Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

Pinterest has a completely different culture than the other major social networking sites. Users pin images, videos, and articles that reflect who they want to be, places they want to travel, things they want to try. It’s not about what you are eating in the moment or your current vacation photos. Pinterest is aspirational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. ” So I set up a series of photos depicting different body language and different situations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Photos: I rounded up the photos and screen captured important tweets and put them into Flickr here. The exercise was to describe a series of stages that nonprofits go through to get to a data-informed culture. Video: Our session was lived streamed and we have a video.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

If a metric isn’t reflective of the impact they want to make, then why collect it? We are committed to fostering an organizational culture that encourages diversity of perspective, respectful dissent, and continuous learning, both internally and externally.

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Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

He then went on to say that he loves “being a beacon and helping out my culture, people of color.” As I reflect on my own playbook for being an emergent learner , being part of a learning collective is central to how I catalyze my own continuous improvement journey. The mistakes you make, you make in front of the world.”

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

Additionally, there is a risk that language AI systems can misunderstand special vocabulary or cultural language. Anyone considering how to use AI ethically should reflect on their work: what constitutes harm, and how AI can help. This reflection should generate criteria by which to establish ethical guidelines.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

I figure I should practice what I preach, so here are some photos from my fun Friday in Berkeley and Oakland with a Move, Play, Reflect, Connect twist. I made some progress in the next book we're reading for my virtual social change book club : Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture. A super fun Friday!

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If staff interact more with AI tools than with one another to complete tasks, it reduces the well-documented benefits of informal conversations of building an effective workplace culture, onboarding new staff, and improving staff retention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

We discussed what the reaction to failure does to us as individuals and how it can create a risk-adverse culture in our nonprofits. Many of the 1500 people in the room at NTC agree with us, but the challenge is when they go back to the office – culture change is needed. More about that later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush. 1: Make Time Everyday for Reflection: Keep a Journal. The first step is self-awareness and that happens through tracking and observing yourself in work situations that trigger stress. One way to do this is to build in some reflection time into your day and maintain a journal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Flickr photo by Geoff Livingston. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. for my journal or my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” Here they are: My Three Rituals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. It is really hard to carve out time to take a step back and reflect on what has gone well, what hasn’t, and what to do next. As the leader, she is creating a culture of flexibility. . Tags: reflection scholar. The organization is a Packard Foundation grantee.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

During certain moments – such as natural disasters – they quickly pivot planned content to be more contextual and reflect new priorities. The organization assesses potential posts to determine their alignment with its messaging strategy, brand voice, audience insights, historical performance, and cultural tones and considerations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2015

Photo by Jim Nickerson. Photo by Jim Nickerson. Motivation and Organizational Culture: Individual motivation is very important to integrating movement into your work. In some organizations, it is a stealth activity – that is people walk together informally a lunch time for the health benefit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Group Photo with Certificates. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. Quiet Reflection: Socoot. 1. In Jordan, we did the Debka, a Lebanese dance. 11. What does it mean to be a “Master Trainer?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I really enjoy teaching in different cultural contexts and observing different learning styles and approaches to working for a nonprofit. When discussing the ideas in The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , people in Finland have figured out keeping calm versus fire drill culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

In her book, Fisher outlines how collectively we can permanently build a more inclusive way of working into corporate culture to launch more women to the highest echelons of business. Consider using blind resumes (which include no name, photos, or details about gender or race). Recognize unconscious biases and how they hold you back.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2011

They collaborated on this photo essay that demonstrates the simplicity and power of their vision. We found one of our favorite photos on Flickr, taken by Austrian photographer Thom Trauner, who captures the essence of the issue. And to reflect in this collage of images and quotations the gritty realities of daily practice.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As you begin planning your final fundraising push for the Season of Giving, make a point of honoring multiple faiths and cultures by creating a more inclusive end-of-year appeal. When you can authentically rejoice in special days across religions and cultures, you’re giving a gift of recognition and welcome to all of your constituents.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

