.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

I’m never tired of hearing what my friends are up to and celebrating their latest accomplishments. The September 29 conference was a meeting of minds and a journey to discovery. These special opportunities for exchanging stories and lessons learned make me a more competent and confident professional.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. Keep in mind that not all stories need to be long-form.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Classic live auction item ideas When you think of a live auction, there are probably several classic items that come to mind. Celebrity meet and greets It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to sit down for lunch or a video call with your favorite celebrity. Specify what the cooking class will entail.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

The main issue here is that socially conscious programming competes with the broader SXSW circus, including celebrity mainstages and a dizzying amount of vendors and exhibitors in the main hall (which is more like an airport hangar). In 2023, we’ll be providing Lessons in Building Momentum through the roller coaster of nonprofit life!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

The question on my mind is: Is the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS fundraising and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? But the fundraiser meme went beyond the sports world, when hundreds of celebrities (or their PR agents) picked up on the idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Lessons Learned From A Twitterthon by Diana Scimone. Aim for somewhere between “gutter” and “Are you out of your mind?” From @JonSwanson : “Celebrate what happened; it’s a huge deal.”. And I’m hoping we’ll have a lot to celebrate after the 10/10/10 Twitterthon , too. 2. Think big, but don’t set your goal in concrete.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 29, 2022

We’ve created this year’s Nonprofit Summit especially with you in mind. Together, they’ll share tips and lessons on how to help your organization on a journey of change and digital maturity. #3: So when we say that there is truly something for everyone, we mean it. 3: Tracks Built Specifically for YOU.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

With this widespread adoption of technology to facilitate goods and services, the role of ethics has become increasingly prominent in the minds of both the consumers interacting with technology and the executives designing and implementing it. Blog: How Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Help Prepare Us For a Recession.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

Every June, the LGBTQ+ community and allies come together to celebrate love and friendship, to show how far the equality movement has come, and how much more work there is to do. Most importantly, be open-minded — no one person is the same. Pride feels more of the latter this year than in previous years.

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Care2

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Blackbaud’s annual conference was this week and nonprofit staff converged on #bbcon12 to ask questions, share lessons learned, and learn together. That seems obvious, but it’s an important point and one worth celebrating. Be mindful of cultural challenges. Don’t assume your team knows what you do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 16, 2017

The answer to that question is likely going to be based on the valuable lessons you shared with those you led, among other things. Former employees quoted in the newspaper article remember Mr. Kauffman as a leader who shared these lessons with them: "You can do anything you want if you set your mind to it and if you study your competition."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Through practical exercises, stories, illustrative case studies, chapter-by-chapter reflection questions and action items, you’ll learn how to harness the real and raw power of your mind to build solid workplace relationships for virtually any situation. To be accepted. To be valued. Don’t interrupt.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Here are some reflections about how we used crowdsourcing techniques for a very fast-moving campaign and lessons learned that may apply to your work. Lesson #1: Design an action and invitation that’s doable and interesting – while focused on your goal. Lesson #3: Create compositions that allow for variations on a theme.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2021

That means that failure is often a forefront fear in peoples’ minds! Leaders can begin by celebrating mistakes and failures and encouraging staff to take calculated risks. You can learn from other leaders who embrace failure and openly share the lessons they have learned. Learn From Leaders Who Embrace Failure.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This big little idea was simply to hold space for CDOs to talk about what’s stressing them out and share experiences, ideas, and lessons learned with others who are facing the same challenges and finding their way through. “I have enjoyed being with like-minded leaders on a consistent basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations. My lesson plan includes a process documentation strategy of what and how I will document. Learner Culmination and Celebration. 3. The Evaluation Survey. Click to Amazon. If possible, I always include an evaluation survey for workshops. Documentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2015

I just read a fun piece on Next Avenue called “5 Sesame Street Lessons We Need Again As Adults” by Bryce Kirchoff. Here are Kirchoff’s five big Sesame Street lessons with a little Giving Challenge commentary added. Celebrate Yourself. Click here if you need some Sesame Street video time.). Think about movement and music.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The answer to that question is likely going to be based on the valuable lessons you shared with those you led, among other things. Former employees quoted in the newspaper article remember Mr. Kauffman as a leader who shared these lessons with them: "You can do anything you want if you set your mind to it and if you study your competition.".

