Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Remember your goal is persuading consumers. Helping real people should be the star.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit organizations look to outside experts for all kinds of reasons. Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. Here’s what we’ll cover: The Basics of Nonprofit Consulting. What is a nonprofit consulting firm? Why should I hire a nonprofit consulting firm?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Asking for feedback about how to improve the school experience is also a good technique, as used in the example above is from URJ Camp Kalsman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

Or maybe it was because I realized that the moment I busted through the glass doors on Daniel Island it would mean game-time and I was severely out of shape. Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: Nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. I mean, did I even remember how to do my job? It starts with awareness.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

The name of the game when making your survey is to only create questions that are directly related to gaining the information you need! This will keep your survey short and focused, which in turn prevents respondent fatigue and allows for a smooth data analysis process. Defining the Problem. Let Me Know What You Think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. Organizations that have this type of culture do not play the blame game if something needs to be improved. What does it look it? How did it get started?

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

It’s truly amazing to see how fast artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved and transformed various industries, including the nonprofit sector. As a nonprofit professional, you’ll be thrilled to know that AI is your new secret weapon for elevating your operations, fundraising, and outreach efforts.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

I was fortunate enough to be invited to be a guest speaker at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Now let me say upfront, this blog post isn’t going to be about those techniques for diversifying an office culture. By Terry Booth, Media Director, PLUK. It all started back in March of this year. Pretty big and worthwhile stuff.

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sgEngage

APRIL 24, 2023

Strong cyber security practices, like secure password requirements, are essential to your nonprofit. Let’s explore cyber security basics for nonprofit organizations to help your organization identify ways to become more secure. The post Cyber Security 101: Basics for Nonprofits first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. million times!

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

It’s been a few days since I returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference (#12NTC) hosted by NTEN in San Francisco, CA. Key Takeaway : Email should be a critical part of every nonprofits communication strategy. The conference was amazing! 2) Mobile (as expected) is On the Rise. Check out the slides here.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. Nonprofit Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

They're investigating how short, 140-character contributions can build upon each other to create a non-linear narrative – like a Choose Your Own Adventure story or a game of Consequences. I wrote the following trying to translate some of the ideas for nonprofits and use it as framework when looking at the Opera project. Here's Act 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I also didn't focus on some of the techniques I learned from She's So Geeky speaker training - the eye contact and the verb. The workshop was the first time I had used the game with fleshed out scenarios for the small groups to work and an assignment to have a discussion around planning questions: What's the goal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm doing a session at Boston podcamp called the Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. UPDATE: The presentation slides and wikispace is here.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Last week I published the 112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss , that compiled some of the wisest words and insights from across the industry this year. . What would happen if we combined some commonly *overheard* phrases from the nonprofit sector with the most popular Internet memes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Child's Play Charity targets gamers as a donor community, by Penny Arcade , raising millions mostly to provide games and equipment to child life programs at leading hospitals around the world. CrowdFunder is another web site that lets you set up a page and collect donations for a personal fundraising effort or nonprofit organization.

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