Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

I love laptop stickers! A point was made that when focused discussions happen within your group of friends based on a feed item - the conversation can be higher quality than wide open commenting. Photo from Ian Kennedy. I met Ian Kennedy who is the product manager at MyBlogLog, a blogger social network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

If you want to look better on camera, you can raise the level of the laptop or use a light close to you! Breakout rooms are a feature in Zoom that allows you to put people in smaller rooms for more intimate conversations. And it can be exhausting staring at a screen most of the day. Zoom backgrounds have become very popular lately.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Adopting an all-in-one cloud service solution can enable mobile access to work materials, team conversations, and shared calendars from a tablet, smartphone, or laptop. With powerful computers that can fit into a pocket, nonprofit staff members are able to stay connected out in the field or from far distances.

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JULY 2, 2020

Or, just as you would read through your status feeds, you can read what your co-workers are working on, realize that you have something to add, and join in the conversation. 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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JULY 22, 2021

Increasing website conversion rates is a perpetual priority for both higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. One of the most reliable methods of increasing your website visitor conversions is through the use of forms. in the higher education space and only 1.0% for nonprofits. Does your website feature forms?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

More and more web traffic is transitioning from laptop / desktop traffic to mobile devices. Keep a close eye on your landing pages, conversion rates, and figure out how to drive those web visitors to your donation page. Mobile, mobile, mobile. You’ve heard it before, but we’re going to tell you again. Offer giving suggestions.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

A warm, conversational tone: Your donation receipt, like all your donor communications, should have a casual, personal tone that makes the reader feel like they are having a conversation with you or reading a letter from a friend. Or You won’t believe what a difference your gift made! Photo or video of how their gift is being used.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2006

We had dinner, took a walk on the board, and I got a chance to have a conversation with my dad about blogging. (He I decided to video blog the first conversation. Our first conversation was about what he hoped to do on his blog and to come up with a name. was also able to set it up on my husband's laptop.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Stay connected with with your colleagues throughout if you bring your laptop. Haubrich recommends hanging around to hear some of the in-dept conversations that can occur. Shared notes can help your nonprofit cover more topics at the end of the day. Don’t rush out the door. Never be afraid to ask a question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes learning. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A conversion-optimized donation page. A/B testing involves creating two different versions of a webpage and assessing which drives more engagement and conversions. A conversion-optimized donation page. Incorporate these six elements into your website to see better fundraising results: 1. Motivational imagery.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Whether you’ve collected the audio over a video call, traditional phone conversation, or a recording of an in-person event, you have numerous transcription options. To do this, log into your Google account on any laptop browser and open the photo you want to use. To do that, you’ll need to transcribe your results. .

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Melissa Hill Dees and Sandi Zellner’s conversational session, “Have You Considered the Consequences?”, The session was so engaging and informative that, as soon as the session ended, I logged into my laptop and set up CI jobs in my project to get practice setting up my own pipelines. 3 Key Takeaways from DevOps Dreamin’.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

in regular conversation; in an email; in a blog post). Pin these next to your computer, or write them on a little sticky note you can affix to your laptop when working. How might you incorporate experimentation into your modus operandi ? Experiments involve testing out new ideas, approaches, beliefs, and behaviors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

I will sometimes take notes on my laptop during a conference session or webinar if I am planning to do a write up. I prefer these tools when I’m capturing a discussion from a meeting that focused on a designing a program or a reflective conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

My goals for this screencast: -Informal conversation about benefit of using Skype with video -Integrate music, real life video, screen video capture to figure out best production flow -Weave audio/video channels -Do over narration of a real life video clip -Do the whole project in less than two hours (goal met!) What do you think?

