Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Later in the morning, I facilitated a large group discussion hour-long discussion right before lunch with Greg and Laura Efurd from ZeroDivide. Listening to the conversation and watching the audience for signs of energy drop, I inserted some movement into the discussion related to the topic by asking them to do the ” failure bow.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

But it turns out that applying the relevant elements from the DLP into retreat designs is an effective way to engage staff and ensure that relevant content “sticks.”. Staff are in one of three offices in California or are part of the Remote Team (R-team for short—people who work from their home communities, wherever those may be).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges.

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JUNE 24, 2010

You can follow the one-hour archived session (or the slides on Slideshare ) to get a nice slice of perspective from Amy Gipson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Melissa Schoen of the California Healthcare Foundation. The two communities have interesting similarities and some striking differences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two workshops on SMARTer Social Media. It also has a benefit of generating campaign content as well as documenting support for an issue. Recruiting additional supporters through high quality content and action opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. Example: Northern California ACLU social network analysis of their followers on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

My biggest problem as a facilitator was transitioning from the share pair back to full group. The major content theme was not "How do we find the time?," And, if you want steal a great job description for an intern and recruitment method, check this post out from the ACLU of Northern California. I had been using chimes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The content was on all channels, not just social media. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What did you learn?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Dd co-founder and executive director Emily Jacobi recently showcased some of Dd's projects at an event hosted by the Center of Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) in Berkeley, California. Local language content and locally relevant context has facilitated the transition into local ownership.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350. Social Capital 2018 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships. Nonprofit Management. Research / @SSIReview.

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

Text fundraising is a popular method of charitable giving facilitated by messages on a mobile device. While most content management systems (CMS) make it possible for users to design mobile-responsive pages, there are a couple of steps you can take on your own to ensure your forms function smoothly on any screen size.

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MAY 13, 2015

Schizophrenic bird halls with 5 different design and content presentation styles. How do we grapple with this difficult fact - that what staff may see as old-fashioned exhibits, those with no stories, just lots of coded content – can be visitor favorites??? History exhibits with hundreds of objects and no coherent story.

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MARCH 18, 2015

In California. We''ve focused on farmworker communities--there are so many kids in these communities throughout California. One thing you''ll notice when you walk in is a ton of user-generated content. Part of this is practical: you can''t facilitate making and tinkering for 30 kids if you have to hand them everything they need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2012

By the time you read this post, I’ll be somewhere in the air between California and India to facilitate a “Networked NGO” training for NGOs in India that are Packard Foundation grantees. In January of this year, I predicted that 2012 would be the year of content curation. More about that later.

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MAY 11, 2011

Creating unique content for your blog and social media presence. Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. In Darius Goes West , Darius a fifteen-year-old living with DMD and his crew set out for California in a quest to convince MTV to customize Darius' wheelchair on the hit show, Pimp My Ride.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Four examples worth considering: Content comfort. The "Fear" exhibition currently at the California Science Center asks you to confront your fear of tarantulas, loud noises, and falling. How can we explore challenging content and encourage civic dialogue within a safe and positive--if not always comfortable--environment?

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 7, 2021

Marketing Cloud – Create Quality Content + Engagement It has never been more important to reach your constituents where they are, and there’s never been a more versatile product to facilitate that need than Marketing Cloud.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

In 2006, the Aquarium sponsored a letter-writing campaign in the museum, giving visitors an opportunity to send postcards to the governor expressing support for the establishment of marine protected areas on California's central coast. Information/news sources for this content. More factual information about the situation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. ” Instituting a new strategy that is not within the cultural norms of an organization has a very difficult job being supported by the existing culture. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got.”. Photo by Christine Beddia.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

" Causes facilitates these communities and combines them together, though Jen was quick to differentiate them from a software as a service. Case Study: Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California. Recognizing this, Causes facilitated a matching grant with Salesforce.com. The Importance of Editorial.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today. She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. So content without context is meaningless.

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JULY 23, 2009

For diabetes patients in Georgia, mobile phones have facilitated an instant connection to help and education. Internet Sexuality Information Services, Inc (ISIS), a California-based nonprofit focused on sexual health, has been using text messaging since 2006. Mobile Monitoring. "People understand what a text message is.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

1999 study led by Doug Oman, University of California, Berkeley : Research found elderly who volunteered for two or more organizations were 44% less likely to die over a five-year period than non-volunteers, even after controlling for their age, exercise habits, general health, and negative health habits like smoking. Use it, or lose it.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Your organization needs a nonprofit content marketing strategy. Replete with, dare I say it, content. The No-Content Problem. The Lousy Content Problem. The Nonprofit Fundraising Content Conundrum. Neal Schaffer, digital and content marketing expert, suggests such lifeless content is no better than none at all.

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