Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. It isn’t just about the tools, but about how people need to work and think differently.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

“ While tech was thriving in the mid-90s, people in Washington, D.C. They focus on three areas to provide digital equity and to increase diversity in the tech sector: Byte Back is working toward equal access to digital skills training, broadband, and digital devices for people of all ages. DC needs you and this. were struggling.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

The program brings climate and environmental education to middle school students through a series of STEM classes and workshops that promote the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while leveraging our long-standing relationship with the WEF. STEM Classes Leading to Tangible Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. Bear in mind that some people, especially introverts, hate them so you have to design them so they are less awkward. I feel this makes a better learning experience.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I had the pleasure recently of teaming up with my fundraising bestie and copywriting guru Julie Cooper to host an “ End of Year Appeal Writing Made Easy ” workshop. A whopping 96% of these people are doing it themselves and only a handful of them may have any training as a fundraising copywriter.”. Have they done the math?”.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Bellevue, Washington: Microsoft Azure IoT Workshop. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Thursday, June 1, 2017.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

E-commerce has forever changed the way people shop, and your organization can use that to your advantage with wish list drives. Rather than asking people to donate material items directly to your organization, you can create a public wish list on an e-commerce site like Amazon where your donors can buy items you need directly online.

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Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Frank, on the contrary, came from a struggling, working-class, immigrant family in Brooklyn, reached unimaginable heights in his career, but never forgot from where he came. Frank spoke to our orientation class as we watched a film that Ford had funded depicting Black stereotypes in American media. Negotiate, I did not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. In early 2017, we completed a two week book tour.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Online forums and communities with members-only access can also provide a platform for people to exchange ideas and collaborate. Training and Workshops Your nonprofit can offer training programs and workshops where members enhance their skills and industry knowledge. Here are three different ways you can do that.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 4, 2024

For instance, if you’d like to boost voter registration in a certain local community, you can send more voter information communications to people in that area. Offering multiple ways to get involved lowers the barrier to entry and allows more people to engage with your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

The workshop started with a welcoming ceremony. We sat in the hall – two rows – the guests and the Maori. Effective learning that creates results and transfers to action over time starts with unleashing people’s existing knowledge – they need to pull forward pre-existing information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Keep in mind that learning organizations are those that prioritize the development of – people – everyone comes to work every day in part to grow, and to support one another in doing so. The dreaded F-word: How to make sure your team doesn’t fear (or rely on) feedback. Common habits that suppress individuals and teams from improving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

The practices are intended to balance the energies of any given space to assure health and good fortune for people inhabiting it. Certain room set ups encourage interaction between the participants and the workshop leader, others do not. I designed and facilitated a peer learning workshop at SXSW last week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

I learned so much about the digital challenges facing Asian NGOs, how these are similar or different from NGOs in other regions, met and connect with amazing people, and was inspired by the speakers I heard and the workshops I took for my own learning. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. These were workshops at Cause Camp , Global Giving , and the Hartford Foundation. I did not have a remote audience.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Cyclists sign up for the ride and seek out people in their network to sponsor their participation. One of the reasons that challenge events work so well is something called the “martyrdom effect” which finds people feel better about a thing if they have to undergo adversity to achieve it. Use that to your advantage! Yes, they are!

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2020

Everyone loves to save money, but when is saving money more important than taking care of the people that help implement and accomplish the ever-changing objectives and strategic plans? When will nonprofits actually welcome volunteers as people who can also be a part of charting the voyage?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is a perfect fundraising idea for late April or early May because you can use catalogs that feature Mother’s Day presents to motivate people to make a purchase. Spring decorating competition Since many people like to decorate their homes for holidays and seasons, why not host a little competition?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Over the past two decades of teaching workshops to nonprofits on the use of technology for mission-driven work and more recently on the use of online networks and data, people come workshops with different degrees of organizational readiness to embrace change that is needed to be successful.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s the difference between seeing cook Thanksgiving dinner for 20 people on your to do list and seeing create guest list, send invitations, collect rsvps and food allergy info, create a menu, etc. If you want to dive deeper into the word of fundraising writing, I teach a 10-lesson course called The Writer’s Workshop.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

This small but mighty nonprofit is committed to improving life for LGBTQ+ people by sharing personal stories and educating school students, parents and guardians, teachers, youth workers, and workplaces on LGBTQ+ issues. Why not take it to the next level and organise a workshop for your school? Solving The Problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

If someone at your organization doesn’t have the expertise and experience to make such workshops and learning experiences happen, invite someone into the conversation who can provide such perspectives. Attending workshops where leadership can learn about recognizing bias, DEI terms, and more. Encourage Staff to Get Involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds. But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role. Reality 3: The board is not a reward. Takeaway 3: The board needs training.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 31, 2006

In early July, I posted about a Basic Blogging for Women Workshop I'd be teaching this fall, but after talking to some prospective students, I decided that it was important to find a space where everyone could be on a computer, so I changed the date and the venue so that we can be in a computer lab. 125 if received after October 9th.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Colin told me that they recently held a very popular social media workshop for seniors at Cambridge Community Television ( @cctvcambridge ) but that it is a topic that would benefit from more coverage – so, I asked if I could interview him! Here is a fun video from a class they taught here at CCTV the following year.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Consider Your Audience The key to creating a member newsletter that people keep opening and reading is to offer content that’s beneficial to them in some way. Your member newsletter could be an opportunity to help members connect with the people behind your organization, such as your CEO or another key person in leadership or on staff.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2012

A couple weekends ago I facilitated a 3-hour Tea, Cupcakes and Creative Bloggers workshop at Teahouse Studio. If you know of a place that might like to host a TCCB gathering/workshop in the Bay Area and beyond, let me know in the comments, or email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. The class was great!

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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? Be a participant in other people’s training sessions. Conferences are a great opportunity to take workshops and observe the facilitator’s techniques. Have them self-organized into small groups of three or four people and use sticky notes to come up with some statements.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

In a Community Science Workshop. A couple months ago, I visited a Community Science Workshop for the first time in Watsonville, CA. A small room, packed with gadgets, packed with fossils, packed with tools, packed with PEOPLE everywhere making and exploring and building and learning. How are Workshop locations selected?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2022

Then we set off down the mountain to learn more about the climate action that students at Davos Middle School had undertaken over the past few years as part of Davos Codes , a year-round program designed to engage youth in Davos through a series of STEM classes and workshops that promote the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2021

We were able to design virtual workshops in a matter of weeks, whereas under normal circumstances, it may have taken us months. It’s much harder to see confusion on people’s faces using Zoom—particularly if their camera isn’t on! Krista Berry Ortega Programs Manager, West. “I Laura Bergman Programs Assistant, West.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. It can help people learn faster and in a more fun and natural way. by Sharon Bowman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 9, 2018

By working your network and projecting your values, you can get people excited about your campaign and grow the volunteer base that you need. People will come to hear from them and stay to help once they’re fired up about your mission. Most people will be excited to connect you with a good fit. Engage Your Ambassadors.

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