Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. She said the workshop gave her the time to get started working on it and was confident that she’d be putting it into practice immediately. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. And they worked! I wanted to capture a couple of reflections on the process as well as content learnings by way of this post. . Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Use human centered design principles, not your arrogance of thinking you know what works for your audience without testing. You can read more about it how it works from Steve Blank in this HBR article and the app Strategyzer. In the example above, you would test posting the same link with the embedded link tool and without it.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Thousands of people - with the aid of their computers, mobile phones, and online applications - were able to do important work to save lives and bring resources where they were badly needed, without needing to travel. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters. One of the main ones that anchors this work is Ushahidi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working? I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Design mindset: ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes. Cognitive load management: ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques. The green represents people talking about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Here's a few examples. Gallaga cites a specific example of giving money to DonorsChoose.org, a company that connects students and teachers to people who would like to donate. Innovative Giving: The Open Architecture Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Working Wikily: The Power of the Newbie.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

For example, last year's vacation in Florida and my encounter with an alligator on from an airboat on the St. See Allistair Croll's guest post on some tracking techniques). I looked at the number of RSS subscribers from before the program started and afterwards - and there was a net gain 300 subscribers (see the green line).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Danielle Brigida, NWF Social Media Outreach Coordinator ( @starfocus on Twitter) Note from Beth: In the coming weeks, we're peeking over the shoulder of nonprofit social media practitioners to learn about their work flow and techniques. A Day in the Life of @Starfocus At Work by Michael Sola Who is this social butterfly?

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The first example gets the message across, but it’s somewhat dry and dull, and the donation request feels like a gentle suggestion. On the other hand, the second example uses urgency, a timeline, and power words to inspire immediate action. What key ingredient is missing in the first example? Include images of people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

She is also co-host of the radio show, The Queens of Green on Green 960 , which you can also be downloaded as a podcast. Above and beyond that, women are just all-around amazing, working at nonprofits, heading up over 60% of employees, and directing over 85% of household spending.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Then move out into the community to groups that support your work like churches or civic clubs. Q: We are an organization that works on forest restoration and offers public programs at our nature center. What is a life changing story example for us? Sometimes in groups there are multiple opportunities for donors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

I'm having to quiet some inner Gollums while working on the presentation materials. My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! An example? Another example.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010 How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Research from universities around the country show that employees who "click" with each other at work have more career success. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 26, 2017

In chapter 3, we’re going to share examples of digital promotion strategies we use to: Rank on the first page of Google for a competitive keyword. The theory sounds nice, but let me show you how it works in practice: Here’s How I Got First Page Results. But don’t lose hope. Of course, there are other reasons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

As part of this deep dive, I’ve been getting lots of inspiration from the start up and innovation movements here in Silicon Valley (and elsewhere), especially the work of Peter Sims – Little Bets. The ideas and techniques in Lean Start Up movement also work for nonprofits and what some are calling “ Lean Impact.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

During the session, it was pointed out that crowd sourcing is a way to people, organizations, and communities work together for mutual good, and without competing. The second topic started percolating at last year's SXSW Social Media for Social Good BBQ and a question - so where are the good examples and techniques?

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Did you hit the green button? I’ve worked for nonprofit agencies big and small for more than 25 years and spent the last 10 years at the University of Pennsylvania where I specialized in leadership communications to Penn’s most significant donors. What are your group strengths and weaknesses in working with major donors?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Green and brown are often used for wildlife and nature nonprofits. You can even use color palette tools like Coolors to test how colors match up or contrast each other to find what will work best for your organization. Here are some examples of how merchandise can match with common nonprofit missions: Health and wellness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011. Plan to work with your mentor for no less than three months, and ideally for six months or longer. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Make that one of your New Year’s resolutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,&# without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings. An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood. The average worker will spend 10 years of their work life dealing with email. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Always Follow Through Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

I’m working on some interesting professional development projects in 2016-2017, including the next iteration of the Emerging Nonprofit Leader Playbook and peer learning program and self-care and wellbeing in the workplace workshops based on the content in my forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2010

He recently shared his findings from his latest book, " Re-Engage: How Americas Best Places To Work Inspire Extra Effort In Extraordinary Times." So, its good to be reminded of what is working for the best companies during this challenging economy. big and small improvements, new ideas and suggestions for innovation.)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership. Did it work? What have you done to foster a wide number of views in your work environment? "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. • Remembering why the goal is important to you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Think about whats worked in the past and how it can be replicated. Then, call a meeting to discuss those solutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Think about whats worked in the past and how it can be replicated. Then, call a meeting to discuss those solutions.

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