Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Offering a variety of roles, time commitments, and remote opportunities can help you cater to a broader audience. From the first email, phone call, or meeting, volunteers are gauging whether your organization is a place where they want to invest their time and energy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

In other words, I don’t avoid social media, I use it a lot, and I actively facilitate my clients use of social media integration with their web presence. ( And hype designed to sell things isn’t necessarily going to help make the world a better place. And I use hashtags in blog entries! ). But I’m still bored silly.

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Achieve

MARCH 24, 2022

to tried-and-true community fundraisers, plenty of fundraising opportunities still exist that your team can hold at little-to-no cost, with just a few trained volunteers. . is that there’s already a pipeline in place to facilitate donations. simplified multichannel fundraising campaigns. unique (and easy!) fundraising ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference takes place in Minneapolis next week. I have the honor of designing and facilitating three sessions, including a plenary on my favorite topic – learning from failure. Leave a comment if you do training internationally and want to do a “trade craft” informal session.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With the popularity of online experiences and the abundance of software to help facilitate them, this article can even help you recruit volunteers in a post-COVID-19 world. This way, all of your important data is centralized in one place, allowing any of your tools to add to or pull from it. Take your training online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. He reminded us that April 3rd was the 40th anniversary of the first mobile phone and today the mobile audience in the US is 89% of adults and 51% smartphones and 31% tablets.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

You have a plan and set up in place to maximize these capabilities. . Through Accelevents’ custom registration and ticketing package , you can segment your audience as soon as they register. . With integrated live streaming in the Accelevents platform, you can easily film and upload to your live, online audience for an extra value-add.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There are likely a number of interested parties in your community that want to make the world a better place. For example, if you’re hosting a peer-to-peer fundraising event on a college campus, having college-aged volunteers will help you better connect with your target audience. Try the following: Attending networking events.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Looking ahead at future events, we will likely shorten the duration to ensure we’re not pulling our audience away from the important work they do for too long. Make Your Content Accessible to Varying Audiences. Our event this year was four days, which, in retrospect, is a lot of time to ask people to dedicate. How to Measure Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Note from Beth: Last week I was in New Orleans for the National Assembly of State Arts Councils meeting. I facilitated a peer session with Public Information Officers and a Mini-Workshop on managing and measuring a social media presence. We covered strategy, especially identifying audiences through personas and key objectives.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

In fact, they vary greatly depending on your location, the skills of your volunteers, and your past training and experience at fundraising. The capital reserve stays in place after construction and is restricted to building maintenance. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation?

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Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

This encourages active engagement because it facilitates a friendly, competitive environment. Qgiv’s custom walkthroughs train supporters to create a unique, beautiful page that tells their personal story. Their focus on data helps you turn audience insights into personalized marketing that resonates. Additional Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

We selected Kimbia as our new technology partner in January, launched our new website in July and began an intensive training schedule (webinars, live training, phone and email support) with organizations to get them ready on the new GiveMN.org for Give to the Max Day. Can you share a little bit about how you managed this change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. This environment can be a training workshop or it can be in an organization. Putting It Into Practice As a Facilitator. Interact with the Audience. Retweeting is boring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Last month, during the Nonprofit Technology Conference plenary session on placing little bets and learning from failure , we issued a challenge to 1,000 nonprofits in the audience. Let’s do more than just give failure lip service, let’s put it into practice and share learning from a failure or placing a “Little Bet.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Training Design. It also includes a face-to-face workshop where there is also the same balance. This year’s session was piggy-backed with the annual meeting, so the training came at the end of 2.5 We are tracking progress against a baseline. Solicit and share stories. Key influencers take action, including media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Since the meeting was taking place in Los Angeles, FFOG was graciously allowed me to present remotely with Liz Karlin. The down side is the potential for technology glitches and, of course, not being in the room to catch the audience vibe. We got around those challenges quite well. Avoiding Technology and Presentation Fail.

