Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The people with skills are out there. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Donate to Help Victims in Philippines. She wants to donate, she wants to help and she wrote this useful guideline for giving: 1. I’d like my donation to go directly to the aid of the people affected by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. What small action will you take to help people in the Philippines? Fundraising'

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AUGUST 27, 2010

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. With shorter sessions with half as many people and a decent room layout, you can run the mic yourself. Some Reflections.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

So, please join me today and help me support NTEN on #GivingTuesday. While over 5,000 people signed my petition asking him to do a monologue about charity giving and Giving Tuesday, he is at least participating in Craig Newmark’s Holiday Challenge. Giving Days. Please consider making a donation to NTEN as part of my campaign.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

People who know me well, know that I have an obsession with pens and magic markers. So, when this viral fundraising campaign – #BuyPens – to help Syrian refugee came across my radar, it immediately caught my attention. He didn’t stop there – he wanted to help this refugee. ” .

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JUNE 6, 2013

Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. Together let’s figure out how to leverage this tremendous resource to benefit smart, young people with fresh ideas, while better serving our communities. By Ben Duda. Last summer, I met a young man in Arizona named Kyle.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. He tries to help you. He has built a supportive network of people who help him fuel his cause.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

In Ukraine, nearly 2 million people are internally displaced. We need to raise an additional $10,000 through this crowd funding campaign to help bring as many women’s organizations as we can to training in Kiev in October. The technology they learn will help them reach, support and advocate for more women. .

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MARCH 16, 2015

Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “ The Talent Development Platform ,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Heather Carpenter and Tera Wozniak Qualls, along with Alexis S. … Read More Books Leadership'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

” But what if there was a way to use online tools, mobile apps, and software that helped lengthen our attention spans and replace information overload with a sense of mindfulness? Here are some of the tools that can help make better habits or break bad ones. And, of course, there’s an app to help you apply this skill.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Zawadi shared her most recent crowdfunding campaign, probably one of the most successful in Kenya, raising over $71,000 in a couple of days, to help a 24 year old brain cancer patient Emmanuel Otieno (pictured above and known as Jadudi) to get surgery in India. This campaign is a great example. Most donors were from Nairobi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Or maybe you have a board member who works in the business world and is or has connections to people who work in finance, market research, or analytics. Has your organization from a data nerd to help you?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. If you can help out in the next 48 hours, please let Andy know by responding to this thread. It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US.

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JULY 28, 2015

Note from Beth: At the end of the day, organizations that are committed to learning will be more effective at meeting the needs of the people they serve. Or, if your nonprofit is already a member of the GlobalGiving community, you’re eligible for a grant of up to $2,000 to help you experiment with feedback tools!)

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MARCH 18, 2016

I did make time to attend different sessions and walk through the exhibit hall, but one of the most exciting things I saw was the “ Gamestorm: Take on the Refugee Crisis ” organized by colleague Brian Reich for USA for UNHCR , the agency that helps and protects refugees and people displaced by violence, conflict and persecution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day. We’re turning that word into a hashtag we hope people will use to share their stories of what motivated them to give and which organizations they support. Will you help us? Since I’m enroute to Kenya, I invited Jeff Achen to share his thoughts.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Plus, I’m donating all of my profits to the Sharing Foundation , which helps to care for Cambodia’s children. NTEN has created t-shirts and we’ll be giving away the t-shirts to the first 25 people who purchase five or more copies and email me (beth at bethkanter dot org) the Amazon receipt. More Incentives!

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Just Say No: Maybe you are going to say no to social media for a day and go to meet with people, take a class, read a book, or talk a walk. When I’m feeling most overwhelmed, I take a break. What are your tips to help you focus in an age of distraction? Are there tips not on the mind map?

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APRIL 26, 2015

The devastating earthquake in Nepal has killed more than 2,400 people and injured about 5,900, residents so far (as reported in the NY Times on Sunday). Please donate to help Nepal’s Earthquake Victims now. On Saturday morning, I got a news alert on my mobile phone that there had been a devastating 7.9 earthquake in Nepal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2011

Today is the last day and it is finally my turn! I’m fundraising for the Sharing Foundation , that supports children and young people in Cambodia. HELP ME SEND SOME CAMBODIAN KIDS TO COLLEGE! Won’t you consider a holiday donation to the Sharing Foundation to help support Keo Savon and others like her?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2010

But that hasn't deterred dedicated and passionate folks, younger people, in the nonprofit technology field to take to the social web and ask their friends for help. That's why I want to help Kara Carrell. I feel it is important to help encourage the next generation of nonprofit techies. She isn't some random person.

