Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The holiday break is a great time to read books, both for work and just plan fun. Earlier this week, I read the recently published “ Mindful Social Marketing ” by colleague Janet Fouts. If you are doing social media for a nonprofit, this book is a must read. It is filled with great wisdom.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Get your event on donors’ minds early and in front of sponsors amid annual budget planning. Elements that add fun and excitement to your event, like hole-in-one contests, are also a prime sponsorship opportunity (and cover the contest’s fixed costs). Send Save-the-Dates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 6, 2022

You already provide your members with amazing benefits , fun events, educational resources, and a community of like-minded. Your members are the heart and soul of your membership organization — everything you do is for them and thanks to them!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Events are a great way to bring like-minded people together and have a good time in the name of your cause. There are many KINDS of events, but they fall into two basic categories: The Community/Fun Event and the Heartstrings Event. A Community/Fun Event can help you build community relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Fortunately, there are a ton of options to build-in revenue enhancers that add fun and excitement without incurring prohibitive costs. make the event more fun and more memorable for golfers. For example, adding hole-in-one or other contests (putting, closest to the pin, etc.) or on-course entertainment (long drivers, beat the pro, etc.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

And my husband and I had so much fun. Synchronistically, later in the week I listened to a free call with Jennifer Louden , Bridget Piloud, Marianne Elliott , Tara Gentile, and Tara Sophia Mohr , about Self-Care, Mindfulness and Social Media. My number one mindfulness tip is to be aware of social media envy. It was awesome.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

The fourth blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the delicious Meg Worden (I say delicious because I love her e-cookbook, Salad Alchemy). Doing good is fun. And incredibly fun. That we don’t have to be chained to the singular story of suffering looping around in our mind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Let’s explore how to manage your prize items so they make an impact in your next online silent auction : 1) Choose Prizes to Suit Your Audience When selecting items, it’s crucial to keep your audience in mind. Easy and fun to use, GalaBid’s fundraising software is loved by nonprofits and their supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sure, many gift-buyers will continue to turn to Amazon, Walmart, and Target, but increasingly c onsumers are being more mindful with purchases. Nonprofits with online shops can tap into these trends on social media to reach mindful shoppers and raise revenue in support of their mission. Tag your products in Stories and Posts.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Investigate training options and keep the various learning styles of your team in mind. It’s a fun and enlightening activity that puts self-awareness at the top of the agenda. There are plenty of online and in-person courses. Taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator together might be a good launch strategy.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 3, 2023

But you may be struggling to come up with fundraising event ideas for an event that’s both fun and profitable. Whether it’s for a school or non-profit, having a fundraising event in mind will help make planning easier and more efficient! We’ve designed an infographic to help you plan fundraisers throughout the year.

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OneCause

MARCH 27, 2023

Storyteller of the Year: This award goes to a nonprofit recognized for excellence in communicating their purpose and vision through branding, narrative, and promotion that informs the mind and moves the heart. So, we build in plenty of time for attendee, speaker, and sponsor interaction and fun. Limited space available.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

Because this is a fun fact, I’m sharing it with you. Sharon offered an idea that has been on my mind for some time. Both are steeped in the world of associations and are avid students of strategy, business, and culture beyond this industry. Garth’s first job was with Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars initiative. Yes, he worked on space lasers!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

The fifth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Emily Goligoski. I had gone to classes on and off before coming to California but regularly left before savasana, the rest period at the end of class where the mind is invited to be still. Emily is a w riter and digital strategist who blogs as TheSanFranista.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Keep these trends and tactics in mind as you start to pencil in plans for the coming end of year (and no, it is never too early to start). One way to stand out in a crowded inbox is with eye-catching design — animated graphics, countdown clocks, fun graphics, photography and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If that wasn’t enough, the stretches have entertaining names and movements, including the chicken neck and self Vulcan mind meld. I have a few fun ones that I do on zoom such as “catch the stretch” where people follow each other’s stretches like a game of follow the leader.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The ninth guest blogger in my have fun do good series is Katya Andresen. Katya Andresen, Network for Good: How I Have Fun, Do Good Britt Bravo is ahead of her time. For years, Britt’s been promoting this very concept - the idea of having fun while doing good. It’s more fun – and it’s more effective.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This guide is designed with nonprofit staff in mind, especially those planning a virtual fundraising event for the first time. How can the event feel engaging and fun for attendees? Download now to learn: What type of event should you organize? How should you evaluate the technology requirements?

