Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

In our latest installment of npEXPERTS – “ Cupids Arrow: Targeted Strategies to Acquire Supporters “ - you’ll find 36-pages of thoughtful advice on donor acquisition strategies, written collaboratively by a cross-section of nonprofit fundraising experts. Managing Editor @Blackbaud. Find Madeline On Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Luckily, the NTEN Community is full of advice on places to go, things to do, dishes to eat, and how to navigate NTC like a pro. NTEN Education Director, Ash Shepherd recommends connecting with folks you may have heard of or interacted with online, but never met in person. miles of hiking and biking trails in the middle of town.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 4, 2019

With more than 38 years of experience in higher education advancement, Dwight is an active participant in his profession, currently serving as a member of the board of directors for the Association of Advancement Services Professionals. Q: What is the best piece of advice you’ve received that has guided the way you lead?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own Web sites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here’s my advice for how to get the most out of bbcon and I can’t wait to see you there! Later that evening we hope you join us for the Celebration Event which features live music by Sixwire, who just performed at the NFL draft, and special guest Phil Vassar. Food and drink will be served– with plenty of dancing, music and fun.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

Probably it just means that when the “Social Media Director&# or the “Goddess of Communication&# arrived in their office in the morning, they ran their standard set of google blog and technorati searches, and voila, there I was. It was, a while ago, part of my job to build technology solutions for people.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

He provides exactly the kind of advice that will help organizations connect with their donors. For instance, I’m reading the book, Made to Stick , and this week’s post by Jeff at Donor Power talks about taglines that organizations use – how they make internal sense, but don’t make sense to people outside.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

In fact, there's an NTEN Affinity Group for video blogging where you can get advice, ask questions, or share what you know. Moderator: Carl Goodman (Deputy Director and Director of Digital Media, Museum of the Moving Image). Click To Play "A machinima short music video we shot in Second Life. Check this out.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

That sounded like good advice, since it might take me quite a while to get to step 1. (If, I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

And I know there are plenty of folks out there who know the field really well at 50 ft, and can step in with the best advice. Mostly because, although I actually know the field pretty well, it’s at the 10,000 foot level, rather than the 50 ft level that clients really need.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

And, if you’re up for it any quick advice, have any for MHAUS? I’d love your thoughts on this – particularly looking at the questions that folks suggested [link] 2 admin 08.14.08 I think I can write something up. 3 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 at 12:31 am Great michele.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Beth has some advice for dealing with too much data – write it down (er, on a wiki that is.) Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars. I want to do more and more writing, and doing this sort of thing might be pretty helpful for me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Beth has some advice for dealing with too much data – write it down (er, on a wiki that is.) Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars. I want to do more and more writing, and doing this sort of thing might be pretty helpful for me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Amy Kinkaid, of Fundraising Breakthroughs , has some great advice about asking for money without shame. All of these articles were interesting and thoughtful. It’s really nice to learn more about what people are talking about. A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects has a nice post about what Project Managers do all day, anyway.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

t have an extensive classical music background, but learned quickly and learned to love it even quicker. We posted our new music director announcement with an update, links and information. Compare that to the average age of classical music patrons, which usually runs toward the mid-fifties or even sixties. Just explore!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

at 10:59 pm this is such great advice. Thanks for the great advice. If you have a constituent who has a lot to say and says it in an interesting way, get them to express those thoughts in tweets, and see how many other people can be reached. 5 Erin 04.30.08 Wish we could afford to hire you! 7 blogcoach 11.22.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 27, 2006

This week's Solutionary Woman is Caroline Ticarro-Parker, the Executive Director of Mind on the Media, the nonprofit that sponsors Turn Beauty Inside Out, a campaign to raise awareness about sexist portrayals of girls and women by the media. You can read some of the girl's blog posts from the retreat here. My daughters.and all girls.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

I have some advice for both companies, though: Keep going – it’s looking more and more like not only are people expecting the ability to mash their data and other data more, it’s also looking like a pretty good business model. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 8, 2010

Early last month I chatted with Executive Director, Patricia Loya, about La Cocina , a San Francisco incubator kitchen for women. Below is an edited transcript of the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast site , or through the iTunes Music Store. She's growing her business. Oh, gosh, there's so many.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t quite understand why you won’t give the same advice to Holly. Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2017

I’m your host, Randy Hawthorne, Executive Director of Nonprofit Hub, an educational resource for nonprofits. While we talk to Tony and get his advice, I’ll also be sharing some tips. MUSIC: Sleepy Eyed Thoughts by Bernardus. MUSIC: Sleepy Eyed Thoughts by Bernardus. Check out the other 19 episodes at nphub.org/hubcast.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2006

Back to Earth is a Bay Area organic catering and outdoor adventure company, and they have lots of good advice for folks who want to start a socially responsible business or organization. Any other tips, or advice? Get advice. And if you liked the opening music, it was an excerpt from Kenya Masala's "Mango Delight".

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

Nobody could afford you, or nobody's big enough to hire a promotion director. BB: What advice do you have for writers who have an idea for a book that they think will create positive change? We'll do some labyrinth walking to music. But meanwhile, all these people keep sending me their manuscripts."

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade their board to scale back events and focus on fundraising strategies that work for them. . A musical performance. the hours spent by the Executive Director and development staff outside of the Events Coordinator, as well as marketing, I.T.,

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

I watched many entertaining shorts featuring students explaining exhibits to the beat of popular and illegally uploaded music. No one is going to volunteer advice to the museum if they don't think it will be used. The experience, the director commented, was so painful that they would never repeat it.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

We hope you find their advice for nonprofit multi-channel marketing helpful! Scott’s marketing advice for nonprofits can absolutely lead to increased support and donations. We are thrilled that our friends at BDI, Donorly, DNL Omnimedia, and Oneicity shared some great insights and advice on multi-channel marketing!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

You can read her awesome advice in many leading industry publications and blogs, as well as her own website. ” Lots of great advice for you on getting a kickstart for your end-of-year fundraising campaigns. . But that is my advice there. . So we must be doing something right here. Maybe you just send one.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Katrin Verclas (the Executive Director of NTEN, for those who don’t know) was eager to know if there was any way to make it open and pushed hard for it. Although the Journal was prepared in partnership with NTEN, I take full and personal responsibility for the decision to use a closed license.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Oftentimes my first time block is checking in on where I’m at because I can use music to change my mood, I can go for a quick walk before my first meeting if I know I’m not quite right. What’s your best advice for managing up? I start my day with meetings with myself. Kishshana: Let’s do this. Steven: See you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

What tips, resources or advice would you give to someone who wanted to become a grassroots campaign organizer? women nonprofit activism music ONE campaign It’ll test your patience to the max, something else that is critical to this work. And above all I have found that being a teacher makes you realize your capacity for leadership.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

And, if you have a minute to offer some advice. As far as ‘buzz director’ goes… I do need to unpick what I mean a little more (a *lot* more). I agree regarding music. You’ll recall this interview , and this post , and this one. Maybe a section on this blog, or a wiki, pulling the idea together[?]

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

I am a co-founder of Global Exchange, which was founded by myself and two other people, Medea Benjamin, my wife, and Kirsten Moller who has been the Executive Director of Global Exchange since we started in 1988. Kevin Danaher: My name is Kevin Danaher. government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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