Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

I am excited to announce that I am working on my next book, tentatively titled “The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.” I’m honored to be co-authoring this book with Aliza Sherman to be published in 2017 by Wiley. Aliza and I ran into each other again in 2009 at the first Wisdom 2.0

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” million in 2009 to $687.6 Experimentation through initiatives such as these apps has synchronously impacted the work of legacy media. According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. Demonstrate their unique impact to underscore relevance to advocates. Do you think social media is a waste of time for your organization or a technique in the early stages that needs more time to mature? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Note from Beth:   I'm always excited to see inspiring examples of personal fundraising and the dollars raised have come a long way since my first experiment in 2006, a testament to how much more connected we are and the rise of popularity of this technique.  The challenge is continuing to grow. 5 Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? They want to connect.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Yes and no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Interesting twist on "impact." 2009 will most certainly be year of fundraising innovation and changes. Here's a few examples. Mizfit is donating a dime per comment to a local women's shelter. Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

I literally just rolled off the red-eye back from the 2009 Non Profit Technology Conference (NTC '09), and although I'm exhausted - both physically and mentally - I'm hopeful and excited about everything I heard and saw. This year I was fortunate enough to play a very active role at the conference.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

I literally just rolled off the red-eye back from the 2009 Non Profit Technology Conference (NTC '09), and although I'm exhausted - both physically and mentally - I'm hopeful and excited about everything I heard and saw. This year I was fortunate enough to play a very active role at the conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. I also learned that one-on-one donor solicitation techniques can also work and some of the challenges of being able to track the velocity or flow of networked donations. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Now let me say upfront, this blog post isn’t going to be about those techniques for diversifying an office culture. Instead, I’m going to share some of my experiences and tell how an organization that embraces diversity can have a huge impact for people with disabilities. Pretty big and worthwhile stuff. & Van Horn, C.E.,‘Restricted

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Yes and no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

is a guide written nonprofits that shares some techniques you can put to use right away and help your organization engage in the right place at the right time. She has won awards including the a 2014 Stevie, Top 40 Women in DC Tech, the 2012 Campaigns & Elections Innovators Award, “Young Women of Achievement” in 2009.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Reader Comments (5) Nice post Allyson!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. See Allistair Croll's guest post on some tracking techniques). I have no way to measure the guest blogging impact on other people's blogs accept by self-reporting.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Reader Comments (5) Nice post Allyson!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Since 2009, online donations made on mobile devices have grown from 9% of all transactions to 24% in 2018. But digital technologies have transformed these techniques in amazing ways. Augmented Reality will take storytelling to an immersive level that allows donors to see the impact of their giving like never before.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Make An Impact With Your Words Of Thanks Your words of recognition and appreciation delivered face-to-face with your employees will be compelling, effective, meaningful and memorable. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Making choices about technology not just based on cost/TCO or feature set – but to bring in issues of the effects on staff, organizational dynamics, and the role of factors such as organizational determination of data destiny, source and ownership of software, and environmental impact. 3 Catherine Carey 04.10.07 5 Anonymous 04.14.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009. What was most sexy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? Make conversation with your team.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Explain how a change will impact employees feelings before, during and after the change is implemented 70. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Learn more about how to host an effective meeting by reading the booklet, "Best Life: Tips for 2009." so annoying and takes away from being present at the meeting) I'd love to find out where to buy the "Best Life: Tips for 2009" booklet. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 7, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Most important, be sure you have a plan in place for a crisis that negatively impacts the general public. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? The first step in developing your plan is to gather your team and identify your likely crisis situations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Good managers know that most decisions can be tweaked along the way as their teams carry out their tasks impacted by the decision. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 2010

Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. What impact is this going to have on you? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Make conversation with your team.

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