Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. This advice still holds true.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When your mission is effecting positive change it’s sometimes easy to overlook that at its heart a nonprofit is still a business model, with all the same ways of failing. If you wish to make a difference that may mean looking at an alternative place to affect change than the one you first envisioned. These tips can help: .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 19, 2018

The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 28, 2018

The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

But, it is important to point out that the Google + team is listening and improving features – with its “ Feedback Friday &# so the landscape is changing rapidly. Can Google + be a good platform for social change activists? The following is framed with one disclaimer: We’re in the days and this could all change.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2016

The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Davis Parchment, and data scientist Kwame Porter Robinson about the research results, implications, and advice for next steps. Thanks to the generosity of these funders, we were able to identify 13 groups where duplicative questions are present using several human-guided machine learning techniques. Miscellaneous (3 percent).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Pivot tables will change your life. Don’t waste your time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2016

The Courage Solution , a new book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You Firs t offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

Ask for Advice — You’ll Usually End Up with Money. The old fundraising maxim applies here: “Ask for money, you’ll get advice. Ask for advice , you’ll get money.”. Asking for advice means that they will freely tell you the secret thing they are most passionate about, as well as their biggest fears about giving.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

But that might be changing soon. AI, which uses machine learning techniques for streamlining the operations and enhancing programs at the nonprofits, has acted as a catalyst in transforming many organizations. Nonprofits can use this to make future recommendations and generate actionable advice to consumers. . Sustainability.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training. Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. What part of the workshop should be changed to improve learning? Use Learning Theory. Documentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

People and organizations that work on social change are not immune. The books is filled with techniques and best practices for getting people to be more civil online and how to handle the people that just can’t be civilized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

My doctor’s advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. I made a commitment to change. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. Last year, when I got may annual physical, my cholesterol numbers were not good.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2020

Looking inward before taking those crucial first steps toward change. Gives you specific techniques and tactics. Aligning your management team with your company's goals and reiterating your values through various communication channels. Encouragement. Promoting and rewarding team collaboration instead of competition. Complacency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some things have not changed: Time and attention are finite. Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. The campaign provides advice on how to self-examine and help detect signs and symptoms.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

In addition to the technical skills and tools described [ in the extended version of this article ], it is also important for staff to incorporate techniques into their daily work life that reduce distraction and stress. Have any techniques to add to this list? I use this as a pre-writing exercise as well as a reflection exercise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Frank Barry offers this guest post with some advice about how to succeed with nonprofit fundraising in 2013. Consistently changing technology landscape. If you don’t learn new techniques, try new things and evolve your fundraising skills you’re going to, to put it bluntly, die (i.e. Flat or decreased fundraising.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Meaning, as print news becomes obsolete, nuanced approaches to information-sharing will emerge that will meet the intended goals of journalism; consumption of information will change; and reporters will no longer be the only ones who are breaking news. The Knight Foundation pushes experimentation [by funding] the tools and techniques.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

One goal that I had was to a peer support community through the twitter hashtag # npsmpeer – where nonprofit social media managers could share advice and support one another. What are the challenges that nonprofits and the people who work for them face when confronted with failure and how to change that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Digital technologies are connecting residents in neighborhoods, catalyzing community discussions, changing the way governments and citizens interact, and making government more transparent. Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. If you have any suggestions for inclusion please send us a note.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Many of the techniques are now possible and within the next decade, just-in-time learning will likely become a cultural norm in nonprofits and elsewhere. This report and the advice for getting started goes right to the heart and soul of what I’m currently working in my training and consulting practice.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At it’s core, OPM brings together digital strategy, SEO techniques and social media marketing to provide an overarching approach to online presence. Instead of a one-time installation, OPM aims for continuous improvement by focusing on the long-term rewards SEO techniques, analytics and reputation management can offer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

That was the call for blog posts. I received a rich selection covering this topic – from changing mindsets, new tool sets, and lots of tips on how to manage your social media, email, and work flow. In a nutshell, the advice is to spend time on the important tasks first and practice good delegation skills.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

" Other Password Security Techniques. " Erica Mesker , manager of philanthropic investment, reports that her method is to "regularly change my passwords to a seemingly random sequence that is actually a mnemonic of a long sentence with meaning to me. Anna Jaeger , CTO of Caravan Studios, invented her own technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

What advice would you give to others? Our main advice to others is to create an environment in which each participant is free to speak candidly and without the fear of going off topic. Change in attitude about your organization. Change in behavior of target audiences. Improved engagement with stakeholders.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At it’s core, OPM brings together digital strategy, SEO techniques and social media marketing to provide an overarching approach to online presence. Instead of a one-time installation, OPM aims for continuous improvement by focusing on the long-term rewards SEO techniques, analytics and reputation management can offer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

As you’ll see in the deck above, I shared my own little action learning project on how to improve my own data using Excel and Ann and Stephanie’s advice. The second thing that I really enjoy about facilitating peer learning is that I learn along with the group. The session was devoted to sense-making.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Over a year and a half has passed since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, and needless to say, a lot has changed in that time. As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’ve likely seen your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy change drastically in the pandemic era as well. Annual campaigns or events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

In Connecting to Change World , the authors have a diagnostic for measuring the intensity of connections between people in an network. It looks like this: I have introduced to this person, but do not exchange information with them on a regular basis. That is the first step toward building trust of each other’s intentions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? And, I discovered that there is a Fortress Nonprofit on Twitter providing great advice about organizational change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

The organizational strategy is to impact policy change. In addition, they have an internal listserv for support where staff share suggested tweets for new reports or new features or techniques on Twitter. A sampling of effective HRW staff on Twitter: High volume, effective technique. Kenneth Roth , Executive Director.

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