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student. increase in donor conversion and generated a higher average gift than the ask strings control. This is an effective strategy to use on your online donation form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Joseph Jaffe offered bloggers a review copy of his boo, Join the Conversation: How to Engage Marketing-Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialogue, and Partnership. Opened in 2006, the school offers computer classes every morning utilizing ten donated laptops and a few older desk tops. Hey, a girl can dream can't she?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

When you have a conversation with a client, staff member, or volunteer, you want to ensure that it is completely confidential. Picture it: You're on public transit after a long work day and you accidentally leave your laptop behind. Loss of valuable hardware aside, your laptop is full of confidential data.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Remember this: the vast majority of people now go online via their mobile devices, not a desktop or laptop computer. Most people like to be “part of the conversation,” and establishing a back-and-forth dialogue with them builds loyalty and makes readers want to come check out your page again and again.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Gone are the days when people were restricted to their laptops for checking out emails. Instead… Decide upon the right frequency of sending emails depending upon statistics of essential metrics like open rates, unsubscribe rate, CTR, and conversation rates. Overlooking mobile users. Now, mobile phones are used to check emails.

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NetWits

MARCH 27, 2013

Is “above the fold” still critical to your online marketing and conversation rates? Two-finger scrolling on laptop track-pads has become a standard feature. So, how does this affect a nonprofit on the web? People scroll. Yes, truthfully, people now scroll. Your touchscreen tablet, smartphone, etc.

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Byte Technology

MAY 6, 2015

Additionally, your site should be built with responsive design so it renders correctly across all devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops etc.) People truly interested in a specific cause want to hear their own voice as part of the conversation. Is there an element to your website that allows a donor to register his or her views?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field. The quotes in this article all come from these focus group conversations. and Canada about their technology use. That wrench is key to the Big Theme and Conclusion of this article.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see. is all of the above except that the Web experience is no longer limited to desktop and laptop computers while stationary in one place. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. At its core, Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

This direct experience will help everyone understand what it is like to be at meeting and not being able to see or having our ability to understand or participate in the conversation restricted. At the end of the meeting, you facilitate a brief reflection on what it was like – was it disruptive? Did reduce our effectiveness?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Email is still a very powerful tool for fundraising and the likely reason why donor conversion rates dropped in 2012 is because nonprofit e-newsletters are still formatted to primarily be read on desktop and laptop computers. eNewsletter Subscribers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

At a friend’s house inthe mountains, they sat with their laptops and created lists of the traits andvalues they hoped to instill in Peyton, experiences they wanted to share withher, trips they wanted to take together, and even books they wanted to read withPeyton. Oh hon, I’ve so beenthere” We’re making things a littlebetter every day.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2011

When you're on your laptop, phone or iPad, tweeting or posting to Facebook, you can be nearly sure that the people near you are doing the same thing. And how amazing it is when — as I sit in a comfortable chair and type away on my laptop — one of those people comes up, says hello and continues a conversation we've been having for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

It was inspired by a conversation we had during the planning sessions in San Francisco in January about whether or not there was an Arabic word for Nerd (there isn’t). We had a conversation about areas of resistance to social media from NGOS which were very similar to those I’ve heard in the US and other parts of the world -.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Others may be more comfortable in a one-on-one conversation over coffee or lunch. Having face-to-face conversations with potential major donors (in addition to all the other donor stewardship activities you manage) will be an important part of building these relationships. Why Implement It? Practice Your Pitch What Is This Strategy?

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

Susan Tenby , Josephine Dorado , and I camped with our laptops, video cameras, resource guides, favorite game-building sites, and a bountiful new Nonprofit Resource Library in Second Life providing a playful space for participants to get hands-on with mixed reality technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Here’s how to do it: Practice Mindfulness Meetings : Be fully present at every meeting, focused on the conversation at hand. The quality of listening and attention in the room shapes the quality of the conversation. Have Patience: Set aside impulses to interrupt or jump into a conversation.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Supporters can use these platforms to give quickly and easily from their laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices. This dedication to speed helps drive conversions, earning your organization more donations through your website. This allows you to track all donor interactions and reach out to donors at the right times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Groups of 5-16: Meetings with larger groups tend to result in more than one conversation while walking. There will be conversations while walking, then planned stops for presentations.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. Note: the @names provide links to the Twitter users who made specific comments, just in case you want to connect and continue the conversation!*.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Off-Salesforce tips and best practices: Device Management: If your organization has MDM (Mobile Device Management) tools in place, this can ensure that data is protected at the device-level (laptop, mobile, etc), remotely wiped and monitored. If the Salesforce Mobile SDK is utilized, it can work together with this as well.

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