Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. Become Your Own Publishing Powerhouse with LightBox Collaborative’s 2014 Editorial Calendar guest post by Holly Minch.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

Set a specific and realistic fundraising goal Determine the measurable impact that this goal will have for your mission Create a definite timeline for your campaign (Pro tip: Many organizations opt for a 6-8 week timeline.) These would be groups of supporters who collaborate to reach their collective fundraising goals.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The tricky part about identifying a network as either temporary or permanent is that each individual defines his or her participation/contribution as temporary or permanent, and that definition mainly impacts only him or her. Look at the power of temporary collaboration, for example, in times of crisis response or large scale crowdsourcing.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The news team includes: Susan Mernit, Amy Gahran, Kamika Dunlap, Kwan Booth, Ryan Van Lenning and others.Oakland Local is also media partners and collaborators with Spot.us , Newsdesk.org , The Center for Investigative Reporting, New America Media, Endless Canvas, Youth Rising, Youth Radio and Youth Outlook as well.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

For example: An animal rescue group might aim to increase the number of animals they save by 25%. When you create your fundraising plan based on your strengths and your organization’s assets, you’ll find fundraising easier and more fun. Make it a FUN event that people talk about for days afterward.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you’re doing anything worth doing, you can collaborate with business, government and other nonprofits in consortium efforts to address complex problems holistically. And when making promises to a group where trust matters, the second rule definitely applies. At first everyone was ‘gung ho;’ it was fun.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 24, 2016

There are some really fun ones out there, about how millennials are weaker than their parents, and how their neurological wiring explains their short attention spans. Group Work. Instead, it allows for collaboration the likes organizations have never before encountered. "Millennial Definition." Reference. "Millennial

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community. I posted on-topic comments in Groups and posted to profiles. My thoughts, keeping in mind that Salesforce is evolving this frequently: It's fun. I followed people. I left status updates.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Organizational data is, by definition, far less personal than the information an individual might trust to the site, so you’re much less likely to want to keep it private. And it's fun! However, these issues don’t apply in the same way to nonprofits who have an organizational presence on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Is there a lead facilitator who is responsible for the final decision or is the team to work collaboratively making decisions? Scribe: The role of the scribe is to capture ideas and build group memory. The scribe should only interact with the lead facilitator, not the group. Orienting the Group.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

What do your supporters do for fun? Are there specific business or government groups that might be interested in the work you’re doing? What groups do you look to as allies, supporters and/or inspiration? Attracting and Serving New Groups. Hobbies can bring people together who might not otherwise share much common ground.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 16, 2014

They’re no stranger to a fun and engaging learning environment. It’s About the Relationships: In her own words, Sara explained PENCIL as a group of people with “a commitment to education and a belief among the team that we’re all there because we enjoy and believe in what it is that we’re doing.”. ”I And PENCIL, Inc.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Join Krista, Libby, Lisa and many more inspirational speakers at the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions for sessions dedicated to nonprofit wellbeing and resilience. A: Definitely. To take it a step further, bring some fun into the workplace with an employee-driven break activity that happens at the same time each day.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Don’t take it personally and definitely don’t worry. There are several areas to target for increased collaboration: Human Resources, Marketing, Communications, Executive Team. HR constantly reaches out to this important group and can provide excellent guidance on the best way to engage them. Sounds like you? Human Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. This project has identified the following definitions of success: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. David’s simple definition for improvisation was “Making or creating and doing the best you can with what you have.” More importantly, this experiential learning — not just discussion.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . That alone, I don’t know how you do that and then all your other awesome, you know, fundraising and client work, but it definitely has helped out a lot of organizations raise over $1 billion, and is just a delight to listen to. That’s just a quick fun fact for you. I’m Steven.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

As Senior Program Manager of Paths of HOPE at Catholic Charities, I am preparing to lead my team and a group of cross-functional, internal stakeholders, along with our CEO and Senior Management, through a two-day program planning session. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Our LinkedIn group for Active pro bono consultants is a great place where these people can connect based on a current interest—giving back using their current skills. Dupe: Taproot is hub for new ideas and collaboration. And LinkedIn is a perfect space for us as we are targeting professionals with a specific skill set.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Last week, we launched the first session of the " Social Media Lab ," a social media peer group training with a small group of grantees from the Children, Families, Communities Program. After each participant selected an experiment, we grouped them together and had them work together on setting it up. I did floating consults.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2011

Also, the caliber of other workshop facilitators was definitely a plus! American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. All You Need is Love.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. This form is emblematic of the profound challenges in gathering accurate, reliable, consistent data at the field level.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

He definitely is "character approved" in my book. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. Take a minute and check it out!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause. Themed Costume Party A Themed Costume Party is an opportunity for supporters to dress up according to a chosen theme and enjoy a fun night out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I had sooo much fun creating and delivering it. The community is hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish in collaboration with Omnipress. By having the whole group understand at the beginning that there are different levels and how they might react to the material. I had sooo much fun creating. Know of any?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When colleague Dan Cohen told me of his recent experience using guided imagery in a social media workshop, I thought it was definitely valuable to share with others. She asked the group to think about what their social media usage might look like within their organizations. Seeing Social Media Success Before It Happens by Dan Cohen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

A big thanks to the Big Vision podcast listener/Have Fun, Do Good reader, Terez Williamson , who suggested that I interview Laura for this show. She said, "You know, Laura, I think that birthdays aren't any fun, and I don't like them. This is fun." This is so fun. It's very fun. So, that was really, really fun.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

I hope we can say that this is a sign of bigger and better things to come - stronger communication and collaboration within the sector from these young emerging leaders! I agree, students can definitely benefit from witnessing the types of conversations that are taking place not only at our Spring forum, but at our Fall conference as well.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

From collaboration to cost management, nonprofits are trying to protect their (precious little) infrastructure and enterprise while serving even more people. " Such a scary statistic, but definitely very eye-opening information to have. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

" Trying to be professional and relatable at the same time isn't always easy, and it definitely takes a lot of time and practice to develop the perfect online persona to represent your organization. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. February 24, 2011 11:05 AM Stephaniesaid.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Thats not definitive, but this is another one I suspect wont be too worried about the revocation. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Pratima: Although my role is mainly executional, there’s usually a little bit of room for concepting in the initial stages of any design, which is fun because that’s the time to take more risks. However, getting good, quality pictures of the day-to-day work on the ground in Africa is a definite challenge. Pratima: The people are nice.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And this is one where these guys definitely have a lot of knowledge. And that’s a group of organizations, nonprofits who are relatively new in their fundraising and really new to the capital campaign landscape. And then, you know, one of the fun parts is getting an architect involved and talking about the program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

It's not fun for some people. That was actually a story that we did with a group called Urban Habitat. It's a group of people that are covering the city budget cuts for the next three months. The other one I'd say is, I'm a big believer in collaboration, and the future of journalism is collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Are older groups evolving quickly enough? Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Definitely. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Is one better than the other?

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

So you’re definitely going to want to follow him online. And some interesting facts about that group. You have that set group that has an affinity and a connection to your organization forever. But definitely screen your database, I like to say at least every three years, if not on an ongoing basis. of the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

We tune into causes through our relationships with others, whether its a kid from our neighborhood in a youth group, our sister doing a breast cancer run, or our friend organizing a reading night at a homeless shelter. I will definitely keep this in mind and pass this on to my club next year. April 14, 2011 9:57 PM justnes said.

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