Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Event planners took this fact to heart in building a conference agenda that was a nice combination of roadmap previewing and a range of how-to, hands-on, and both technical and non-technical content. For example, Karen Fidelak mentioned that GitHub will be the first to integrate with Salesforce’s upcoming DevOps Center.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

are now integral parts of our online communications and fundraising campaigns and like any tools of value, they requite a minimal level of financial investment. One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

When collected in the right event planning software , you can then export this data to your integrated customer relationship management (CRM) software; you can use email marketing sequences for demand gen purposes. Offer valuable, relevant content. That said, how valuable your data is will depend on several factors. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch. Movement can also be integrated with the topics. Or speed-geek, which is similar to speed dating.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

All the while, your website will seamlessly integrate with your Neon CRM donor database, saving your team boatloads of time and effort. Its integration with Neon CRM’s optimized donation forms will mean that your supporters won’t skip a beat when they decide it’s time to give. Humans tend to respond to images of fellow humans.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. It’s easy to underestimate the importance of the table of contents — many reports treat them as an afterthought. However, you want the reader to know what they can find inside the report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications. But smart is as important as strong, so success also means deliberate integration of social media strategies with the organization’s broader communications plan and learning from doing in small steps. Day 2: Integrated Social Media Strategy.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

With the focus now on virtual and hybrid events, how do event planners and brands create and deliver content that will foster attendee engagement and keep them coming back for more? To combat this, you will need to focus on producing quality content and include event features that encourage participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

My early experience in doing technology training was collaborating with teachers to deliver professional development on how to integrate technology. I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. This means that you can’t be in the front of the room delivering content all the time!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Adults tend to interpret information received in a training based on existing knowledge in their brains and then integrate it with previous experiences. Obtaining a sense of skill level prior to training helps the trainer make spontaneous decisions about content modification to suit the audience.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

With the focus now on virtual and hybrid events, how do event planners and brands create and deliver content that will foster attendee engagement and keep them coming back for more? To combat this, you will need to focus on producing quality content and include event features that encourage participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

You should never go in blind when making content for your organization or event. You can use the same digital design with slight alterations to easily integrate paper fliers into your flier campaign. Images lend more evocative value to your content and allow you to better articulate brand messaging. Let’s get inspired!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

This book has been my companion lately – not only because it is so rich (check out the table of contents ) but it has given me a lot to think about and reflect on in terms of my own social media use – and how to be a lot of smarter about it. Rheingold reminds us of the value of becoming a content curator.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. Content created should always be reviewed for accuracy and intent, especially if the subject matter is sensitive. Instead, we should capture all of our tasks and ideas in a system, and then process them at a later time.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2014

4) Keep it Content-ed. Content is king. Well, it’s true, but conTEXT is queen, and is often the case, she’s the real brains of the operation. She tells content king what to say. Content speaks largely to the focus of your website and webpages, as discussed earlier. Integrate your social media into your website.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Allowing an invaluable insight in developing content that may not just be convenient via technology, but possibly even more effective if properly educated. People learn in different ways, and in an eLearning, the human element is removed causing the need for content to be taught in a variety ways in one sitting. Learning Styles.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2014

4) Keep it Content-ed. Content is king. Well, it’s true, but conTEXT is queen, and is often the case, she’s the real brains of the operation. She tells content king what to say. Content speaks largely to the focus of your website and webpages, as discussed earlier. Integrate your social media into your website.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

The NTEN Editorial Committee is a group of committed professionals that meet monthly to discuss content and strategy for the NTEN: Change Journal , our quarterly digital publication for nonprofit leaders. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Gregg Swanson, Founder and Executive Director, HumaniNet.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Tight integration between database and social media. This is a rock star panel with Debra Askanase, Steve Backman and Laura Quinn. (#11NTCSocialCRM) Tech Track: Keeping it Real (Secure) – Security in Your Network Neighborhood (10:30 am-12 pm Saturday) - The tech track sessions differ in both content and structure. I love it.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2013

So when the latest version of Microsoft Office became available for eligible nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations through the Microsoft Software Donation Program , we teamed up with our friends at Microsoft Citizenship and Doug Thomas, content producer for Office.com, to host a tweet chat. Give your brain downtime to create.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet. 15% of adult SNS users said they had an experience on the site that ended their friendship with someone. Healthy Mind Platter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

It has been a long time since I’ve attended a conference where great content and instructional design were so well integrated. I was a little intimidated going to the conference as I was afraid that all the content would be too much on the technical side of data for my tastes.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Tight integration between database and social media. Tech Track: Keeping it Real (Secure) – Security in Your Network Neighborhood (10:30 am-12 pm Saturday) – The tech track sessions differ in both content and structure. Content-wise, they're aimed totally at the folks who, like me, work behind the curtain. I love it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Grantees will engage in peer discussions about integrating social media effectively into their communications strategies and will learn from each other – from challenges and missteps as much as from accomplishments and wins – so success means organizations sharing both. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

We’ve seen everything from completely fresh “Choose Your Own Adventure” type fundraisers to new takes on classic school events that combine typical school events like spelling bees, show and tell, brain bowls, and talent shows with fundraising. You can also create user-generated content with your current students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

This year I not only facilitated a conversation in the room, but integrated visual facilitation techniques to spark insights and capture learnings. Also, the element of fun, more interaction, and opportunities for sharing in smaller groups. You need to engage the whole brain in learning.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Internet of Things gives objects a brain and connects them to each other. Organizations are becoming cyborgs or integrated with and inextricable from, the technology that keeps them operating. For better or worse, social media creates a new form of communication. Business is no exception to this metamorphosis.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Without them, you're just reading content or broadcasting, and that's not nearly as insightful. Research has shown, however, that the average person's brain can only manage about 150 quality relationships. Social CRMs can be used on their own or can be integrated with your traditional CRM system.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

It made the goal of integrating technology more fully in what we do seem like a manageable and attainable goal! It will change the way that I move forward on a large web redesign and database integration project that I will be working on this year. that panel on innovation really got the brain juice flowing. View the recording.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This video of Mary Beth Westmoreland and Steve MacLaughlin forecasting how and where nonprofits, technology, and even user experience will intersect during this upcoming year is total brain candy for anyone in our space. Relevant even for a nonprofit designer like me. So what exactly does that mean to us today?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This video of Mary Beth Westmoreland and Steve MacLaughlin forecasting how and where nonprofits, technology, and even user experience will intersect during this upcoming year is total brain candy for anyone in our space. Relevant even for a nonprofit designer like me. So what exactly does that mean to us today?

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change. The online game will also integrate a micro-documentary that will give players a greater context to the game’s storyline. Integrate assessment, sustainability, and distribution from early on. Ludwig is a game aimed at educators and students alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

My colleague, Brian Reich, offered a Brain Dump " post where he lays out how Facebook Causes can be a game changer in the future and what needs to change. They hope to add more case study, tips, and how-to content based on what they're learning working closely with nonprofits and hearing from nonprofits. Here's the answers: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Source: How To Reach Babyboomers With Social Technology A new report from Forrester Research on the demographics of social media use or social technographics also discovered that Baby Boomers that more than 60% of boomers actively consume socially created content like blogs, videos, podcasts, and forums.

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