NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2015

Master Trainer, Author, and Blogger. My doctor''s advice was to start eating a heart-healthy diet and get more exercise. Beth Kanter. Get your feet moving and your creative juices flowing by swapping sitting for walking meetings. Last year, when I got my annual physical, my cholesterol numbers were not good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Before you can carry out this exercise, you need to understand the vocabulary of networks. Here’s a simple process based on an exercise that Nancy White designed based on the NetMap Process. Share your map with other groups doing the exercise. What people, organizations, or online bloggers/sites are in your ecosystem?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

I’m pleased to say that I did not get the 2nd or 3rd signal at all! Another tip that the translators suggested that worked really well was to repeat exercise directions twice. In addition, we had the in-country team leader from Morocco, Widad, translate the instructions a third time. Showcase Panel. Quiet Reflection: Socoot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

Nonprofit blogger Vu Lee has some tips on what types of openers to avoid. While I love using magic markers and sticky notes or tossing a ball in icebreakers and exercises, don’t only use activities that require having materials or equipment on hand. Openings, Exercises, and Icebreakers That Get People Moving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 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. We had a branding exercise in which staff members, grantees, and board members were asked, “What business are you in?” It involved everyone.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Readers of Care2's Frogloop blog love that our blogger in chief, Allyson Kapin always has her fingers on the pulse of the most current news, research, and best practices in nonprofit technology, online advocacy, fundraising, and social media. Sometimes it helps to crystallize your campaign goals by doing a simple exercise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. These are brief, introductory exercises that help participants to get know each other, get connected to the topic, and their own learning outcomes. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? Try my kitchen table exercise. We’ve conditioned our readers to expect junk from us by sending junk over and over.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Whether I'm working with bloggers and creative entrepreneurs , or talking with a friend, everyone I know is trying to grow good habits. They want to write "morning pages," meditate, exercise, blog, cook dinner, make art, stretch, drink 8 glasses of water, eat healthier, and give thanks more often (sound familiar?).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 The easiest way to conduct these interviews is through e-mail or over the phone, but for the enterprising blogger with a penchant for journalism, in-person interviews provide the opportunity to get action photos and video interviews. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 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. The session started out with a group exercise, a living spectrogram. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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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? Exercise empathy and compassion. What is a Nonprofit Blog Carnival?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 9, 2019

Fundraising is always a daunting exercise and is even harder when you’re running a non-profit organization. Author’s Bio: Randolph Bunnell is an experienced copywriter and blogger. With this technology, it can be a lot easier to reach those 2019 goals of yours. Take action. Remain proactive by keeping an eye on other emerging trends.

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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. Otherwise, the whole exercise can end up being frustrating. Flickr Photo by AnEye4Pictures. You may get participation because you’re a funder doing the asking.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 30, 2018

Here to tell us more about how to excel if you are tapped to run your board’s fundraising campaign is guest blogger Angela White – who originally published this post on the terrific BoardSource website. . And that running a fundraising campaign is all about strategy and management – not just working your rolodex.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Today's guest blogger is Jennifer Moore. I feel that exercising the creative aspects of ourselves is vitally important, and I love being able to offer the tools that people can use to unleash that vision and joy. Jennifer is a textile and surface designer, and owner of Monaluna , a small business specializing in organic cotton fabrics.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

This week’s guest blogger Stephanie Spindell has the answers for us. The process of researching and selecting potential partners is not a difficult exercise but requires adequate sector experience, time, and resources. But once this determination has been made, many nonprofits are stumped as to how to find that critical partner.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2011

I’ve seen many blog posts recently about New Year’s resolutions and many bloggers are suggesting that you NOT create them. And instead of focusing on the 20 pounds I want to lose, I’m working on spending just 20 minutes a day exercising in some way and cutting down on my portions. Happy New Year my friends!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

On the content side, I was surprised to hear the responses to the simplicity exercise - what could your organization do less of? Meetings was a big one, followed by worry! Shawn , a passionate free agent fundraiser and video blogger, was in the room. I first encountered " Uncultured " through his work on Blog Action Day.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 20, 2016

