Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

on personal and organizational resilience based on the ideas in my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces. However, I don’t always have that opportunity because many times nonprofit workshops are hosted at conferences at hotels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. I keynoted many conferences, including ConnectVA , American Marketing Association Nonprofit Conference , the Institute of Fundraising in London , and others. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Learn more at MESG.marketing ! Learn more at WeRaiseTheRoots.com

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Over the past few years, nonprofit organizations have been at the forefront of change. From responding to a global pandemic to standing up for equality and reacting to ongoing geopolitical forces, our nonprofits are leading the charge in bettering our communities. Shifting Quickly to Support International Crises.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

If your nonprofit is seeking funding, it’s critical to identify the foundations whose interests and funding priorities align with your own. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation supports nonprofits that are working to strengthen their hometown of Flint, Michigan, and communities around the world. Areas served: Worldwide.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

posted by Veera Tervola Morrison Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. Top 10 Ways to Help Your Child Readjust to Classroom Learning. During the pandemic, many nonprofits discovered the potential of live streaming digital content and virtual events. What to Do if You’re Being Bullied. 10 Ways to Keep Black People and Their Allies Out of Jail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up. www.enteef.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

Racial inequality extends to all facets of life, including the nonprofit sector. While many may be tempted to deny this occurrence, nonprofit leaders can use this as an opportunity to champion the charge against inequality and lead by example within their own organizations. Guide Your Staff. Set Milestones for Improvement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Jay said that they support 30 PC in offices, classroom, and a school computer lab. In the school there are two PCs in each classroom, and the 12-station computer lab is used mostly for research. The First Christian Church’s IT system is not much different than any nonprofit school environment. It also has a large Cargill.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. Success Story: Hispanic Scholarship Fund: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack. Changing the Technology Strategy.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

All of these factors ring especially true for volunteers who spend many hours sitting through board meetings on behalf of a nonprofit. Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical. This blog is excerpted from the book, Nonprofit Board Service for the GENIUS , written by Susan Schaefer and Bob Wittig. . What Makes a Great Meeting?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. I was honored to lead a featured season at the United Way Leadership Conference on Networked Leadership and teach many workshops networked leadership skills. Year in Review.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In our roll-up-my-sleeves and get-r-done , scrappy nature, we tend to take advantage of any and all resources at our fingertips in the nonprofit sector. The problem is that we can only get so far by teaching ourselves through YouTube videos and endlessly searching Google. Lectures are left for the classroom. Cause Camp.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2011

We've got a new spotlight up at TechSoup for Libraries that nonprofits might learn from, as well. This one's about Amber Slaven, a librarian who got her start at Bellevue Library with a pretty great gig: driving a Winnebago outfitted as a mobile computer classroom.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

At TechSoup, we know that many nonprofits and libraries serve Spanish-speaking communities in everything from teaching English as a second language, to financial and educational services, to local family- and health-related programs. Business analysis programs to help you report on and analyze your organization's data.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Areas served: Worldwide. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Areas served: US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. Told the room that nonprofit capacity building was my calling. I had not planned to work in the nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. You could even make a film or documentary about the core purpose of your organization as a nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. In the US, I keynoted and gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Pittsburgh , North Carolina , Buffalo , and Omaha. Year in Review.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 29, 2016

Rachel Muir, CFRE, is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and speaker at Cause Camp 2016. She is Vice President of Training at Pursuant where she transforms individuals into confident, successful fundraisers through classroom, custom and online training. Behind her smile the development director was fuming. She wanted to say, “Sure!

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed! She joins us just in time to start a new school year and meet a new group of wonderful nonprofit students! She joins us just in time to start a new school year and meet a new group of wonderful nonprofit students! Meet Anne. What is your main area of interest?

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, many faith-based nonprofits will use peer-to-peer fundraising to generate participant support for walkathons or 5Ks. Your faith-based nonprofit has likely helped more people than you can count. For example, faith-based organizations may use peer-to-peer fundraising to fund a new building or start a youth ministry program.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Portland, OR: Business Intelligence for Nonprofit Fundraising. Online: Part Two Google For Nonprofits Google Ad Grants with Net2 Northern Michigan. Wednesday, December 4.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We like to think that most nonprofits are concerned about their reach toward individuals who might struggle to connect with their offerings, at least in the best of times. To be sure, the pandemic has thrown a wrench into ways that nonprofits have engaged their stakeholders over the past couple years. But now we are limping along.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. And that’s not to mention the hassle that sometimes comes with trying to get young children excited about reading.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

All Parent Centers have the same mission: to help families of children with disabilities succeed in life, find tools and resources, and develop advocacy strategies despite the many barriers including segregated classrooms, inaccessible communities, and old cultural belief systems about disability. Fast forward to Jan.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" What can small nonprofits do to benefit from collaboration? Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2006

Learning.now is a weblog that explores how new technology and Internet culture affect how educators teach and children learn. This newly launched blog on PBS TeacherSource is written by Andy Carvin , thought leader on the topics of digital divide, nonprofit technology, and educational technology.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

For help understanding this complex relationship, we turned to nonprofit consultant and author Susan Schaefer in this week’s blog. So when a nonprofit employs an executive, the most important role a board can play is that of a partner and supporter. Is Your Board Properly Supporting Your Executive Director.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2005

Nancy White has a great post about "Blog as Classroom, Playground, Mind Trip" I went directly to the playground, a place to experiment and learn how to incorporate web 2.0 technologies into teaching practice. So, where will is a nonprofit playground for npos to learn how to adopt (strategically) Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about.

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