Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. You can find all resources materials here. I nominate #14ntctrain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Storytelling is an essential fundraising skill for nonprofits. One of the most amazing nonprofit storytellers I ever heard in my life is Alberto Cairo (International Committee of the Red Cross) who delivered a truly inspirational speech during the International Fundraising Congress closing plenary. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Join me on February 22nd at 9:00 am PT for a LinkedIn Live with Zoe Amar for a conversation about taking the first step for responsible AI adoption.We’ll discuss the challenges, tips, and practical resources available. As early adopters, they shared valuable insights on the early stages of AI adoption for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

Yesterday, Aliza Sherman and I shared some insights from our forthcoming book “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit ,” a work in progress. We also set up a Facebook Group to continue the discussion on self-care for nonprofits. Happy Healthy Nonprofit – Resources, Links, and Worksheets. Get Enough Sleep.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Healthy Nonprofit Meetings . The Secret that Every Nonprofit Manager Knows About Productivity. If you are an emerging nonprofit leader or mentoring one, what are your burning questions and most needed professional development topics? How Emerging Leaders Can Build Emotional Intelligence: There’s An App for That.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Leah and her team have combed through a lot of resources out there and selected some of the best for us to get up to speed on the topic of “Lean Start Up.” ” The Top 5 Lean Startup Resources for Social Good Organizations – Guest Post by By:Leah Neaderthal, Co-Founder, Lean Impact. Connect with Leah at @leahtn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The Skills Platform and Zoe Amar have created the Social Media Toolkit to aid professionals within the charity and third sectors. I’m thrilled to have contributed a chapter. There are many guides to digital and social media. From Dummies guides to video tutorials, it’s all out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

January is Tune Up month in the Zoetica Salon , an online space for free peer learning about nonprofits and social media. Here’s a few good resources shared on the wall in the past week. I like to see a digital IQ study focused solely on nonprofits – one that analyzes it by budget size.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

And while the bulk of nonprofits put most of their resources into Facebook ( whether Facebook is perfect or not ), there are many nonprofits effectively using Twitter and leveraging the platform for social good as well as their staff and leaders. My colleague, Neil Parekh, created a Twitter Moment with some tips and resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

I realized after the first week, that I needed to gather every tool from my Happy Healthy Nonprofit toolkit to try to keep calm, focused, and positive. In the workplace, nonprofits have experimenting with zoom and social activities. There are lots of useful resources created by nonprofits to help facilitate kindness and mutual aid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2012

But what if you don’t have the resources to hire a graphic designer and need to do it in-house? Nonprofit Techie Ash Shepherd to the rescue! Nonprofit Techie Ash Shepherd to the rescue! How To Create A Terrific Facebook Cover Image If You Don’t Have Resources To Hire A Designer by Guest Post Ash Shepherd.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Presentation by Laura Lee Dooley a metrics and social media geek for a nonprofit. In the introduction, Lon talks about how he uses Twitter everyday in his nonprofit job. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. Where To Connect With Other Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

. – Sharing Knowledge Wiki -This wiki was created by The ICT-KM group of the CGIAR to catalog and document processes for nonprofits that want to share knowledge across partners doing development work. What are some of your favorite resources for designing and facilitating meetings for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

But it is also theme of a panel that I’m moderating at the Innogive Conference on Monday, April 2 that will focus on how this trend is and will continue to impact nonprofits’ communication strategies. She is also the Membership Director at NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network. What are the best practices? Best Practices.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Note from Beth: My colleague, Simon Mainwaring, has launched a new series of online courses “ WeFirst Works ” that help you find your purpose – whether an individual, company, or nonprofit. . How to Brand Your Nonprofit To Scale Your Positive Impact – Guest Post by Simon Mainwaring.

