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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

We talked about the issue of “ collaborative overload ” which is defined as the burnout that results from our over reliance on e-mails, meetings and other collaborative online technology tools that have, ironically, limited our ability to get stuff done.We Workplace Productivity and Well Being .

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. … Read More Guest Post'

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MARCH 21, 2022

Burnout rates were an issue in the nonprofit sector (why I wrote the Happy Healthy Nonprofit in 2016) but now they are skyrocketing. We are also facing a nonprofit workforce crisis with an increase of demand for services and people leaving their jobs due unrealistic workloads & toxic work environments that lead to burnout.

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JUNE 17, 2019

The network connects people who are working on multifaceted issues to develop solutions that optimize the chances people have to lead the healthiest lives possible. And we believe that everyone deserves to live, learn, work, and play in places that support their overall well-being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

My curiosity drove me to investigate: ? Can we listen to the tides of Internet conversation on an issue, and learn to predict and ‘surf’ them? ? Can we use the momentum of focused attention to raise an issue above the noise? 1 Big Listening is the Future of Issue Communications.

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JUNE 24, 2014

They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. CEOs are seen as experts on your brand, social change issues, and programs, thus their opinions are extremely valuable and trusted by the people in their networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2018

I think it’s a clear signal that this is a major trust issue for people, and I understand that.”. The privacy issues at the platform and business model level are not a quick fix. “I don’t think we’ve seen a meaningful number of people act on that, but, you know, it’s not good,” he told the Times. “I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2016

In ten years we have grown the IssueLab collection to 20,000 publicly available, searchable resources, organized across 38 issue areas, authored by 15,000 researchers, and published and/or funded by more than 7,000 institutions from across the globe. You might call what we’re doing Big Knowledge, or Big (Qualitative) Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2013

I became a documentary filmmaker to tell meaningful stories that explore social issues and inspire change. We knew that if our film was compelling, we could break through to the people in the audience — and maybe they would help get the word out about the film and the issues it explored. Today, it’s a whole new ballgame.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2018

We’re using technology to combat issues that have, in part, been brought on by technology. Rising healthcare costs, increased screen time, the ‘consumerization of the enterprise’ have all been accompanied by a parallel explosion in corporate wellness programs.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

One crucial aspect of empathetic leadership is willingness – a willingness to help employees through their personal issues, recognizing that work and personal lives are becoming more and more intertwined. In simple terms, it’s about being a decent human being, not an “a **e,”” as Joan so eloquently puts it! (

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” The first step is go download and read the new issue of the NTEN Journal. . — Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The beauty in this method is the ability to unlock a discussion that can uncover hidden issues and divided opinion when you still have time to do something about it. Sometimes I give participants red dots to use for voting, other times I might use fun stickers like those above.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

don’t know about you, but with everything that is going on in the world today – from natural disasters and political issues – I’m frequently being asked to donate to different causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Zoom Security Issues & Fixes. Virtual Conference/Meeting Software Comparison spreadsheet comparison of different platforms from Giving Tuesday. 111 Tools To Get You Through Pandemic. Robin Good’s Mega List of Online Collaboration Tools. Zoom Tips and Tricks. Super Easy Guide to Zoom (Visual and Fun PDF). Fun Zoom Backgrounds.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Planning to Win is an online guide for nonprofits that are looking to win support for an issue, impact policy, or get a corporation or government body to change its policies. Spitfire developed this upgraded version of its first campaign planning tool because of the many new factors affecting what it takes to design and run winning campaigns in (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

There is an incredible opportunity for NGOs to fill this gap through reporting on and disseminating trusted information around the issues they cover. Issues that companies and special interests spend billions to manipulate. They should be able to help you understand exactly which ads, groups, or keywords caused the issue.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Zoom fatigue is not healthy to have stress hormones pumping into our system for hours a day and can lead to burnout and other health issues. The researchers have come up with a Zoom Fatigue scale so you can measure how exhausted you are after meetings. You can find the free assessment here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. What are the legal issues? It is an thorough guide for the most common legal, governance, and fundraising compliance issues facing nonprofits. Her writing style is less lawyerly, and well, human. First, let me clear. How do the [.]

