Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy. There were some terrific questions and discussion. I’ve included some resources along with the slides here. audience has questions or confused (puzzled looks on faces or raised hands).

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

However, it is a favorite photo from another recent Tech Networks of Boston event. Fostering a data-friendly, continuous learning culture within nonprofit organizations. Making “I don’t know” an acceptable response to a question. Both groups can help by: . Working toward useful standards of measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” Analytical Style people control their emotions but tend to ask questions rather than give orders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Emotional and social intelligence are what close the gap between wanting to serve and care for team members -- and thereby creating a positive emotional climate and a sustainable, high-performance culture -- and actually doing it. Socially self-aware leaders listen well and understand the perspectives and emotional states of others.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2009

Social media inbound marketing for non-profits and small businesses - in Boston and beyond | Resource Superlist For Twitter Folks | John Haydon - John Haydon has put together a great resource list for using Twitter, "Over the past few months, I’ve received hundreds of questions on how to use Twitter.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2014

Elsewhere in podcast-land, Radiolab did a fascinating piece about cultural appropriation and gate-keeping in hip hop music. It asks basic questions about who can define authenticity and quality in an art practice that was historically based in a specific cultural identity but is now being assimilated/exploited/expanded.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2013

When we talk about museums or cultural institutions as vehicles of social and civic change, what does that really mean? Last week I had a conversation that changed my perspective on this question. This may sound obvious, but the rhetoric about cultural organizations working in the social sphere often ignores our inherent differences.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Think carefully about what questions could result in data points that can help guide funding decisions, smart partnerships, and stronger board relationships. Foster a data culture, and a testing culture . Know your audience . Align with the goals of the organization and people you serve .

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JULY 18, 2013

It took away the burden of thinking ''I just need to take care of my family.''" The professor''s questions Mike went to Boston College. I erred way too much on the side of question #3. Your calling is actually at the intersection of those 3 questions. They said, "We''re not here to help you find a job.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

Last week I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Association of Children’s Museums annual conference, #interactivity2014, with Julia Kennard, CFO from EdVenture, Carole Charnow, President and CEO from Boston Children’s Museum and Katie Boehm, Annual Fund & Events Manager from KidsQuest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

The week before I went from Boston to Miami to Romania and flew back to Boston via Miami to present at the TAG Conference. Gavin Clabaugh was the moderator and Marc Osten who presented about the cultural change issues to adopt social networking. T Technology isn't the barrier, it's culture. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. The networking was fabulous - meeting many new bloggers in the Boston area as well as seeing long-time blogher buddies and of course, Jory, Lisa, and Elisa. This session was an informal, drop in and hands-on lab where bloghers could ask specific technical questions.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

As our community discusses the topic of building a culture of accessibility, an important distinction arises. Entitled The First Seven Steps to Accessible Websites , the book answers the question: Where do I start? There is also the Accessibility Unconference in Boston on September 17, 2011. online community channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

For one of the modules on organizational culture change, I asked participants to do an active listening exercise with sticky notes — jotting down notes in pink that they can implement, green that were opportunity, and blue that were a challenge.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

The first wave of critique focused on the very valid question of why Schimmel was fired in this manner. These are reasonable questions. The question is whether this attendance gain is partnered by a loss for the institution--a loss of artistic or intellectual rigor, a loss of pursuit of excellence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

As a culture, we value answers over questions because answers allow us to take action faster, while asking questions makes us think. Ten years ago, before my son Harry arrived, I volunteered as a mentor for the Computer Club House in Boston. Over the Shoulder Learning on Steroids: Social Learning.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

The ICA in Boston probably did a pretty good job of that. NS: I guess a bigger question about these bankers is the extent to which they are involved philanthropically, irrespective of focus. It''s one of the big questions where I am, near Silicon Valley. That’s a kind of accountability in itself.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Your program contributes to strengthening the company culture. The following are a few of my favorite sites with great research to get you started: Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. Productive employees are the top talent, increasing market share and revenue. Cone Research. Communications.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Hosted by: Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. To help answer these questions, Candid (Foundation Center and GuideStar recently merged to create a new organization) and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) produce the annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. November 13, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

It was a rare moment where the cultural and historical importance museums tend to bestow on all exhibits was sought and appreciated by the public. The question is what happens after the news cycle is over, after the urgency diminishes. Yes," every camera and curator and chalk scrawl and family seemed to agree. This Matters."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2003

Solid policy research into the nonprofit arts and culture sector, once rare and anecdotal, is now accumulating. Boston Foundation's report on arts funding was designed to answer two fundamental questions: How does the financial support available for metro Boston???s This month I'm gathering and reviewing various reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. There is no question that these are robust learning environments."

