are on WhatsApp and we can use it as a way to start a new channel of conversation with people that is complimentary to how we already communicate with volunteers, with donors, with, you know, our support base. So, for example, is it a hierarchical culture? So this is.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. Make conversation with your team. So, skip the praise and give positive feedback that is more uplifting to your employees because it goes to the heart of their job performance and what they actually do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Always Follow Through Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. Make conversation with your team. If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her. If you say youll send a team member a report, do so.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Make conversation with your team. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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