Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

I queried nonprofit colleagues, asking for their best advice. Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). Many nonprofits use EventBrite for this purpose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. If you want a sneak peek, take a look at the article we co-authored on nonprofit digital transformation published last month in the Harvard Business Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Update & Review My Work-Life Harmony Plan : In my workshops on personal and organizational wellbeing, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Many successful nonprofit professionals use rituals, either for personal productivity or team productivity. My journal is not only an annual planning and goal-setting tool but also supports daily reflection as the year progresses. Not traveling to be able to work face-to-face with nonprofit leaders has been a great loss for me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. If you want a sneak peek, take a look at the article we co-authored on nonprofit digital transformation published last month in the Harvard Business Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Note from Beth: “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” is getting a lot of good feedback as people read and apply the ideas in the book. In the book, we avoid talking about specific tools because they change so fast and new ones appear almost daily. And now, for those tips and tools: 1 – Get to Know Your Audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Note from Beth : Over the past six months, I’ve been on an advisory group for project that my colleague Jay Geneske at the Rockefeller Foundation has spearheaded to help build the capacity of nonprofits in storytelling skills. We’ve named it Hatch. Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll find: How to Make the Case to Invest in Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Note from Beth: At last year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky enough to join a “birds of a feather” lunch table. The topic was bullet journaling and the table host was nonprofit tech colleague Ma’ayan Alexander. Since it is a very simple tool, it is highly customizable for each user’s needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Media Applications and Tools.

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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. If your nonprofit has an example, please share in the comments.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications and blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Last month, I had the pleasure of doing a session on Content Curation called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from the Best Content Curator on the Planet: Robin Good? I spent some time going through the tools on Robin’s list to find the ones that were easy to use and gave me good stuff quickly. Which ones?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

X Number of Tips, Resources, Tools, Things, Shortcuts Lists : Anytime you can create content that has a headline like X number , it screams easy to skim and useful. Take for example, John Haydon’s ” 8 Ways To Get More Reach With Your Facebook Page.” Short List of List Making Tools for Content Curation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The article shares a few themes from our forthcoming book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World. And join me next Tuesday, February 22 at 10 am PT for an event hosted by TechSoup about Automation and Nonprofits! The post Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work first appeared on Beth Kanter.

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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. If you are feeling COVID-19 anxiety, you are not alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits. Think about AI and bots, and the algorithms that fuel them as tools that can swim through large pools of data pools of data, text, photos, and even videos. We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2017

I even facilitated design labs to help with the research for my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. 3 Design Thinking Facilitation Resources for Nonprofits and Philanthropy. Or you can simply access their campaign planning/design tools. Has your nonprofit used design-thinking methods internally? I admit it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 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. This article summarizes how some corporations are doing this with AI and other automation tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, bots, and other automation technologies offer many benefits to nonprofit professionals because it can perform basic and mundane tasks. Artificial Intelligence can help nonprofits do more with less staff time, including the tasks described below. cost-effective staff training tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I also use it as a year in review tool. Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. What gave me joy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2017

Tuan, Managing Director, Fund for Shared Insight shares details about an incredible funding opportunity for nonprofits. L4G invites nonprofits and funders to explore a simple but systematic and rigorous way of getting feedback from the people at the heart of our work. Note from Beth: Melinda T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

There are so social media analytic tools to measure social media and other emerging technologies, that we’ve created a new genre of Shiny Objective Syndrome — Data Puking disorder. If we are setting SMART objectives or trying to measure them, we may need to do a little audience research first. Exhibitions team. Learning team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Today, the NTEN WeAreMedia project is working on the podcasting tool box. I'm hoping folks in the know about podcasting in the nonprofit technology space will jump in add their favorite tools and tips. Let us know the best tools and tips and you could win a t-shirt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. Tools, Tools, and more Tools. If you know me or have worked with me before you know I like to plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2014

The tool walks you through a series of questions that will help you make effective campaign strategy decisions each step of the way. You can download the print guide or use it online (after registering at the site.) The site also includes a robust tool kit, including tip sheets to support each of the steps in the framework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2019

My book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , was published a month before the presidential election. In the wake of some of the most stressful times for nonprofits and activists that I work with, many are seeking out ways to reduce burnout, practice self-care and build empathetic relationships and supportive policies in the workplace.

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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? Share in the comments below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2018

NYC Event: On Thursday, July 12th, Allison Fine and I will be leading an event at the NYC Tech Club on Bots, AI, and Nonprofits. We will be talking about emerging best practices for using bots and artificial intelligence for nonprofits for fundraising, marketing, program delivery, advocacy, and internal management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The NTEN Book Club, organized by Lauren McKown and Kai Williams, hosted a video chat this week.This month they have been reading The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout and discussing it in the NTEN online community. Does your nonprofit have a cultural norm that honors quiet, solo time? How does it work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. This comprehensive book covers the following: Part One addresses storytelling readiness, especially now to transform your nonprofit’s culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Online collaboration tools and platforms give nonprofits the opportunity for connectivity and collaboration internally as well as with external stakeholders like volunteers and board members. But it can lead to being overwhelmed or what has been dubbed “ Collaborative Overload ” or “ Collaboration Tech Tool Overload.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Instagram has a couple of marketing benefits. It’s a great branding tool because it can engage audiences, creative instimacy, and appeals to the emotions. Nonprofit Examples and Getting Started or Rebooting A Strategic Approach. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable. How to Use Instagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But it is also a quiet time of year and a good time to catch up on reading. Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. The Digital Mystique by Sarah Granger. Show Your Work by Jane Bozarth. Impact and Excellence by Sheri Chaney Jones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Jordan Viator, of Connection Café Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication. Amid his top picks, David harped on a few tools and sites in particular David's top picks include: Social Networks. File Sharing. User Experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

In my other training work, I’ve been a “Canvangelist” sharing Canva for Nonprofits at many of my workshops. Canva is a design tool that lets you create beautiful images without having to be a designer. The tool is easy to use, includes templates, and lots of useful how-to information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2009

It got me thinking again about low-cost data visualization tools. What can the tools do? I didn't have to look any further than the Idealware site and a recent report, " A Consumer's Guide To Low-Cost Data Visualization Tools " to get the answers. Tags: maps nptech nptech tools visual thinking. What's out that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2017

One of the biggest challenges that many nonprofits face is the finding time and resources for professional development activities. And, when nonprofits budgets are tight, professional development often gets slashed. Register now! The Emerging Leaders Playbook was curated with this in mind. Register now !

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