Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 12, 2023

Here are a few examples of for-profit organizations: The Alliance: A group of 13 “associations” that began from a Slack group and are now the number one education platform for companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Know who your competitors are, what they offer, and how your programs stand out. Level up onboarding.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2023

Let’s look at my career, product marketing as an example. Product marketing is a career that has completely evolved and grown over the last decade. Have an honest conversation with your board about the competition and how it will impact your organization. Know your competition. Level up onboarding.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Bellevue, Washington: Microsoft Azure IoT Workshop. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. New York, New York: First-Generation College Graduate Networking and Philanthropy Conversation. Douala, Cameroon: Microsoft Cloud Workshop for Nonprofits.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

These tools are designed to be conversational in nature, so you can workshop and build upon each prompt until you have a first draft to make your own. Once you have a few rough bullets, you can feed them into a generative AI tool to workshop different phrasing, even tailoring your message to donor levels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This past week was a busy one for leading workshops. I also lead a workshop on social media strategy for communications professionals who work with networks, nonprofits, and foundations. Conversation is a “learning in public” tool – maybe one of the best. Social media is a conversation engine. Photo by Justin Benttinen.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. The social impact landscape in Romania is complex and exciting – you can see struggle and hope, fear and enthusiasm mixed in every conversation and every presentation. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When colleague Dan Cohen told me of his recent experience using guided imagery in a social media workshop, I thought it was definitely valuable to share with others. Ellie thought a moment of serenity in the heat of a very intensive training and cohort-building workshop might be a good idea. It was astounding.

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For example, it can result in improvements to a grant application process, which returns much stronger applications that ultimately create a bigger impact for your organization. This is just one example of how the Chicago Public Library incorporates service design into its work. Improve the user experience.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

Engaging in conversations with prospective donors and sharing the impact of the nonprofit’s work is a crucial step in building relationships and attracting vital resources. Investing eight hours to attend the annual board retreat and strategic planning workshop allows board members to contribute their insights, ideas, and expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

One thing I have noticed when co-designing workshops or gatherings with other facilitators, is that some facilitators like to specialize and or have a preference for one method or philosophy. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference. Participatory Gatherings. Any many more.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

they lead the way to new territory and keep the conversation going: Examples: What do you hope to achieve with your philanthropy? Examples: Uh. Examples: I don’t think I can change your mind on that, can I? A best practice is to record the details of your conversation in your donor database or nonprofit CRM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I’ve been facilitating nonprofit workshops and staff retreats focused on creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. Most recently, I facilitated this workshop with staff at Lightful , a social media platform for nonprofits based in London where I am currently a senior advisor. It is one of many HR & Culture Slack Apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

Take for example the # AskACurator hashtag created by a digital expert who works with museums almost five years ago and still active today. The conversation was tweeted and re-tweeted thousands of times, and people joined in the fun. If your nonprofit has an example, please share in the comments.). Here are the best practices.

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APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. Melissa Hill Dees and Sandi Zellner’s conversational session, “Have You Considered the Consequences?”,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

While many may be tempted to deny this occurrence, nonprofit leaders can use this as an opportunity to champion the charge against inequality and lead by example within their own organizations. Attending workshops where leadership can learn about recognizing bias, DEI terms, and more. Lead From the Top.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Providing educational materials, workshops, or seminars on estate planning and the benefits of making a planned gift, in person and via online video, is crucial. Use clear and simple language and include testimonials or examples relevant to their life stage. Older donors often appreciate storytelling and nostalgia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

That's a video blog post I did to demonstrate how a simple technique for creating effective videos using your cell phone or digital camera and placing it one the web, in this example, on YouTube. While the workshop wasn't a handson video workshop, I did something along those lines in Cambodia - the curriculum is here.).

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AUGUST 25, 2022

As a nonprofit professional or leader, your days are full of conversations. For example, you can deliver more relevant volunteer training sessions or distinguish between engaging with newer vs. older employees. For example: . For example, public speaking prowess can help improve your: . connecting with younger donors.

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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. Everyone loves a good story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Roxanne Darling presenting Many thanks to Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells for organizing fantastic Social Media Workshop. Chris Heuer started off with a talk called "Conversations Aren't Marketing" Listening What is Social Media? .   Having conversations with people and always has.   

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

What tools and techniques do you use to create good conversations on your blog? Do you have an awesome example of a conversation on your blog or one that you've started elsewhere? I'm doing a workshop in Cambodia called " Five Steps to Khmer 2.0 This workshop was remixed from Associations 2.0 Answer questions.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

The usage of hashtags and links have been widely adopted by Twitter users and can allow for remote conversations and event participation. Joining a Larger Conversation. Doing so not only supports the constituents you directly converse with but also shows the value your organization places on transparent communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

The other day of I saw the term "Conversation Graph" in a title on a post by Brian Solis. The Conversation Graph Has Gotten More Complex. Click to see larger image And, blogging was not just about conversations on your home base, but also on other blogs. For example, these are the stats for the above post.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

In a Community Science Workshop. A couple months ago, I visited a Community Science Workshop for the first time in Watsonville, CA. I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. How are Workshop locations selected?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 18, 2020

If you hired me as a consultant, chances are we would have a conversation at some point where I would say to you, "Stop! Setting a Chief Initiative Choosing Priority Projects If you've found this post helpful, you may enjoy this webinar recording that is a 90-minute guided workshop on planning. You're shaving the yak!"

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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

APRIL 9, 2013

At the end of the month, I’ll be facilitating a workshop at the 92nd Street Y in NYC call “ Social Media Mindsets and Toolsets for Nonprofit ,” an interactive workshop is for executive directors and organizational leaders that work for nonprofits and want to learn tips and techniques for scaling social in their organizations.

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NetWits

MAY 18, 2011

I refer to it in my email marketing workshops, and I want to get the word out about it! I ran a quick scan of an Australian website as an example for this post and pulled up the following results: Your Customer Focus Rate: 26.32% ( 10 customer-focused words). There is a fantastic tool that I’ve been using for a while now.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. Check it out!

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Have the same conversation with your board members. Here’s an example: The executive director and development director are responsible for the success of the day-to-day fundraising operations. This is a great opportunity to teach your board about fundraising and workshop their skills. Provide Support and Trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. see for example the post about blogging policy ).

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 31, 2022

This question came to mind after teaching two recent workshops where I walked people through a couple of activities that help them tell their own story. Naturally, I had to lead by example in my talk and share a few of my own stories. At first, it can feel unnerving and like I’ve thrown them into the deep end.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2014

Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share. That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. “Look across rows versus columns, for example.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

For example, they may be concerned about the amount of time or specific topics address. Having a opening that creates the space for participants to ask questions, air concerns, and get everyone on the same page is a good idea. (4) A Few Examples of Good Openers. It maximizes the opportunity for people to connect and be comfortable.

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