Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

Flickr photo by Vidiot : Person Dressed Up Like ATM Machine Maddie Grant from Social Fish sent me a link to their training ' Buzz2009 Social Media for Associations " on July 9th in Washington, DC featuring presenters Guy Kawasaki and Andy Sernovitz. Person to person. She asked me if I would write about it or Tweet it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2021

These programs need to be comprehensive and highlight different aspects that typically contribute to employee burnout or dissatisfaction. Organizations should analyze the structural base of the leadership within the organization and identify possible modifications that could allow tasks to be delegated differently.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

Why Staying Social and Going Mobile Can Make All the Difference Social media and mobile platforms play a critical role in successful peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Share your “why” – Connect the cause to your personal values and passion to spark others’ interest.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

One of the most significant issues facing any event, but particularly those in a hybrid model, is that of attendance. . How do you get people to turn up in person and online? . Fortunately, there are a handful of techniques you can use for boosting attendance for both the virtual and physical audience segments. .

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

I’m referring to ChatGPT , a revolutionary language model developed by OpenAI that’s changing the game in every industry. ChatGPT (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. Well, there’s a solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

In the past, people have given side-eyes to using icebreakers or check-ins, one person even calling is “hippy touchy-feely s**t.” As the facilitator you can model it with brevity – it should be no more than 30 seconds. You can also ask the person to demonstrate it). Here’s a write of this technique.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

But as the “the new normal” went from weeks to months, and every workday was spent at home with my kids running around screaming (AKA distance learning), I found myself falling back on techniques I knew would work—well-worn grooves, in an effort to stay sane and manage the mental and emotional load. . It’s about disruption. Start there!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

There are a wealth of theories, ideas, and methods covered, for example the “ SAVI ” model for designing exercises that help learners embrace learning in different styles. This six-step instructional model is called “ENGAGE.” From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. Round Robin.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When laying out your goal, consider following the SMART model for goal setting. Here’s how you might apply the SMART model to this objective: Specific: Lay out a specific goal you want to accomplish, like attracting a certain number of donors. Next, specify exactly how you will achieve the goal (e.g., Engagement with content.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When your mission is effecting positive change it’s sometimes easy to overlook that at its heart a nonprofit is still a business model, with all the same ways of failing. If you wish to make a difference that may mean looking at an alternative place to affect change than the one you first envisioned. Keep it sincere!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Here are six tips that will help you deliver highly successful technology training workshops by using effective evaluation techniques. It defines the outcomes of training in four different areas that you can measure. Use Learning Theory. The four levels are: Reaction.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 17, 2021

Tammy threw the traditional partnership model out like it was day-old takeout. Bill walked us through seven different perspectives organizations can use to further their mission using traditional media plus new channels. ” Peter Ross | How to Measure the ROI of Your Marketing Strategies. Not with Julia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

Measuring the Networked Nonprofit describes techniques for measuring engagement and networks and I’ll be presenting some of that material. It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends. Social media is an important channel for both these groups.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

One of the most significant issues facing any event, but particularly those in a hybrid model, is that of attendance. . How do you get people to turn up in person and online? . Fortunately, there are a handful of techniques you can use for boosting attendance for both the virtual and physical audience segments. .

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

And now that things are starting to open back up, expect more hybrid events, or p artially in-person events. In-person attendees will need the same level of respect. Consider the ways that your in-person attendees will move around the space. Naturally, while there are benefits there are also challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Internet Director. Web Producer. Online Campaigner.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

Wherever possible, Vi personalized the tour to individuals in the group. Instead she drew people personally into the stories again and again, asking us to compare our own and our ancestors' experiences to those she described. Vi was unapologetically personal about her own relationship to the content on display.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

It’s very personal to me. . Really cool conversations, lots of different topics, social justice, criminal justice, I think you talked about last week. . I don’t need to sort of belabor this point, but community is something that we all consider in various different ways. . – [Lindsay] You’re awesome.

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

And now that things are starting to open back up, expect more hybrid events, or p artially in-person events. In-person attendees will need the same level of respect. Consider the ways that your in-person attendees will move around the space. Naturally, while there are benefits there are also challenges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Essentially, it’s the personality of the organization. He provides you proven techniques, workshop processes, real-world case studies and examples and insightful observations from business leaders and his own career – which includes 20 years as an executive at IBM and CFO positions at Cisco and Red Hat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Next, he asks the students to turn to the person sitting next to them and talk about the question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. So, I had participants do a share pair with another person or team and discuss their target audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Your organization needs to think holistically. If you don’t have a developmental model, you won’t know where to start or how to prioritize your time. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. In this model, there are four different levels of social media practice: Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

The five different styles included: Educator, Creator, Visionary, Organizer, and Creator. Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. They also had a chance to interact with peers with different styles to learn more. Others see them as friendly and warm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The group will working together over the next three years, meeting regularly face-to-face in the different countries as well as work together online. The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Identify Specific Network Weaving Techniques To Integrate. June Holley, an expert in networks and facilitating a community of practice of network weavers , defines some of these techniques below. Model Network Weaving: Network weaving encourages rhizomatic behavior – so what better way then to model the techniques for others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

The second day was a networked leadership workshop that focused on how participants could use their personal brands on social in service of the organization’s mission and practical leadership skills training. The use of personal brand on social media was a concept that we needed to adapt for Latin America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. How To Marry Social Media with Fundraising. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. Balancing Content and Interaction in the Room and Accounting for Different Learning Styles. I also pinged people in my network from different countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I think the most important point is that we have to think differently about webinars less as a push and more a pull. Try to avoid the content-driven model of an expert presenting for 50 minutes with a rushed Q/Q at the end. Incorporate Different Delivery Options. You should have a mix of approaches in your webinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences. Nor is it a 40 minute expert presentation or a series of expert presentations on a panel followed by Q/A. That is the “Sage on the Stage&# model. (The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Some Reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions. 2.) Exercise Task: Having the ability to break into small groups, provides an opportunity to use Peer Assist or After Action Review models. A bonus delivery tip.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. This is pure genius for enlisting others to spread their message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I was lucky enough to have a number of exchanges with them about self-directed and peer learning models in the nonprofit sector as part of their research process and are referenced in the report. The report is filled with examples, perhaps a first session is explore the different case studies and adapt a few.

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