Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

They seek advice from experts who tell them that they need to “engage” more, or have more “engaging” content, or build more “engagement” strategies. Since I said that these words have lost their meaning, let’s begin with some definitions. Merriam Webster gives us 19 definitions for the word “engage.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. If we look at a broader definition of ROI – I see four different “I&# words … Return on Insight.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The definition of engagement that most resonates with us is Jeremiah Owyang ’s definition: “the level of authentic involvement, intensity, contribution, and ownership.”. To engage through new media, it's important that you consistently share new content, listen, and learn. New media is a fantastic listening tool.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

That’s very helpful and I think familiar background for a lot of the listeners. the pushback that these platforms and sort of the PR campaign that they’ve instituted to defend themselves against pretty indefensible actions. And they wrote an entire blog post about why they did that. That’s my blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. 8% of donors were “weak ties” or people that I know online only who may read my blog, follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Only a small percentage 2% had met my Dad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

The unfortunate fact of blogging is writing good blog posts is more than just the words. If you want to use blogging for your personal learning you need to be effective at engaging and having conversations with readers. Heading 3 works the best with my blog themes. #3 5 Subscribe To Your Own Blog Feed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. Content Curation Primer. I presented an overview on content curation why important, a framework, and introduced some new curation tools – scoop.it Content Curation on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Professional: This content generally includes sharing trade craft, resources, and other items related to professional skill sets. Organizational: This is when you are sharing information as an official spokesperson for your organization or your organizational persona. Typically, this information about your brand or nonprofit.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable. If you’ve simply told your listener a sob story to get them to buy what you’re selling, it might work. And I think that’s definitely true. If you have not read it, please do. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable. If you’ve simply told your listener a sob story to get them to buy what you’re selling, it might work. And I think that’s definitely true. If you have not read it, please do. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Nonprofits often struggle with creating effective content and engagement strategies. Besides producing great content, and writing about your champions and influencers, we have a couple of other tips that can also make a big difference. Blog posts will be longer pieces, whereas Facebook posts will be much shorter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

His approach is definitely a few pegs of up from entry level and if you invest in the tools, software, and services it will run about $500-1,000. Content is first! This is the call of action - get people to subscribe to your feed. Listeners that you have locked in. Do you have to use Lib Syn blog software?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Blog Commencement. In order to properly write this blog post, I will be writing in accordance with the rules of the first Presidential Debate. I flipped a coin to determine whether or not I should even write this post, and then another to determine which of my two monitors I would be focused on for the duration of this blog post.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable. If you’ve simply told your listener a sob story to get them to buy what you’re selling, it might work. And I think that’s definitely true. If you have not read it, please do. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Maybe you saw this teaser over at the NTEN blog last week about the WeAreMedia project activites for the month of October wondered what the term fondle the hammer meant. Listening: Knowing what is being said online about your organization and the field. Crowd Sourced News and Content. Photo by Stitch. you work in. RSS Readers.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

They'll cover everything social media, including writing to improve your site traffic, blogging, and the newest tools out there. We won't be there in person, but definitely in spirit. " Highlights include the Public Policy Action Institute, nGen workshops and networking for emerging leaders, and a CEO track.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The cornerstone of their presentation rested in the necessity for nonprofits to think strategically about communications plans, working with a definition of strategy by David La Piana: "Strategy is a coordinated set of actions designed to create and sustain a competitive advantage in achieving a nonprofit's mission."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The add-on to my previous workshops were three "experiment in a box" modules which included Listening , Twitter , and Facebook Fan Pages. As a culture, we value answers over questions because answers allow us to take action faster, while asking questions makes us think. A New Definition of An Expert: Your Network.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable. If you’ve simply told your listener a sob story to get them to buy what you’re selling, it might work. And I think that’s definitely true. It causes buyers to put down their defenses. It helps them relax. And I don’t believe that.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable. If you’ve simply told your listener a sob story to get them to buy what you’re selling, it might work. And I think that’s definitely true. It causes buyers to put down their defenses. It helps them relax. And I don’t believe that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. Then there is a point where they need to at least do a little action learning to know whether or not to push back or push forward. We're both bloggers, read other blogs, and tag resources. theme - listening - and an excellent first point of entry activity into Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Streamline: The literal definition is to design in a form that offers the least resistance to fluid flow. I have years of blog content and resource collections. I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and I will share it as I plan to blog what I learn about taking this blog to the next level.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

Use targeted content that directly relates to how your new activists joined your file. Update new activists on what is happening or has happened as a result of their action, then ask them to take the next step to help on that issue or on your next campaign. Take another action? 60) Search « How Sticky is Facebook?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 21, 2022

You hustle through it, making up whatever content comes to mind just so you can click “Send” and move on to the next thing on your never-ending list. When all you do is talk without listening, you make donors feel used, invisible, and unheard. Show you are listening. But look, donors want more than that.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So I’m going to listen as intently as you folks are. But we can definitely move forward and be more effective in our work once we start recognizing the importance of mindset. . Clicker is back in action. . So let’s go ahead and dive deeper into the content. ” Imposter syndrome, I got that bad.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So I’m going to listen as intently as you folks are. But we can definitely move forward and be more effective in our work once we start recognizing the importance of mindset. . Clicker is back in action. . So let’s go ahead and dive deeper into the content. ” Imposter syndrome, I got that bad.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

She’s on, you know, all the leading blogs. There really isn’t a clear definition that is universally accepted in the sector. ” And my definition is that nonprofit communications is the practice of creating and sustaining mindshare and engagement that advances the mission. So buy those books.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For example, knowing that a certain message or call to action, or even type of service, worked for one organization in one community translated to other organizations as a packaged up and ready to repeat solution. We thought that there would need to be new tactics for making impact and new calls to action. Analog Strategies.

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M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

Read time: 8 minutes In December, Spotify’s 2022 Wrapped revealed that I listened to Taylor Swift’s Bejeweled 42 times in one day (I regret nothing!). While there were definitely some high notes, and many nonprofits with results worth celebrating, the overall trends aren’t the kind of Big Good Fun News we love to write posts about.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

So, if you have to leave early or maybe you get interrupted, or you just want to review the content, maybe share it with a colleague, don’t worry, you will be able to do that. She’s been in your shoes and definitely knows what she’s talking about. She’s a former fundraiser herself.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

So, if you have to leave early or maybe you get interrupted, or you just want to review the content, maybe share it with a colleague, don’t worry, you will be able to do that. She’s been in your shoes and definitely knows what she’s talking about. I like to laugh, so I’m going to move quickly through the content.

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Everyaction

MARCH 14, 2018

Girls Action Network which is a year long advocacy program that we just started this past year. It brings together a group of high school age girls from across the country to think about the issues that affect their lives and turn their passion into action. We've sent out multiple action alerts which is pretty new for Girls Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Listening and Learning: You're monitoring what stakeholders are saying about your organization, your issue, or programs and using the information to support your marketing goals. Taking Action or Fundraising: You're using social media tactics to spur supporters to action or donate. Some organizations consolidate.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So if you have to leave early or maybe you just want to review the content later on, don’t worry. She’s been blogging for us. In fact, for you, environmental folks listening, special focus on environmental orgs. The second thing is, why should they listen to me? But most importantly, chat in. So this is me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I listened to music to get into a meditative state. NTEN's Holly Ross's Birthday Blog Post. Donna Arraiga whipped me up a Khmer Dessert on her food blog, Eddie Harran sent me virtual tim-tams from Australia. Debra Askanase gave me a terrific piece on reasons to read my blog which I've linked on my side bar.

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