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Skype Tips Los Angeles Audio 97

AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2021

Online event platforms can also facilitate registration and ticketing, analytics, accounting, and email marketing integrations. Running an exclusive event will look bad if you have to run it using a service that places their brand at every touchpoint. Scalable attendee options (a price that fluctuates with your audience base).

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2021

Online event platforms can also facilitate registration and ticketing, analytics, accounting, and email marketing integrations. Running an exclusive event will look bad if you have to run it using a service that places their brand at every touchpoint. Scalable attendee options (a price that fluctuates with your audience base).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

With more of your donor engagement taking place online due to social distancing guidelines, it’s a good time to take a look at your nonprofit’s website and determine if it’s doing all it can to support your virtual fundraising efforts. Catering to the needs of your various audiences. Including clear, compelling calls to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

If the audience is local, it is important to framing content and issues for local geographic area. Engaging photos, especially of local places and animals work well. Also, it allows you to test your own pre-conceived notions about what think YOUR audience wants. Measure Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

During the next two days, I will be facilitating a two-day social media bootcamp for NGOs from Jordan and Lebanon that have been through the program in their respective countries. He founded Shabakat Al Ordon , the first networked nonprofit that I discovered in the Middle East and that provides youth ICT training 300 communities in Jordan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I’m facilitating a Peer Learning Program for the Knight Foundation with community foundations that are hosting Giving Days using the Knight Foundation’s Giving Day Playbook. You’ll probably find subjects right in your work place or nonprofits programs that you didn’t see before.

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Camera Photography Content Strategy 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's a live chat during a workshop or presentation and these days, it mostly taking place on Twitter. Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. I emphasized the importance of knowing your audience. It has 400 members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Over the summer, Holly Minch , who is an expert at helping nonprofits and philanthropies unlock the potential of strategic communications for social change, suggested that I facilitate a workshop on social media strategy with a group of nonprofit and philanthropy communications folks. . Tags: remix scholar training materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms. Program Design.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

She is regularly featured as a presenter at multiple chambers of commerce and local workshops and seminars on networking, event marketing, and sales training. Digital advertising offers an array of platforms that facilitate donations: Let’s talk about what kinds of online giving options are available for most nonprofit organizations.

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Digital Marketing Online Fundraising 52

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Your audience can bid while commuting! There are multiple ways to reach your potential audience via emails, mobile ads, SMS campaigns, and social media and connect directly in real-time. With a text-out campaign, you need to create a promotional message targeting a potential audience. Use Mobile for Events.

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Mobile Technology Impact Registration 54

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. Providing staff training is essential. In addition to group trainings, they also did a lot of one-on-one sessions with everyone, including senior leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. The E-Mediat project where Zoetica was hired to design and deliver the train the trainer’s session.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

And, we know a lot more about how to host virtual events and engage an online audience than we did last year. A good way to facilitate an in-kind donation campaign virtually is to take advantage of your online tools and make an eCommerce page with a list of needed products. It looks like virtual fundraising is here to stay!

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Virtual Ideas Guide Fundraising 69

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Frost on Fundraising – Speaker Training. Staff, management, and executive-level coaching and training in a variety of areas. Direct mail and phone calls continue to be extremely effective outlets for nonprofits promoting their campaigns but only if they’re handled with the right strategies in place. Why They Stand Out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. The Audience As Part of the Presentation. This gives an opportunity for the audience to share their story and their knowledge. Tags: training materials.

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

Most importantly keep the need of the audience in mind throughout the selection process. In this search for information, it is vital to focus on the objectives you want to achieve by the e-learning courses or training. Ask your instructors and facilitators their honest feedback about your current training strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

So, I designed a training curriculum that embraces thoughtful do-it-yourself social media experiments and a process for learning from them. On Friday, I facilitated the final face-to-face workshop for the Social Media Lab for 25 arts organizations inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach. What were some tactics that you tried?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Tweet chats are held to bring Twitter users together to have a discussion on a pre-designated topic, sometimes functioning as a means to provide online training on a subject. To be an effective tweet chat moderator all you need is good facilitation skills. Also, leave some time aside for questions from your audience.

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