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Media Cause

JULY 29, 2022

If you have an open mind for trying new things, your creativity will expand and grow. Keep your ears attentive and your mind running because these conversations may provide you with much-needed creative fuel. . The more you practice and flex your creative mind, the more you will feel comfortable doing it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

2) Gain fun face time opportunities with virtual events. In-person events are on hold this fundraising event season, but fortunately, streaming tools like Zoom implemented new features throughout the year that make virtually interacting with guests a lot easier and way more fun.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2022

Online auctions and bingo, raffles, and other charitable gaming can be fun for your attendees and a way for you to gain donations and support for your mission. Many nonprofits find that this option provides them with peace of mind and allows them to focus on their mission. 4) Online Events. Make it a priority for 2022.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work. Bear in mind that some people, especially introverts, hate them so you have to design them so they are less awkward. And it was fun! Six Fun Nonprofit Icebreakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. A fun and playful icebreaker that can also be done on zoom is called “ Sketch Your Neighbor.” You can set up a series of fun emoji for people to cut and paste into the chat or google document to express how they are feeling. It is a lot of fun!

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Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2021

You Don’t Need a “Big Budget” to Achieve Fun. Our client, Youth Music Project , put on a virtual event that kept their audience in mind and really resonated with them. “To No one took it too seriously, and a spirit of fun prevailed over the night. Let Loose and Have a Good Time. Easy Day-of-Event Production.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 10, 2010

I am just finishing up Jenn's Right Brain Business Plan e-course, which was super fun, interesting and clarifying for me as I chart out the next phase of my business, Big Vision Consulting. She was in the Bay Area to promote her newest book, Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened and Mindful Play , which I enjoyed very much.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Last year on Giving Tuesday, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless used DonorPerfect Crowdfunding for a fun and easy way to energize their supporters to give and share about their $10,000 fundraising goal. Triple your #GivingTuesday goal with a little help from your friends. Use a giving thermometer to display your campaign’s progress.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

10-Year Thinking – Shift your mind from short-term thinking to thinking in ten-year time frames. We will show you how to experience total freedom from your mind, ego, and pain, while maximizing your energy, being incredibly creative, having a lot more fun, and making an even greater impact on the world.”

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M+R

MAY 31, 2023

We’ll be sharing super fun, super fast-paced 15 tests in 15 minutes to showcase some winning (and losing!) This virtual webinar will walk through several retention and cultivation paid media test results to show what’s essential, what bombs, and what you should keep in mind to maximize your reach with paid media to your existing supporters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

Below is my 5th annual list of favorite do-good books that I read in 2009, but this year I'm calling it my Have Fun Do Good Book list. I haven't made up my mind for sure about anything yet, but I appreciated his exploration of the issues. I realized that I needed to make having fun a priority. Yum, yum, yum.

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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. Mindfulness Activities.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Content could be anything: Resources about your mission Fun downloads for your constituents Quizzes about your cause One client created an origami pinwheel for Child Abuse Awareness Month. Creating new content, leveraging old content, or creating a sign-up wall to access existing content is a great way to grow your email list.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

But as someone who has experience reviewing video games professionally (as well as playing them my entire life), it only took a few minutes for me to realize that PeaceMaker itself wasn't very fun. In my video with Asi, he disagrees with me that games should be fun. Click here to continue reading this post.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2021

Whether you’re looking to host a virtual event or an in-person event , you need a fun hook for it. What do potential guests like to do for fun? . Keep in mind it is just as important to look at what people don’t like as it is to look at what people do like. What’s the age range of the guest list? .

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Create a challenge that will be an exciting lead up to the virtual gala, such as a virtual walk or fun run, a meditation challenge, or a themed challenge that would benefit your nonprofit’s mission, such as a day-long beach cleaning challenge. Speed networking for fun and donations. Fun and games. Make giving a game!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They also offer a fun, relaxed, social setting for you (and your board) to get to know your donors free of intimidation and formalities. . What high value “VIP” volunteer opportunities can you create to allow donors to feel a part of your mission in a fun, engaging way? Why should you do a donor cultivation event?

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

Check out our specially curated reading list of 16 free nonprofit books perfect for any summertime occasion: If you’re short on time… Is your calendar booked solid with fun plans between Memorial Day and Labor Day? If you’ve ever felt like you aren’t powerful enough to change the world, this book may just change your mind.

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