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E-Mediat: A Simple Design Process for an Online Learning Community Site

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This second post shares some insights from the planning sessions for E-Mediat project, a networked approach to capacity building for NGOs in Social Media in the Middle East. (For Meedan , an implementation partner, is responsible for designing and implementing the online learning community. For context, read my earlier post ).

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The Zoetica Salon: A Peer Learning Community for Nonprofits and Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be co-hosting The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media.

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Can Networks Have Social Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. You can read more in this series of five reports that looks at the definitions, research, power, practices, and insights relating the impact of social networks on family strengthening and community change.

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Online Fundraising Tips for Nonprofits

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Online fundraising is simply a way for nonprofit organizations to raise money online, rather than the more traditional in-person fundraising route. Organizations can use a donation form on their website or social media channels to solicit donations from anywhere in the world. Use Social Media to Your Advantage.

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Delivering a Better Volunteer Experience: 5 Tips for Nonprofits

Volunteer Hub

A study by Blackbaud found that nonprofit organizations that effectively engage volunteers through multiple communication channels, including email, social media, and text messages, are more likely to retain those volunteers in the long term. Providing a variety of training methods and resources can improve learning outcomes.

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E-Mediat Day 1: A Networked Mindset To Capacity Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. We have a lot to learn about working this way from NGOs and capacity builders in the Arab world. This first day’s three learning objectives: 1. Social change.

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A New Approach for Nonprofit Professional Development: Micro-Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Josh Bersin points out in this article on “ The Disruption of Digital Learning: Ten Things We Have Learned ,” traditional coaching, training, and culture of learning is also still needed. All of this modes work together to create a distributed learning ecosystem at work.