Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Not long after, I was leading a workshop in Alaska at a nonprofit conference, and we had another chance to connect. This book is a manifesto for mindset change in our sector, raising the conversations about the importance of self-care. Let us know if you have some ideas, examples, or tips to share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2008

During my time in Sydney, I spent a day with meeting with the staff at the Powerhouse Museum and Seb Chan who writes the Museum's blog, Fresh + New(er) and who I have had many virtual conversations with via our blogs but have not met face-to-face. and have an informal workshop with members of the marketing staff and curators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta. Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. The workshop was hosted by Compasspoint , with support from the Lucile and David Packard Foundation. For example, note their call to action right on the YouTube video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Here’s a couple of techniques that I try to use every time I do a workshop, presentation, keynote, or other instruction. Then I interviewed them. It was very informative, judging from the conversation and the tweets. One insight is that the denial stage is about the perceived lack of time to collect and analyze data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The guide provides some good diagnostic questions as well as two excellent examples of how to understand organizational culture. ” Here’s the advice: Define the capacity building theory of change and then design different investment approaches that support – individual grants, training workshops, or peer learning networks.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

A facilitated workshop will put the five EI competencies on everyone’s radar. For example, a job interview, performance evaluation, or strategy decision. These games are a springboard for further conversation around emotions, empathy, collaboration, and relationship building. Start slowly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

I attend a lot of conferences , but mostly as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or panelist. We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). The best part is when the audience joins the conversation.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

In the education department, we have some key values around slowing down, conversation and participation around art, and deep looking. We partnered with the Film Center to conduct workshops with community organizations around personal object storytelling. First, the screen asks if you want to watch an example story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

The Smithsonian is an excellent example. Shouldn't these types of conversations take place behind the firewall, shrouded in mystery? Does your nonprofit have an example of transparency and openness in doing its work that is supported by social media? Guest Post by Michael Edson: Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy v 1.0.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

However, it is important to have a mix – examples from other fields and countries. If participants can see themselves in the case studies and examples, there is less resistance. For example, on Day 2 we covered strategy and social media integration. 3. Create A World Fusion Curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

A few weeks ago, I presented a workshop at the Bay Area Video Coalition Nonprofit Institution. For example, they have a film called "That's A Family" takes a look at family diversity. (I The nonprofits in this workshop, for the most part, deliver programs and services that address sensitive topics. by Ken Fischer.

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APRIL 15, 2014

For example, along with the financial report, consider a discussion of long-run implications of certain revenue or cost trends. For example, you could take the standard strategic planning issues focusing on organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis). 8) Interview the Executive Director.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Today, an interview with staff from a museum with an incredibly healthy attitude towards experimentation with social media. Three things stand out in this interview: Like the Brooklyn Museum , COSI’s social media strategy is focused on local community connections, not national outreach. I think, sadly, that we all know the answer.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Many museums produce superb lesson plans, curator interviews and artist interviews for the web. Conversation has been key to Smarthistory’s success, and we’ve worked with several museums to facilitate the creation of conversation-based content. But there are other content models we can explore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I was presenting a strategic technology workshop at one of their conferences. He didn’t do the “sage of the stage&# thing, he gave ample opportunities for the audience digest the ideas he shared as well as engage them in conversation. Alison Carl White from NPower Seattle has a good summary on her blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. And this all starts with a conversation. ve presented my 15SecondPitch workshop at: Streetwise Partners and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Why did you launch your company?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. In the education department, we have some key values around slowing down, conversation and participation around art, and deep looking. First, the screen asks if you want to watch an example story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

The prelude to this interview is a tale of networking weaving. A few months ago, I created a workshop called " Arts 2.0 " which was a strategic social media for arts organizations workshop. I was trying to make two points during the workshop. s what makes it fun. In addition, we???ve

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. Participate in workshops, lead a workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I’ve been tasked with designing and facilitating a session for trainers during our two-day e-Mediat networked nonprofit and social media bootcamps in Jordan and Morocco. The training for the NGOs that have completed the 5 workshops from the different countries over the past year. Working in Cohorts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you're following. For example, a one-way connection on Twitter is someone who follows you, but you don't follow back. For example, on Twitter, a strong tie could be two nodes or people that engage consistently in two-way conversation. Someone you know well enough to call.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And you all got to know Elizabeth because she’s all over the place speaking, she’s doing podcasts, she’s getting interviewed. We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation. So we have three key goals for our conversation this afternoon or morning depending on where you are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. the skills identified in this workshop or sessions at the upcoming NTC designed to look at change issues that technology surfaces from the viewpoint of executive directors or IT staff might help. Teresa Crawford is in Kiev in the Ukraine doing a workshop on Web2.0 So, you want to build a MashUp?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I designed electricity workshops for families. For the second interview, I even built a little lie detector and brought it in. I had this dream that I would write about a topic they cared about, send them an email about it, and maybe the conversation would go somewhere. Find a starting point for conversation.

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APRIL 22, 2009

After the workshop, I wondered how @wellstoneaction planned their Twitter usage-- were they really some sort of non-profit advocacy Twitter mastermind, as Id suspected? Also, are there any specific examples of a "Twitter success" that you can share? Some days are more on one end than others, but overall that is our goal.

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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. Find support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I'm also using this for the upcoming WeAreMedia Workshop in San Francisco which has a section on experiments and measurement. As Wendy Harman, Red Cross Social Media Manager, observes, "When Katrina hit, we knew people are talking but we’re not listening to conversation. More on that later. This was over two years ago.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

As someone interviewing for a top job, how can you detect warning signs of organizational system decay *before* your professional credibility is on the line? Just look at the workshop session titles for 1 or 2 recent conferences for organizations like this. The Seven Questions. Do you have a documented succession plan? this trend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. Gave an example of Feet First: Bought a chicken suit and you had to help the chicken cross the road. What would ngos look like if they were completely virtual?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

I view mistakes as opportunities, so I took this chance to do an interview with Michael Stein (east) and perhaps help avoid any name confusion (at least on my part). I see five Michael Stein's (not counting myself) in my LinkedIn Network, for example. And, the one who lives on the East Coast, this Michael Stein is the co-host!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. And during breaks from sessions, did a lot of media interviews. Finally, I taught two social media strategy workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners before having two days to get a taste of India and then a 24 hour journey home. . I'm still recovering.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

” Here’s my conversation with Sam. We serve thousands more through webinars, our blog, articles, and just one-off conversations with organizations who call in, don’t need our services, but do need a little direction. Sam Chenkin: This question is exactly why we built the Office 365 DIY workshop series.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

Having courageous conversations about race and injustice isn’t easy. Resources like the UNtraining , Beyond Separation , and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) can be helpful and also have specific workshops you can attend. Ask and Listen. Many cities have a local MLK march or volunteer activation. The post 7 Ways to Honor Dr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

On Friday, I leave for Beirut for co-lead a series of Train the Trainers workshops as part of the E-Mediat Project , a capacity building project for NGOs to learn social media skills. For example, everyone had to use the same font. It turned up the volume on this important conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Note from Beth: This one of my favorite photos of a workshop I designed and facilitated at SXSW called “ Peer Learning Session for Nonprofit Social Media Managers.” Online Community Examples. We’re always looking for additional examples. Trasi, an online community for conversations about social impact assessment.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

Again, a little bit about what I do, I do workshops, board retreats, webinars, coaching, and consulting. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

I also facilitated several workshops for London-based nonprofit CEOs and communications directors on developing a strategy for their leadership profiles on social and internal champions (board, staff, and volunteers). This post is a roundup of what I learned from the speakers at the conference and some reflections on the workshops.

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