Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. With shorter sessions with half as many people and a decent room layout, you can run the mic yourself. Some Reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2015

People who know me well, know that I have an obsession with pens and magic markers. So, when this viral fundraising campaign – #BuyPens – to help Syrian refugee came across my radar, it immediately caught my attention. He didn’t stop there – he wanted to help this refugee. ” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2013

Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. Together let’s figure out how to leverage this tremendous resource to benefit smart, young people with fresh ideas, while better serving our communities. By Ben Duda. Last summer, I met a young man in Arizona named Kyle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. They had vastly different ways in which they approached partnering. The presentation is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. The SXSW Pepsi Fresh Challenge matched three different causes with three social media rock stars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2016

It requires innovation and creativity from many people. I spoke with Brian briefly and he told me that their goal was to get the most innovative minds to start thinking about the refugee crisis differently. A blog post on that is coming! And given what is happening in the world today, that job is hard work. thanks, @retronautilus!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2011

Each day a different blogger champions a cause. Today is the last day and it is finally my turn! I’m fundraising for the Sharing Foundation , that supports children and young people in Cambodia. HELP ME SEND SOME CAMBODIAN KIDS TO COLLEGE! Each day a different blogger champions a cause. HELP [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Highlights from Microsoft’s Nonprofit Sector Research on AI Devi kicked off by sharing a sentiment analysis from a recent survey of nonprofit leaders that fall into one of two different perceptions: comfort and concern. Use Cases We discussed different use cases beyond productivity for writing tasks and processing email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

You get a little help from your friends. Results” that describes what people do on my Facebook page (I hope). Nancy’s post also gave me permission to use different images (taglines) as audiences see you differently. This is when I turned to colleague John Haydon to help me out. So, what you do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Or maybe you have a board member who works in the business world and is or has connections to people who work in finance, market research, or analytics. Has your organization from a data nerd to help you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

Note from Beth: At the end of the day, organizations that are committed to learning will be more effective at meeting the needs of the people they serve. Or, if your nonprofit is already a member of the GlobalGiving community, you’re eligible for a grant of up to $2,000 to help you experiment with feedback tools!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The latter requires a different type of attention and whole new set of information coping skills. What are your tips to help you focus in an age of distraction? Are there tips not on the mind map? Have you read a helpful article or blog recently that helped get more focused?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

This makes people perceive that the other person is less friendly or focused. The inability to create a variety of different contexts in our lives including different social roles, relationships, activities and goals. It is a fun activity that gets a few laughs, people moving, and replenishes energy. second delay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2010

I did a little Twitter coaching and connected him with others who might help. This morning, while we were on the phone, Jeff had some good news about Carlos and Erika, but his godson is still missing. RT @JeffVallarta #Chile, help me find godson Amaro $ family: Eric Rojas e Ingrid Sepulveda, Melepilla, 601-5063, 8-568-5570, 9-423-1180.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published an opinion piece, “ AI Can Help Nonprofits Reach More Donors But Fundraisers Can’t Ignore Potential Pitfalls ,” a topic that Allison Fine and I have been researching and writing about since 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

This includes orientating participants to the agenda, introductions and a check-in or icebreaker, questions or activities used to help people ease people into a meeting or learning situation. . Whether it is a team meeting, external meeting, or training with people coming together for the first time. ” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising by Michael Hoffman. Adding video to your end-of-year online campaigns can help you achieve, and even exceed, your year-end fundraising goals. We know that video can connect people to the work you do every day in a ways simple text just can’t match.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

He gave context of social network analysis, explained the value proposition for using it to help you make social media strategy improvements, and walked us through some examples in the software. Or, a guide to before/after maps so you could see how visualizing your network helped you improve strategy. Can you guess who they are?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2009

