Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2011

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein who will provide live graphic facilitation of this highly interactive and fun panel. The session title is based on a chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit. So, come join the fun and learn. If you’re coming to SXSW and want to help out, leave a comment below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

In my forthcoming book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine, my favorite chapter was about the sense-making process of measurement – called “Measurement and the Aha! Moment—Using your data to tell stories, make decisions, and change the world.” 1: What is an infographic?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2010

As I mentioned in my post, Community, Beauty, Party, Wisdom: More Reverb 10 Reflections , one of the highlights of 2010 was organizing a virtual social change book club. Read a few pages/the first chapter of the book before you choose it. Find a handful of people who want to read the same book as you. Create book selection guidelines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2012

We began the Book Club by carefully crafting a couple questions per chapter, and focusing on about one chapter per week. We quoted the book, took inspiration from the questions listed at the end of each chapter, and attempted to lead a traditional book club on Facebook. It was working pretty well as planned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

Their staff spent a day with a facilitator and came up with some strategies to change their way of working that balanced excellence without excessive work hours and stress. It has created a workplace that is fun, dynamic, and sustainable.”.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

The Greater New York chapter of Volunteers of America used its grant to increase its monthly giving program to more than 25 donors. The fun part is that you can experiment with different ads, pages, and keywords to find what works best. Other nonprofits have pulled it off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The holiday break is a great time to read books, both for work and just plan fun. Earlier this week, I read the recently published “ Mindful Social Marketing ” by colleague Janet Fouts. The book includes short chapters and highly practical information on the execution of a flawless social strategy.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Not surprisingly, the pandemic caused many consumers to change the way they shop, including shifting to ecommerce channels. People like to engage, and when you enter them into a raffle for a prize (preferably one that is donated), they’re more likely to join the fun. The third is to offer donors opportunities to leverage their giving.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Last month I posted about how I was joining Jamie Ridler Studios' blogging book club, The Next Chapter, while they read The Joy Diet. Each week, participants read one chapter of the book and post on Fridays about their experience. I've read three chapters of The Joy Diet over the past 3 weeks: Nothing, Truth & Desire.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration. Enjoy yourself!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

When I signed up for her mailing list in the fall of 2010, I received a PDF of the first chapter of her book-in-progress with the working title, The Team: How to Live an Abundant Life by Healing Yourself and the World. And the change is accelerating so quickly that futurists now say they can’t imagine what will happen by 2050.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

As always, lots of fun to actually see my co-author, Allison Fine , in person. Organizational leaders are changing questions from “why bother with this?&# As a result, the last chapter of the book – on networked governance – is speculative, based on the best thinking of people in the field.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2020

Don’t let social distancing stop the fun, and keep in mind that not every community building event should be virtual. The ALS Association Massachusetts Chapter recently announced changes to its premier cycling event , inviting team captains to create team rides across the state on September 20.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2014

What chapter of the ebook do you believe will be particularly helpful to most readers? I''ve found that often times a small change in perspective can make a huge change in what is possible for so many people, myself included. Nathan : I have two short pieces on Becoming a Leadership Expert.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Artez Interactive For Fun Did you miss Rob Cottingham's cartoon coverage of the conference? Don't fear, you can find all of his conference sketches pulled together on the Social Signal site. And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

I am family first, high integrity and surprisingly sensitive change agent who is confident, caring and intellectually curious. But if you are committed to leading a present, purposeful and passionate life, then you must confront and change or accept that which you uncover in your self-reflection.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

I am family first, high integrity and surprisingly sensitive change agent who is confident, caring and intellectually curious. But if you are committed to leading a present, purposeful and passionate life, then you must confront and change or accept that which you uncover in your self-reflection.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

This lets our community know the types of activities and topics they can expect from us for the next six months and has helped with RSVPs and interest." - Paula Jones, NCTech4Good "Have fun! It''s really fun to go back and read them. The first chapter explores how the use of technology can help raise money. We only have now. -

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Post a wide variety of blog content and have some fun with it. Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Still, understand that the more good, high-quality content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

I am family first, high integrity and surprisingly sensitive change agent who is confident, caring and intellectually curious. But if you are committed to leading a present, purposeful and passionate life, then you must confront and change or accept that which you uncover in your self-reflection.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Building community takes many forms and is done for many different reasons: to raise money, pass legislation, connect with like-minded people, have fun, learn new things. 13ntc Change Management community building digital team strategies Leadership nptech Organizational Culture Social Media Staffing Strategy Communications'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

There's a good chapter by Steven R. MacLaughlin on the changing nature of community. I also read the chapter by Katya Andresen and Bill Strathmann from Network for Good about People-to-People Fundraising. Make it fun. You can read a 2-page summary here. They outline five sure-fire principles for success: 1.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

A Philanthropist’s Guide to the Future : Philanthropy is changing. Fundraising Event Ideas from A to Z : These fundraising ideas for nonprofits will help you encourage event engagement and keep it fun! Have you revisited it when you need to pivot or reevaluate your strategy? Is it all just a blur of numbers and percentages now?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2009

Geek Mommy In five days, I will be making a major change in my life. I've been both excited beyond words.I'm starting a new chapter in my life. You have rewired all those neurons because everything has changed. So, hope this is fun for those who have signed up to help me make it through this transition. Click To Play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I’ve been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: “Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout? It changes how we think.”.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! We need to let go of the idea that we are serving our constituents, and recognize the ways we could be working together to change their lives, their neighborhoods, and beyond. But, alone, the organization can’t make the change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind. This would forever change the world, and forced many to adapt to technology they’d never even had to think about before. Their effort became known as the “YMCA School” of fundraising.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

What if video games could change the world? World Wildlife Fund offers a fun quiz that helps determine your "inner animal," After the quiz, you learn more about the animal that best matches you – and some of them are truly bizarre, with over 100 species available – and post about it on Facebook and Twitter. They already are.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2007

Bill O'Hanlon is offering a few Have Fun * Do Good readers scholarship spaces in his upcoming How to Write a Book and Get Published seminar in Santa Fe, NM September 21-23, 2007. He has written over 50 articles or book chapters. In 1999, he appeared on Oprah with his book, Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2011

He devotes a whole chapter to steering. When changing careers, it's important to focus your energy on as specific a goal as possible without spending a lot of time getting stuck on the obstacles (stop signs), perpetual introspection (nose of the car) or everything else on your "to do" list (scenery).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Post a wide variety of blog content and have some fun with it. Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Still, understand that the more good, high-quality content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

We had a delightful discussion with Lance Slaughter, Chief Development Officer and Chapter Relations extraordinaire for the ALS Association. I asked ALS about how the unexpected funding changed things. Slaughter walked us through the series of events that unfolded this summer with the ice bucket challenge (IBC).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

” This is a question that is hard to answer in a Tweet or two, and in fact we devoted to an entire chapter to the topic in the book – “Understanding, Visualizing, and Improving Networks.” It is also a fun way to visualize your Twitter network – and there are some great free apps to do that.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

The rules keep changing and the fear seems continuous. Also, to all the people in that thread having some fun, that is another form of bravery. Some fun and games: Sharpen your pencils!?? These dates will be changing. But in a way, maybe that’s the guidance we need. There are many ways we’ll survive this.

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