Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. There are many creative ways to engage participants at a training - both face-to-face and online. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model.

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Forum One

AUGUST 19, 2021

How can you understand how your audience perceives a digital tool, an online experience, or the world more broadly? The most common approaches are through two research approaches: audience research and usability testing. This is where audience research comes in. Audience research: Forming an understanding.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 19, 2021

For New York City-based Smile Train, the largest cleft organization in the world, its year-end efforts last year presented challenges, yet valuable lessons learned that it will utilize as it moves forward. The COVID-19 pandemic halted its work around the world, but it soon found its voice, urging supporters that its work is still needed.

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The Sponsorship Collective

MAY 15, 2024

I talk a lot about the power of audience data and cover the importance of surveys in all of my in person and online training […] Every organization should be surveying their attendees and their database if they want to grow (or maintain) their sponsorship program.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2022

Komen partnered with GoodUnited, a provider of social fundraising solutions, to create new, innovative peer-to-peer fundraising challenges and custom, conversational messaging sequences that both raised revenue and built Komen’s relationships with a new audience. We’ll cover the following points: . Step 1: Create a Facebook challenge. .

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Association Analytics

MAY 20, 2024

There are a few key data-driven strategies that can help to enhance an association’s financial outlook and member engagement including: Identifying Audiences – Effective non-dues revenue strategies begin with a deep understanding of your association’s audience.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Communicate with your audience by showing engaging photos of your work or a testimonial. Ask them to think about their connections to your cause, share anything they’ve helped accomplish for your mission, and do their best to tell their stories in a compelling way that resonates with their audience. Train them. of millennials.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

If you were one of the many people who attended our webinar Training an Invisible Audience: Delivering Effective Webinars , I'd like to thank you for being such an eager and inquisitive audience. Some trainers even advocate interacting with an audience every 2 to 3 minutes. Take more than one question break.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Note from Beth: Last January, I put together a train the trainers session for nonprofit trainers. Over on the SalsaLabs blog, they are doing a series on designing nonprofit tech training and I discovered this excellent rewrite of my post. 8 Reasons Why Bad Trainings Happen to Good Nonprofits by Salsa Labs. Right audience.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Our webinar, Training an Invisible Audience: Delivering Effective Webinars , will be held on Thursday, December 8 at 11a.m. Some questions addressed will be: How is online training different from face-to-face or in-person training? How do you encourage audience participation and interaction? Pacific time.

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

Training is the magic that transforms LLMs from a blank slate into a bot, or a machine with a ‘personality.’ In training the AI is exposed to vast amounts of text, datasets, and other types of information from the internet. If data in their training is inaccurate, the response to your question may also be incorrect.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

And staff training will ensure that everyone has insight into their numbers. A freelance expert can train current staff and get your organization up to speed. Make space to give your current staff the time and training they need to become engagement specialists. But—you can’t know, what you don’t know.

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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. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

During the summer, I’ve been designing workshops based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and Emerging Leaders Playbook. A great training always start with a great opening or icebreaker. An icebreaker for a staff training might be different from one that you use at a conference session where people don’t already know each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. I did not have a remote audience. These were workshops at Cause Camp , Global Giving , and the Hartford Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Selecting compelling items that appeal to your audience can significantly impact your fundraising results. Let’s explore how to manage your prize items so they make an impact in your next online silent auction : 1) Choose Prizes to Suit Your Audience When selecting items, it’s crucial to keep your audience in mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. We were also accommodating a remote audience as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery guest post by Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Your association can also learn what membership benefits and opportunities resonate most amongst your various audience segments. For example, a medical association might set up their membership journey like so: medical students, residents, fellows in training, early career, mid-career, and senior-level or experts.

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Candid

MARCH 23, 2022

Yawns are contagious, and nothing makes an audience sleepier than to see that you are fighting not to slip into unconsciousness. . Well, two years on, I can safely say that our virtual training classes are here to stay. Get the audience to look at you with fresh eyes. . Your audience will thank you for it. .

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Understand your target audience Your small business likely doesn’t have the seemingly endless budgets and robust marketing departments that large corporations do. This means that you’ll need to be more economical with your efforts, choosing only the communication channels and tactics that truly resonate with your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2013

The third year now expands the program into a “train the trainer” model. The master class is part of a, NEA-funded experiment being conducted by arts service organizations like Theatre Bay Area all across the country. Trainers from arts service organizations will train their members. Training Design'

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Whole Whale

MARCH 20, 2024

While this might result in grammatically correct and superficially relevant content, it lacks the depth, nuance, and authenticity that comes from a deep understanding of your organization’s specific goals and audience. It’s not about speed, but about quality and relevance.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

They may want to deliver content to this audience and be happy to pay for the right to do so. You can still generate revenue but the audience doesn’t pay to attend. How much time did it take to learn the new platform and train your staff on how to use it? Tip #4: Exclude data when necessary (yes, you read that correctly).

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

They have identified new audiences while remaining true to their core values. Investigate training options and keep the various learning styles of your team in mind. Build EI from the inside with training. Lego is another company that has consistently expanded its business model. There are plenty of online and in-person courses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2012

Post consistent content that your audience loves and your social media will be successful. For much of June, I was not posting regularly because I was delivering training in India for Packard Grantees – and I didn’t always have reliable Internet access and I didn’t pre-schedule posts. Is it that simple?

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

There are a multitude of advocacy messages that advocates can share with officials at different levels, and the right one for your campaign will depend on the audience, who’s sharing the message, and your goals. Seminars, trainings, and webinars Education is so important when it comes to generating advocates. Pride is forever.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

They’re more likely to understand the work and require less training or orientation compared to new volunteers. To get started, you simply enable the automation you want, choose your audience, set the timing, edit the email to fit the needs of your organizations, and you’re ready to go. Look for more new features throughout 2024!

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

The goal is to move your position forward while engaging your supporter audience. Through integrated multichannel campaigns and intense optimization based on audience and key performance metrics, MESG Marketing helps nonprofits raise more money, grow and cultivate constituent bases, drive advocacy actions, and develop their online brands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. Of course the training room has to accommodate this.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She is also the Founder and CEO of Liz Ngonzi Transforms , a boutique international consulting firm that provides consulting, executive coaching, and training services that enable social sector leaders and entrepreneurs to increase their impact and reach their potential. Physical distance from audience. Limited budget.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2019

Today, OF/BY/FOR ALL is introducing a new free resource - a guide to creating and implementing demographic audience surveys that are accurate, respectful, and useful. That’s why we decided, as part of our first year of work with OF/BY/FOR ALL, to demystify audience surveying with The Who’s Coming toolkit.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 13, 2012

TechSoup hosted a webinar about how to Create Dynamic Online Trainings on July 26. Janet Fouts from Tatu Digital Media and Kyle Andrei from Idealware shared tips on how to prepare, design, and execute online trainings to make them more intriguing and dynamic. and shared tips for planning an online training. Janet Fouts.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

With this new virtual-only audience segment, they launched a new online course that resulted in nearly $300,000 of additional revenue. Audiences are shifting the way they want to be spoken to and approached, and employees are also making their needs known. Read more about their story. What Can You Be the Best At?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. These narratives can resonate deeply with your audience, fostering an emotional connection and a deeper understanding of your mission.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether your organization is training its own staff in nonprofit management, or teaching others technical skills, TechSoup can help you get started. Train on Over 150 Products with Atomic Training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar for Social Media and Nonprofits, I’ve been working with grantees on a variety of capacity building projects – from coaching to workshops to peer trainings. Tags: Training Design chat summer learning twitterchat.

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