She is a writer and blogger with a passion for self-improvement and helping others. This app tracks how much you run or walk, and money will be donated to the charity of your choice based on how much mileage you’ve exercised. Not only will you be inspired to exercise, you’ll also be helping charities at the same time.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Its time to stop coming up with excuses, according to BoardSource’s CEO Anne Wallestead , our guest blogger this week, and start making your board healthy. I’m diabetic and have to be very careful about my health — exercise, eat well, monitor my blood sugar, take insulin several times a day…the list goes on and on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

Over the years, I used this exercise for different audiences, from filmmakers to university professionals. This exercise is most appropriate for people who want to know the what/why versus the best practices of how to do it. In workshops, I'd play the video and have folks jot down words or themes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

Personal bloggers, of course, are wise to exercise caution about what they write about as Pamela Ashlund suggested in an interview I did with her last year. There are also those bloggers who write under a pen name or are anonymous. Two nonprofit bloggers are: Pulling My Hair Out Today I Cried. Here's the response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

It is designed for one-person bloggers and small teams, so it is ideal for nonprofits that don’t have a specialized social media manager on staff. It isn’t free, but the $15 a month fee is reasonable – and certainly worth it in the time savings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

I got tagged by three different people for the same blogger meme that swirling around the blogosphere. Here's the meme: Publish five little known facts about yourself, and then tag five of your blogger pals to participate. The culprits are: Matthew Saunders , Nedra Weinreich , and Dina Mehta.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2008

" and goes on to describe those all too familiar uninspired periods you face as a blogger. It usually happens when I've been over doing it -- at the computer, eating, and no exercise. I always seem to find a lot of inspiration when I get good cardio exercise. One of the exercises is to brainstorm a list of 100 questions.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 25, 2015

Guest blogger Gail Perry believes that any board member can be that critical agent of change with the right training and support, especially with respect to opening doors for his or her board. Here’s a powerful morale-boosting exercise/game you can play with your board members to help them create and rehearse their personal story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

I facilitated a number of openings, but we also got to experience a few opening exercises they use at the Starfish School. Nonprofit blogger Vu Lee has some tips on what types of openers to avoid. Working with Wake is also a wonderful professional development experience to hone training and facilitation trade craft.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Breathe, exercise, and treat yourself. I am only friends with people I know and a few work colleagues who have been filed under a list called “Work&# friends. I only see their Status Updates when I want to. It’s the one profile where I can be myself… not a Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Don’t work through lunch. Enjoy your lunch.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry. The project could have been an exercise in guilt and public humiliation, but instead, it felt like a game. Beth has been living plastic-free since 2007 and blogs about her adventures at FakePlasticFish.com. But it’s also fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2007

I'm also trying to teach them to make good food choices, get exercise, and be healthy. They teach youth to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat vegetables from the school garden in order to help them become more engaged in school, eat better, exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other. I can always use some help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2016

The third way was recently pointed out by Vu Le, Nonprofit With Balls Blogger , in a hilarious way. So he suggests that organizations don’t have weight loss competitions, but make it easier for employees to exercise. He also talks about designing the workplace for optimal health – standing desks anyone?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To Jay and Ryan not only created this fantastic video about the Sharing Foundation's projects, but have also donated and asked other video bloggers to support the cause.) That is Mam Sari.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

The goal of the project is to help bloggers build traffic for and community at their blogs. The personal touch means a lot-- I've always tried to respond to commenters and those who email me individually, but this week's exercises to email both a new reader and a long-time reader really brought home to me how much people value the personal.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2010

The site is a toolkit of free online services for child health advocates, including a map of the obesity prevention movement , customizable widgets, cell phone tools, and blogger outreach services. It’s a great example of how web technology and online tools are changing the game for childhood health advocates across the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2007

She is also a terrific live blogger! I am grateful for her detailed notes from the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. So, I want to use my blog to exercise my right to freedom of expression or otherwise we are self-censoring. Many people in Cambodia are afraid to express their ideas about human rights and other issues.

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