NetWits

MARCH 20, 2012

In 3 seconds, you evaluate their overall look: Clothes, Hair, Smile, Approachability, Confidence and even hygiene. Do you say hi and open up the conversation? If you can’t make it, you can download the Nonprofit web design white paper here after today’s event…and comment with your thoughts and ideas!

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Websites Tips Evaluation Nonprofit 168

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of September 23rd).

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Web Bookmarking Evaluation Lesson 120

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of April 23rd).

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Web Map Bookmarking Conversation 114

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

.” — Alex Osborn, How to Think Up , 1942 seminal book on concept off brainstorming The process of getting a group to generate and build on others’ ideas depends on how you facilitate openness in the group. No personal attacks ad hominem comments. Create a judgment-free zone. Banish assumptions and criticisms. Well, almost.

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Generation Ideas Arts Share 93

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

We asked several interesting poll questions to open the event, and the wrapped with a Q&A session. A few comments about the poll results. QUESTION: Do you also help clients evaluate database management systems to determine a best fit for a client? Gary Carr , co-founder of Third Sector Labs, presented. 1-2 = 61%. 3-5 = 35%.

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Data Donor Poll Aggregator 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. ” - Drawing People Out: After you listen and paraphrase, you ask open-ended questions to draw people out. ”Tell me more …” is one of several identified in the book. Tracking: This is keeping track of the conversation themes and threads. Reflective Practice.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. Please try to vote for as many nonprofit panels as possible. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Comment Social Media Jordan Cancer 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2007

Michelle Murrain has set up a new NTEN Affinity Group called Open Content Business Models. The description: There has been a lot of discussion in the nonprofit technology community about open content. Open content is content (papers, articles, presentations, graphics, etc.) Please join, and enter into the conversation.

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Content Open License Model 50

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

You can visit his blog to read the post and join the conversation there. Just as the content distributed and conversations participated in are integrated into many different aspects of your organization’s work, so should the knowledge, access and responsibility to participate be integrated across your staff.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of December 9th). You're in luck!

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Web Drupal Open Source Bookmarking 117

Museum 2.0

MAY 1, 2013

It''s hard for me to evaluate the extent to which these fears are well-founded, and whether the climate for risk is changing in the arts sector broadly. Please share your story in the comments. And if you''re coming to Baltimore, please join us on Wednesday May 22 at 10:15 for a lively conversation informed by your stories.

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Story Baltimore Open Museum 39

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

But most social platforms also will recognize posts that get a lot of likes, comments, and shares and will show those posts to more people. This is obviously more effective for conversions than marketing to everyone and hoping for the best. Evaluate ad performance and make adjustments. Social media advertising.

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Practice Marketing Fundraising Social Media 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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Social Media Research Share Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Keep A Running List of High Engagement Conversation Starters and Use Them Regularly. If you want engagement on social media channels, identify good conversation starters that are relevant to your audience, will ignite their passion or nostalgia about the subject matter. Or just keep your ears open. 4. Make it Buzzworthy.

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Social Media Headline Media Social 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

" That blog entry came about because she and I had a long conversation about what kinds of skills nonprofit technology providers needed, and what we felt was missing. I realize that we’ve been having this conversation ever since NTC used to be called the "Circuit Rider Roundup." Be Helpful.

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Open Source Conversation RSS Teach 100

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. I bike to work and at least once every couple of weeks it’s Lindsay having an awesome conversation with somebody that speeds up that commute for me. Just look for an email from me towards the end of the day. – [Steven] Yeah.

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

For each of these recommendations, remember that while it’s essential to be decisive in your physical and digital marketing strategies , it’s just as important to consider your options, evaluate your existing plans, and be thoughtful about any changes in your approach. Let’s jump in! Prepare ahead of time. Social media. Word-of-mouth.

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ROI Marketing Strategy Sponsor 81

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. It’s something I can only wrap my mind around by talking to others and hope that this is a chance to further a very important conversation. and so… The Conversation. “In recent days, Causes has left MySpace and IdeaBlob has shutdown.

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Myspace Causes Philanthropy Offline 108

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2008

When people ask about blogging, the question of comments comes up more frequently than any other. There are many good ways to measure a blog's value , but somewhere inside ourselves, we feel that comments are the thing that validate a blog's existence. They prove that the conversation is two-way. It's a bit strange. Museum 2.0's

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Comment Museum Blogger Reflection 20

Media Cause

APRIL 16, 2021

What to do about agitators, arguers and the misinformed on your email list and social media—and how to manage negative comments. If your mission focuses on reproductive rights, climate action, racial equality, or other high-octane points of national conversation, you’ll become acquainted with antagonists across your channels.

