Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

The data is organized by a revised taxonomy, initially developed in 2013 with support from the Knight Foundation, which now includes five main subjects: Media Content and Platforms (previously known as Media Platforms). Telecommunications Infrastructure. Media Applications and Tools.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2016

Although much of Alden’s advice is based on personal experience, observation, and common sense, he is careful to discuss the studies and research that support his ideas throughout the book. Invest 5% more in training and supporting them, so that they can do the best job possible.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 25, 2016

Instead, plan by taking into consideration your business environment, your employees' schedules and workload, and everyone's accountability so that all these factors will work together to support you to achieve your goal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 26, 2016

Do my employees know what an A looks like, and am I supporting them to get that A? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement? Am I cultivating a spirit of internal and external learning? Are our products/services creating lasting, positive memories for our customers?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2016

This just further emphasizes the need to focus on peer-to-peer engagement and mobilizing your biggest supporters to share your nonprofit’s content. However, fear not, there is one “easy” way to keep your nonprofit’s Facebook posts prominent on your supporters’ News Feeds.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2016

" Catalyst leaders represent the gold standard -- energetic, supportive, forward-thinking mentors who spark action in others," explain Tacy M. Byham and Richard S. Wellins , authors of the new book, Your First Leadership Job -- How Catalyst Leaders Bring Out the Best in Others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 19, 2016

Constantly looks to provide added value to the team members by customizing feedback, providing resources and support. Courageously leads the changes without falter while being open and honest about his or her own fears and challenges along the change journey.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 7, 2016

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

Aren’t our connections with supporters and advocates and influencers integral to how we will continue to move forward, together? And that’s where your mission should be—in the palms of your supporters’ hands. Tell your supporters how they can get involved. And isn’t that the lifeline of the work we’re all doing?

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BoardAssist

JULY 15, 2016

And now, read below for details on some of the many ways our own millennial board members have supported BoardAssist. 6 Terrific Ways our Young Professionals Board (YPB) has Supported Us. For advice on managing your junior board with a minimal amount of time, read our Top 9 Tips for Managing Your Junior Board. Google AdWords.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2016

Kylander and Stenzel’s book is the result of more than two years of research and collaborative effort, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, to examine the role of brands in the nonprofit sector and recognize that nonprofits are over-relying on corporate sector practices to oversee their brands.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2016

Create project description worksheets for each program that requires grant support, and run them through the grants research process. When building your grant strategy make sure to: Look for three types of support: cash, products and services, and technical assistance. Summary of a Grant Strategy.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

Then they need to support and apply that strategy to the area they are responsible for. informs the platforms, frameworks, and tools your organization will use, identifies needed system integrations, supports the organization's back-office and operational needs, and. That is why brand strategy is such an effective unifying force.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2016

Use Facebook Live to support and enhance your current strategy. What topics matter most to supporters? An important way to boost donor acquisition and retention is to show donors the impact of their support. Almost all of these have to do with showing donors the impact of their support. What are we going to talk about?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2016

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2016

It seems that every couple of months there is a cool new way to connect with your supporters. Every so often we hear someone else declaring that direct mail is “dead,” but the numbers simply don’t support the death knell. Stay connected and keep your supporters in mind as you develop an online strategy.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2016

Frontline Support: Open Space Events for UK Nonprofit Infrastructure and Volunteering Organizations submitted by Pauline Roche @paulineroche , co-presenter: @watfordgap. Why Digital Inclusion Is Red Hot for Nonprofits submitted by Jim Lynch @ originaljynch. Which Social Media Tool Works Where and Why? submitted by Robert Kibaya @rob_kib.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 18, 2016

Being really clear about your goal will help attract more support because people will be able to easily understand what you’re raising money for. For Habitat for Humanity, think about your local home builders (they might want to support your work) or a church mission group (again, they care about others in need). . Set 3 main goals.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2016

Also, think of ways to involve your supporters’ social networks. This allows your supporters to do the local marketing for you. While crowdfunding may not always make sense for nonprofits, there are those organizations who really rely on it. And for them, local communities are very important. For example, St.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2016

If you have the data, use it—internally to educate your leadership and drive decision making and externally to share the progress of the work, what you are doing and who you’re supporting. Foundations often don’t need their grantmaking partners need other type of support until the grant is underway. Communicate your results.

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2016

Anti-spam and malware protection, web and voice conferencing, document sharing, community and phone support, Office web applications, and more. Your Office 365 Nonprofit Subscription Includes All Sorts of Built-In Extras. What exactly? Office 365 Nonprofit. Pretty Much Just Like the Microsoft We're Already Using.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2016

Most likely, your organization is already tracking your supporters’ recency, frequency, and monetary data points. What would any of our organizations be without the donors, volunteers, activists, and event participants supporting us? The most common marketing metric is the RFM model. It just makes sense, doesn’t it?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

As you build a healthy friendship, you’ll find 80% of your time/energy is centered on building each other up through sharing, laughing, and supporting to each other. This rule really is the basis of creating connections offline. Of course once in a while you will ask your friend for a favor, but in reality it shouldn’t be all the time.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2016

Being Part of a Funder’s Portfolio: Perspectives on the Public and Private Funding Landscape: Come learn from Dr. Kathryn Mathew, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main provider of federal support within the United States for museums and libraries.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2016

In our experience, this can help rally staff to show support for your accounting team. For example, if the supporting documentation is not clear enough, do not post the entry and put it on your “to-do” list of things to document later, because chances are you may forget. Document issues as they arise when it’s fresh in your mind.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

Messages sent earlier in the year-end fundraising campaign similarly relied on a dynamic set of variables to ensure that NTEN’s supporters received messages based on who they are, and how they participated in the community. Silent auctions let supporters see how much others are offering, and encourages a bit of competition for a good cause.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2016

We’re talking outdated or invalid addresses and deceased supporters still in the data. Predictive modeling helps to identify constituents in your data that have a higher likelihood to engage, donate, lapse, or renew support. The results of the analysis were troubling.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2016

Looking ahead, it’s so important that we all understand how multi-stakeholder partnerships can serve as vehicles for mobilizing and sharing knowledge, expertise, technologies and financial resources to support the achievement of the SDGs. The Power of Partnerships. Everyone has a role to play.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

Doron supports them. They have very little agency, and as long as they are in supportive environments, they are mostly okay with that. Kids with no food in the fridge. Kids on probation, kids struggling with addiction, kids whose lives have detoured off every map to a brighter tomorrow. Doron believes in them.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2016

This study also examines millennials’ interest and activation in specific causes that may be differentiated by their support of a particular political party. The changing landscape in the U.S.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2016

For foundations and nonprofit organizations, this often means shoring up plans and budgets in support of organizational strategies. If so, it's hard to understate the value of a branding process for surfacing insights, sharpening your communications focus, and strengthening your case for support (whatever form that takes).

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2016

When your organization is looking at free technology solutions, make sure you're also looking beyond the tools to see what training and support are offered. To date, we're supporting a community of 650+ global nonprofits and social enterprises with free and discounted software and pro bono volunteerism.

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Gyrus

JULY 7, 2016

How are they supported? In the business world, the typical goal is to introduce new materials in a defined and regimented way, reinforce policies, and create a structured actionable methodology which can be repeated. Reinforced in the educational class setting via instructor, multiple assessments, and social interaction with peers.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2016

We’ve all seen the groundswell of support that can be triggered from a single social media post —the craze that was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge being one of the most poignant examples in recent history—and we understand that supporters’ needs and expectations are changing. But this really shouldn’t be news to any of us.

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