Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

The report describes current nonprofit use, adoption challenges, and best practices. The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me). Free webinars are being offered to share the report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2011

This week the beginner track got underway where 20 arts organizations will design and implement action learning experiments in Facebook , Listening , or Twitter to improve their social media practice. Facebook Custom Landing Tabs + Measurement = Best Practice. Why: Custom Landing Tabs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. What have you discovered about the practical art of social media engagement with a higher purpose?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

They should know the topic area, but also understand practice of curation. The practice of curation is being able to sift through daily whirlwind of tweets, blog posts, and other content streams quickly in order to pick the right pieces that create an accurate view of the subject matter. Curation tools like Scoop.It

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

While our book focuses on both what individuals can do and how organization’s can support it, we wanted to share some practical tips and techniques for individuals that worked at nonprofits to get more energy for 2016! The Practices: Create A Self Care Bill of Rights. Understand and Apply Habit Change Frameworks. Get Moving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2011

2) Manual: This section refers to your social media plan, includes best practices on using social media with specific examples. What are the best practices for creating a social media policy? It should lay out parameters around organizational and personal use. See Ford Social Media Guidelines for an example. (2)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Our intent is to provide a space for just-in-time answers, share best practices at no charge , and deepened our learning based on a monthly theme. This month’s theme: Practical and Tactical Social Media for Nonprofits. Come join us for Practical and Tactical Social Media for Nonprofits in the Zoetica Salon this month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Also, here’s a post I wrote about how early adopter nonprofits have used Instagram for contests , but also see this recent slideshare deck that examines contest best practices in depth. Best Practices and Tips for Nonprofits. Best Practices and Tips for Nonprofits by Nonprofit Tech for Good (2014).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?” It’s the counterproductive practice of sending after-hour emails or direct messages, causing unnecessary panic, or scheduling meetings during universal time off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

A few good resource for tips, tools, and best practices for nonprofit storytelling: Goodman Center. @Upworthy A1: Ever seen emotional arc of radio stories drawn on napkins? JadAbumrad @Radiolab #mygivingstory pic.twitter.com/AyKbHjE8uJ. Beth Kanter (@kanter) November 10, 2015. Stories Worth Telling: A Strategic Tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

A lot of practice on how to move quickly when a disaster strikes. Here’s a couple of takeaways, but expect some more practical, how-to posts in the next few weeks. Listening in Practice. So we offered to co-lead a session on listening in practice. They had social content. Here are my notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

I’ve been able to do this for a few days, but I want to also experience BJ Fogg’s tiny habits technique to help me sustain this practice. Hitting the pause button is so important for energy replenishment and switching to abundance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2024

The technology is moving fast, but we are slowing down to have a conversation to get you started using the generative AI tools for productivity and creativity. Understand AI benefits and limitations for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Write A FutureMe Email : I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post-dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. In 2023, I continued to present keynotes, deliver practical workshops using generative AI for nonprofit productivity, and write articles. I just received my 2023 email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Two or three years ago, I received an email from Chris Brogan asking if I would give some advice to a recent college graduate named Avi Kaplan who was interested in a career of using social media for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I’ll also share some practical tips for organizational or team adoption. This session is for staff at the beginner level of using AI and want to responsibly adopt generative AI and reap productivity benefits. Save your FREE seat now to attend the most impactful + insightful conference for nonprofit professionals this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Leading Non-profits Discuss "Best Practices" for Using Virtual Worlds for Activism, Collaboration, Education, and Fundraising. On Friday, February 8, from 8:30-9:30AM PST, there will be presentation and discussion on " Best Practices for Non-profits in Second Life." Get Activated!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. s Ning site began as a way to solve a very practical solution???keeping Tell me a little about your organization's social media strategy for its ning site?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2009

Anyway, this small book about Twitter is packed with simple, practical advice for getting you up to speed quickly. This is one book that I'm definitely taking with me on the big move, but I'm also giving away a copy too. (I I got one free copy because my tweets are featured on pages 121 and 159). It's a quick read, I read it in an hour.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2007

