Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I’ve been leading this work at Google.org for five years and was previously at The Bridgespan Group where I helped nonprofits and foundations address strategic questions. A great place to start is with our free educational resources on the AI Impact Challenge website. Agency for International Development and for an international NGO.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

One of the most important pieces of advice I can give to growing nonprofits is something that I heard years ago from a business consultant: be slow to hire and quick to fire. That way they will all be fresh in your mind as you evaluate. Ask each candidate the exact same questions. Review the evaluations to select a candidate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2012

Note from Beth : In March, I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) with Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group, that helped OE analyze its “goldmine” of grantee data.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Prepare for donor questions. Fundraising advice from phonathon experts. Here are the key components to any phonathon script: Introduction: Answer the most basic questions: Who are you? See how they respond when a donor has questions about the campaign, voices objections, or is looking to complete their transaction.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The points include: 1) notice the situation; 2) evaluate the situation; 3) Respond to the situation. If you’d a chance at winning a free copy of this very useful book, Civility in the Digital Age , leave a comment about how your nonprofit would put it to use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

Photo by Bart Maguire Note from Beth: I invited Stephanie to publish her blog post about the network evaluation discussion we had with Michael Quinn Patton yesterday. Our Evaluation Director Gale Berkowitz invited Michael to spend a day at the Foundation while he was out on the West Coast. Feel free to share your ideas here.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

As you organize your nonprofit virtual fundraising event , you’ll also want to ask yourself questions during planning, execution, and follow-up on whether your schedule is respectful of your participants’ time. Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

Luckily, we have some advice! Instead, take a step back and evaluate your asking process. Still have questions? Then sign up for our free Fundraising Boot Camp email series! It can be a stressful and time-consuming endeavor. When asking for donations in person, keep these tips in mind: Do research beforehand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Here’s some great advice from my colleagues at CommonSense Media. Common Sense Media’s totally free Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for grades K-12 can help. Question: We’d love to hear from you. As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, the following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? Finally, commit to rigorous execution.

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.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

Automations like scheduled social promotions, email campaigns, and critical calendar reminders are digital conveniences that free space for more important assignments. A technology assessment is a performance evaluation of your IT systems. If you answered yes to each of these practical questions congratulations!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

After the CTK team and I had compiled a list of frequently asked nonprofit technology questions, I started emailing and calling some of my favorite colleagues. But real nonprofit professionals will submit real questions about their technology challenges. Are you interested?”.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? Finally, commit to rigorous execution.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The following 10 leadership and business book authors recently answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? Finally, commit to rigorous execution.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Whether you’re a brand-new nonprofit looking to recruit your very first volunteers or are a seasoned pro, it’s important to first evaluate and assess your volunteer needs and to do so frequently. Of course, be sure to work with your staff team to get an outside perspective and seek advice from trusted colleagues, mentors, and managers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

And, in looking over the evaluations and reviews , I think the participants did too. I got an email from hosts Chris Uschan and Tony Veroeven who shared some numbers, "We had 190 attend and ask 140 questions in a back channel that looked like Clark Griswald 's House at Christmas!". In fact, we gave away a couple of free copies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Look at your score and ask yourself the following reflection questions. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Attend some of the FREE social media gatherings or meetups in your city and network with other nonprofits like Net2Tuesdays.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. Identify 2-3 questions you want to answer from your experiment.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2009

If you want the slides, I put them up on slideshare , so free to download them.). What that is, I think, is collaboration and evaluation, facilitated by free-moving data. Judi's really smart advice? And, as users have questions or needs, point them to the cloud for answers. You've noticed this, I'm sure.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

Review your donor files to evaluate the giving histories of your donors and identify your most loyal, faithful donors. Make it brief, asking just a few questions about their key areas of interest and how they prefer to receive communications. Send an invitation to an upcoming free event , tour or volunteer activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Listening is more than free market research: With traditional communications planning, research is very important and there is a lot done on the front end. The important question is to ask, "to what end? Right now the cards have questions and this group was asking for experiential advice on the cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2007

You need to take a reiterative approach - look at the results and evaluate and improve. What advice would you give to someone who is developing their keyword advertising campaign with Google Ad Words? Remember that your goal is the answer to the question: What do you want people to do on your site? What are your tips and advice?

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Candid

APRIL 15, 2024

Depending on the funder or type of grant, you may have to conduct program evaluations and/or more complex financial reporting. Nonprofits with revenues under $1 million can access Foundation Directory Essential for free through our Go for Gold offer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

executive summary here ) ContinuousProgress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation is an online guide to more effective foreign policy advocacy and evaluation. A new service called Qunu that uses IM to match people who have software or tech-related questions with experts who are passionate and willing to help.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Customizable tabbed pages show general employee information, emergency contacts, wages, performance evaluations, notes, and associated documents — all of which can be customized by administrators. And remember that you’re part of a larger community: if you have questions, our community forums are a great place to ask them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. Have a question: I want to publically acknowledge the names of the donors here on this blog and what I don't know is whether donors opted to be anonymous or not? I'm summarizing some observations, comments, and advice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A common question is whether to invest time in a Facebook Group or a Page. Ask questions. But you can infer the popularity of your recent posts by evaluating the number of "likes" or comments that appear on your Wall next to each post. Web-Based Apps: HootSuite and Co-Tweet are both excellent, free services.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

Moving forward, one of the most difficult tasks of a leader will be to embrace the personalities of individual team members and to provide the space necessary for free expression and creativity. Dr. Andrew Temte, CFA Recently, Temte answered the following questions for me: Question: Your book is very personal and candid.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Moving forward, one of the most difficult tasks of a leader will be to embrace the personalities of individual team members and to provide the space necessary for free expression and creativity. Dr. Andrew Temte, CFA Today, Temte answered the following questions for me: Question: Your book is very personal and candid.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 1, 2022

With the answers to these questions in mind, review your messaging to make sure it’s member-centric. Evaluate and revise your communications copy. Providing members with an online community where they can access content, discuss topics, and share advice and learning experiences with each other. . For example: .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

Last month, student Nicole Robert wrote about the concept for Advice: Give it, Get it, Flip it, Fuck it. There is also a final evaluation report available for download, which offers lots of great quantitative and qualitative content about what visitors did in the exhibit. But the exhibit team did something novel.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Druckers book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2009

Designing an exhibit, the first questions are usually: “what is this about? The result is an exhibit about advice. Our “big idea” is: Advice: give it, get it, flip it, fuck it. In this design experiment, we are inviting individuals far and wide to give us advice. What’s the content? What’s the message?” June 6 to Mon.

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