Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading. It is about simply learning how to use a new tool or technique. Stage 5: Maintenance – During this stage, the direct actions become part of your everyday routine – they are internalized.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Consider how much you should raise to effectively help your mission while keeping your budget in mind. .

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

For mission-driven organizations in particular, forging deep connections with audiences is paramount. The questions we hear often are about how organizations can identify and adapt designs to meet the evolving needs of their audiences and ensure that the mission resonates deeply. Watch the webinar. They can even be done virtually!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Here’s the good news: with preparation and a pulse on the right data and information, it is possible to get a handle on the task and get a big picture of your organization’s needs. Below is a list of processes and procedures you can take to prepare yourself and your organization to start your website build or redesign on a solid footing.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Be clear about your intentions to alleviate concerns and foster a better understanding of how you’ll use the technology at your organization. Impact measurement: Have open discussions about the effectiveness of AI and decide how you will monitor its success. AI technology can be complex and unfamiliar to many people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Donors, especially millennial donors, are motivated by specific issues and causes and typically do not have allegiance to specific organizations. This means that nonprofits have to compete with each other for donors’ attention and resources as they gravitate towards causes rather than organizations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Searching for some more ways to become an effective leader?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Searching for some more ways to become an effective leader?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Particularly for business leaders, the book offers easy-to-follow lessons on l earning to lead with positivity for effective change throughout your team and organization. The Negativity Fast is an inspiring new approach to improving your outlook, leadership techniques, resilience, and productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

There are many approaches to journaling and types of notebooks, but I have settled in on using a variation of the bullet journal technique and the one-sentence five-year journal. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words and stick with them for the coming year. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Some of the most effective online fundraising strategies happen when you dig into your organisation’s data and understand who your donors are, and how they came across to you. . Data should inform and optimise your fundraising strategy , and attribution is a simple technique you can use to really help you get it right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

2) Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

With that in mind, here are eight popular npENGAGE posts to help improve email engagement and fundraising email results : One Email Tactic Nonprofits Need to Steal From Brand Marketers – Discusses the most effective way to increase email relevancy and 10 types of these campaigns. The Obama team has some incredible email fundraising ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2017

I learned so much about the taxonomy of innovation and really practical techniques, that I took the facilitation training. I started incorporating facilitating design labs as well as the techniques into my training practice ever since. Has your nonprofit used design-thinking methods internally? I admit it. Luma Institute.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

—– It’s not a surprise to any of us that social media is changing the way our organizations work, not just communicate. The lessons in social media are especially important for organizations working with the public, whether it’s public service or opinion. Joining the conversation really means conversations.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Your nonprofit’s circumstances, whether internal or external, are always evolving. Responding to challenges effectively and capitalizing on your strengths can set your nonprofit up for long-term success. Strengths The first consideration when conducting a SWOT analysis is reviewing your nonprofit’s internal strengths.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. You can train ChatGPT to automate certain back office tasks such as processing donations, sending thank you messages, arranging to-dos, and even organizing data.

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fusionSpan

APRIL 13, 2022

Although enterprise data security may be effective and reliable, the techniques used to collect, store, and share that data may be in violation of the privacy policy. By implementing effective security measures and adhering to the accompanying privacy standards, businesses can avoid unplanned business interruptions.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As a nonprofit organization, your mission statement is your guiding light. According to Tim Kachuriak, founder and Chief Innovation and Optimization Officer for the fundraising research lab NextAfter, if he were to contact your organization and ask, “What is your value proposition?” But what about your value proposition?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support efforts to stop these abuses. Since 1922, they have put significant international pressure on governments to enforce and enact laws that defend women’s rights. Amnesty International USA. Equality Now.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

With technology and societal changes, organizations like yours must stay on top of the trends to meet donors’ expectations. There are a few different AI programs your organization can take advantage of including ChatGPT , Jasper AI , and Google Bard. The fundraising landscape is constantly evolving, and that isn’t by chance.

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Forum One

APRIL 6, 2023

What service design does is help companies and organizations to better understand all the parts of their delivery to and relationship with customers and target audiences. While there’s a lot of overlap in terms of techniques, tools, and artifacts, service design has some unique ones, too, such as service blueprints.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

million changemakers working at our country’s mission-driven organizations. ALSAC , the fundraising and awareness organization for St. ALSAC has an internal accelerator where new ideas are explored and tested. Scarcity mindset is a significant limiting factor, especially for smaller organizations.”. There are 1.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. Here they are: My Three Rituals. I also use it as a year in review tool.

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NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

No matter how well an organization is doing with its online fundraising, it will eventually hit plateaus and declines. Turning periods of low online income into more profitable times is a skill that will keep your organization afloat during both foreseen and unforeseen dips. Turn One-Time Donors Into Regulars. Ask Carefully.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

In Nick Sonnenberg’s new book, Come Up For Air , (available February 7, 2023), you’ll learn about his CPR Business Efficiency Framework , which stands for: C ommunication P lanning R esources This framework focuses on eliminating the pain points most teams experience by optimizing these three operation areas foundational to every organization. “In

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Specifically, the workshop will be focused on: Introducing and applying network tools, frameworks, and case studies that can help network leaders assess their effectiveness and increase their impact. I was able to organize my high school reunion in a half hour because I was friends with everyone on Facebook.". "My It worked well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

.” I’ll co-teaching the session with colleagues Andrea Berry, John Kenyon, and Cindy Leonard. The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

In Nick Sonnenberg’s book, Come Up For Air , you’ll learn about his CPR Business Efficiency Framework , which stands for: C ommunication P lanning R esources This framework focuses on eliminating the pain points most teams experience by optimizing these three operation areas foundational to every organization. “In how tech savvy?

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

As organizations navigate and adapt to connecting with users in new ways, here is what we see as valuable going forward. For nonprofits and government agencies, gathering insights and feedback from audiences is critical to effectively carry out their mission and achieve lasting impact. Audience research is here to stay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Email is a depersonalized channel of communications because you don’t see the effect you’re having on the person receiving the email. The research study found that the expectation of assumed availability is what exhausts people and the anticipation of work creates stress that can lead to burnout. ” Individual Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

To do this effectively, content strategy for digital collections is a necessary piece that is able to streamline the approach of how these institutions shape and expand their roles as modern resources. When done selectively and effectively, it creates a context that makes the digital experience relevant, engaging, and worth a return visit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2017

But, does your entire organization treat it this way? In the nonprofit sector, there is growing understanding about the importance of creating a culture of philanthropy to power effective fundraising. The E-Book offers 10 thought pieces on this idea – from leadership to everyone in the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

One level is not better than another; it is just where the organization is at with respect to becoming a networked nonprofit and agile at using social media and other emerging technologies. Avoid spreading the organization’s resources too thin. Often, a “Return on Investment” argument surfaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. The last time I shared a plenary stage with Marcelo Iniarra was in 2014 at the International Fundraising Congress where he rode a bicycle on stage! It makes content creation more effective.

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