That's a photo of me with Andy Goodman at the break during the Keynote workshop on Story Telling as Best Practice. " (I referred to this book in one of my first screencasts in using flickr for presentations ) What I learned deeply influenced and changed my practice in presenting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

I am participating in this year's " Connected Futures: New Social Strategies adn Tools for Communities of Practice " a five week online workshop for community managers, designers and conveners to explore social strategies and tools to support their work. Photo by D'Arcy Norman. The workshop begins on April 20th and you can register here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2008

I shared some screencasts by Andy Roberts that provide some practical tips and also explain why FriendFeed is useful (combines object sharing with friend of friend). He demonstrated using a client called Twhirl, but Marnie and Ruby noted that they were having trouble with some dupes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

2: Practice Mental Distancing. It is also important to practice information hygiene and consume news from trusted sources, especially medical information. Here’s some more tips on how to practice mental distancing. #3 You simply can’t obsess about every news report or the worst possible outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2007

The Six Practices of High Impact Nonprofits. That's the name of a new book out by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McCleod Grant. They found that one quality that makes great nonprofits great is how they work beyond their four walls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2020

The field of AI4Giving is just beginning to take shape with promising new technology platforms helping nonprofits scale and improve their fundraising practices. And, of course, AI can’t fix bad fundraising practices that prioritize transactions over relationships. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Nonprofit Best Practices on Twitter. I also track an ego feed on Twitter through Radian 6 and caught wind of this tweet about best practices and twitter. I link my profile to a Twitter Landing page , an idea I got the idea from Laura Fitton ( @pistachio ) a virtuoso Twitter user who I observed to learn best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

and Nonprofits Best Practices Wiki ! Last week she wrote about her search for a good archive of Web2.0 how-tos for nonprofits: I couldn't find a good "Nonprofit Web 2.0 for Dummies," that boiled down the essence of this stuff into pieces a "regular" person could understand. So, she went out and created the Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

He has written several excellent practical posts about using twitter - and his take is so refreshing. )" I discovered him through a conversation with one of my twitter followers who retweeted something he said (can't remember exactly what). I learned a lot - thanks AJV. The Art and Science of Retweeting for Twitteraholics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The legislation signals the need for more responsible and ethical practices that support nonprofits, donors, and platforms. CalNonprofits anticipates more state and federal policy efforts to emerge as this industry and these practices mature and has released this Open Letter to Crowdfunding Platforms. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

I've been lucky enough to be involved with the planning and curriculum development for Connected Futures: New Social Strategies and Tools for Communities of Practice workshop with John and Brownyn as well as (who along with Beverly Trayner, Etienne Wenger, Nancy White , Nick Noakes, Shawn Callahan, Shirley Williams, and Susanne Nyrop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

This protocol might make some aspects of inworld chat only meetings smoother and less multiple threads, but introducing it into an established group's meeting practices might be a little like herding cats. That's why Nancy White's post on most useful synchronous online facilitation practices really caught my eye.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2016

During the chat, @GivingTues will start with welcomes, and then lead a discussion about storytelling best practices. Comprehensive Resource Sites focused on Nonprofit Storytelling Best Practices. Free E-Book: Nonprofit Storytelling Best Practices. Andy Goodman: Nonprofit Storytelling Best Practices (Books/Webinars).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." " Quote from Stewart Brand from this Worldchanging Article.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

And, get direct access to practical tools that you can use within your organization. The success of the program (even if at a small scale) led us to explore what it might take to expand the delivery of the leadership development best practices for young leaders to the social sector more broadly. We learned a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

A writer, consultant, and coach, Maia Duerr draws on her decades of Zen practice and training in anthropology to create powerful tools for integrating mindfulness into the workplace and in the everyday lives of the people she works with. The advice is based on Maia’s extensive experience as a career coach and mindfulness practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. I think there are a couple of things that need to be happen before we get to best practices and knowing precisely what works. What do you think gets in the way to "best practices"? I may be way off.

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