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

“Listening” or tracking what people are saying about your brand or issue has always been hailed at the first most important step in building your social media or network strategy. Source: journalism.org via Lucy on Pinterest. What have you discovered?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2017

She is also well known for her expertise on women’s technology and business issues. In addition to starting the first woman-owned Internet company in the early 90s, Cybergrrl, Inc., she has been writing, speaking and consulting about social media since 2006 and social mobile marketing since 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Like in the US, organizations and online platforms, including Global Giving will issue matching challenges to help incentivize giving to NGOs. Not limited to restaurants, over 15,000 businesses across Mumbai region, Delhi, and other large urban areas will offer their customers the convenience of making a donation while shopping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Nonprofits that are working on controversial issues or with marginalized communities know that anger can easily turn on the organization – especially around decisions that stakeholders disagree with – like closing a program or accepting corporate sponsorship from a company that they feel is working against the issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Instructional elements are one area I modify, but my content discusses some activities such as “ Walking Meetings ,” which can be a challenge for wheelchair users or people with mobility issues. This is important if you have people with mobility issues. However, the term “Walking Meetings,” is ableist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

We are now aware of the issue and are working to resolve it. Even though we could only assure them we were working to resolve the website issues, this immediate and personal response to each tweet and Facebook comment was valuable to maintaining a positive relationship with our donors and organizations. Stay tuned!”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues. If money is an issue (isn’t it always?), If you want to reach a broader social media audience, post about topics outside of your specific issue area.

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APRIL 4, 2013

” By using twitter, the ACLU-NJ’s is not just sharing what ate for breakfast, Udi provides quotes on his organization’s most important cases and issues to reporters, in addition to their traditional press release or emailed statement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Whether the debate surrounds a keyword, organization or issue, understanding the dialogue can help you engage the people driving the conversation. How your key stakeholders, donors and activists talk about the issues surrounding your work is not only observable, it is measurable. Social Listening Is Powerful (And Why You Should Care).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2014

The project published the Personal Data for the Public Good and has recently received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore the issues identified in the report. The report identifies a lot of interest from individuals and researchers to make use of this data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2012

The Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion office keeps a consistent schedule of informational news on gender issues with a focus on Rwanda and Minister Inyumba Aloisea also tweets from her personal account. MIGEPROF (@MIGEPROF) March 13, 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Or, if a texter mentions “bullying,” do eating disorders or other issues arise? The conversation level dataset will allow researchers to explore questions such as, “what crisis issues occur most on holidays, such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day?” and “how are bullying and depression related?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Here’s just one example of the ethical issues we need to anticipate as we embrace AI. It envisions this as an ethical guiding compass and a global normative bedrock allowing to build a strong respect for the rule of law in the digital world. To understand the ethical dilemmas, see these scenarios.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Please join us on January 13, 2021, for a free webinar on AI & generosity to explore these issues further. Please join us on January 13, 2021, for a free webinar on AI & generosity to explore these issues further. Allison Fine and I originally published this blog post on the Candid Blog here. Register for the webinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

They complete a few key activities on their own, get thinking about the issues, and then use the meeting time to process and apply the information together. We engaged in thoughtful dialogue with our colleagues on some pretty difficult issues. This work was connected to an activity in the retreat addressing similar issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

I’ve been excited to add ideas covered in the book and sharing the inspiring stories of nonprofit organizations have created a sense of well-being in the office such as Issue One , Opening Act , Sierra Club , Crisis Text Line , Crisis Response Network , and Pathways to Education Canada into my training practice for workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

By launching My Ocean , an online community of more than 9000 divers, they shifted a lot of offline activities onto their website: dive leaders, volunteers and advocates could connect; find dive events and activities taking place nearby; promote their own events; talk about local issues and ideas and celebrate one another’s successes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Gabriela Schneider, Chief Communications Officer at Issue One. While many nonprofit professionals talked about how their nonprofits were pressure cookers, Gabriela Schneider, Chief Communications Officer at Issue One, wrote in a comment how grateful she was that her organization promoted a culture of “we care” or wellbeing for its employees.

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