NTEN

JUNE 25, 2014

What are some of the lessons you learned as the former Director of Community Affairs for the One Economy Corporation? I originally joined their team during a strategic pivot to help out with social media, but then evolved into a different role working to build partnerships, secure grants and build content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Six key lessons surfaced from our interviews with more than 35 global nonprofits. She says, “I never thought I could be coaching and mentoring people. Becoming certified as an orange hat is recognition of commitment and skill–it’s a real accomplishment. It felt amazing to identify with that exhilaration of, ‘yes, I can do it!’”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

As a teacher or a mentor, seeing my students’ growth, whether it’s getting a dream job, winning an award, or presenting at a national conference, makes me proud. What has been the most important lesson you’ve learned in your career? What has been your most rewarding experience or the proudest moment in your career so far?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Spread the word on social media. Make the training accessible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

Last week, I participated in three very intense days of project, curriculum, and online community planning for a new project, E-Mediat , a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. Build the capacity of these NGOs and CSOs to use new media effectively through mentoring and coaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

They reach out and welcome and mentor newcomers and newer people to the community. Each session has someone assigned from the community to help curate and assist. It is great to observe a conference where the “elders” and the next generation of young leaders provide mutual respect and support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

If you’re reading this blog, it’s probably because you’re a huge fan of social media and believe that it empowers all of us to connect, create, explore, and understand our world. Common Sense Media’s totally free Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for grades K-12 can help.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

There were also some great lessons they learned along the way that helped them to be successful. Here were their takeaways: They recruited a group of super volunteers they called the “Durables” to share on their own social media pages and increase excitement. Relying on the people already in your network goes a long way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

I’m left with one final life lesson from him: love never dies. One of my most memorable Skype calls was when I had forgot to turn switch off SKYPE during a presentation to health care nonprofits about social media in 2007. OceanLoveEarl. He was an early adopter of SKYPE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Dan was the sole anonymous donor for the program, which brushed off my indignity and furnished me with a new laptop, a mentor, and monthly checks for books, food and travel. It made a critical difference at an important moment in my life, and it enabled me to pursue a career in the social sector over something more instantly lucrative.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2019

About the same time, CASE released an alumni engagement whitepaper which identified four primary areas to measure alumni engagement: Volunteering: being a career mentor or serving on a board. Communication: participation on social media, writing class notes, etc. Philanthropic: donating to annual or major giving initiatives.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 26, 2013

Sign up today for NMI 112: Marketing and Social Media. With the new name “New Pathways For Youth” the organization wanted to rebrand itself as a movement that gives Phoenix area youth a new opportunities by providing them with positive adult mentors. NPO branding: Preliminary lessons from major players. 4] Keller, E.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

This Black History Month, they're undertaking a social media campaign on the best part about being a Black teacher. Black Women for Wellness started out with the goal of connecting Black pregnant women to mentors who coached parents from pregnancy until the child was at least one year old. The Urban League of Portland.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 4, 2009

The Social by Social Game really took off at Net Tuesday this week when some 20 participants invented a south London borough, created a set of project ideas for better health, happiness and the environment, and then went on to plan how social technology could yield these social benefits. All within 90 minutes.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

This organization uses sports, specifically basketball, as a vehicle to help youth get motivated in school and learn life lessons while at the same time producing some seriously great athletes. After we establish these principles, we can begin to teach them real life lessons that theyll use over and over again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

The project, which combined peer learning and mentoring together with an online “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” offered a new and entirely virtual approach to leadership development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

There will be a lesson learned, there will be clear accountability and you might – just might – have mentored someone in important leadership skills. 4) Acknowledge and celebrate lessons learned from failure. But as long as it is not a VERY BIG THING, it will be fine. More than fine.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Over the last decade, David Carr became the pre-eminent media critic in the United States. His sudden death has triggered a massive outpouring of grief and sharing on social media. These lessons range from the challenging to the nurturing, from being agents of change to being humble friends and supporters.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Technological expertise and an understanding with social media others don’t know. And that’s an important lesson to learn. But finding a mentor and a champion, we were able to make things happen. Millennials come to the work place more prepared to teach than previous generations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

At this year's SXSW, I was invited to participate on a flash panel about women and technology conferences which ended up being about mentoring. Other panels on social good explored crowdsourcing ideas to change the world, and brought folks together during the CauseLabs to brainstorm offline solutions to ending hunger in America.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 29, 2022

For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. I selected this book because the book is easy to read, incredibly engaging, and is filled with inspirational and powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Groups would also get together to discuss failures and lessons learned, so the broader community can be more successful. New power and old power leaders would have opportunities to learn from and mentor each other. Concept 5: New Power / Old Power Hybrid.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Technological expertise and an understanding with social media others don't know. And that's an important lesson to learn. But finding a mentor and a champion, we were able to make things happen. Millennials come to the work place more prepared to teach than previous generations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. I selected this book because the book is easy-to-read, incredibly engaging, and is filled with inspirational and powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). What lessons will you leave behind?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 2, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 20, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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