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5 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals to Build Personal Resilience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. That’s a long time.

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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

For example, you will generate quite a different set of responses if you ask for information on “education” rather than “STEM education.” 2012), and artistic engagement serves as a therapeutic outlet, contributing to stress relief and well-being (Stuckey & Nobel, 2010). Be very clear and intentional with word choice.

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Remember Me? 5 Website Tips to Retain Loyal Donors

NetWits

At the beginning of 2010 they no longer needed volunteers for that task because of staff efficiencies – which was great news! Allow your volunteers to network with one another online to keep them engaged and facilitate a community. What can you as an organization do differently to reignite their interest?

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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

At any age, with the desire and expertise, you can become a nonprofit leader who makes a difference. He became the youngest and first openly gay executive director of the Asian Pacifical American Labor Alliance in 2010. They can also help facilitate connections to others in the industry and help you widen your professional network.

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Great reads from around the web on May 3rd

Amy Sample Ward

The Giving Effect – I love this campaign because it makes participation easy, let's participants feel like they are making a difference but also helping directly, and can be done from anywhere. Get free postage and mail books you can spare to a child in need. | Basic elements that should be considered in any campaign.

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Michelle, the consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I think of myself in these terms: I educate, facilitate, mediate, and problem-solve. For another client, I helped them vet vendors for their new website, taught them the difference between Joomla, Drupal and Plone, and I helped free them from a vendor who was particularly egregious in their hosting charges, among other things.

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My Three Words for 2011: Seek, Sense, and Share

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. A lot the products of my sense-making are shared through this blog, flickr, YouTube, and Slideshare – as well as offline through presentations, book and article writing, and facilitating workshops. I’ve been doing this for two years now.

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