Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Last week, we launched the first session of the " Social Media Lab ," a social media peer group training with a small group of grantees from the Children, Families, Communities Program. As a culture, we value answers over questions because answers allow us to take action faster, while asking questions makes us think. How do you do it?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Not the call to action (which needs to be clear and motivational). Then build the email so that every word, every image, every bit of formatting supports them to take that action. Your fundraising emails have ONE JOB: get people to take action. Nothing about your fundraising email should be left to chance. Time to Write!

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them. Write these actions down and create a timeline to complete each one. This statement should use precise language but non-finite verbs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. Next Bruce Lesley gave a virtuoso case study of how he uses Twitter to curate news articles and resources related to children’s issues. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 2, 2018

If you witness a person is consistently taking over a conversation to talk about themselves, you can veer the focus back by kindly acknowledging what they were saying using reflective language, and then saying, “but this meeting is about X and we need to hear from Mr. Y.” Consistently (M. The culprit?

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

The organization was recruiting women who had spare time—which left out many of the younger, more diverse voices who had children, school, and multiple priorities. Through this framing, the young people who participate in their grantmaking have started adopting language that has traditionally been reserved for a different community. “We

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

Children are easy to applaud, and easy to ignore. The caution with this rung is in children carrying out their projects in secret because of fear of adults, or being intimidated by them. Adult-initiated, shared decisions with children: Adults assume nothing about what children want in the landscape. Non-Participation 6.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Captions provide details about the images and how they reflect your organization’s work. A documentary should make an impact on the viewer, making them feel deep empathy or outrage and inspiring them to take action, such as giving to your organization. Avoid an overly sweet or flowery language or imagery.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

(You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2019

While that money is often being used to make our communities more equitable, help cure diseases and provide health care to the sick, feed the hungry, and educate our children, too often the focus on dollar signs and big numbers often dehumanizes their work and makes them seem inaccessible. Every industry has its own language.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

These stories simply exist in our minds until we add language and share them with others. Of course, over time, I realized the importance of documenting the problem or need, including strong objectives, a solid plan of action, and a budget that reflected the work we intended to do. It's either that or not bathe them at all.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2015

I believe the book is in it’s 7th printing now, been translated into six languages, and selling in dozens of countries around the world. Last November my second book came out: Parenting with a Story: Real-life Lessons in Character for Parents and Children to Share. It’s all new territory. I started my own company.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. How can you describe user participation in a shared language that helps your team make the right decision for your project? Science has an answer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2021

A good place to start is by making sure that our communications and branding fulfill one or more of the following goals: Move people to a specific action. These practices are quintessential ways to turn interested parties into devoted advocates, action-oriented followers, and committed donors. 3) Speak the language of your community.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. Also, perhaps you’re interested in the podcast and reflections that I’ve learned.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. I feel that art is able to translate beyond language, and communicate a much larger vision of personal connection.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 26, 2009

On a recent trip to DC, an old friend showed me around a new exhibit at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide. It's a small space that features stories of recent and current genocides and encourages visitors to "take action" via an interactive pledge wall.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

When your child is diagnosed with leprosy, other moms think that you and your children are cursed. . ” and this is their CEO speaking, “Your great kindness through The Leprosy Mission has always begun protecting children from the impact of leprosy.” And it’s being teased by your peer group.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I selected this book because Magnuson tells it like it is, provides clear, practical, actionable advice and speaks with authenticity and in a conversational style that will resonate with young career professionals. It's a funny phrase we sometimes tell young children, but developing a winning attitude is a life-long challenge for all of us.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

You see, your mission statement is your organization’s soul in the form of a strong action verb and few other carefully chosen words. Often people involved in an organization have different answers to these questions, and a long mission statement reflects a desire to include everyone’s perspective. What problem are we here to solve?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2021

I selected this book because Magnuson tells it like it is, provides clear, practical, actionable advice and speaks with authenticity and in a conversational style that will resonate with young career professionals. It's a funny phrase we sometimes tell young children, but developing a winning attitude is a life-long challenge for all of us.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 22, 2020

Magnuson tells it like it is, provides clear, practical, actionable advice and speaks with authenticity and in a conversational style that will resonate with young career professionals. And of them, some are Generation X, approaching it as more of a mentoring opportunity or wanting to leave a resource for their children.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

Rather than a single moment in time, ESG was born out of actions in the business community over several decades that culminated into our modern understanding of ESG today. These laws have protected millions of men, women and children from disease and death and have protected hundreds of species from extinction.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Magnuson tells it like it is, provides clear, practical, actionable advice and speaks with authenticity and in a conversational style that will resonate with young career professionals. And of them, some are Generation X, approaching it as more of a mentoring opportunity or wanting to leave a resource for their children.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Second is to develop some action-oriented strategies to recruit and retain and engage diverse board members in fundraising activity broadly. And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. So the question I’m asked a lot is how can we turn this insight into action?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If you want to see the system in action, request a personal demo that’s customized to your nonprofit’s needs. Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. In this image, children enjoy a trunk or treat Halloween event.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

First of all, these children have taught themselves. And for all of us who are parents who had privilege of teaching these children, just be glad you’re still like those little people. And then there are other children. I also use the five love languages, but we don’t have time for that today.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2014

Insert the appropriate calls to action. sexgerms.com uses language and offers content that’s crafted specifically for their audience: 3. Make sure that your mission and purpose is reflected in your branding, imagery, strategically positioned content and navigation. SUCCESSES: What are the results of your actions or impact.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Children’s Health. The main colors from your guide should be used to emphasize titles or calls to action. Users can also choose from a list of ten languages to translate the website into, which expands the support potential for the organization. Water bottles, yoga mats, and journals. Yo-yos, frisbees, and nightlights.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Save the Children. Thanks to custom development and integration with Salesforce , the site instantly reflects every gift ICA receives! From just one look, you can see how Project Open Hand’s site engages their audience, but let’s layout just a few reasons we love the design of this colorful, beautiful site: Strong calls-to-action.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

This essay, written in 1991, reflects Elaine's experience on the planning staff for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) on the Mall as an "insider/outsider"--a "hired gun" with museum know-how facilitating the creation of someone else's museum. Will those styles just redefine another rigid set of rules for right action?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

She speaks three languages fluently, Swahili, English, and French, among many other local languages. A Call to Action: Defend Women's Progress, Human Rights in Afghanistan by Zainab Salbi on the Huffington Post. Honorata was a high school principal. She was a sexual slave.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Move people to action. It is critically important to craft your key messages in specific language that reflects their values and on platforms they can relate to. They love to ride (what matters to them), and they are committed to helping children with disabilities have better lives (their values.). Change minds.

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