NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Build an inclusive online community by adding these elements to your blog posts: Images with diverse individuals that reflect the demographics represented by your nonprofit’s supporters and beneficiaries. Track engagement across marketing channels to determine which platforms lead to the highest click-through rate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Today I facilitated a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. The first group wants to wrap their brains around it and gets overwhelmed quickly. This saved a lot of time during the report out on reflections and learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

During my walk, I reflected on my participation last March in the annual National Day of Unplugging , a 24-hour digital detox when you don’t use technology, Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress. It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Starting to fundraise without a plan is like building a house without a draft – you need a plan to know where you’re going, and to keep you on that track. We view the new year as a period of both reflection and preparation for what’s to come. The best fundraising plans are not ones that sit within the top drawer of your desk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

These are all key signs that a team is burning out and needs some support to get back on track. The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. A: We see very similar signs when we work with organizations.

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Culture Nonprofit Attitude Awareness 105

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

One interesting finding is that the human brain actually learns best in relaxed concentration. It’s the tendency to reflect a behavior in a given setting; doing something because others are doing it. One of the more notable principles is called social proof, or social influence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

That’s the focus of one of the sessions – so I have been reflecting a lot on this topic to come up with some useful exercises, discussion questions, and session content. I try to schedule time blocks that require high level concentration tasks (like writing) in the morning when my brain is better able to concentrate.

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Product Nonprofit Attention Skills 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

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. It is about making it possible for participants to capture, share, and reflect on what they have learned. Year in Review.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

Fundraisers can articulate their value propositions in the form of regular, personalized check-ins by phone or handwritten note, custom stewardship reports that reflect donors’ impact over time, or other high-touch, grateful expressions of how and why the donor might consider giving in the future.

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Adopt Service Fundraising Articulate 29

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. This year they are on-track to break the 70% retention barrier and have already bested their stretch fundraising goal for the year. Joyaux , ACFRE, Joyaux Associates. Third, behave accordingly! There are no silos. Can you do like they do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The staples of Oz – courage, heart, and brains – are a good start. If we keep asking ourselves these questions, and keep track of how our answers grow and change over time, we just might make it back to Kansas – with a much more profound understanding of how things work, and how to make them work better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

That's why I incorporated a number of reflection techniques throughout the day - to help with the digestion and application. Right away, I introduce them to Twitter as a resource - the collaborative brain. I did a full-room reflection exercise before the break in the morning called "Let's Walk the Line."

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Philadelphia Social Media Course Arts 50

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. posted by Joseph Garcia Director of Communication, ASU Morrison Institute Director, ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Mission Statement Craft a mission statement for your organization that reflects your vision and work. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian. He didn't know he'd be diagnosed with brain cancer just five months later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. Pause for reflection time before next reiteration: How to improve results? While both are important to track and identify, your executive director is probably most interested in the tangible benefits. Track Your Time. Document on the fly.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

Include "embedded assessment" (tracking hits, how long a player is on the site, etc). The struggle for the jury was to find how the simple gameplay reflects the game’s goal of empowering women to believe that they are capable of solving hard problems through teamwork and leadership. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING. JURY FEEDBACK.

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Game Change Classroom Machinima 81

Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

And when I reflected a little bit more on my aversion to using the phone, I realized a lot of my discomfort was actually related to my own limiting beliefs, both about myself, but also the beliefs I tended to project on to others, right? Take a minute to reflect. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? perfection.

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Money Raise Video Brain 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

And when I reflected a little bit more on my aversion to using the phone, I realized a lot of my discomfort was actually related to my own limiting beliefs, both about myself, but also the beliefs I tended to project on to others, right? Take a minute to reflect. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? perfection.

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Money Raise Video Brain 69

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The staff concentrated on museum operation and just did not have time, energy or brain space to seriously explore the challenges of a new permanent exhibition. The minutes of meetings held in 2006, 2007, and early 2008 reflect a hurried and rather superficial process.

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Museum Process Wiki Netherlands 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Whether you are modeling the brain , tracking the incidence of emotional statements on the Web, or conveying a chair as a sound wave , the resultant art is a deep reflection, not just an interpretation, of the data involved. It has to, because that content is the basis for the work itself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. CONVERSION! .

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Classes Learning Fundraising Reflection 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

The reason I think this is a classic Internet story is that 90% of the ongoing cost of publishing that blog is my own cost of staying informed and reflecting on what I learn. As I see it, staying informed and reflection are part of my job. Most importantly, it remains a tool for staying informed and for reflection.

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Conversation Bookmarking Nonprofit News 50

CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. Check out how Neverthirst used CauseVox to make their Workout for Water campaign their own: Tip: If you want to share or track your campaign across social media, try incorporating a hashtag. 1) Visual Storytelling. Consider this.

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Websites Fundraising Site Create 52

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. So fundamentally, I think for major donor conversations what you want to be doing is asking questions, then you reflect back what they’ve said.

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Money Question Raise Video 106

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And there’s been also a lot of questions about that and applications about racial equity, and then the makeup of your staff and reflective of the people that you serve. And I also think if you are new to federal grants, one of the best things that you can do is connect with perhaps a partner who might have a track record of success.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And it represents the highest year of giving on record since the Giving Institute began tracking this data more than 60 years ago. So first is how we can reflect on the importance of diversity to our board’s work, specifically fundraising. It’s how my brain works. Very linear thinker over here.

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Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here are some questions your team can ask to help you reflect on last year’s results: What was our goal last year, and did we meet it? We will target our major donors and monitor our CRM to measure donation sizes to stay on track.” How did the funds raised last year help us this year?

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Campaign Practice Giving Social Media 69

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

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? And so their job is a reflection of that. And so I invite you to join us for our retreat, which is in two weeks. Okay, y’all. Is your head spinning yet? Because I gave you a whole lot of stuff.

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Management Work Video Slides 89

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

And like a personal guide, they keep us on track when it’s inevitable that we’ll get lost in the day to day, hustle and bustle, and demands of our jobs. Beth Kanter provides simple, yet super helpful advice on how your organization can keep track of aha moments, lessons, ideas, mistakes and experiences during events.

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Story Nonprofit Social Media Content 54

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Then, when you look through resumes, your unconscious brain might move you to a certain candidate. Their trajectory is hard to track; their path tortuous but exhilarating. Reflecting on the time a task takes and if that is the right amount of time can appreciably improve the way you work and therefore how you feel about work.

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