Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

My work as a trainer and facilitator has brought me to many places in the world. Often, the training on-site is the beginning of project which includes facilitating sessions remotely across time zones. you automate the conversation, there is less of change of having “time zone dyslexia.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Note from Beth: This one of my favorite photos of a workshop I designed and facilitated at SXSW called “ Peer Learning Session for Nonprofit Social Media Managers.” Is your nonprofit facilitating online professional learning? Please share in the comments. That email exchange morphed into this guest post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2007

David Wilcox has an excellent post about generating conversation on blogs or for that matter other social media tools. In fact, I discovered his post via Facebook where I left a comment on his note and followed the links to his blog post. His questions are: How can blog conversations foster a cloud and not just a hub and spokes effect?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. Stay tuned for more conversations about topics ranging from microvolunteering to disaster response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

Photo by/NC from Matthew Saunders' Flickr Stream. TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. I learned one from Nancy White when I took her online facilitation workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

Photo by Mansikka. It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. It also makes it easy for attendees to follow the conversation thread and participate whether they are or in the room or following from afar. What is a #HashTag?

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JUNE 17, 2010

Thanks to all those who participated or followed along, and to those who will join the conversation now! What makes a Twitter chat different than a blog post, for example, is that the conversation is 1. A blog post has, like this, one person writing it and sharing it at the end for comments. real time, and 2. co-created.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Photo by the TruthAbout. What is the quality of the conversation in the comments section? What did you learn from the conversation your readers started? Conversation rate: This is the amount of commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. What do you do to facilitate it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news. Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

My conversations so far for February are all focused on the role of nonprofits online. I would LOVE for you to get in on the conversations, too! I think it’s an interesting topic and wanted to continue the conversation here with you! Join the conversation on the SSIR blog! Standford Social Innovation Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Photo by Justin Benttinen. But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. We are also learning in public when we engage in in-depth conversation whether it is offline or online, for example in the comments of a blog post or asking questions on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Photo by Microsoft Global Citizenship. Watech4good Summit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." As part of effective social media strategy development, the internal conversation must take place. The conversation is the first step.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Photo by Solarnu. We got into a discussion in the comments and she agreed to share some of her experience addressing this issue within her nonprofit organization. We got into a discussion in the comments and she agreed to share some of her experience addressing this issue within her nonprofit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Today, we had an amazing conversation and interview with Cecile Richards and Tom Subak to learn more about Planned Parenthood 's Social Media Strategy and their movement building techniques. And, yes the whole balancing act of how you facilitate that without controlling it. Today, we had an amazing conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

Photo by Dwinton. What is the quality of the conversation in the comments? What did you learn from the conversation? Conversation Rate : This is the commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. Hard Data Points: You can get the most commented posts from PostRank.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 2, 2020

Using Nimble AMS, your association can use Salesforce Chatter functionality, which facilitates collaboration among your staff. So, just as you might comment on someone’s photo in your Facebook feed, you can comment on the status of an event registration record. Free up staff time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

Photo by Ceclcia Aros. 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. Please check out the full comment stream.

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MARCH 28, 2011

The conversation touched on how letting yourself be vulnerable to share your own story can give people in your community permission and courage to share their own important stories. This conversation also led to a discussion about the role of anonymity in community and storytelling. Photo Credit: Paul-W Over to You.

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JUNE 9, 2011

John has commented on your Wall." Ask them to comment on a recent conversation (list links to a few recent ones). Message 2 : One week after joining: "Add a photo to your profile.". Here are a few best practices for facilitating personal messages between members. Facilitate in-network responses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Flickr Photo by Marin Labar. I just finished the first day of a training on Network Effectiveness for Packard Grantees facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute. But many networks need a private place or password protected place to have conversations online. Leave a comment! Innovation, creativity, momentum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Bradlauster Note from Beth: One of the things I love about blogging is the conversation in the comments because it always leads to understanding, insights, and learning. I've been keeping a careful eye out for thoughtful comments that could turn into guest posts. Beth asked me to elaborate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Photo by clyatt.jasper ( Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 This is about facilitating discovery, nurturing trust, sharing experiences, and light-weight focused request/responses.”. Here’s just four key conversations that I thought had deep significance for the social change community: (CAUTION: F-bombs below. ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

It also has a track that takes place in a large room with roundtables and a designated discussion topic and facilitator. I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. What I loved about this BlogPotomac is that it was a small and intimate event that allowed for a conversation between the speakers and the audience. followed by 20-30 minutes of discussion with the audience facilitated by the hosts. George Brett who took some great photos of conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

It all translated into electricfying conversation -- both formally during the Summit and informally during social interaction. (I One might think that it would be difficult to sustain a truly interactive experience, but the way Ethan and Rebecca facilitated - it was an intense day-long conversation. Next year in Nigeria?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Photo by Darren Hester. Learn more about the conversation here. The comments of Sonal Shah (I wasn’t there at SoCap, but Beth Kanter was ) resonate as well with our own work and approach to balancing the rigor of evaluation along with simultaneous commitment to continuous improvement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

Flickr Photo by Eqqman. One of my favorite things about writing a blog, are the conversations in the comments and sidebars (private email conversation). Does the organization have processes that enable rapid adjustment strategies based on evolving conversations. Interactions that lead towards a goal are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Photo from Photocappy in flickr - a cc "by" license. rah rah session - it is going to provide an introduction and conversation starters to help the people in the room decide whether or not Web2.0 The point is the conversation is important! They need to know what questions to ask and what conversations to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

Flickr Photo - Of Small Things. It’s the conversations and depth of relationships that matter. That is a quote from co-panelist Matthew Dyer from the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus who is commenting on the kind of people who should be social media managers. Counting the number of tweets or Fans defeats the purpose of social media.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 20, 2013

It’s not 100 percent conversion, but at least it’s something. I only bring this up because I’ve caught a few people using my name and photo for their books/services with a testimonial that I didn’t write, because I’d never seen or read whatever they’re promoting. They make it very easy to stay in touch with purchasers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. In 2005, at the Les Blogs conference in Paris, there was a flap about the backchannel because the conversation crossed a line. .

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

If you’ve never organized a tweet chat, the steps outlined below provide the guide you need: Choose your topic and decide if this will be a general conversation or a training discussion. On the day of the tweet chat, sign into TweetChat.com for the conversation. Photo: josie4628.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

These stories, preferably with a photo of the donors, can inspire and encourage other aging donors to consider making a planned gift. Facilitate the process : Make it easy for donors to include your nonprofit in their estate plans. Please share in the comments section below. Provide clear instructions. Find out how!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. Share photos or mini stories about people being helped by your project over the course of the campaign. Engage audiences in conversation about the campaign theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Flickr Photo by Iain. I’m facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation. It includes design and facilitation – and these days those are important leadership skills. One of the modules is on meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Starting and maintaining conversations with stakeholders. What did you learn that from your experience that you apply to starting and maintaining conversations with stakeholders? I got inspired by this post and left a quick comment, but then I reading comments by others and folks who wrote the answers on their blogs.

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