Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

For the past few years whenever I doing a training or speak about nonprofits and social media and more recently when we’ve presented about the book, The Networked Nonprofit , someone always raises this concern: “Social media is a time suck.&#. Mention Map helps you visualize who is interacting with you around which hashtags.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I spent the last two days at the TechSoup Global Summit getting inspiration overload about social media, networks, social network mapping, networks of networks, global peer learning, building a sector, nonprofit technology, and many other ideas I’m passionate about. There were 12 topics organized into three different themes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I also pointed out that it uses a different part of your brain and there is a need to shift mindsets to get other types of work done. I tend to map my "working the clouds" work in short, time boxed bursts. During lunch, we discussed the field of network building for social change - what's needed to build this field?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Taking a break from work gives your brain the chance to reset and recharge, and this is essential to avoiding burnout and staying productive all year long. Map out your days off for the year, knowing you can make changes but standing firm in your commitment to take time off. It takes time and thought to draft a plan. Sleep a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

" In the book, he makes an argument for why playing digital games is good for their brains. "The best part of the conference was when he got in front of the crowd of CEOs of major tech companies and he stood up raised his hand - asked, "How do you feel about using games for educational purposes? See the fan sites.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

This is because our brains process them almost instantly. Interactive maps of the auction venue. Provide virtual tours or detailed maps that allow potential bidders to explore the space where the auction will be held. By focusing on what your donors care about, you can build stronger relationships and secure more support.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

Another San Francisco beat that we're fund-raising for right now is City Budget Watchdog , and we're over half way funded. We could literally take a map and then say, "OK, here are the 10 communities. graphic, or a map. For a while, we were actually funding one story a week and trying to cycle through those.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

But I don’t really know if I’m moving the needle, raising the money, engaging the supporters in a way that I feel comfortable and confident that, yeah, we got it. . So make that map and keep it updated so when a new product comes into your environment, somebody. Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2007

At the info desk with the maps? One of the interesting problems Karen raises when it comes to putting internet-enabled computers in the museum is the question of whether visitors should be able to move beyond the Internet art to other websites. Where do you display those ratings? Alongside the exhibits? On the website? Separation.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

She’s raised a lot of money through grants. And also your priorities, you always want to bring it back to your strategic plan, which outlines here’s what we need to do to raise funds and here’s how we’re going to allocate the time to these different fundraising areas including grants. She knows her stuff, folks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. After a nervous giggle, I shared with them that donating and volunteering does the same thing as chocolate to your brain. We crushed that goal and raised $4,840 because of your generosity in donating and calling attention to the birthday wish.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Now we just have to raise $800,000, so we can start doing our plan.” So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. But three months is a little too long for that human brain to imagine.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

That year we had to raise a ridiculous amount of money and also we had to do a rebrand of the organization. What do you want to pick my brain about, how do y’all want to dig in a little bit more with me while we have our time together? How do your individual goals map to those organizational goals? So it is Q&A time.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 23, 2013

Some have raised the question of whether the Irvine Foundation is "too far ahead of the field" with a grantmaking strategy that focuses on active arts engagement for all Californians. But those individuals and institutions may not be on Irvine's map. and Irvine may not be on theirs.

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