Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

To much product-driven learning, and I don’t discover new ideas. One is left-brained and the other right-brained. Too much serendipity and I don’t feel like I accomplish anything. My “Circle of Wise&# is always changing.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Different brains – visual vs words. Wendy was hired “to make the bloggers go away.&# This session will take a look about these trends and how nonprofits can equipment themselves to be networked nonprofits. —— [link]. The writing process for the book: Expository vs storytelling. What is the Networked Nonprofit?

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 13, 2015

As the advice our guest bloggers offered in 2014 is certainly just as timely as we start 2015, we thought it would be a great idea to thank our guest bloggers again for their wisdom and republish their great advice with you now! In today’s economy, a lot of us have job hunting on the brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

Unpacking the Relationship Between Volunteering, the Brain and the Body ” on June 20th. I was invited to a briefing session with other media and bloggers to learn more. Best Selling Author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take ” will be doing a big session called “ It’s About Science!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. But it’s during the walk around the block or staring out the window of the Acela to New York when we can thaw out the brain freeze and go for the breakthrough.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 18, 2010

When we casually say something like “nobody will ever support this&# , it seeps into our brains and we start to believe it. The Agents of Good Blog posted yesterday about bloggers who focus on the positive and yours truly was listed as one of the bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

This month’s carnival was an opportunity for nonprofit bloggers to share a post that addressed this question: What self-care techniques, rituals, or habits do you personally live and breath everyday that keep you inspired, calm, and effective at your nonprofit? Train the brain to deal with chaos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. He spoke about creativity and what psychologists and brain scientists are learning about it. Flickr Photo by Helokee. Seek outsider knowledge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Creative Ladies Planning the Year Ahead on Jamie Ridler Studios Wish on Create Your Own Beautiful Holiday Poetry Book by Tara Sophia Mohr I'm 42 and Full of Gratitude and Appreciation on SurfPrayLove Unfun Decisions: Scraping Bottom by Gwen Bell Forget Your Perfect Offering by Gwen Bell Creating With Kids :: Still Shots from Goddess Guide Book Something (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Personal Productivity in Practice. ” Staying curious keeps you going and avoid burnout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Zawadi shared her most recent crowdfunding campaign, probably one of the most successful in Kenya, raising over $71,000 in a couple of days, to help a 24 year old brain cancer patient Emmanuel Otieno (pictured above and known as Jadudi) to get surgery in India.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2010

T he fourth guest post in my have fun, do good blogger series is by Amy Sample Ward. Amy is a blogger and trainer focused on supporting and educating organizations and changemakers in the use of evolving technologies that cultivate and engage communities. Happy Monday, Have Fun, Do Gooders!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Jen Louden. Jen Louden is a best-selling author, retreat creator, and Comfort Queen turned activity catalyst. She's just started a one year experiment in savoring and serving the world. Join her at www.jenniferlouden.com and on Twitter at @jenlouden.

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MAY 9, 2012

The third blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the wonderfully wise, Christine Egger. Christine is a facilitator, network weaver, and catalyst. She works with individuals and organizations whose mission is to increase our capacity for empathy, generosity, and creativity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

I really think that it is much more effective for learning than talking heads or expert brain dump. Shawn , a passionate free agent fundraiser and video blogger, was in the room. I realized that I enjoy presenting at sessions when the audience gets to share their knowledge with the room and each other.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Emily Weinberg, Nonprofit Blogger. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act. Carolyn Appleton, Director, Carolyn Appleton Inc. Gregg Swanson, Founder and Executive Director, HumaniNet.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2012

My second guest blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the warm and wonderful Jocelyn Harmon. Jocelyn is also a recognized blogger and speaker on online marketing and fundraising. Jocelyn is passionate about helping nonprofits to succeed online so that they can change the world!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Morra Aarons-Mele is working on a research project related to her graduate work and she is interviewing bloggers. I started blogging in 2000 or so - maintaining link lists on html pages and then with a blogger blog before starting this typepad blog in 2003. I ask myself this question every now and then. Questions like.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

