Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it dampens interaction. The flexible classroom is a large open space. It also had a lot of open wall space.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 29, 2007

There was a chapter in the report entitled Social Entrepreneurship and Government, and Benetech was one of the case studies used (see pages 36-37). He covers some other great social enterprises such as ITNAmerica (a novel approach to senior-focused paratransit) and Kaboom!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work. One thing I realized is that training social workers receive as part of their education is also very relevant for change makers inside of nonprofits, consultants, and trainers. or “On what social channel can I find my audience?”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Note from Beth: E arlier this month, the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, hosted the USRIO 2.0 Preparation Conference where policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators discussed how to use connection technologies to advance sustainable development in advance of the June USRIO2.o conference (Rio+2.0:

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2018

, Randy and Kathleen Janus talk about social entrepreneurship and how it can be used to tackle some of society’s grandest problems. Also discussed in this episode is earned income , overhead costs, root-cause initiatives and more. The post [PODCAST] What’s Next?

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Recently, I was asked to conduct a social media marketing workshop at Planet Philanthropy (an annual conference for fundraising professionals by. Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . It’s also important to discuss what your true bandwidth is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The lectures are brief, fun conversations in the forums, and worksheets are great. The goal is for students to create an Individual Giving Action Plan to guide their future giving in a meaningful way. See you at the Giving 2.0 Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2009

Source: Social Visualization, Lecture Slides, Martin Wattenberg, IBM I've been reflecting on the Nancy White's SpiderGram activity that helps you visualize the orientation of your community as a prelude to selecting the right online collaboration tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods. It resonated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

.” The conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I Love Social Media Measurement. The Five Stages of Social Media Measurement Love. Denial: You can’t measure social media! Fear: What if we find out our social media didn’t perform well! Confusion: I don’t know what or how to measure social media. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. These are: 1.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

Smithsonian Associates (SA) , which annually presents 700+ classes and other educational and entertaining programs, made a hard fast pivot in June 2020, when it began to present all of its lectures and art courses as livestreamed programs on Zoom. The calls have been very successful, averaging 50-60 participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The participants are the content – and the design of getting participants into small group discussions where we can discuss topics related to our work that we are passionate about and want to explore and learn. These discussions are not lectures or traditional panels and are participant driven.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. A lover, not a lecturer. Gather donor feedback through simple surveys, online interactions , or communications via email, text, or social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Once the students have discussed the question for a few minutes, Mazur instructs them to answer the question. Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. I’m also doing a lot of training of other trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. Keynote at the Social Good Brasil Conference. Last month, I participated in the day-long convening of funders at the Media Impact Forum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. Instructional elements are one area I modify, but my content discusses some activities such as “ Walking Meetings ,” which can be a challenge for wheelchair users or people with mobility issues. Respectful language is important.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

For years now, there’s been a powerful evolving discussion in the social benefit sector around “ culture of philanthropy ” and why it’s so critically important to fundraising success. For me, a culture based on “love of humanity” is a no-brainer within a sector focused on social benefit. See here for more. Male vs. female.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Virtual events can offer live sessions, webinars, chats, lectures, and networking events. Will you pay for ads on social media and/or pay influencers to market your event? Event technology can enable breakout sessions and foster discussions between participants. You are still providing a unique experience.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Our work and social lives have moved online which means we spend an increased amount of time staring at our computer monitors. No matter how informed and well respected your speakers are, an audience will struggle to focus if your event consists of back to back lectures. Leverage Social Media.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Are you challenged by lecture-formats? Learn more about the technology, business plans and social-impact of (15) Projects who will be engaging with Funders and Entrepreneurs to defend their work’s potential and compete for ~$100k in cash-prizes. Kick the tires. Sessions promise to cover leading theories and practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

This can be a mix of presentations by peers, with lots of facilitated discussion and interaction. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. There are different formats that you can use to make it more interactive: panel discussion, or interview experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This is the second installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. Facebook discussion board here. Facebook discussion board here. Lectures take place every second Wednesday of the month as part of our Brown Bag Lecture series. Tags: Book Discussion: The Great Good Place.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2022

The goal here is to offer a virtual break for people to slow down and socialize with one another in a safe environment. You could host a lecture on a popular topic in mental health or even host a Q&A session answering questions from the audience. Share it online on your website and social media channels. Final thoughts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. Here, we realized, was an opportunity to create real, lasting social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Presenting Integrated Social Media Strategy.

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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. This is the last post in a series of post about my experience at SXSW.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Source: Zazzle. How do you learn? What do you actually retain? And, what do you actually apply? It is good to begin with low-risk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2010

It brought together a rich mix of people working in humanitarian causes, using social media, and creatives. This workshop was an experiment in the interactive lecture and lots of small groups. I was invited to participate in the first inaugural !deation deation conference hosted by Charles Lee. The description: The !deation

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

the University of North Carolina School of Social Work. She is an attorney who has counseled hundreds of charitable organizations in the areas of tax and corporate law with Adler & Colvin and in private practice and regularly lectures on the topics of. Live chats are text-only discussions that happen entirely online.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2019

As Jeremy mentioned, many museums wanted to be social spaces and made changes to create that culture, and as Andrea mentioned, they created amenities to support this social use.adding public wifi. Next week, we'll discuss the worst trends from the decade. After hours events, for example, required changing the way we did things.

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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. I also got a chance to spend some time with Thomas Taylor , the Alliance's nonprofit technology in-house guru and social media whiz who turned me to twitpic. tags: arts ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Human attention peaks at about about 12 minutes, particularly if it is a lecture. The learners will space out and come back to attention but not as at the high level at they did at the beginning of the presentation. But in other instances, you need to do a little social engineering.

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