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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Thomas Alva Edison held 1,093 patents for different inventions. You have to be like Thomas Edison in approaching social media and experiment. On Friday, I facilitated the final face-to-face workshop for the Social Media Lab for 25 arts organizations inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach.

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Failing Forward: Why building failure into your organizational culture can make it more successful

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" - Thomas Edison. Michelle L. Senior Manager, Online Fundraising. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Most people bristle at the sound of the “F” word. Failing is something to be ashamed of or something to use for deprecation (#FAIL, anyone?).

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AI for Fundraising Today: Voice Activated Fundraising & Chat Bots for Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This episode of The Nonprofit Innovators Podcast interviewed Direct Relief’s Thomas Tighe about success of Direct Relief’s customer service bot and the process for developing it. However, to scale it might require a more sophisticated investment using an “ Agentive Design ,” and custom programming.

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

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Matt teaches fundraising, philanthropy, and marketing in graduate programs at Eastern University, the University of Pennsylvania, Juniata College and Thomas Edison State University via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe, and is a popular conference speaker.

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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

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Our audience choice award for 2012 went to Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) in Edison, New Jersey. " Our first place video for 2012 was by Columbus, Ohio based Dave Thomas Foundation. “Storytelling is critical to the work of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Their newest video is called Youth Voices.

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One Nonprofit’s Anniversary Celebration Turns into a Bright Idea

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The program’s executive director, Bill Michener, drove one of the bulbs 1,500 miles to the Thomas Edison Museum in New Jersey and received national media coverage. The lightbulbs around the city are just part of a year-long celebration of the organization’s anniversary.

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One Nonprofit’s Anniversary Celebration Turns into a Bright Idea

NonProfit Hub

The program’s executive director, Bill Michener, drove one of the bulbs 1,500 miles to the Thomas Edison Museum in New Jersey and received national media coverage. The lightbulbs around the city are just part of a year-long celebration of the organization’s anniversary.