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MARCH 1, 2010

I did a little Twitter coaching and connected him with others who might help. This morning, while we were on the phone, Jeff had some good news about Carlos and Erika, but his godson is still missing. RT @JeffVallarta #Chile, help me find godson Amaro $ family: Eric Rojas e Ingrid Sepulveda, Melepilla, 601-5063, 8-568-5570, 9-423-1180.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Some reflections questions I used to understand the data: What content/links are of interest to the people who are engaging with me? Is Twitter directing traffic and referrals to content for me and people in my network that I highlight? Of the people I follow on Twitter and/or who follow me, who are the hubs within certain spheres?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

What a passionate, amazing group of people who are running these small and mid-sized nonprofits, many in remote and rural wilderness locations in the US. I learned of two terrific examples of small nonprofit leveraging social media and user created content for their campaigns. The Hold A Sign Meme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

He gave context of social network analysis, explained the value proposition for using it to help you make social media strategy improvements, and walked us through some examples in the software. Or, a guide to before/after maps so you could see how visualizing your network helped you improve strategy. Can you guess who they are?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2009

And I knew, with absolute certainty that with the help of the travelblogging community, we would succeed. As for success, well, 13k is success, though it feels like an amazing success already because so many people are talking about the initiative. Some places, they just get to you. I couldn't bear it. How will you define success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

You get a little help from your friends. Results” that describes what people do on my Facebook page (I hope). This is when I turned to colleague John Haydon to help me out. And, if you’re photoshop and graphically challenged, making the switch to the new brand page format could cause a double whammy of panic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising by Michael Hoffman. Adding video to your end-of-year online campaigns can help you achieve, and even exceed, your year-end fundraising goals. We know that video can connect people to the work you do every day in a ways simple text just can’t match.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

Sean takes a point of view: I think that technology and social media in particular is best used when it helps us more fully express those things that make us uniquely human. I vote that we stop dismissing Twitter just because the majority of people who are joining its ranks are there to be social. It's good for society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

The visual proposed by consultant Roberto Creminoni was the following: In a traditional organization, the funnel acts to pull people into your organization. Funders also considered the impact of adopting a network mindset on an organization’s brand and fundraising potential. The visual is vertical as is the work of a traditional organization.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

If you want to help send a Cambodian youngster to school in honor of my birthday. $10 He suggested that I use Twitalyzer's Top 25 retweeters report shows the twenty-five people retweeting me ranked by impact as measured by Twitalyzer. Want to wish me a happy birthday?: 10 or more will do it.

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JUNE 19, 2009

I did some additional research on Facebook to look at how different nonprofit people fill out their individual profiles. A very smart colleague who works at a foundation helped me understand the distinction between social media policy and usage guidelines through a discussion on his Facebook wall. it's a management issue.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

They don't expect to win the grand prize, but have doubled the number of people and dollars in the TSF Facebook Cause ! . So make a donation of $10 or more between 10/29 3:00 PM EST and 10/30 3:00 PM EST, help Harry's birthday wish come true, and maybe the Sharing Foundation team can raise an additional $1,000 for children in Cambodia. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2010

In the months since the chance meeting, the “pay it forward&# example has traveled around the world and continues to move people to start their own ripples of goodness! She hopes to start a micro enterprise with the quilts that can help support the program and the women – something very similar to Kazuri. Your turn.

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MARCH 24, 2020

This includes orientating participants to the agenda, introductions and a check-in or icebreaker, questions or activities used to help people ease people into a meeting or learning situation. . Whether it is a team meeting, external meeting, or training with people coming together for the first time. ” .

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APRIL 30, 2020

This makes people perceive that the other person is less friendly or focused. When these aspects are reduced, people feel more vulnerable to negative feelings. ( Self-Complexity Theory – BBC – Gianpiero Petriglieri ). It is a fun activity that gets a few laughs, people moving, and replenishes energy. second delay.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

My exploration of using social media tools and personal fundraising strategies has been devoted to raising money to help support young people like Leng Sopharath through the Sharing Foundation's program. Without the Sharing Foundation's college education program, she would not be able to make a better life for herself.

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