Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content Delivery Is Not Learning. On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them.

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JUNE 28, 2016

But even then, I often felt my mind drifting off in class, doodled on notes, or encountered moments where I was not motivated enough to attempt to process the course content. People learn at different paces and best with very different methodologies. Do not be afraid to survey your department: People know how they like to learn.

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Everyaction

AUGUST 23, 2018

When sending a fundraising email, nonprofit Digital staff are keenly aware of the metrics that they need to achieve; a high open rate means the most people are actually seeing the content of the email, and a high click rate indicates that the email's messaging was persuasive enough to move people to donate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. The first 90-minute webinar to introduced the content. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. I was humbled to join the illustrious list of faculty members who have talents and wisdom in content areas that I only dance around of the edges of. I learned a lot about how to begin to adapt the game process for people with a program orientation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It’s been great to discuss instructional design with other trainers that Deborah has brought together. This means that you can’t be in the front of the room delivering content all the time! Most likely, there will be some content delivery you share during your workshop.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

It often surprises people when I mention that education accounts for fully one-fifth of nonprofit activity , second only to human services. This site carefully aggregates and vets educational content from places like the nonprofit Khan Academy , PBS Kids , Discovery Channel , and other reputable online educational sources.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

She's brilliant and funny and pushes people to get excited about higher math and the big ideas behind it. Khan Academy, the free, nonprofit online source for educational instructional videos, is a young powerhouse in the online learning space. She would be the best science center educator ever. But Vi doesn't work in a science museum.

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MARCH 8, 2021

In fact, if you think about it, automation frees you up to improve the ways your nonprofit connects with people on a human level. Because Mailchimp offers instructional pages and best-in-class automation, we’re going to reference the ways they make automation work for you. Welcome email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

We had an incredible team of women tech advisers from Silicon Valley, all experts, and who taught classes on how to use various tools such as Google, Canva, and Indiegogo, complete with detailed work books with exercises. We allowed people to move from group to group once they go their questions answered.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The first Presidential Debate of 2016 occurred this week, and people on both sides are fired up about it. People from all over the world were focused in on the United States and what was going on for the entirety of the 90-minute session (plus additional time)… So, I have already used some of my time. Blog Commencement.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

This can include FaceTiming community members, hosting virtual concerts, or leading additional virtual classes/activities. Community classes. Online webinars and classes have skyrocketed in popularity in the past year. Consider recording the content so that supporters can watch it again in the future. Pledge drive.

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Media Cause

JUNE 28, 2022

That way, when visitors start typing, they won’t lose the instructions telling them what they need. . Craig Grella is a Content Marketer at Bonterra , the leader in social good technology. Bonterra enables and elevates the hardworking people at organizations that do social good by bringing together best-in-class tools and technology.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

People who are already your fan will not see this page by default, but it will be visible and accessible as an extra tab on your regular page. Mashable’s article has great, step-by-step instructions for how to set up this application and finish setting up the landing page.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

It’s still in the realm of custom content development – not something you can assign to your staff instructional designers – but it’s cheaper to do. Your content still needs to be valuable enough to justify the cost. In the early days, it had a different name (Tin Can) and people just knew it was a thing.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Finally, you want to make sure you add interactive elements to your livestream, whether that’s by adding chat people can use to ask questions, or y breaking up your livestream with polls, quizzes, raffles, etc. Bringing people together + raising money for a great cause = a win-win to us! that encourage participation. Press releases.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

Consider whether you want a bonded group (people who are like each other) or a bridged group (people who are different from each other). Bonded groups are useful if you want to understand people's existing attitudes and impressions. If you are building something new and want people's ideas, go for bridging.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2019

It enables people to make a meaningful increase in their impact on an organization that they care about without feeling a big impact in their checkbooks. They are generally middle to upper middle class. These donors are committed to the Foundation; they are content to make their gifts and to hear about how they were used later.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

You can also meet the challenges of day-to-day work with content literally right at your fingertips. . Academic Classes. Recorded Webinars, Podcasts, and Other Content. Private Classes and Tutoring. Academic Classes. Some are a short list of core classes. In-Person Conferences and Seminars. development. .

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact. People make the museum friendly, not activities.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social Capital 2019 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships. Is our content compelling? You’ll leave feeling motivated and ready to change the quality of instruction in your school district or community!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

At first, the ability for users to quickly gain fame through their videos is what made the app so appealing to teenagers, but for-profit companies caught wind of the speed at which content could go viral and wanted to get in on the action. Fans can’t get enough of this content and eagerly await new releases. The majority of U.S.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). If Beck is in a fancy studio and you''re in your garage with your ukelele, why bother?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

To learn more about the Sharing Foundation, see this article ) I've been reaching out to my network, and Vicky Davis is one of the people I turned to for to ask for help with the from her network of wired educators. Mam Sari did not waste this time, he engaged them in a discussion about the content they were searching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

That was the reason for the eating chocolate exercise I did in PoST class on Monday. This post harvests what I learned and what I still don't know about the birthday campaign strategy and measurement as well as guest teaching a graduate school class. You need to find what works for you to shift you into that mindset. So is creativity.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Research backs up their claim: Studies show that incarcerated individuals who participate in prison education programs are 43 percent less likely to return to prison than those who did not enroll; yet, only a quarter of people in prison participate in vocational training programs. Using Tech to Reduce Barriers to Education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

If there was all-day instruction on the Web 2.0 Used fewer cards and focused on the content of the half-hour web2.0 People were given two angkuns and asked to vote for the project and to sign up if they wanted to help with the project. tools, this would have worked as a culminating activity. She was a teacher. That made my day!

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Teens are perceived as an audience that is particularly disaffected and hard to reach, and institutions are continually seeking new techniques that might connect them to core content experiences. Teens are certainly not the only people who like to express themselves and engage socially through technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Overview slides of what is Web2.0 ( remix from Social Media and Nonprofits Presentation) Core theme Listening - Responding to what people are saying about the topic or the program. A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed. Step 1: Find People.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2009

Like many people who've worked in science centers and interactive experience museums, I've always been perplexed by the fact that hands-on workshop audiences top out around age 14. I had never heard of hackerspaces, and I thought he was talking about people with computers getting together to crack codes.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

A small room, packed with gadgets, packed with fossils, packed with tools, packed with PEOPLE everywhere making and exploring and building and learning. The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. I was awestruck.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Importance of an LMS Six LMS Benefits LMS Features Challenges of an LMS How an LMS is Implemented How Blackbaud Can Help The Importance of an LMS A learning management system allows educators to design and share resources and critical content while simultaneously considering participation and performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

So far, I have interviewed people who I have met face-to-face or have known through my work in the nonprofit tech field. I am working on making a living turning other people on to it all. I try to make my blog a place people can come to learn about new developments on the web. human aspects of technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Start sending personal emails to individuals, or at least smaller groups of people.

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Gyrus

JULY 7, 2016

Courses: We can define a course as an overall themed learning, with a set duration of weeks, comprised of many classes. Classes: a furtherance of courses, allowing for instruction and defined building block learning style. Quizzes: Occur weekly/bi-weekly to reinforce class assignments and instruction.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

In fact, according to our Navigating the Unknown Report , almost 70 percent of people are planning to include at least some virtual elements in future events. DIY – Do-it-yourself events are skyrocketing in popularity, with people on Facebook starting their own fundraisers for causes they care about. Let’s get started!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

It also gives you the opportunity to connect with people who might be interested in your cause and haven’t heard about it yet. It’s easier to get sidetracked, and it’s harder to stay on topic as you share content across your different marketing channels. This gives you someone specific to picture as you plan your marketing.

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