Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2015

And, every year when the calendar flips over, we embrace reflection and setting goals. Over the years, I’ve been writing and teaching workshops on these topics – how to manage your attention online , how to avoid being content fried , and balancing connectivity with solitude. Leadership Mindfulness Reflection'

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2021

That same article goes on to state, “That is why so few organizations have shifted to a culture of psychological safety in which the rewards of learning from failure can be fully realized.” That means that failure is often a forefront fear in peoples’ minds! Yet organizations that do it well are extraordinarily rare.” .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Through practical exercises, stories, illustrative case studies, chapter-by-chapter reflection questions and action items, you’ll learn how to harness the real and raw power of your mind to build solid workplace relationships for virtually any situation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In addition to organizing NetSquared events on topics such as how to get going with website tools like WordPress and Google Analytics, and creating a Salesforce database, Margaux helped organize Orlando Gives, in which six local nonprofit organizations got together to create a culture of giving in their city. The Birth of Orlando Gives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Howard Rheingold calls this process managing your attention or “ Infoattention ” and it is what he has been teaching in his courses. I’ve been trying to curate content that offers ideas, tips, and resources to get past that ugly feeling of “content fried.” Even if it is just to get up and walk around my desk.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

What sleep is to the mind and body, pause is to leadership and innovation ," explains Cashman. And, for those organizations with demanding speed and action as part of their culture, Cashman recommends that they: Meet the demands of speed and action with about 80% of your time and energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. He did this by teaching himself to be selfish and not respond.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

What sleep is to the mind and body, pause is to leadership and innovation ," explains Cashman. And, for those organizations with demanding speed and action as part of their culture, Cashman recommends that they: Meet the demands of speed and action with about 80% of your time and energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. Happy New Year ! How about you? I write down stuff I won’t do, a “no thanks” list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. As a co-working space, if offers offices, desks, and meeting space for start ups.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2012

What sleep is to the mind and body, pause is to leadership and innovation ," explains Cashman. And, for those organizations with demanding speed and action as part of their culture, Cashman recommends that they: Meet the demands of speed and action with about 80% of your time and energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

This is more a mind shift than anything else. Several participants reflected on how it is easy to fall into that trap and looked at beginning to schedule more time with people to build relationships that give them inspiration and energy. ” It is an organizational culture issue or perhaps people-centered leadership approach.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

However, without allowing the space for reflection and critique we run the risk of stifling innovation. However, when these metrics are designed with a grander purpose in mind, they serve as sneak peeks into our future, showing us new challenges and opportunities. Prior to attending ASU, she worked for Teach For America * Memphis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2017

If you are a trainer and looking for interactive ways to teach about using data for improvement, be sure to download their free guide “ Dabbling in Data.”). We met in a nonprofit conference space of another colleague, Corey Newhouse, executive director of PublicProfit.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

“Too often, we don’t find out what’s truly on others’ hearts and minds because we don’t know how to ask the right questions in the right ways,” explains Jeff Wetzler , author of the new book, ASK. Wetzler explains that the only thing that allows you to understand what’s on another person’s mind better is just asking them. Zip your lip.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

That’s the focus of one of the sessions – so I have been reflecting a lot on this topic to come up with some useful exercises, discussion questions, and session content. Some workplace cultures in nonprofits encourage this approach. Is this part of your nonprofit’s work culture?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2016

At bbcon 2015 , some of the top minds in the nonprofit industry came together to present Big Idea sessions. Embracing the growing importance of diversity—as well as the role of women as donors is essential in the 21 st century for philanthropy to reflect the values of a pluralistic society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3. How might we reimagine our goals so they aren’t trapped by old power values and/or culture?

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Join other data experts, academics, practitioners, and social sector leaders for two days of skillfully-led sessions on topics ranging from aligning practice with policy to creating a culture of data, and how Silicon Valley is facilitating data practices in civil society. 2018 Nonprofit Talent & Culture Summit. Apr 15 - 18.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Since OS communities generally begin with a small group of developers or a scratch your own itch approach and some developers tend to be egomanics - how do you build community within this culture? " This calls to mind a debate in the educator community. I pitched my Open Content game for Nonprofits. Lots to think about here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

This most inspiring case study on cyberstrategy was about how to change the culture of the prison from penal to rehabilitative using a network of computer labs linked to FM radio. If you could change the culture of prisons, you could change the culture of the country?" " Oh no. The background piece can found here.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

With those factors in mind, we’ve put together a list of 52 nonprofit event ideas to help serve as a “vision board” for your organization’s next event. For nonprofits whose missions lie in the arts and culture spaces, many of the events listed here are pretty par for the course. We’ve broken them down into six major categories.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It also has the power to make our culture more equitable for everyone. In many ways, the photos we see in the media have created our culture for us, and have defined the standards of who and what is supposedly good, normal, and valuable. Inclusion: A culture where diverse perspectives are welcomed and valued.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

It was reflecting in every area of my life. Yes, it started from a physical, health-related issue, but it was reflected in my bank balance, it was reflected in the quality of my relationships, it was reflected everywhere. I teach that to my clients, but you know how we are, the things we teach we don't practice a lot.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. And I teach Board Development and Grant Writing for the program. So every time I present or teach, I like to be really clear about what we will be talking about, what the outcomes for the session are.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

There are few games that teach you to "feel rewarded within" or appreciate the ways that you are part of something greater, and so I wonder whether games become an assistive technology, a happiness engine, upon which people become too reliant. This long reflection on external motivation relates directly to the core mission of museums.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2012

So, if you and your team, company, or family are after steady achievement, reflect on these ten surprising concepts. Rather, here's a freeing alternative: Hold individuals accountable to acting from elevated states of mind and pulling back from deflated states of mind -- stop telling them which actions are, or are not, acceptable.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

Well, it’s the level of awareness and understanding that a product, a program, a service, or your organization has in people’s minds. How much is it front of mind for me? And with that in mind, you can start to turn your plan into a calendar with clear accountabilities and clear actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This program has much to teach other nonprofits and funders about the support that leaders need to create lasting social change. Build networks by facilitating collaboration between like-minded organizations, working at the “intersections” of various issues, and sharing infrastructure through “backbone” organizations.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

First thing in the morning here for me, I know it’s afternoon for you, but do you mind kind of reading the chat box as we go? I could practically teaching this class. ” That reflection is really important. . It’s a good group. Julie: I’m going to ask you. I’m going to put Steven on the spot.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I mean, she’s a CFRE and she even teaches a CFRE class. Ben, isn’t the popcorn thing blowing your mind? Y’all, no company can build a coherent culture without people who either share its core values or possess the willingness and ability to embrace those values. It’s the funniest thing ever. Absolutely.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

You want to keep your goal in mind. Consider this when you reflect back on what your nonprofit has been through and where you’re going. So, on here, you see mission and vision, that’s one thing that you want to have in the forefront of your mind. So how to communicate with authenticity? And I’ve done that.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits , we’re reminded that a key step to improvement is having an accurate retrospective view. What donors can teach us about making more money, Penelope shares 3 key research driven insights around donor-centric fundraising. Or free sodas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This blog post includes some reflections about my first visit to Africa, the importance of face-to-face meetings and building relationships, and some thoughts about how some of the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit transcend boundaries. I ask people to share what is top of mind when they think about social media and their NGO.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I decided to find out how to bridge the worlds of performance, cultural organizing and radical activism. I think that after 20 years of nonstop activism, my prescriptives, my medicine for the movement, if you will, would be to really cultivate cultures of appreciation. And then I mentioned earlier building in cultures of magnetism.

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