Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

Nonprofit need to think about their board as brand advocates, not a group of people who can’t speak from the heart about the organization or answer questions like “Go ask staff.&# Board empowerment and education as advocates is important so they can talk to their neighbors or their Facebook friends about the nonprofit’s work.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here's a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2009

In the past year we have gotten quite a few calls from existing and new clients asking to make a “girl effect” video. This is a video about the empowerment of girl and it makes the viewer feel empowered. At See3, this what we focus on—moving the audience for passive viewer to active participant. Girl Effect Video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance. If one will fit with your topic, it might open your message up to a wider and different audience. This can help introduce you to a new audience that care about the issues. Trending Topics : Occasionally check them out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

More importantly, it unpacks any skepticism or opposing points of view about the topic you’ll be addressing in the peer learning. It is a good idea to include a fun question appropriate to the audience to illustrate the technique. We used: I love grass-fed beef. This is a hallmark of Networked Nonprofits. A/B Testing.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

So we’ve now heard your personal stories and I want to start helping the people who are in the audience right now. And so I want to acknowledge that, but to the extent that you can put yourself in that position and have that kind of empowerment, I find it extremely confidence boosting and brings me from a stronger place.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2020

These events typically attract participation from a broad-based audience without an implicit need to be athletic. In reimagining these events, we must take care to harness the feelings of empowerment, of recognition, and of community that are so cherished about non-competitive events, not only on “event day”, but all season long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

Clay Newton says "One of the challenges with this space is that the words are not equally understood across the full audience. Mary Hodder suggested "we are the media" and it comes with a theme song and video. Nonprofit Social Media Empowerment Guide. NpTech Social Media Empowerment Guide. Make Your Media.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Make sure your creative includes all of the following: Images: Timely and relevant; telling the narrative of the individual instead of the crowd; featuring faces of real people who are seeking opportunity (the empowerment the gifts are directed toward). Video: Content that focuses on the individual, not the organization.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Naples, Florida: #Storymakers 2017: Creating Images and Video with Adobe Spark. Sweet Briar, Virginia: Using Data to Reach Your Audience. Wellington, New Zealand: Quick, Quality, and Possibly Quirky Video | Net2Welly September '17 Meetup. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Tuesday, September 5, 2017.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Telling one person’s emotionally compelling success story through an appeal video can be the single most powerful way to inspire donors to give generously. Below we have outlined a few key strategies for ethical storytelling, along with some specific guidelines on the full video production process that you can consider.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

Make sure the game is targeted to the right audiences. The empowerment of girls in third world countries is a topic many corporate sponsors are looking to endorse. Jeff came to the attention of the new leadership of Games for Change through his personal blog, Game Culturalist, a socially aware blog about video games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur hopes to gain insight into how virtual worlds are used by young people, to introduce the foundation to an audience that may have little exposure to institutional philanthropy and to take part in and stimulate discussions about the real-world issues that it seeks to address. Lucy Bernholz captured the video stream from blog.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond. Nonprofit RockStars: Using Video to Share Your Message by David King Video is a great way to share your organization's message, start conversations, and move people to action. How do online videos fit into your non-profit's digital space?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Moving gets blood to the brain, getting blood brain helps people take in new ideas. We also did fun and creative after lunch energizers. On the first day, in honor of being in India, I played a YouTube video of a well-loved Bollywood number called “ Chaya, Chaya.”

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects. How do you keep your donors and audience engaged even after an issue has moved out of the news cycle?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 2, 2018

MeToo was meant to be a movement that provides “empowerment through empathy” to survivors of sexual abuse, assault, exploitation and harassment, especially those in underprivileged communities. The videos garnered nearly 1 million views each in 24 hours. Research your audience. launched the #MeToo campaign.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 23, 2023

Understand Your Audience Before you start drafting your first tweet or Facebook post, you need to understand who your audience is and what they care about. Your messaging, tone, and even the platform you choose should cater to your audience’s preferences. And don’t forget to make your content easily shareable!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It took a long time actually, it took about five more years of holding it inside, and I bet a lot of people in the audience might have experienced that feeling - of just holding onto something that you think could be very transformational, but you are too afraid to take that step. It took me until I was twenty-eight.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. It leads audiences to look behind the dominant narrative, at the details." Choose Your Approach — How Involved Is Your Audience? Please visit the site to view this video). Who is the audience?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. It leads audiences to look behind the dominant narrative, at the details." Choose Your Approach — How Involved Is Your Audience? Please visit the site to view this video). Who is the audience?

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