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Comment Social Media email Management 82

Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

When evaluating how much effort you can realistically put into social media, you may discover that you need to scale back on how many channels you utilize. Once you’ve taken stock of all of your organizations social channels, evaluating your messaging strategy is a great next step. The conversation usually goes something like this: .

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Social Media Media Hints Social 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Patricia Patrizi, Elizabeth Heidi Thompson, Julia Coffman, and Tanya Beer, “ Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed.

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

I loathe the cloying mock humility of the twitterverse (“so honored that @important person says I am an important person”), so it is with some reservation that I write that the comments on my recent SSIR post about ‘scrappy and strategic’ have just blown me away. Thanks, Beth, for asking me to write about this conversation here.

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Generation Romania Technology Measure 100

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Some are medium sized and open, but still centered around a discipline. Deeper conversations about practice take place in blog comments, webinars, online chats and on Facebook. It doesn’t allow commenting on documents, but it’s a great place to create a libary of resources without hosting them yourselves. rating items.

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Knowledge Share Network Community 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

(You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code “Beth” when you sign up ). This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic. Commentary. But no more than necessary.

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Social Media Content Practice New York City 107

Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2009

Every program, old and new, should be evaluated against the mission (and the business model) for soundness. Admirably, the Smithsonian has opened up their new media strategic planning via a public wiki. future, you can also see the passion of different groups that feel underrepresented or unheard in the evaluation comments.

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Slides Process Video Open 20

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. Mid-stream we realized something phenomenal: We could make this platform 100% open to the public and not hold our performance data behind a curtain.

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International Project Org Technology 60

NTEN

APRIL 8, 2015

While there are always lessons to be learned as we gather feedback—through evaluations, emails, and conversations with members of the Community (yup, we really do read them all)—we wanted to take a moment to share some of the highlights. We will be sharing these in blog posts and free webinars prior to opening up submissions.

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San Jose NTC Proposal NTEN 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

They use a variety of methods including focus groups, surveys, and one-on-one conversations. More is Not Always Better—Evaluate Frequency. CEO implements text-based smartphone surveys with both numeric and open-ended responses. But, most nonprofits do NOT collect feedback in an ongoing, systematic way.

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Lesson Philanthropy Learning Survey 50

Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

It's where most of the conversation happens between us and we get a lot accomplished. These are the tools I've evaluated/looked at and why I like them/don't like them. . . But let me jump on the conversation about it anyway. Not just getting everyone in a conversation. . I'm open to suggestions. . Not so much.

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Project Tools Management Online 147

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event. These emails had much higher open and click-through rates than other email sends. “ After every email send, take a look at your email KPIs , specifically open rates, click-through rates, and unsubscribes.

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Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

It's where most of the conversation happens between us and we get a lot accomplished. These are the tools I've evaluated/looked at and why I like them/don't like them. . . But let me jump on the conversation about it anyway. Not just getting everyone in a conversation. . I'm open to suggestions. . Not so much.

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Project Tools Management Online 133

Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2014

Here’s my conversation with Gayle on her new appointment. Jody suggested it would a good idea if I were open to putting my name into consideration for a seat on the NTEN board. It is also a good place for people in nonprofit technology startups, many of them open source projects, to meet with the nonprofit technology community.

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NTEN San Francisco Cisco Global 50

Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

Action can be thought of as creating conversation. One participant said, "A good tweet is something that elicits action offline, for example, a laugh or a conversation. On the subject of retweets, it is advisable to strive for brevity as it allows others to retweet in full or add a comment with a retweet.

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Social Media Twitter Media Social 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

When professionals acknowledge not knowing and reach out to a colleague, it not only opens us to learning, but it signals to others that they can acknowledge that there are things they don’t know - it begins to change the culture - whether that be the training room or within an organization or at a conference. I want to know what you think.

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Public Learning Conference Social 94

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

Post your comments in the form of a question. Respond to comments. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. Conversions? Advice abounds about tricks and tips for engaging the social sphere. You should use certain key words. Pin things.

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Facebook Ratio Influence Social Media 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Robin shared some of her thoughts in the comments of a recent blog post, and I invited to share her community organizing rules for Twitter. Interaction: Asking questions and commenting back when someone has an answer is creating a “conversation.” As a community organizer, Twitter makes a lot of sense.

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Twitter Community Profit Organization 112