Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being. As part of the set-up to the exercise, I share some examples from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

These events leverage the popularity of wearable devices and health apps to encourage participants to sign up for and support a range of fun, trackable activities while contributing to a meaningful cause. The result? More engaged supporters, increased donations, and a wider impact on the community. 

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Donors love to know that their money was leveraged, and with matching gifts, they’re essentially giving two gifts for the price of one. In fact, one of the main reasons why Millennials donate is because they know their gift will be matched. Matching gifts are also a great way to boost donations mid-campaign.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions. Give this exercise a try. The exercise is as rich in self-awareness as it is in understanding and appreciating others in your life. I declare that I am.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions. Give this exercise a try. The exercise is as rich in self-awareness as it is in understanding and appreciating others in your life. I declare that I am.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Ask your remote employees to search the web for fun items like: A quote from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Consider gifting the winning remote employees with something like a gift card or an extra day or half-day of time off! One great virtual party idea is, of course, the virtual Secret Santa gift exchange!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

So how can nonprofits use this unique and fun Instagram feature to raise money and attract new donors? If you show up on a regular basis in your followers’ feeds and Stories, they are much more likely to trust you, to build up an affinity for your organization, and eventually to click on the Donation Sticker and make a gift. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions. Give this exercise a try. The exercise is as rich in self-awareness as it is in understanding and appreciating others in your life. I declare that I am.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

You may have speakers invited for a specific purpose, but what about a fun and engaging speaker that everyone loves? . Maybe they paint the speakers or fun caricatures of attendees or even beautiful landscapes. We all need a little fun in our lives. Musicals can be fun, and many people enjoy them. Guest Speakers.

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Qgiv

JULY 5, 2023

Fun Runs and other walkathon-type events might be more common than bowling or golfing, but that doesn’t make them any less effective. In fact, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont raised 111% of their goal with their For Kids’ Sake Virtual Fun Run. Hosting fun events invigorates your peer-to-peer participants’ fundraising efforts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Even though the calls were simply to check in with donors and see how they were doing during a trying time, it also resulted in gifts. Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. This is any type of gift that isn’t financial!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2009

Below are a few gift ideas to add to my Do-Good Gifts for Dad list from last year: 1. In her post, Feel Good Father's Day Gifts , Bargain Babe suggests using GoodSearch to find and purchase your gift. The IE Mommy has a list 5 gift ideas in her post, Make a Difference on Father's Day. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Week Six: Philanthropy – the never-ending gift to both others and yourself. The lectures are brief, fun conversations in the forums, and worksheets are great. Week Two: Creating a philanthropic strategy. Week Three: Analyzing a nonprofit. Week Four: Your giving potential. Week Five: Your action plan.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2010

Your wound is your gift. we also practiced nonviolent communication, and did some exercises around clarifying our purpose. One of the last exercises was to: 1. Other times it is circuitous, your parents gave you things instead of attention, so you are passionate about reducing consumerism. It's the opposite.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Keep that in your mind as you go through this exercise and it will make things a bit easier. Pick a friend that you can ask for a gift. How does it feel after you ask for the gift? Once you get your fear under control, you may actually find it fun to talk with people about the organization you love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. The mini-session included some practical tips and a reflective exercise based on the emerging nonprofit leaders peer learning project I facilitated last year. You can find the resources here.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Someone else can call area businesses to ask for gift cards. And you’ll have a lot more fun doing it. Self-care doesn’t have to be a big intensive undertaking! Here are some really simple ideas to keep you grounded and balanced: Treating yourself to 30 quiet minutes each morning before facing the challenges of your day.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 9, 2012

For one thing, they’re just fun. Their service reminds me that beyond just being thankful for my paycheck (so many of our volunteers are unemployed), I should be thankful to work in a place that allows me to exercise my beliefs and help others improve their circumstances— even if I may never meet those people.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. Our new playground equipment has turned our backyard into an oasis of fun for our resident kids to play and just be a kid. Let’s construct our own (fictional) story as we go, and we’ll use the elements to show you how to put these things into play!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

They want to write "morning pages," meditate, exercise, blog, cook dinner, make art, stretch, drink 8 glasses of water, eat healthier, and give thanks more often (sound familiar?). In the little 3-minute video (above), I'll show you the awesome gift the hubs made for me that I've been calling my "Happy Reminder Board."