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JUNE 14, 2017

My colleague, Julia Campbell, has just published a book, “ Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits ” and was kind enough to share an advanced copy. In a digital age where there is so much online available online and attention is your supporter’s most precious resource, are you saving or seizing it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2017

Last week I facilitated a workshop on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Linking Nonprofit High Performance to Wellbeing in Santa Cruz hosted by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. Part of the workshop includes an assessment and reflection about the causes of stress in the nonprofit workplace. Don’t get me wrong.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

Last week, I was honored to do several workshops hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara on how nonprofits can link a culture of well being to outcomes based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Flickr Photo by Gavin St. One of the topics includes stress triggers in the workplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

And, the book is very inspiring too and even better all proceeds from book sales are being donated to high impact nonprofits. Please become an NTEN Champion and help us raise $15,000 to support the many free programs we provide the larger nonprofit community, like our research and reports and local events. You can change the world!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. One nonprofits gives the employee a comp day off on their birthday or work anniversary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2018

The newsfeed change will also impact nonprofits and others that rely on their Facebook Brand Page to reach their audiences and stakeholders, so de-prioritizing their content or “organic reach,” will require them to invest more paid social. Many nonprofits, specially small organizations, do not have the resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2017

In my book with Aliza Sherman, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout , we offer a framework for practicing self-care and creating a culture of well-being in the nonprofit workplace. Nonprofit workers are experts at being compassionate to the people they serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd! The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

Why Your Nonprofit Should Invest in Video As Part Its Communications Strategy – Guest Post by Michael Hoffman, CEO of See3. And when video is paired with a continuous strategy and clear metrics for success, there is overwhelming evidence showing that it is a crucial, important investment for nonprofits. Digital Sherpa ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. We are tracking the conversation and resources about AI and Nonprofits and social good. Here’s this month’s roundup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

More importantly, it can avoid replicating mistakes or activities that don’t work and are a waste of resources. Does your nonprofit use a formal debrief process after programs, events, or activities? A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. What is your process?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of AI for Good, in particular to scale giving and to spread generosity. What about your nonprofit? Want to better understand the use cases for AI and nonprofits in fundraising, programs, and other areas? AI4GOOD NONPROFIT READS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. That’s why we’ve included a highly practical toolkit that consists of facilitator agendas and worksheets for nonprofits to apply the ideas and frameworks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

In light of the recent high profile suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, Vu Le wrote an excellent piece on what nonprofits need to know about mental illness. Stress is considered an inevitable part of the modern workplace, including nonprofits. Research on Toxic Workplaces. Stress is the leading cause of turnover.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Recently, a nonprofit professional said to me, “I don’t have time to learn anything new because I have too much work to do.” Enter micro-learning, resources that can be quickly read, viewed, or consumed and take only ten minutes or less. The first two are available now for free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2017

TechNow is a one-day regional conference that connects nonprofits with the technology resources, information and people it needs to succeed taking place on October 19, 2017. In addition to working with me on The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit, she is a prolific author, having written 11 books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a mini-workshop at the Director's Institute for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Sacramento. They have used the Flip Camera nonprofit pricing to purchase cameras for staff members, offered a little or not training, and encouraged them to make videos about the agency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are also nonprofit specific facilitation tool kits like this one for international development projects. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Do You Really Need a Nonprofit Mentor? The nonprofit sector is a strong and vibrant community full of people willing to help each other out. Why you need a nonprofit mentor. Most nonprofit leaders are too stressed out or distracted to find that trusted friend or colleague who’s walked in their shoes. They get stuff done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is. But, really, it goes even further than that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been collaborating on research and writing about the next wave of disruptive technologies (AI, Bots, and Robots) and what it means for the nonprofit sector. Human Resources: The chatbot Spot mimics a confidential conversation with HR about sexual harassment leading to the generation of a report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The topic is “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation for Nonprofits.” Presentation: Putting resources together – the ordering, sub-categories, and aesthetics. Change your perspective: Describe the article or resource from a different perspective. Instead, content curation helps us keep focused.

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