When I'm asked questions that I don't know the answer to, I admit it and use it as opportunity to demonstrate the value of the social brain or having a good network on Twitter. I referenced Liza Sabater's Brown Bloggers meetups, but could not point to any studies or stats. it just doesn't depend on them, bloggers say.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 3, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Tara Sophia Mohr. Tara is a coach, and personal growth teacher. Her work focuses on helping women play big and lead. A regular columnist for Huffington Post , her work has also been featured in USA Today, Forbes , Ode Magazine , and other publications.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 3, 2010

I use a custom page at Alltop to track the top bloggers on nonprofit marketing, fundraising and social media. Keep Track of What Others Are Doing You can learn a tremendous amount by paying attention to the "big brains" and the "cool kids." Create a crisis plan so you know how to react in case the worst does happen. Then go do it!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 10, 2011

The eighth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Mary Mulliken. Mary is a coach, a writer, a contemporary ceremonialist, and a mom to baby Orlis Blackbird.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Your brain can't go on automatic pilot for mundane tasks because it has had to rewire neurons. Jay Baer is a blogger and social media consultant who has been doing Twitter 20 interview series with social media. It uses a different part of the brain. It's the everything is new, different, and not familiar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2009

The Tech Hermit blogger, Mike Ames, was so irked by the inaccuracies and negative tone of the article, that he emailed the authors. I summarized the article and reactions in my post " Hey Washington Post - Dollars Per Donor Is The Wrong Way to Measure Success."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

The fourth blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the delicious Meg Worden (I say delicious because I love her e-cookbook, Salad Alchemy). Meg is a writer, speaker, storyteller and a certified Holistic Health Coach.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2011

The second guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Wendy Harman. Wendy is a listener, innovator, online community member, information synthesizer, big picture thinker, and Director of Social Media for the American Red Cross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

You need to engage the whole brain in learning. I truly believe that the more engaged the audience the better learning and the better retention. So, when it comes to panels, workshops, or other educational settings – design really matters. As many trainers and teachers already know, people have different learning styles.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

Edward Harran is a blogger and nonprofit technologist I have connected with through NetSquared, this blog, and of course Twitter. Thus, I was left with two options: one, to let the award go; or two, put my creative brain to use and launch a campaign to raise the funds. Below is the blog post from him, calling for help.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

They recommended following interesting and smart people, listening and sharing and asking for contributions through guest bloggers. I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project. He was ahead of the game on advocacy and education through social media and awareness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2011

The sixth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Desiree Adaway. Desiree is a consultant, strategist, coach, storyteller and explorer. You can find out more about her at www.desireeadaway.com , or follow her on Twitter at @desireeadaway.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

The human brain is the best analytics tool. Are you developing strong enough relationships where you can cultivate these people and turn them into donors down the road? What are the Best Tools for Collecting Data? Note, I borrowed this from Paull Young who heads up digital at charity: water). Is it positive? Is it hostile? Is it neutral?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2012

My first guest blogger is the lovely Amy Kessel. I'm starting the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series up again! Amy is a certified life coach devoted to helping women unfurl into their authentic selves.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Super duper nonprofit tech blogger Amy Sample Ward has tagged me in a new meme started by Mindapples: What's Your 5-A-Day? I'm supposed to share the five things I do each day that keep my mind healthy (kinda like how five servings of fruits and veggies keep your body healthy), and then tag 5 more bloggers to share their 5-A-Day.

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BoardAssist

JULY 22, 2014

Always ready with great fundraising advice, guest blogger Gail Perry has terrific guidance for us in her guest post this week below. Just say you want to pick their brain. You finally got an appointment to meet with your Big Donor…now what? Thanks Gail for these terrific tips. 6 Ways to Get The Most Out of a Major Donor Visit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2011

The seventh guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Jamie Ridler. Jamie is a creative living coach and the director of Jamie Ridler Studios.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Bloggers just like myself are sitting there tormenting their brains in an effort to say things that impact you more than the person before them. In modern times, there is not a day that goes by in which I forego attempting to learn from my peers.

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