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. These are brief, introductory exercises that help participants to get know each other, get connected to the topic, and their own learning outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

And, most importantly, designed for people to have fun doing it. (I'm I also created some fun group exercises for folks to learn the concepts. For example, emoticons and gifts, or icons to be used and exchanged with friends or attached to messages and content. I used the framework to analyze nonprofit examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The exercise usually takes 90-120 minutes in the afternoon, but participants were so engaged they didn’t want to stop for tea. ” On Day 2, we take a deep dive into understanding how to develop an integrated social media strategy, beginning with an exercise that helps participants really define what success means.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. To keep the momentum going, follow formal training with more casual perspective-taking exercises. Servers and software can be fixed fairly easily.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It’s hard to describe, but man it was fun to play. Also, familiarity with game design techniques, and tools, and exercises, and processes. And most importantly, not being afraid to have fun. You’re working on something that feels like a gift to museum educators and their patrons. How about you? Tell us about it.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

We may not get as lucky as these senior citizens, who had Matthew McCoughney calling their numbers, but you can still have just as much fun filling your card! Gyms may be closed, but that shouldn’t prevent us from keeping up with regular exercise and prioritizing our health and well-being. Virtual Show and Tell.

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Qgiv

JULY 11, 2023

Major donors are key players in helping your organization increase fundraising across the board, and building a major gift pipeline streamlines the process of finding and keeping major donors for your nonprofit. Major gift pipelines help you track your efforts in cultivating and stewarding new major donors. Community engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

But even more fun was this video interview with the good folks at the Gifts In Kind International who I ran into in the lobby and they pulled out their copy of the book and shared a few thoughts about they’re applying the ideas. The workshop was a discussion, tweet-festival, and social media community-building exercise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I had a lot of fun with my keynote. I visited the central market where there are many flip flop vendors. I wanted to bring back some as gifts for my teen girls in my family. I must confess that I heard so many amazing stories and new ideas that I had inspiration overload! Teens As Free Agents. The Power of Networks and Flip Flops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

We did an exercise to identify keywords and I demoed several tools. Then it was time to distribute the gifts , including Flip Cameras and books. I then modeled creating a thank you video with each team sharing a few words about how they use the videos and saying thank you to Cisco and FLIP Camera in a fun way.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 18, 2009

Just like you have to plan when you're going to make time to exercise, you have to do the same with shopping and cooking. Pick recipes, or foods that sound fun to make. I made three dishes (pictured above) A Hummus Recipe, Corn and Edamame-Sesame Salad, and Chewy Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies. Plan when I am going to shop and cook.

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Qgiv

MAY 7, 2021

Healthy events that encourage exercise, like 5Ks and 10Ks can be perfect for healthcare fundraising. Another fun outdoor activity you can host is a golf tournament. Plus, using a golf cart helps people with mobility issues or less stamina take part in the fun. Galas can be just as much fun as a 5K, though. bottom line.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . This is kind of fun for you, I imagine, Lindsay, because you’re usually in my shoes listening to a guest speaker, but … – [Lindsay] I am. . But my first gift was to the World Wildlife Foundation, and I just … I still support them. That’s just a quick fun fact for you.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

If you’re watching the recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter where you are, but we’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. If you’re going to share this with a board member, that’d be kind of fun too. And so this is where it gets kind of fun. I may drop off a gift.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

This is the gift of time. I used the social media game as a peer assist exercise for the first time. I learned about the four keys of fun in game design as well as the role emotion plays in engaging people. We included a big chunk of time for participants to work on their experiments while they were in the room.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2014

Remember sleeping, eating and exercising? Stop trying to do everything all at the same time (major gifts, planning giving, grants, events etc) and work smarter instead of harder. This simple practice will help keep morale high and infuse a sense of fun into your workplace. Those need to make a comeback.

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