And I knew, with absolute certainty that with the help of the travelblogging community, we would succeed. As for success, well, 13k is success, though it feels like an amazing success already because so many people are talking about the initiative. Some places, they just get to you. I couldn't bear it. How will you define success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning. ” Incorporating a regular stretching routine – even if you are sitting – can help get the blood circulating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It helps avoid burnout and improves attention. Now that we have close to two-years of zoom meetings under our belts, we are discovering that people are exhausted from video conference meetings – and engagement (and productivity) may be plumeeting. Cameras off does not mean meeting participants are disengaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

Sean takes a point of view: I think that technology and social media in particular is best used when it helps us more fully express those things that make us uniquely human. I vote that we stop dismissing Twitter just because the majority of people who are joining its ranks are there to be social. It's good for society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

But it can also help you feel closer to your colleagues when attending a meeting. Ice breakers and energizers are helpful to check in with your colleagues or even to share optimism and fun. It’s helping you to stay focused while avoiding the so-called “Zoom overload”. Children and pets can be welcome in your meeting if needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Fundraising, however, can take many different forms, so it can be difficult to know which is best to improve your online donor engagement. There is plenty of peer-to-peer fundraising software out there that can help you. A donation thermometer to help keep track of how much has been raised so far. Click here for a free template.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

Focus on these three activities: sleep, nutrition and exercise to help strengthen your immune system and feel better. The blessing of shelter in place is that you can still exercise by walking, jogging, or running as long as keep your distance from other people. Caring for others or just checking in can help reduce stress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

One crucial aspect of empathetic leadership is willingness – a willingness to help employees through their personal issues, recognizing that work and personal lives are becoming more and more intertwined. As leaders, we have a responsibility to model this behavior, demonstrating an authentic interest in our people as humans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

We each tackled a different aspect of resilience. Of course, a raise or bonus is nice, but it is the public acknowledge that helps builds community. All this can help humanize your workplace. Quiet Time: Noisy and busy offices can be stressful due to interruptions that can keep people from getting work done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

I did some additional research on Facebook to look at how different nonprofit people fill out their individual profiles. A very smart colleague who works at a foundation helped me understand the distinction between social media policy and usage guidelines through a discussion on his Facebook wall. it's a management issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. My New Year’s rituals help me let go of things in my professional work that can open the door to positive change and growth. These rituals also help me set-up systems for consistent reflection and positive habit change throughout the new year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This will be an interactive session and we’ll each be tackling a different aspect of resilience. But a culture of resilience about the collective way that people in the organization work together and how the treat each other. I’ll be talking about workplace rituals and the link to resilience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

However, I still plan to make my year-end gifts (during Giving Tuesday), but I couldn’t help but wonder about donor fatigue and if there will be any impact on year-end campaigns. . And we have good news: our data looks different. The compassion of people to help their fellow citizens in times of crisis is truly inspiring!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

” As the above word cloud indicates, sometimes stress is triggered by other people at work, leadership, board, or co-workers. People learn new facts but their intelligence, or their ability to learn, remains largely the same. It also helps you keep track of progress made towards goals. 2: Track Your Moods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

” A distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value with no central authority, blockchain can also help facilitate direct trading among people who previously were unbankable. Watch her explain blockchain in five different difficulty levels here: [link]. Her fabulous blockchain explainer video is below.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

I don’t know about you, but with everything that is going on in the world today – from natural disasters and political issues – I’m frequently being asked to donate to different causes. It analyzes your giving and provides some good feedback and guidelines for making sure your giving has impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. The workshop was part of a professional development series organized by the very capable Kendra Lawton, with help from Melissa Cooper. tags: arts ). The topics covered included: ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2018

That feeling that giving creates is caused by real endorphins , sometimes called a “helper’s high,” in a reward process nature created to nudge humans to want to help each other and exist as a collaborative society. Tiny actions, multiplied by a dozen, a hundred, a thousand, or a million people, are the ultimate building blocks for change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2008

I'm returning to Module 5: Engagement Strategy and Skills which is described as: A traditional online community is a group of people who interact together and have a relationship over time on a site where people can interact around a common interest. A critical factor for success in both is having an engagement strategy.

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