While we were busy catching up on sleep, we also spent a lot of time reflecting on the experience. NTCwinning 1: The Community Photo by Trav Williams You. NTCwinning 3: Napkins Photo by Trav Williams We were sure glad that Max Ward made an extra trip to replace the napkins lost in the mail for Dan Roam’s keynote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Yet, many nonprofits are loosing productivity and less creative because they are trapped in a culture of sitting. We know sitting too much is bad for your health , but the culture norm at work is sitting, whether it be around a meeting table with other people or in front of a computer screen. .” A Walking Culture at Work.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Selecting photos for your brand in a deliberate and thoughtful way makes your organization more inclusive. It also has the power to make our culture more equitable for everyone. Every day, we constantly see photos of people—in social media, on websites, on television, in advertisements, in print, and in our daily environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. And, get direct access to practical tools that you can use within your organization.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

This is not actually a photo from the dialogue series. We refrained from taking photos, because we wanted to foster an atmosphere of candor and comfort as grantors and grantees engaged in conversation about a difficult topic. However, it is a favorite photo from another recent Tech Networks of Boston event.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Make sure it’s authentic and true to your organization’s culture. On photo-sharing platforms, you should always make sure to use eye-catching images and graphics to drive engagement and get people’s attention. You don’t ever want to post blurry photos or pictures with content that doesn’t accurately reflect your organization’s values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Note from Beth: Blocking out time for your nonprofit’s staff to do planning and work on areas like organizational culture is essential for success. There would be plenty of activities that asked me to think hard, interact with colleagues, move around the room, and spend some time in personal reflection. There would be follow-up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Flickr Photo by neoporcupine. ” Being data-informed is something very different from a data-driven culture. Data-informed cultures are not slaves to their data. Data-informed cultures have the conscious use of assessment, revision, and learning built into the way they plan, manage, and operate. Why Not Data-Driven?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2017

Note from Beth: I recently facilitated a Happy Healthy Nonprofit workshop on bringing a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. We discussed the importance of leadership modeling and supporting a culture of wellbeing. We’re also seeing some great photos of the walks folks are taking. Photographic Evidence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

" I think about that photo when I think about a culture of giving. Mani has a new post called " Influence of Culture on Giving " riffing on an earlier post where I mused out loud about what influence culture has on giving. And culture. It probably distills down to the influence of culture.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

We''re grateful for the articles, blog posts, videos, photos, and more from the 14LCS community. All of us all NTEN are amazed (but not too surprised, really) by the degree of engagement at the 14LCS, and by the movement of individual ideas into actionable projects during the Idea Accelerator. Did we miss anything?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

And I talked about some of the challenges of finding the right income and expense models for a museum that operates more like a community center than a traditional cultural institution. The lead photo on this post is from a project I saw when I visited last spring. Creating her own versions of classic board games like Guess Who?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Flickr Photo by AstridWestvang. The book looks at how individuals can avoid burnout through self-care and how nonprofits can support it – through activities that promote well-being, cultural cues, or an overall strategy. How cultural norms influence participation. Our values reflect this commitment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2015

Flickr Photo by Ale Nunez. Learning agility is valuable skill because it can help organizations get to better outcomes, especially when it becomes embedded into organizational culture and systems for continuous learning and improvement. The article describes ways that individuals can develop their learning agility muscle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2009

Photo by Jeff Pulver David Armano has an article on BusinessWeek called " The New Focus Group: The Collective " where he urges companies using social media to make the last word in ROI insight, not investment. He is describing what an organization with a " learning organization " culture does and applying it to social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2013

Flickr Photo BirkgetKing. After I wrote up this summary on my blog, How To Get Started Thinking About Online Peer Learning Communities for Nonprofit Professionals , Mitch offered to write a guest post reflecting on peer learning online and online communities. Online Communities: Are Best Practices Still Best Practices?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

We’d like to share a few of our major aims and reflect a bit on some lessons learned that we hope will guide our approach in the future and prove helpful to others designing competitions, challenges, and prize giveaways online – in particular those focused on social benefit and public service.

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