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

The question you have to ask is: who are the people who have issues with what they are doing? The cookie-cutter phenomenon started in the 70s because people have seen Boston [Children’s Museum] and seen the Exploratorium and they want one in their neighborhood. It’s a very good question. Outside the U.S.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

AFP / Boston, MA / Price varies. During the 2016 AICPA Not-for-Profit Industry Conference, you'll not only get the year's most comprehensive update but also have the opportunity to get your questions answered by the industry's top experts. EverTrue / Boston, MA / $300. HubSpot / Boston, MA / Less than $1,000. Mar 20 - 22.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

Cultural icons serve many important purposes, but these, I have reluctantly begun to realize, may be quite different from, and perhaps mutually exclusive with, museums focused on community well-being. And that gets back to my friend’s question: Do museums really want this? What does this “not sufficient by itself’ bit mean?

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day, is celebrated on June 19th, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans, and often also a celebration of African-American culture. Boston Juneteenth Events. Black Youth Project — BYP has various local chapters.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

We have a lot of content, and we know that you’ll have questions. And we’re not using the chat feature with you; we’re using the Q&A box to be in dialogue with you, so please feel welcome to use that at any time as questions arise. And as I said, there’ll be formal breaks in the content where we review some of those questions.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

To tap into maker culture. While other major non-commercial ARGs (for example, World Without Oil and the forthcoming Superstruct ) are focused on saving the world, Ghosts of a Chance is perhaps the first ARG to use material culture and interpretation as the basis for the experience. Why would an art museum create an ARG?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized. Consider other family-oriented products: toys, media, schools.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

We’ll save some time for questions but, most importantly, we would love to hear from you. But do reach out because we’ll have some time for your questions at the end. So start by asking the question, who must you engage with to achieve your mission? We’ll see them. We’d love for these to be interactive.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

“Over 60 percent of millennials leave their company in under three years,” explains Elizabeth McLeod , a Millennial and cum laude grad of Boston University. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? Millennials are the first generation to come of age in the sharing culture.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

But today, a conversation about the often sticky world of cultural interpretation with chapter 20, "A Jew Among Indians" How working outside of one's culture works." As Elaine puts it in the essay, When I was last involved in such an endeavor, it was when the Boston Children's Museum was small, insignificant, and unselfconscious.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

“Over 60 percent of millennials leave their company in under three years,” explains Elizabeth McLeod , a Millennial and cum laude grad of Boston University. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? Millennials are the first generation to come of age in the sharing culture.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2020

My last trip was to Boston and I returned home on March 12. Your first question on your call should 100% be: “How are you and your family? Zoom has been a big part of my life for several years now and I’ve used it for board meetings, staff meetings, and committee meetings. Starr King closed our building on March 9, 2020.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Innovation Festival aligns a community of innovators and agitators, bringing to life the future of business and culture with a mix of playfulness and sophistication, captivating keynotes, hands-on workshops, and intimate site visits at the most dynamic studios, startups, and centers of creativity in New York City. INBOUND 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm doing a session at Boston podcamp called the Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. And, the networking was good, but the best part was the opportunity to ask Jeremiah a few clarifying questions to his face! We have a history and culture and expectation for objective web site measurement. Flickr Photo by whatchamakallit.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to chat in any questions or comments you have along the way. We’ve got Dominique Calixte joining us from beautiful Boston, Massachusetts. Her day job, she’s over at the YW Boston. You know I’m over at the YW Boston. And well, you guys heard I’m from Boston.

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