Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2013

Mentoring others is an attitude and lifestyle choice. It’s so great to see all these kids focused on education and with well-articulated goals for where they want to be someday. You don’t have to have a weekly coffee with a mentee to make an impact. You’ll Experience Growth And Learning Too.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

And your attitude will be contagious. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values. Sitting on the sidelines bemoaning the lack of a philanthropic culture at your organization will not get you where you want to go. Not in a good way.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2015

This begins with the CEO or president, who needs to articulate what she or he sees as the fundamental importance of dedicating staff time towards these goals. Prototype : It is one thing for you to articulate why integrating data is important, and it's another to show your colleagues why. But you can also make it fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. Change in attitude about your organization. Change in behavior of target audiences.

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Achieve

MAY 22, 2016

It has now become a fun game for me to hear them articulate what I do. Research tells us the attitude towards giving, serving and using one’s talents to help others is a noble and desired idea. At times, though, others will not understand what or why you do this important work. My parents still struggle telling their friends what I do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

However, if you only focus on that which you control - be it your preparation the week before the game, or your attitude in the huddle - then you become a master of your own output, and that primes you for success. For some, achieving peak physical, mental and emotional (soul) preparation can be difficult.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations have at least a vague understanding of the perceptions, motivations, and attitudes of their audience— i.e. individuals give to a specific nonprofit because they support the nonprofit’s cause. Why do nonprofits use market research?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Culture is an organization’s operating patterns of behavior, activities, and attitudes, influenced by a shared set of values and beliefs that characterize the way people work together. identifying the new ways of working you want to see or articulating a new set of beliefs and values associated with them.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2015

RT @npshana If you have an attitude that your fundraising is bothering people, you will never be successful. I’m not sure where this attitude came from, but it’s something I’ve heard from fundraisers for years. We need to eliminate the belief that fundraising is bothersome. Heller Consulting (@TeamHeller) February 25, 2015.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

This activity helps you articulate why a culture of philanthropy is important, your values, and the way you work. To be effective, this attitude needs to be reversed. Often, the fundraising function is viewed as the task of getting dollars in the door, typically a siloed department and just the means to the mission.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

But the arguments trotted out represent how far we have to go in articulating the public value of arts institutions (and helping our supporters speak the same language). The whole 'we know how to spend your money better than you' attitude is condescending and false." Lots of negative and ambivalent reaction to this case statement.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Do your best to articulate the “why” and “how” to any concerned individuals. Your attitude can help influence others, especially committee volunteers. Know that whatever plan you develop, you’re not going to make everyone happy. Especially if the plan has to change. Deliver the news in a calm, composed, and positive manner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. I was wrong -- this attitude isn't necessarily generational. Aspiration's Executive Director, Allen Gunn , read a series of opinion statements and asked if we disagreed or agreed or were neutral.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Seema) I’m a big fan of articulating norms. We just did an attitude assessment test and discussed it at our all staff meeting. Q: How do you talk to your leadership team about creating a culture that recognizes that work is not 24/7 and that that is not and should not be an expectation?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The best social media practitioners express their personalities with a dash of attitude and a bit of flair, and are comfortable articulating their opinions online. A good social media manager has passion for his cause(s) and enjoys participating in social media.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

If they seem organized and if they can articulate a careful game plan to you in plain English, thats great. If they try to keep the whole process "mysterious" and assure you with an oh-it-will-be-fine-just-trust-us attitude, then steer clear. (d) Take time to probe on how a webcasting company intends to carry out your event.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

If people don’t know you, there’s no real, even my general attitude to life, trust people, it’s always worked out well, with some few exceptions, it’s still worth it. . It’s her attitude that’s really important. Andy: Yeah, I have a bad attitude, so I’m going to kick this one to Harvey. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

If it becomes clear that being lazy and uninspired is all you need to keep your job, it will quickly become the default attitude around the office. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? Millennials well remember which teachers pushed you and which teachers did not.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

If it becomes clear that being lazy and uninspired is all you need to keep your job, it will quickly become the default attitude around the office. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? Millennials well remember which teachers pushed you and which teachers did not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

It should be driven by what you want to learn. As soon as you have articulated a SMART objective and KPI, it should guide you to what data you need to collect and transform into insights That prevents you from collecting data you don’t need and being overwhelmed. Measurement should not, ideally, be driven by a tool.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Attitudes of executive directors towards the Internet – ED’s have gone from “why should I pay attention to the web” to spending a significant amount of time worrying if their web site is interactive, if they are doing all they can to effectively engage donors, and how they can raise more dollars online.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Attitudes of executive directors towards the Internet – ED’s have gone from “why should I pay attention to the web” to spending a significant amount of time worrying if their web site is interactive, if they are doing all they can to effectively engage donors, and how they can raise more dollars online.

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Being a good communicator involves more than just good articulation; it’s about understanding your audience. For many, it might involve a little attitude adjustment. On Gail Perry’s Fired Up Fundraising Blog, she reminds all fundraisers that it’s NOT all about you. In her post, What is Donor Engagement, Anyway?

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Every nonprofit site should include the organization’s mission statement somewhere, and Mustard Seed’s Mission and Vision page does a great job of articulating their purpose using short paragraphs and to-the-point language. Their well-organized photo gallery page makes great use of space and showcases a variety of their efforts. Mission page.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? The six topics are: How do you plan for the future? Who owns the stuff?

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