Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Photo by Sifter Last week, I had a fantastic conversation with the folks at EDF Innovation Exchange about transparency and social media adoption. Specifically around the question, "What it is in the culture of organizations that are able to make the shift that is different from organizations that cannot?"

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. In order to accomplish the goals of social media strategy, Deputy Director Risa Breckman knew that 1.)

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2021

Start by asking yourself how you and your organization reacted to change last year, and how those reactions can be different in the future. Then, follow these tips to get your change management creative juices flowing! For each change listed, add a sentence or two to support your reasoning for the change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

We know that social media inspires fear. So, why not take that same approach to deconstructing social media concerns? To create your social media guidelines, examine the worst possible scenario, ask what if questions, wallow in all your fears, etc. How has your organization worked past fear of social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Several months ago, my colleague Rachel Happe from the Community Roundtable invited me to facilitate a discussion with members about the issues that swirl around organizational adoption of social media. This happens quite frequently with social media, especially in the early stages. We get poor results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

Over the past five years, I've been focusing on social media. or social media was all about. Social media is all about the linkages to people versus content and the ability to self-organize and co-creative. or social media for inward facing work) is that there aren't any best practices. What style of dancing?

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

Maybe your organization even uses some early AI for administrative tasks, like a chatbot for questions. AI could certainly be used by applicants to fill out parts of the required forms, such as program summaries, leaving the questions that would need a human touch to finalize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

I've been reflecting on the ideas shared at a panel called " Why Corporate Social Media Marketing Fails and How To Fix It " presented at the Web2.0 The discussion was organized around four points of social media failure: How can I get my culture to adapt? Does social media even matter? How can I make my campaigns work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

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. Here's how the Red Cross handbook states it: Step 1: Get Social Media Savvy Initiate personal social media use: Explore the tools you’d like to adopt by using them in your personal life first.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Network for Good and Vibrance Global explore different donor experiences, Jeanne Allen offers six tips for online board engagement, and James Murdock eloquently shares his experiences on a question we take to heart: How can nonprofits rethink the PDF? change journal Change Management cultivating leadership journal Leadership nten change'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

It covers different models for purpose, structure, style, value creation, design, leadership, and change management. How, When, and If to Weave and/or Strengthen Networks Using Social Media." We can answer this question pretty well in the context of nonprofit organization for its external communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

If you have thoughts, comments, or questions, let's discuss this over in the comments at the original post. If you have thoughts, comments, or questions, let's discuss this over in the comments at the original post. Tags: change management.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Here are some first steps to tackle as you embrace 100% staff participation in building your digital community: Engage leadership - Commitment, excitement, and encouragement from the leadership around all staff using social media to promote the organization’s activities/mission online goes a long way. This will require training and education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Photo by Media Fury Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks first published in 1979. This interactive webinar experience will begin with a plenary session providing an overview of social media strategy, organizational adoption issues, capacity, metrics, and strategy execution. The Learning Objectives.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

My experience since I started working in the social media field is that the failures are where you learn the most as a community manager, a social media manger, a change manger, a professional and as a person. 4 Change September Chat Topic: Change Failure / Change #Fails.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

This leaves students questioning if they can make more money more quickly—and avoid student debt—by entering the workplace with a certificate instead of a college degree. While studies show that workers with bachelor’s degrees have higher lifetime earnings and lower poverty rates than those without, technology has changed the workforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2016

Background resources on technology change management and how tech training can support adoption of technology at your organization. You can also view and print certificates of attendance and completion, and access a robust media library with resources from TechSoup, our partners, and our product donors. What the Course Includes.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2012

This news came as a surprise to most people in those communities, and triggered much discussion in both traditional media and social media channels.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

There are some new questions this year about communications goals, how you think you'll actually spend your time, and which social media sites you are likely to add or try in 2013. > We're looking forward to another year of insights from this study, so we hope you'll contribute your perspective to this year's study!

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

I posed a question to our NTEN Members' LinkedIn Group about this challenge, specifically asking our members there to suggest ways NTEN could help more "accidental" techies re-brand themselves. we'd love to hear your story and your advice to others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Sacha Litman, Managing Director, Measuring Success. Rafael Lopez, Associate Director, The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Roberto Cremonini, Principal, Cremonini Consulting. Stefan Lanfer, Knowledge Officer, Barr Foundation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

This corresponds somewhat to what we found in our recently released 2011 Nonprofit Data Ecosystems Report : respondents were most likely to have invested in email management and website management tools.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Perhaps one of the most challenging questions a nonprofit can ask is, "What should our org's commitment to the use and leverage of technology actually be?" They're always willing to try the next new gadget or adopt the latest social media tool. It can be a challenge to get an audience with the top leadership.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Send frontrunners your RFP and offer to answer any additional questions that they may have. Contributor Development Partnership – Public Media. Advancement Resources – Managing Culture Change. And if you have any questions about your own organization’s upcoming projects or needs, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

60+ Years How would you compare your organization with other nonprofits, in general, when it comes to using technology effectively (from databases to social media) to achieve your mission? We've also hired a Social Media manager, which is a new position for us. Your mission? App development.

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NTEN

JULY 25, 2011

] By Rebecca Krause-Hardie, AudienceWorks Recently I was talking with John Michael Schert, Executive Director of Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) , about their social media activities. What became abundantly clear almost at once was that I was asking the wrong question. We'd also love to hear YOUR responses to Rebecca's question.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Mobile, cloud, social media, platforms, servers.technology just carries the water. Please leave your suggestions, stories, and questions in the comments below! Draw a red line where information/communication is in a silo (if this spreadsheet was lost or destroyed, could you get the same information easily elsewhere?)

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

They can answer questions about the wine to help diners navigate a wine list to make the best choice. The creation and sharing of content on social media and social networks is contributing to this information overload. Your content strategy is essential to the success of an integrated social media strategy.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

How would you compare your organization with other nonprofits, in general, when it comes to using technology effectively (from databases to social media) to achieve your mission? Thinking about your answer to the previous question, or other recent changes that involved technology, please explain how this has impacted your organization?

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NTEN

JUNE 1, 2011

In it you'll find: "Facebook for Volunteers," from Idealware's Chris Bernard, which tackles the question of whether Facebook can be an effective volunteer recruitment and engagement tool. They're all featured in the latest issue of NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders !

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. One case study a week paired with a multiple-choice question makes a ton of sense, perhaps even as a replacement for high stakes certification. You’ll notice that right away below the fold. Innovation Trigger.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Who is our Customer? What does the Customer Value? What are our Results?

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Forum One

JUNE 21, 2023

What are you trying to achieve with your website, CRM, email, social media, and everything digital communications touches? These include external channels like your website and social media presence, also internal communications, and data tools like email, Slack, Teams, and your CRM. A digital strategy defines your vision. Who uses it?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Thanks to Sharon Armstrong, author of The Essential HR Handbook , for these helpful questions! One leadership skill is the ability to accommodate different views in the workplace, regardless of what they are.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Thanks for these great questions, Charlene! 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performan. Do I publicly admit when I am wrong?

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