Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

For the Professional Social Media class I teach at Sonoma State University , I created an exercise designed to help folks practice both content creation and looking at metrics. Content Creation. Ask folks to think about the people in the group and what content would appeal to them.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Selecting the right Content Management System (CMS) for your nonprofit website is crucial in building and managing a successful online presence. This article will discuss several key points to help you make an informed decision, covering topics such as open-source vs. closed-source platforms, software costs, licensing methods, and more.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Volunteer programs take place worldwide, and volunteer help has improved the lives of many. Volunteers help change the lives of those in their community as a social responsibility rather than receiving a financial reward. Volunteering is important because it enables people to help and serve others in a selfless way.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Access to Exclusive Content One of the primary benefits of joining a membership-based organization is gaining access to exclusive content. For professional associations, these resources can help your members stay informed and up-to-date in their field. Think about the ways you can help your nonprofit’s members connect!

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2021

Include information about why you’re enlisting volunteers and what you’ll accomplish with volunteer help. . If you’re searching for skilled volunteers, you can use platforms like LinkedIn to conduct more targeted outreach. This can help boost volunteer attendance at events and shifts. Promoting opportunities strategically.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. Format Templates , Content Asset Organizing Tools, and scheduling software that covers this whole process.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

Somewhere in me was the urge to try something a new way, learn something new, expand the boundaries of my skill set. In terms of expanding the boundaries of my skill set, this IDEO U course was just what I was looking for. One “class” in particular, David Carson’s Graphic Design MasterClass , really caught my eye.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they help me to gain focus and clarity. Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 26, 2022

When we started Nimble AMS 10 years ago, w e looked at ways to change the industry, to disrupt the status quo of the association management software (AMS) space and help organizations rethink what an AMS actually is. Nimble Land – I get by with a little help from my friends . Three releases every year, like clockwork.)

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

It is important for the committee to have a clear content or operational focus. These questions should help you make sure you are recruiting people with the right skill sets who can represent experiences and voices that you may not have on your staff. Define the advisory committee’s focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Our interactive session at the Fall 2013 Communications Network Conference in New Orleans was a blend of content delivery and peer learning – a conversation about the value, different approaches and models, and best practices. The tactics can include workshops , master classes , coaching , expert consultants or peer learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach? I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

When you post on social media, you don’t know how many people actually see your content. Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? I took copywriting classes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

For over twenty-five years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It’s helping us invent new proteins and medicines , aiding us in the search for extraterrestrial life , and even helping us design better yachts. The full version of Dall-E, which can achieve incredible levels of near-photorealism, has more robust content filters to disallow the tool from getting too close to actual famous faces. .

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

The Urban Institute is a “nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity.” We also helped to streamline their workflows and content administration with CRM integration, improved site architecture, and a component-based design approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

For over twenty-five years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Technology is playing an ever larger role in increasing respect for human rights and delivering better services, and we have two rare opportunities to lead world-class tech-for-good programs. We must help ensure that every report of abuse is a tool for justice. You’ve come to the right place: Benetech.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, nonprofit leaders and managers will have to carefully assess, prioritize, and take risks with their finances, which will likely require new skills and bold adaptation to continuously changing circumstances. Manager, Research Content at Salesforce.org. The continued flow of money into the nonprofit world is welcome news.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Whether it’s with money, time, or skills — we all have the power to give. Laura DePeters, managing director of social, content & paid media at American Cancer Society said it best, “Without our volunteers, advocates, and donors, The American Cancer Society simply couldn’t do what we do. About the Author. CEO at Salesforce.org.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

How much tech skill is required? Our guide will help you sort through your options and choose the tools that will help you raise more money and change more lives. TechSoup can help you get set up with Office 365 at a discount. Once you decide how you want to schedule your content, you have to create content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2017

People are so busy doing the work that they don’t have time to go off-site to take a class or sign up for an online course. Test out new tools and practices to help strengthen your skills – from leading effective meetings to mastering learning agility.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2019

Nimble AMS helps you manage every aspect of your association while leveraging the power of the #1 CRM platform, Salesforce. Fortune 500-class CRM for associations. Salesforce offers myTrailhead, which allows you to customize the Salesforce Trailhead learning environment with your own content and branding. Insightful reporting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content Delivery Is Not Learning. Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. What are the best practices?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Knowing some basic coding can help you manage these website snafus. As someone with questionable math skills and zero computer programming experience, this has been a daunting subject to overtake … so I thought. If you're new to online classes, try a couple different sites and programs to get a feel for your preferences.

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Classy

JULY 20, 2021

I’m fully invested in the fact that we are the best-in-class platform in the market, which allows me to sell with conviction. We are supporting nonprofits and helping them achieve their goals. There’s cross-pod help and it’s not just an “everyone for themselves” mentality. On top of that, the platform works.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This will help you gain clarity of mission. As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. As a service provider, you are not in the shoes of the people who need your help. Get help from an accountant or attorney if you find the form daunting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It helps them relax. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 22, 2020

You can create website content that will boost your nonprofit’s site in search results and put it on people’s radar without a degree in copywriting or any technical expertise. SEO is the practice of optimizing your website’s content and technical elements to make your site attractive to search engines. Or even a computer scientist.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

It helps them relax. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year. Since were are on the Mediterranean Sea, I did the final reflective exercise as a walk on the beach. I got to perfect it when I taught master classes and workshops for NGOs and activists in New Zealand and Australia. Photo by Gary Clark.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

An UnGala frees up your organization and staff, helping you focus your energy where needed most and raise a lot quickly, with a higher ROI. Create a series of challenges that test team skills, endurance, and aptitude with a games tournament. Have your lead artist jump on and run the class on Zoom. Games Tournament.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Part of delivering instruction is being a good facilitation of people’s learning and there is no better way to learn how to improve your own technique than watching world class facilitators in action. It is a technique that is used in Open Space design.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Beyond learning a new skill, the people who come to the center gain self-esteem and a sense of accomplishment. When the Hartford Artisans Center closed in 2009, the weaving center opened to help meet the needs of the people whom the artisans center had served. This story was written by Ginny Mies, Senior Content Curator, TechSoup.

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Classy

JUNE 17, 2021

Headspace offers guided meditations and content that promotes staying present and managing stress. Physera: Physera provides virtual physical therapy, helping treat and prevent physical pain. Aaptiv : Virtual workouts have taken off this past year and Aaptiv has a massive library of virtual workout classes to keep fitness interesting.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We fed the many hours of conversation into an application called Dedoose, which helped us to sort and flag themes in the focus groups. Remote technologies, especially social media, helped many organizations reach younger people with whom they were not previously connected. Reaching younger volunteers. “My

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I’m Determined , a project funded by the Virginia Department of Education, connects youth – especially those with disabilities – with self-determining educational opportunities and resources to help them succeed in school, make friends, make decisions, and develop leadership skills. 2021 State of Babies Yearbook (Zero to Three).

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