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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

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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. Charts can showcase your organization’s most important findings.

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How To Make Sense of Your Social Media Metrics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the topics the peer learning group took a deep dive into was selecting the right chart and techniques offered by nonprofit data nerds Stephanie Evergreen (who write a guest post on how to create great graphs ) and Anne Emery’s tips on how to avoid boring bar charts. The session was devoted to sense-making.

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Civility in the Digital Age: Book Giveaway

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Offer Training in Conflict Management To Social Media Professionals: The book describes techniques for conflict management and how to respond in various situations, but organizing a training for staff that includes role play and simulations to practice these skills is also important.

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7 Tips To Help You Focus In Age of Distraction: Are You Content Fried!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening. I schedule my writing time during peak concentration hours in the day. (I’ve charted those – so I know when they occur). Reading, reviewing, commenting, writing, and editing content.

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Nonprofit Blog Carnival: Personal Productivity Tips for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Another excellent variation of the Pomoro Technique. Personal Productivity in Practice.

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Learning and Listening Loops: What is Micro Planning?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It will also include some practical advice about working more like clouds than towers. As chair of the chart committee, I had originally diagrammed this concept as the rungs of the ladder of engagement - see it here. I've written endlessly about the techniques of listening, metrics, reflection and reiteration.

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A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People in Philadelphia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's why I incorporated a number of reflection techniques throughout the day - to help with the digestion and application. I also tested out a couple of instructional techniques for the first time and learned something myself. Right away, I introduce them to Twitter as a resource - the collaborative brain.