Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Photo by Dietrich I love the Red Cross's approach to scaling its engagement strategy by involving the whole organization - it is spelled out in their strategy handbook and policy guidelines. The first steps are simple once you have policy/philosophy in place and the right mix of bottom up/top down adoption or acceptance of social media.

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APRIL 5, 2013

When an organization embraces the culture of creating and empowering all staff to become “brand ambassadors,” authentic and exponential growth starts to happen. When organizations embrace this holistic culture, the nonprofit begins to come alive online. Check out this link for a comprehensive list of social media policies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2009

I think it is culture. Departments do not work in silos, systems, policies, and work processes support this. There is trust that employees and stakeholders will represent the organization without creating command and control policies and policing them. So, what if these qualities don't describe your organization's culture?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

where he discussed the crossroads of movements and campaigns and the need for an open culture. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. They are tasked with the important work of research, creating our policy agenda and providing strategy for legislative campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

was adopted (or not) in the nonprofit workplace over the past 10-15 years, you'll notice that fear and silo culture are nothing new or unique as barriers to adoption. Steve said silo culture has been a barrier to effective web strategy for years. If you witnessed how Web 1.0 Steve MacLaughlin recently pointed this in an email.

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is the risk of not adapting to a changing technology culture? We're All in This Boat Together (Your Social Media Policy and Steam Power Have More in Common Than You Think) ," from Lisa Colton, See3 Communications. How can we be sure that the rewards outweigh the risks?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

We need a culture change. Tags: Budget Change Management charity navigator Data guidestar Infrastructure Integration/APIs Leadership Planning Policy. Additionally, we have to get funders and our donors to understand the bigger picture. As a sector, we're woefully behind when it comes to evaluation skills.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

We need a culture change. Tags: Budget Change Management charity navigator Data guidestar Infrastructure Integration & APIs Leadership Planning Policy. Additionally, we have to get funders and our donors to understand the bigger picture. As a sector, we're woefully behind when it comes to evaluation skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

Almost two weeks ago, I put out a query for blogging and social media policies. Many people shared examples, but nothing much about change management. Do you simply need some social media policy boilerplate that you can cut and paste or is there value to the discussion? Employees will tell secrets. What were the problems?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2021

So we made new plans —some of which we actually managed to refine, while others just sort of happened—as we all were trying to survive in what became our new normal. Honesty is the best policy—but there are right/wrong and good/bad ways to communicate that honesty. “So,

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MARCH 1, 2012

Three Case-Studies that document how three different nonprofits developed their social media policies. I n it you'll find: " Five Communications Myths that Executive Directors Believe ," from Kivi Leroux Miller, based on the 2012 Communications Trends Report. An Interview with representatives from the UN Global Pulse Initiative.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

An important component listed above is the feedback loop in any measurement process -- we need to create a culture that is open to failure for the sake of identifying where we can do better. There also needs to be accountability, which I believe is a role the nonprofit community in partnership with the grant-makers need to play.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

A culture of collaboration From the beginning, the Center’s approach to social media was collaborative, including shared responsibilities, delegation as needed, and erring on the side of inclusion. These cloud applications enable the team to work efficiently.

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APRIL 5, 2011

More importantly, you risk alienating your new hires because you have failed to create a culture that will support their success. Adding new cultures, opinions, and coalitions into the mix always create tension. Articulating your business goals will make it easier to keep your "eye on the prize" when times get rough. And they will.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

Operating - we keep up; we have stable infrastructure and a set of technology policies and practices. Functioning - we keep the lights on; we have basic systems in place to meet immediate needs. leadership makes technology decisions based on efficiencies, with little-to-no input from staff/consultant.

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JULY 25, 2011

Because it is part of the culture, and ties directly back to their core institutional values of being “transformative, captivating, honest, innovative and personal.” That vision and mission are also translated into the way that everyone in the company engages. Dancers tweet, post blogs, and represent the company in the course of their day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. It isn’t about content, although that is important.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

But with change comes new opportunities to evaluate and improve on existing business processes and demonstrate to existing and potential supporters that your organization is dedicated to compliance and ethical accounting practices. This article and infographic provides tips for getting started with compliance change management.

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JUNE 7, 2012

When our editorial committee decided on “Content Curation” as the overall theme of this issue when planning back in 2011, we knew that it would be an important topic for the nonprofit sector, but we didn’t anticipate that, in some ways, 2012 would turn out to be the year of content curation , as Beth Kanter predicted in January.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

We have been working through this cultural shift at the YMCA of Metro Chicago over the last few years. We have seen growth in metrics, attendance at trainings, increase in requests for access to tools, suggestions for improvement and a general shift in culture. Gradual Culture Shift.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Y’all, no company can build a coherent culture without people who either share its core values or possess the willingness and ability to embrace those values. Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased. I don’t know why.

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Forum One

MARCH 14, 2010

It goes something like, " announcing new buses, new routes, and a new corporate culture based on responsibility." Like one could institute a new corporate culture the same way one can order a new vehicle. The fact is, changing a corporate culture is incredibly important and in most cases, also incredibly difficult.

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Forum One

MARCH 14, 2010

It goes something like, " announcing new buses, new routes, and a new corporate culture based on responsibility." Like one could institute a new corporate culture the same way one can order a new vehicle. The fact is, changing a corporate culture is incredibly important and in most cases, also incredibly difficult.

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Forum One

MARCH 14, 2010

It goes something like, " announcing new buses, new routes, and a new corporate culture based on responsibility." Like one could institute a new corporate culture the same way one can order a new vehicle. The fact is, changing a corporate culture is incredibly important and in most cases, also incredibly difficult.

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