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. It was designed to complement existing technical assistance resources through tip sheets, examples, and links to multiple resources.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

Both our boards and our staff, not to mention our membership, need to reflect the cultures of the communities where we work and live. You must show that your organization — your mission, goals, and objectives — reflect the local, regional, or national makeup of the community you serve. Demonstrating Inclusion.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

To understand this you need to invest time and resources into Audience Research. While each department is focused on its specific goals, rather than the overall organizational mission and vision, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. And you need to do it before you build your brand. .

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Therefore, they’re hesitant to invest significant time or resources. This results in increased cohesion across your tech and human resources, better-concentrated focus, and higher trust levels. Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. However, branding is a crucial investment for nonprofits and their mission alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation. Here are some tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. The challenge has to do with organizational beliefs and work styles. Whether it be a widely held belief that measurement practice is not worth investing resources. Example of A/B Testing Results.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Given this, articulating your mission can help fuel your peer-to-peer campaigns, which means it’s time for you. As their generation ages, they’ll gather the resources to give even more to your nonprofit, which is why it’s critical to form solid connections early on. . Millennial Impact Report. Millennial Impact Report.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

Seasonal Reasons – Shorter days, colder weather, and the year coming to a close present a seasonal cue for less activity, a time for reflection, and positive changes we want to see in our futures. In 2021, we worked with Hope Services to be more efficient with limited resources to drive net revenue gains.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

We are so focused on getting things done, checking it off the to do list and the forward momentum that it requires, that we miss an important opportunity to hit the pause button, reflect, and improve process. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We thought so, so we put together a short list of items we felt could trigger meaningful conversations just in time for end-of-year reflection and 2019 planning. . Align with the goals of the organization and people you serve . If it doesn’t align with those goals or power the outcomes you want to see, don’t put resources behind it.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Our step-by-step guide to strategic planning will help you create a clear roadmap, allocate resources effectively, and stay focused on your mission. A lot boils down to not having enough funding, limited resources, and sometimes, leadership that struggles to steer the ship through stormy seas. You’re not alone.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Use current volunteers as a resource. Your volunteers should be able to clearly articulate what your organization stands for and what makes it worth volunteering for. In addition to turning to your current volunteers, you should also use former volunteers as a resource. Reach out to former volunteers.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2011

I understand the value of having a web presence that is reflective of institutional brand, makes content available for people to use in a variety of ways, and enables new connections with community members. It comes down to articulating your mission in a digital space. Not every museum would choose a journalistic approach.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. It should be concise and specific, and it should reflect the needs and priorities of your community. Use your results to reassess your goals and priorities. It is important to analyze your data regularly.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strategies for achieving those goals. Regularly outlining the goals and objectives of the organization, as well as the strategies and action plan for achieving them is good practice. Step 1: Outline the goals and objectives of your organization. Financial projections. Volunteer recruiting. Record keeping. Board recruiting.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So we have three key goals for our conversation this afternoon or morning depending on where you are. And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. So ensuring that an organization has the resources it needs to do its work. But only 70% of that group is. So what does this mean?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2015

P2P Take-away: Set aggressive but rational goals, with a corresponding realistic plan to achieve them. My hope is that nonprofits will pour the necessary planning, staffing and resources into these new peer to peer campaigns. In actuality, the blame lies with a lack of patience. Why are we so afraid of “bothering” our supporters?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

If you are interested in online fundraising but don’t have the resources to build a custom platform for donations like charity: water, there are applications that help nonprofits get started with online fundraising quickly, including Salsa and Network for Good. Identify Your Unique Value Proposition & Broadcast it to Your Audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. They are using RSS to stream content, including resources tagged with NpTech tag in del.icio.us. Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation. It also serves a resource leave behind!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

The goal is to capture the essence of your organization’s work. Often people involved in an organization have different answers to these questions, and a long mission statement reflects a desire to include everyone’s perspective. The vision statement expresses the overall goal of your nonprofit. Well, good news! Why do we exist?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

What new projects might allow you to better reflect those aspirations? There are several good resources on evaluating participation. Assessment tools like the Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills report can help you couch both your goals and evaluation in contexts that are well-understood by funders and executives alike.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

In 2012, we’ll be rolling out new branding, new media, and new stories all with the goal of getting better at what we do and raising our impact. Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. Our goal is social change at scale. It also helps with recruiting employees, volunteers, and donors!

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

There’s all kinds of great resources on there, videos you can watch and then get a sense of what we’re all about. But she’s like this fear buster to help you set your goal and just kind of like, “Great, it’s fear, embrace it. And I’m a goal setter. It’s like, “Okay, take your goal.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

My goal for this presentation was to synthesize the traditional ROI process with the best thinking about social media and ROI from the gurus like David Armano and KD Paine. Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. Pause for reflection time before next reiteration: How to improve results?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Articulate Your Brand Characteristics. For more detailed information on writing mission statements, see the library of additional resources at the end of this article. Although your brand is reflected in much more than just its visual identity, your logo is the centerpiece of your nonprofit’s brand. Curate Your Color Palette.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This post reflections on the training design as well as my content notes. I’ll look forward to read any reflections from Alan on how this worked. Networked Nonprofits know how to listen, engage, and build relationships on Facebook that allow them to reach their goals. Social Learning In Webinars.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And that really stuck with me because we have this idea, not everybody, but lots of us, that we got to focus on the organization’s goal and then we just get the people to fill in. And the reality is that it is not sustainable over time to burn the people to get to the goal. Are we looking at flexible hours?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

You can find my materials and slides on the workshop wiki - CSR and NGO workshops, but always like to do a reflective wrap up post. It is purely focused on social outcomes, although I did hear some business goals. And, of course, created a wiki as a resource. No wonder I am still tired! It always helps me improve practice.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

You can go to our website, there’s all kinds of videos and resources you can check out there to get to know us a little bit more. A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. Because there is no such thing as an organization that has enough resources to be well known by everybody.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Our essential intention is to cultivate partnerships of grassroots women who are working at the community level on issues of environmental sustainability and social justice, so that they can really find opportunities to collaborate and to exchange best practices, exchange resources, and really build a collective agenda.

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Forj

JULY 22, 2021

The organization created a very detailed RFP, according to Hope, and this was because they made an enterprise-level investment in online learning strategy and designed backwards from their goals. We subscribe to this idea that if you are organized within, your influence is reflected outside of your organization.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So if you are curious about that, or maybe you’re shopping before the end of the year, check out our website there’s all kinds of great resources. So our goal is to be done at the top of the hour, but if we’re having more questions, we’ll just stay here and answer them till you’re done asking questions.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

part 1: Crafting Your Appeal To get started, it’s helpful to begin by splitting your plan up into the classic components: “what”, “why”, “how”, “when”, and “where” What – the goal The first step is to set a goal. Make sure your goals are within reach.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

To get started, it’s helpful to begin by splitting your plan up into the classic components: “what”, “why”, “how”, “when”, and “where” What – the goal. The first step is to set a goal. Do get your team on the same page and set a reach goal internally.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Thanks to custom development and integration with Salesforce , the site instantly reflects every gift ICA receives! 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.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

And if the collection of resources and highlights below are any indication, a lot has happened in the nonprofit industry over the past 365 days. In Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits , we’re reminded that a key step to improvement is having an accurate retrospective view.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The goal, from IMLS’s standpoint, is for NAS to create a report that can address the fundamental issues facing museums and libraries in the 21st century, with an intended audience of industry professionals, trustees, funding sources, and government representatives. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries?

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