Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

As a nonprofit technology consultant, I spend a lot of time talking with people about their systems, staffing, and business processes. She’s the CFO for a mid-sized cause-and-cure nonprofit organization and it sounded like she runs a tight ship. Alan is the VP of Philanthropy. Two Sides to Every Nonprofit Silo Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Given this competitive landscape it can make a lot of sense to look for fundraising consultants and firms to help your nonprofit. List of Nonprofit Fundraising Companies. Aly Sterling Philanthropy. The firm has over 30 years of experience and has worked with over 400 nonprofits to make custom-tailored solutions for success.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 13, 2021

There’s reputable neuroscience research showing that people’s brains light up when they hear their own name. So our brains are actually hard-wired to respond to appeals that speak to us directly. That means you’re focusing on your nonprofit, rather than your donors. Take a look at your appeal letter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. Energizers are activities designed to awaken a sleeping audience or activate a jaded one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

We had great hopes (and still do) about the potential for “social media for social good,” how networks, connected society, and movements can be catalyzed to solve complex social change problems, for good causes and for philanthropy. How has age of coordinated misinformation impacted your nonprofit’s ability to have impact?

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. Nonprofit Leaders. 43 years of experience as a development professional, nonprofit leader, and LGBTQ+ community activist .

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Given this competitive landscape it can make a lot of sense to look for fundraising consultants and firms to help your nonprofit. List of Nonprofit Fundraising Companies. Aly Sterling Philanthropy. The firm has over 30 years of experience and has worked with over 400 nonprofits to make custom-tailored solutions for success.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. During the pandemic, many nonprofits discovered the potential of live streaming digital content and virtual events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

So, I’m thrilled that community manager, Meghan Ventura, who is responsible for cultivating the community presence of Games for Change agreed to write this guest post about nonprofits who are using games for social change. And, don’t miss this special offer: Get 10% off tickets with the code beth_g4c14. In Philanthropy.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

You can support NTEN in Giving Tuesday and join Beth Kanter for a live discussion of collective philanthropy - get the details here. Check out the 124 NTEN Members participating in Giving Tuesday below. Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona. Get together staff for half hour or 60 minutes, and do a “brain dump” of everything they know about their audience. There was a lot of snapping.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

When Kevin was in kindergarten he had an organic brain injury, which forced him to have to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Social Innovation Summit , a twice annual event that represents a global convening of thought leaders in technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. Says Newhouse, these donors are younger and want to engage with us differently.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

But for the nonprofit sector, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving is so much more. And nonprofit organizations can’t do it alone. Charitable giving to the nonprofit sector has been stuck at 2% of GDP for the last 40 years. Advancing philanthropy is up to donors like me. Give for philanthropy’s sake. It’s a movement.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

To recognize the tireless work of volunteers that support the nonprofit sector, we’ll be publishing a blog post every day this week to celebrate their contributions. Their service is invaluable to helping us develop and improve our offerings to the nonprofit community. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

I've organized them into sections: creative ladies, yummy food, nonprofits/do-gooding, blogging/social media, and events, so that you can peruse the ones that fit your interests. A collection of blog posts and articles that caught my eye this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

My marching orders were: pull out a crystal ball and gaze five, ten or even twenty years into the future to answer these questions: What role will social media play in the future for the nonprofit, social change sector? What will be different about nonprofits? What do non-profits need to do to thrive? It was funny at the time).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. Vanessa Chase , Philanthropy for All.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The November Nonprofit Blog Carnival is about the theme of how nonprofits can move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. Covey notes that these views of life have been deeply scripted within us, suggesting this mindset goes beyond the nonprofit workplace. Flickr Photo by TheeErin. Scarcity captures the mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

Unpacking the Relationship Between Volunteering, the Brain and the Body ” featuring author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take.” I think everyone who works in nonprofits should read his book and think about how they can use his advice to avoid passion fatigue and burnout. Networks Philanthropy Research Studies' Thank you Adam!

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Giving to nonprofits—and philanthropy in general—might seem to be a selfless act, but it still relies on humanity’s natural selfishness. The post How to Read the Minds of Your Donors appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. Hot take: donors are selfish. We all are.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

No matter if you’re representing a school, church, nonprofit, or other public-facing organization, flyers are a simple, yet smart way to spread the word about your activities. Graphic design agencies like Kwala , specialize in creating designs for nonprofit organizations. How will fundraising flyers benefit your organization?

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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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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

That’s awesome, really involved in their nonprofit leadership program, which is really cool. And I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS Fundraising, which is a global fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations. We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I also talked about this from the perspective of nonprofits putting social media into practice. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving. I call it slow social media. She talked about how to be strategic and also emphasized taking a curated approach to giving.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

This is especially true given that so many nonprofit and humanitarian groups are collecting private information that, even though intended to help, could inadvertently put the vulnerable populations they serve at risk of harm from repressive regimes, organized crime, and increasingly corporations.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. Vanessa Chase , Philanthropy for All.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Note from Beth: My colleague, Daniel Ben-Horin, from TechSoup Global has been in the nonprofit technology for decades. But when he gets excited about activity that could benefit the nonprofit technology sector, I listen. What do you think of the Campus Party model? They want their brains to matter. Welcome to the U.S.,

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Savvy nonprofiteers know it's about much more than that. Danielle Brigida from the National Wildlife Federation -- one of our amazing panelists for the upcoming presentation at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , "Let's Go Stalking! Without them, you're just reading content or broadcasting, and that's not nearly as insightful.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

These socks were made for walkin'' The 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin, TX was a-mazing! Advice from #15NTC , Tessa Srebro, VolunteerMatch [2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference] Part 1 - How do I configure it? ChangeON Trendspotting: 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Debra Askanase, Community Organizer 2.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Nicholas Carr’s prescient book, The Shallows , claims that the Internet is doing something to our brains. Here's what we learned.

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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. One of the most exciting ideas that was discussed was this #KNGOW.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2009

There is more analysis and reaction to the Washington Post piece two days ago that trashed the Facebook Causes application and caused quite a lot of commentary and reactions from those of us work with nonprofits. His recommendations are directed at the the folks at Facebook Causes who created the application and nonprofits using the tool.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2016

If you know me, you know that I spend a lot of time thinking about philanthropy. The Altruistic Brain: How We Are Naturally Good , published almost exactly a year ago, was written by Donald W. You could say it was a time for clarity. Pfaff, PhD , a professor in the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University.

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