Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. Facilitator Guide: [link].

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

These groups struggled with outdated donor management systems, hindering their progress in evolving their digital environment. A CRM system becomes invaluable, documenting every interaction, preference, and donation. Enter Bloomerang, a CRM solution specifically designed for nonprofits.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As technology advances, the fundraising landscape becomes more and more focused on digital solutions to reach wider audiences. Cybersecurity for nonprofits is the practices, technologies, and strategies you employ to protect your digital assets, sensitive data, and online operations from possible cyber threats. Updated training.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The documents inform the board about vital association work, keeping them informed on strategic growth in relation to your mission and goals. To facilitate the use of the program out of the box, several r eports come automatically loaded to the dashboard. Learn more about how Nimble AMS can meet your board of directors’ digital need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

Without in-person events, nonprofits are turning to digital and social media to fundraise and grow their supporter base. Furthermore, when people participate in your campaign on social media, they leave behind digital traces, which gives you an opportunity to identify and engage them through conversations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

" Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. " Digital Democracy's approach to achieving this mission is based on the following three stages: Digital literacy: Getting individuals to understand the tools and how to use them. Six years later, it looks like Dd hasn't strayed far from its roots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. Photo by Gary Clark. The 2014 version – new and improved has arrived! You can download it here. How do I use it?

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Let’s dive into the difference between these two roles: BA: This role is responsible for identifying functional requirements, maintaining technical documentation, building reports, and training and supporting end-users of multiple systems, including Salesforce. . How Do You Enable Your Support Staff? Encourage Continued Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Documentation. You also want to document your training. Formative Evaluation.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Integrations with your social media pages, email marketing platform, CRM, and any other digital systems you use. You’ll be able to leverage these features to create a user-friendly nonprofit website that facilitates online donations and other transactions, keeps donor information secure, and increases brand awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Your volunteer management system can facilitate more streamlined volunteer engagement and communication. This volunteer management system offers features like: Instant background checks to facilitate a speedy volunteer onboarding process and get volunteers up and running faster.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2023

By giving supporters a way to connect with other like-minded supporters and your nonprofit’s staff, you can facilitate community and deep relationships at these events. Your nonprofit can then use the data from these online documents to build a comprehensive database of information about donors. The Bottom Line.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As the digital hub of your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts, your website should be optimized to continuously engage donors for year-round donations, no matter what time of year it is. Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX). Intuitive user experience. Simplify the donation process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018! I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

For example, the report highlights the growing importance of digital fundraising, so investing more resources in online campaigns and social media outreach would be a smart move. Diversify fundraising channel s: The report documents shifts in donor behavior and preferences. How are you nurturing and supporting your fundraising staff?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

From bringing in revenue to connecting with constituents, the right technology can save your team time and help you facilitate a better donor experience. Your RFP is a document that outlines your project and prompts consultants to explain how they would approach it. Create a request for proposal (RFP).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

” There are two repositories: an organization archives – reports, data, and documented knowledge which is more and more in electronic format and individuals’ memories (if they are still working for the organization.) The former refers to things like manuals and documents, which he points out we tend to preserve very well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

This was a incredible opportunity to focus on the documentation side – without feeling rushed to get everything online. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Documentation of the Visioning Process. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I obtain a list of participants with their organizational contact information and do a scan and audit of their digital presences if I’m leading a session on digital marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

The event’s technical host, MCI Canada , used a unique setup that facilitated being able to hear many more speakers, tracks, and sessions in two days than a traditional conference could allow. So many incredible ideas and initiatives are being shared at #BRG2019 ! BlockchainRevGlobal (@rev_global) April 25, 2019.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here at Galaxy Digital, we often work with volunteer leaders like you to help mobilize supporters and maximize impact. With the popularity of online experiences and the abundance of software to help facilitate them, this article can even help you recruit volunteers in a post-COVID-19 world. Online document collection.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

But there are a lot of factors to consider when choosing a credit card processor and setting up a digital donation experience. First, while cash and checks are great, it’s still a good idea to have digital payment methods available at in-person events. And there are some that don’t! So keep that in mind!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

For the past four years, I’ve designed and facilitated panels on social media and nonprofit topics that were fun learning experiences and well documented. No brochures: digital storytelling for nonprofits. Joe Lambert, Digital Storytelling. Hope you’ll consider a vote for our session.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 18, 2023

NP Source is devoted to providing nonprofits with the knowledge and resources they need to grow their digital marketing and fundraising efforts to new heights. Robust reporting facilitates informed decision-making and aids in demonstrating the impact of your efforts to stakeholders. Digital Fundraising for Nonprofits: 6 Key Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. Our Shared Google Documents. We used a shared Google Drive document to co-create and share tweets, Facebook posts, hashtags, bit.ly

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. Here’s a case study from Kivi Leroux Miller documenting what they did. What Happened on Give Local America Day?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

Amplified Leicester is managed by the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University in partnership with the DMU Centre for Social Action and Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre. They are also hoping to learn from and document their experiences to share as a model with the larger global community looking to do something similar.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. These are the digital locks that make it hard to copy digital content. What’s in it; what does it mean; how does it affect Bookshare members?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. To meet this growing challenge, the American Red Cross is launching an initiative to address how to reply to these digital cries for help more effectively.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

From full on role playing games to scavenger hunts, games can be digital or analog. There was so much low hanging fruit, it was never hard to find the next scientific system that could be gamified through adapting it as the core mechanic within a digital or physical game. Museums have used games to engage visitors for decades.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

I’m working with a network of community foundations, grantees of the Knight Foundation, that are hosting giving days as the facilitator. The peer learning exchange is experimenting with best practices for Giving Days. The group is using and adding their knowledge to The Giving Day Playbook. Give Miami Day raises record $5.2

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

All Idea Accelerator participants will be encouraged to continue to refine their pitches, work on their projects, and document their progress going forward on NTEN’s blog. To learn what they had to say, check out the link to the Instagram videos via the @NTENorg account. For the full list of project pitches, visit: [link].

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

You take them through the entire training and onboarding process consisting of one-on-one coaching and tons of documents and paperwork. However, with the use of digital tools, like a performance management system and an online learning platform, training and onboarding became much easier.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Most people are familiar with PDF documents, and if you don't use Acrobat, you've probably at least used the free Adobe Reader to view a PDF that someone else created. Acrobat's most notable feature is that it allows you to create PDF documents from a variety of source files, but there are a lot of other uses too.

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