Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. Her answer to the question about capacity building programs leading to better impact will surprise you.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 31, 2024

I was a lawyer for many years working for Microsoft in Australia and Europe and then had the opportunity to move to Redmond for a completely different role that grew into chief of staff for Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president. This was a pivotal moment in my career. Amy Pope, Director General, IOM – UN Migration.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role. To do this, I need to trace both the history of the organization as well as the transformational changes it underwent in order to illustrate the lessons I learned throughout this process. Takeaway 3: The board needs training.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. However, we’ve learned over the last eight years that the reality is that what comes out of these programs is even bigger than that. By working closely with communities, they can increase the capacity and ability to not just imagine a better world, but build it. Communities Thrive.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Evaluation Capacity = ability to do and use evaluations The key to achieving more effective evaluation and overcoming these challenges is evaluation capacity building (ECB). Guide to building evaluation capacity. Make sure your organization is ready for capacity building. Assess the organizational context. are available?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 4, 2021

Throughout her distinguished career working for prominent consumer goods companies like General Mills and The Kellogg Company, Crawley has been an avid champion for brand purpose — something that certainly won’t be lacking in her new role with Goodwill. We’re in the business of self-empowerment and helping people find that through employment.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether campaigning for the future of our planet, directing documentaries, or creating content that spotlights global issues, social empowerment and environmental education are at the core of Jack’s work. Her team integrates customer advocacy, media partnerships, and influencer strategies to build lasting relationships.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2022

A few months ago, Salesforce.org released the fourth edition of its Nonprofit Trends Report , which revealed how nonprofits in North America, Europe, and Australia are struggling, but also succeeding and learning from the past two years. Here are some of the report’s insights into these ongoing shifts in the nonprofit workplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2019

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A natural history museum’s volunteer supervisor described creating materials for kids that were learning from home: “Our education department rallied and created all these STEAM videos and ended up creating online curriculum to help parents who are homeschooling. Volunteer managers adapted and learned how to use old technology in new ways.

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Givinga

JANUARY 26, 2021

COVID-19 showcased the huge opportunity for companies, on a global scale, to play a more pronounced, proactive and impactful role, through impact innovation. We helped LIVELY formulate a list of 10 charities that promote social justice through a variety of areas including legal, advocacy and women’s empowerment.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

She knew the job aligned her life experience, education, and passion to learn more about trauma, grit, grief, and resilience. How do you build a culture of resilience with mental health resources for nonprofits? A: Provide people with a space to build physical and mental health. Compassion fatigue is real.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2017

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States. Learn More .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It is all about the data, but data is playing a huge role in civic engagement strategies and if people or nonprofits lack the skills to use it for civic engagement goals, that poses a problem. Lucy Bernholz, who also participated in the meeting, wrote up this great post about the space/movement that is in the center of her research).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what''s causing all that frustration?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2015

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Our track was one of three tracks for participants to dive deep into a topic and learn from peers through dialogue. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. As someone who has been in the nonprofit field 35 years, I can sum up my experience as: ”Remember, it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships. Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Lessons Learned from Two Decades in Philanthropy. Going Upstream: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Justice. I always have more lessons to learn! contact-form].

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Everyaction

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more. It’s essentially building a culture of philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 22, 2007

Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. Chinese are still eager to learn English, because it remains the language of business. The benefits of the English chat are many.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2013

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With this in mind, we recently took measures to evolve our community engagement platform, giving people access to a broad set of tools to help them engage and build purpose beyond their day-to-day roles. We work with six organizations committed to the education, employment and empowerment of women and girls across the globe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Machine Learning. As it turns out, culture plays an important role in the ability for nonprofit organizations to use data to their advantage. But what stood out was the important role culture played in these nonprofits using data to drive better results. SECRETS TO SUCCESS. Natural Language Processing. Algorithms. Data Health.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job." And Royal and Agnew build the case for why both enablement AND engagement are critical. And what's causing all that frustration?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How do you build a movement for institutional change? Building a leadership development program. The model we landed on was movement building. Eventually, we may build a certification program, like LEED for green buildings, or B Corps for social enterprise. Last year, we tested out different formats. Consulting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing their programs in these areas: workforce development , employee giving , environment , online safety , and the role of technology in the non-profit community. Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. Additional Resources. Are you a youth-oriented organization with an app?

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

Currently, we are working on building clientele in Doha, Qatar as we continue to work with longtime partners the Supreme Education Council and the Supreme Council of Information Communication and Technology. Forum One found that it had a huge role to play as staff engaged in conversation and built connections with D.C.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

O'Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. O'Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. O'Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Wednesday, September 13, 2017.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

With over 275 sessions over three days, opportunities for learning were plentiful. The program relies on multiple partners including the city of Boston, Boston University, local nonprofits, EVERFI , Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment , and others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2016

If your manager invites you to a meeting, send her a thank you card or e-mail detailing what you learned and your appreciation. Generally, the younger management tends to be less focused on micromanagement, and more focused on team building.” “The Millennials have to be intentional about it because it does not come naturally.

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