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Keep in mind that learning organizations are those that prioritize the development of – people – everyone comes to work every day in part to grow, and to support one another in doing so. Does the weekly meeting agenda include a section that fosters insights, such as inviting questions for one another or sharing key lessons learned recently?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 25, 2011

The answer to that question is likely going to be based on the valuable lessons you shared with those you led, among other things. Former employees quoted in the newspaper article remember Mr. Kauffman as a leader who shared these lessons with them: "You can do anything you want if you set your mind to it and if you study your competition."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The tough question that ran through my mind was: How can we as technologists in Silicon Valley help prevent this kind of atrocity? Earlier this month, on November 6th, jointly with Human Rights Watch and WITNESS , we celebrated Martus’ 10th Anniversary —ten years of secure human rights documentation by the Martus user community.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

" As a mother of eight, including two children with special needs, Carr knew that "families with children that have special needs often can't afford basic programs such as sports, arts, dance lessons, or other services that many families take for granted. Meeting of the Minds: An Engineer with a Desire to Help.

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VisionLink

JULY 4, 2011

Most of them didn''t have Native Americans or African Americans in mind when they wrote all men. Celebrate it. It is, as well, the story of freedom''s denial, too often demonstrating the sometimes very wide gulf between our ideals and our realities. The founders didn''t mean all men the way we mean it today. Many owned slaves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

He lead us on a series of improvisation exercises designed to teach important skills for networked leaders: empathy, awareness, celebrating failure, being open to change and more. He had us do an exercise about celebrating failure. The take home lesson was about how we can shift making a mistake into a teachable moment.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

Unlike the lesson from “Field of Dreams,” just because an event is built, doesn’t mean that contributors will come or that donations will flood in. With this in mind, how should your nonprofit go about effectively marketing your next fundraiser? But they can also consume resources.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

After over a year of hard work, we were ready to celebrate. And if you’re hoping to set yourself and your organization up for success during challenging times like these, here are some lessons we learned from everything that went right when so much was going wrong. Days later, our office and offices everywhere were closed.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

You may know I love applying lessons from other disciplines to nonprofit fundraising and marketing; recently an article from Merkle inspired me to consider how the social benefit sector might use commercial business insights to increase donor loyalty. Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. .

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

As Samuel Johnson, the celebrated 18th century English author, once said, There is nothing like the prospect of being hung in a fortnight to concentrate a man's mind."

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

I was physically still tired, but my mind was racing. As I was going through this process, I kept notes on some lessons I learned to share with you to help your nonprofit plan its next big event. The Lesson: When you are planning your own event, be sure to spread the workload. Sleep was no longer an option. Who is your audience?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2019

Step 3: Steward & Celebrate Donors. Celebrate that donor for choosing to give to scholarship programs. Celebrate scholarship donors with special events, opportunities to meet with leadership, invitations to donor galas, or special perks like tickets to sporting events.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Participants could cook along with celebrity chefs and have brunch at home. There were also some great lessons they learned along the way that helped them to be successful. In 2021, they brought back the event, including all the lessons they had learned in 2020. For people who weren’t local, any park was a great alternative.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 5, 2015

Naturally, my mind drifted to life at Nonprofit Hub and my own experiences with nonprofits and how they related to my training and the race itself. As I slowly recover to walking without a hobble, here are some lessons I learned from running a marathon that you can apply to your nonprofit life. Running that far is a big challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

had in mind (which had never been communicated.) There will be a lesson learned, there will be clear accountability and you might – just might – have mentored someone in important leadership skills. 4) Acknowledge and celebrate lessons learned from failure. How about the decider (E.D.) Staffer overruled.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

Segment Sign-Ups by Project When someone decides to volunteer with your organization, they often have a specific task, project, or campaign in mind. Celebrating volunteers’ commitment is a great way to show others that their hard work will be recognized and appreciated! They also have their own skill set that they bring to the table.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

These lessons range from the challenging to the nurturing, from being agents of change to being humble friends and supporters. Show Some Pride — "So, Continue" Carr is probably most celebrated for this exquisite exchange found in The New York Times documentary, Page One , with the founder of Vice.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

Here are some of the key lessons we've learned at Rad Campaign through blogger orientations and trainings we've run. Celebrate your volunteers? Always keep this in mind before hitting publish. What lessons have you shared with bloggers at your nonprofit? Set Clear Expectations. Explain why you're blogging. Over to you.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

We debated what the hashtag should be — and after a few months, changed our minds and started using something else! Do we celebrate messages being retweeted even if they don't lead to people answering a question on the forum? We mapped out the process we would use to promote Donate Your Brain opportunities.

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