Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. So, after you’ve mapped out your goals, the next step we recommend taking involves “looking backwards” to critically evaluate the fundraising activities of your previous year. Create A Path Forward.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While ChatGPT isn’t designed specifically for fundraising, its tools are easy to learn and can be used for free. It can also evaluate your campaigns and programs to find the most successful strategies for you to use to fundraise more efficiently. It also has paid versions that can offer more tools for your nonprofit to use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The points include: 1) notice the situation; 2) evaluate the situation; 3) Respond to the situation. The books is filled with techniques and best practices for getting people to be more civil online and how to handle the people that just can’t be civilized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The concept was genius — providing an app and free cell phone to the individuals in exchange for filling out the surveys. Completing the survey would get them more cell phone time. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. Leap of Reason Books (Free download).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2014

In addition, the nonprofit evaluation services GuideStar , Charity Navigator , and BBB Wise Giving Alliance have teamed up on something called the "Overhead Myth letter." In mid-November, Idealware held one of its free webinars to address this question. Find the free webinar recording here , and the presentation here.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

." AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners. This is the latest in the series.

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Also, do not be afraid to give your employees some supervised free-reign; let them try new ways to approach reoccurring problems with alternative methods and comprehension. This can include advanced sales techniques, introductions to hidden product features, and techniques to hone their craft dependent on their job title and responsibilities.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Evaluation of sales processes, and salesforce structure. Performance Metrics Analyses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. This is evaluation. With evaluation, take into account the “ Kirkpatrick Model of Training ”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

The nonprofit is using one or more social media tools consistently, but it is not strategic because it isn’t linked to a communications strategy, campaign, or program plan. Also, best practices on tools and techniques are part of the organizational skill set.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Live in a tool or technique for at least month before adding something new. Attend some of the FREE social media gatherings or meetups in your city and network with other nonprofits like Net2Tuesdays.

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Join Jonah Sachs, CEO of Free Range Studios and author of Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future , and Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Services for Care2, on October 18th at 2PM ET for this interactive webinar on how you must engage in storytelling to get noticed and create a better future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.” Or if you are good self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Brand and reputation monitoring for a nonprofit or foundation. Crisis communication strategy.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! In the past year, I''ve seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. Yes and no.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Elements to include when studying techniques that inspire immediate action and applying those lessons: Analyze effective ad appeals – what motivates rapid response? Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot? Personal stories, donor benefits, time sensitivity? Passionate explaining of impact?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . It’s a defined, routine commitment to gather, evaluate and respond to threats and opportunities. There are plenty of free resources online to help guide your plan and implementation.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

It’s totally free, really comprehensive and easy to install. Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. If a client hasn’t had Analytics for a year, 3 months would be the shortest timeframe we’d want to evaluate to ensure we get a clear enough picture of trends over time.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

It provides strategies, techniques, and an approach to recognizing and confronting any threat faced by an organization in fulfilling its mission.” . It’s a defined, routine commitment to gather, evaluate and respond to threats and opportunities. There are plenty of free resources online to help guide your plan and implementation.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Major donor prospecting is a research technique used by fundraisers to uncover donor data that will help determine giving capacity and willingness to donate. Once you’ve mastered this part of the process, you can expand your search outwards and evaluate donors who tend to support specific programs. Why Implement It?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! In the past year, I've seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation. Yes and no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. It can help you evaluate whether a tool is really valuable. Live in a tool or technique for at least month before adding something new. Attend some of the FREE social media gatherings or meetups in your city and network with other nonprofits like Net2Tuesdays.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Read the complete article in NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Yet organizations regularly implement campaigns again and again without evaluating their results and practices, and even fewer measure campaigns in progress to try and improve mid-stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

Another fun role is “Rabbit Hole Monitor” that uses a technique called “ ELMO ” (enough already let’s move on). Here are some more techniques to ensure that your virtual meeting participants are listening. 6-Techniques for Virtual Brainstorming, Voting, Feedback, and Energizers.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. Anything from a new approach, to a technique, to information, insights, you’re offering your emotional intelligence. This is how might we see these techniques activated? Perhaps you’re offering empathy.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Effective Knowledge Transfer and Exchange for Nonprofit Organizations: A Framework, from Imagine Canada (formerly the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy), provides a framework to help nonprofits plan, conduct, and evaluate their efforts at knowledge transfer and exchange. Evaluation. logs and evaluation forms â??

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We have a free downloadable tile game of building your own museum that makes me pretty happy. Also, familiarity with game design techniques, and tools, and exercises, and processes. The game itself then becomes a document of that relationship (for those in the know). SR: My favorite games are board games, I think.

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Care2

APRIL 5, 2011

It’s free. He learned private sector database marketing techniques at Capital One, where he managed marketing and business development teams in both online and direct mail divisions. Join Us for this Webinar: Converting Prospects to Multichannel Gold. When: Tuesday, April 19th at 2PM ET.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Listen for matching gift asks during calls and provide guidance to improve techniques. Plus, if your request process is standardized, you’re in a better position to evaluate and adjust according to the results. 145+ Amazing and Free Fundraising Ideas. Provide feedback as needed. Being a caller for a phonathon is no easy task.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Here are three broad approaches: Grab a free or cheap tool and get started fast. Evaluate and select an enterprise solution. Big visions often mean higher likelihood of disappointment. Choose an appropriate platform and deployment strategy. The world of collaboration platforms is a bit of a jungle. People and programs before platforms.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

As you start to feel the priorities of your community evolving, here are four ways to evaluate and respond so your grantmaking organization stays relevant to your community’s changing needs. Analyze the data: Use statistical tools and techniques to analyze the data you have collected to identify patterns and isolate needs.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

You’ll walk away with a gallery of nonprofit pop-ups and a list of free and paid tools you can use on your website, plus how to use analytics to measure your (awesome) results. Attend this session and walk away with success stories and hands-on techniques that will change how you think about the creative process. Social Media.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

SEO is a set of techniques for making your website more discoverable to people using search engines to find information. WordStream and Answer the Public offer free tools that can help you generate ideas for keywords relevant to your nonprofit. The same study cites budget constraints as a common barrier to making this happen.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

One leader at Candid wisely uses the progressive stack method , a technique to prioritize voices less-heard in team meetings. If you’d like to try this, you can borrow free eBooks and audiobooks from Candid’s extensive online library.) Meeting people where they are is another act of inclusion.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

They’re a great way to learn new techniques, brush up on industry knowledge, and learn about up-and-coming trends—all of which are important as you hone your fundraising skills. Join us on October 11 and 12 for Generosity Xchange 2023, a free, virtual conference where nonprofit professionals and ideas meet! Save your spot.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The event will also include breakout sessions where you can share data and strategies to evaluate your mid-level program. Get there early for the free 2024 Junior Scholar Workshop, happening June 4-6. Here, you’ll connect with hundreds of experts, gain valuable professional development, and learn the latest trends and techniques.

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