Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2010

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to deliver a half-day training workshop for staff members working at Junior Achievement Offices at their worldwide conference. This workshop is called “ Becoming A Networked Nonprofit: Using Social Media Strategically.&#. Becoming A Networked Nonprofit. Leveraging the Network.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here ! Here’s what our expert partners said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

” Then, create content that guides users through steps they can take, such as participating in local clean-up events or educational workshops your organization offers. Give them names that reflect the content and your keywords. Or, you can optimize existing content you have with your keywords in mind.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. Unfortunately, none of them had an answer to that question.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Trailblazers are invited to sharpen their skills with 1,000+ sessions and workshops. Lucky for you, Cloud for Good has compiled a list of events to optimize the Dreamforce experience for those in the Nonprofit and Higher Education sectors! . Nonprofit and Education Social with Cloud for Good + Salesforce.org.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Educate Your nonprofit organization should invest in training and continuing education for staff members as often as possible. Use this evaluation to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the audit, identify areas for improvement, and reflect on the audit process to better prepare for future audit engagements.

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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. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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JUNE 28, 2023

Additionally, they may have reached a point in their lives where they are reflecting on their legacy and the impact they want to leave behind. Educate and raise awareness : Many donors may not be familiar with planned giving options or how to include your nonprofit in their Will and estate plans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

Take for example, Fulbright Finland where I did a workshop with their staff about personal branding and professional networking. The space creates a calm and reflective environment. The latter may be due how children are taught in the Finnish educational system. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well.

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MARCH 1, 2023

About Women’s History Month The origins of Women’s History Month date back to 1978 when the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women created a “Women’s History Week” celebration. Educating yourself about women’s history is also a great way to better understand the issues that women face today.

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Cloud 4 Good

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. You May Also Enjoy: Blog: 10th Annual Salesforce Education Summit: What You Need To Know.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

" Local Philanthropy Playground | Local Philanthropy Playground – "The Local Philanthropy Workshop (LPW), developed by the Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundation and TechSoup Global with the support of the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, first took place between August 31 and September 4, 2010.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

These tracks cover innovation, activism, comms, education and tech. SXSW EDU is more focused to educators, government and people working in the ed space. . . So much tech. . How much : Registration opens in late summer 2021. Stay tuned for more information. Audience size : 15,000 (SXSW EDU); 37,000 (SXSW). And, everyone else.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 12, 2021

To help your nonprofit begin workshopping your mission statement, this article will explore three principles for crafting effective mission statements that will serve your organization long term. You could easily reframe your mission slightly to appeal to a corporate sponsor interested in helping children’s education.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

I spent the past year telling everyone how fun and useful these scenarios are for educational purposes; now it’s time to teach eLearning Professionals how to make their own. I’ve enjoyed prepping for this session because it has forced me to reflect on my own process and dig into the why s of what I’m doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I'm preparing for a Social Media workshop next month called " Making Sense of and Success with Social Media " where the audience will be consultants who work with nonprofits in other areas (not technology). I have a chance to reflect now on the data I've collected and think about the instructional design. Comfort Levels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

So, when it comes to panels, workshops, or other educational settings – design really matters. Laura Lee Dooley captured this blog post about the session , plus you can find my slides all the links and other resources here. Click to see full size image. You need to engage the whole brain in learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Each year they bring together diverse, passionate people for a sleep-away camp for adults where they learn together through active, creative workshops and activities. The Happy Healthy Social Change Activist: Passion for a Cause without Burnout Workshop. Teams worked on their zines until the end of the camp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. Happy New Year ! How about you? I write down stuff I won’t do, a “no thanks” list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for facilitation and interactive processes. Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

David comes to this work from a background in the education and educational technology field and he’s on fire! Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. Not great as many of reflected. Her points about leadership and change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session. As I am planning for workshops in the fall in Cleveland and North Carolina (with Jeanne Allen), looking back always help you create a good lesson plan and incorporate improvements.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Last week, Jim Richardson and I hosted MuseumNext , a 24-hour workshop for museum professionals focused on bringing new, wild museum projects into the world. I tried to help workshop leaders work some of these in on the fly, but that put unreasonable stress on them. You did great. Vary the activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2010

So expect some live blogging, and reflections. In the afternoon, I did workshop and put the audience right on the cat walk with me. This workshop was an experiment in the interactive lecture and lots of small groups. Mark Horvath shared how he searches on Twitter for the words "homeless" and either educates or empowers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

Most of all, I want to master the ability to switch between connectedness and solitude. I will continue to practice and explore different ways to use visuals to aid reflection, including data visualization, visual thinking, structured frameworks, graphic facilitation, and more. Sense: Sensing is making sense of the information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

This mirrors what you might do in a face-to-face workshop. Here’s some reflections: 1.) Small Group Composition: How you select people to put into small groups may or may not be important to a small group exercise. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars.

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AccelEvents

JULY 21, 2021

Host a hybrid(in-person + virtual) or online conference, summit, educational seminar, team building event, career fair, or festival. With its Virtual Venue product, it can be designed to reflect the event type. All of the platform features are user-friendly and both interactive and customizable. Primary features include: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

I was little nervous because I haven't presented on that topic and hope to develop it into a workshop session geared for nonprofits. I love taking a cross disciplinary perspective - education, nonprofit, and corporate. I got some good feedback and will post some reflections in a bit. Photo by Jonny Goldstein.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Philadelphia, PA/ $410. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250. ACCP: The Conference features General Sessions, Learning Labs, Workshops, and The Masters’ Series. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2018 / @NPL_Alliance. Nonprofit Management.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Without getting too deeply in the weeds, 21st Century Skills is a phrase that has gained a lot of traction in US policy circles around education and workforce development. The REFLECTS project blends practical institutional demands with deep research. And then they head back out on the floor to adjust their behavior and try again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

It is about making it possible for participants to capture, share, and reflect on what they have learned. In the US, I keynoted and gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Pittsburgh , North Carolina , Buffalo , and Omaha. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Fort Meyers, FL/ $445. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. ACCP: The Conference features General Sessions, Learning Labs, Workshops, and The Masters’ Series. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2019 / @NPL_Alliance. Nonprofit Management.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. During these workshops I felt a peace that seemed to resonate around the room. First of all, you can make a postcard!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

This got my attention because I was designing a Networked Nonprofit workshop for E-Mediat and will incorporate a network mapping exercise. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Some reflection questions to generate insights.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2008

And so today we look at an educational facility (not a museum) that swabs the deck with these barriers. By doing so, it doesn't just widen the audience for a specific educational experience--it also offers a new model for how we might design and deliver interactive, varied content experiences. Because it reflects their values.

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