Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

I asked about a SM policy when I started a new position in a nonprofit institution about seven months ago. Still no policy, seven months later. My offer to help kickstart, research and join the social networking policy development process at work (from a fundraiser perspective) was also rebuffed. Impressions or results?

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Last spring the Urban Institute and the Racial Diversity Collaborative released a study called Measuring Racial-Ethnic Diversity in the Baltimore-Washington Region's Nonprofit Sector. This may sound obvious, but you should spend time learning about the people you want to meet. Instead, they are majority white. Get educated.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

And if it’s not broke and it boosts employee morale and productivity, why not make it company policy? By the late 17th Century, lawyers, doctors and government employees were toiling in offices built all across Europe. Discover how your employees work their best and use that data to inform your policy moving forward.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. Seriously though, why does “perplexity” in AI text matter?

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

And if it’s not broke and it boosts employee morale and productivity, why not make it company policy? By the late 17th Century, lawyers, doctors and government employees were toiling in offices built all across Europe. Discover how your employees work their best and use that data to inform your policy moving forward.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

(Elizabeth) Unfortunately, we don’t have any museum telecommuting policies in the Alliance sample documents library, but now that you’ve asked, we are on the hunt. And if you are looking for data to support a telecommuting policy, take a look at this compilation of research from Global Workplace Analytics. We’d love to share.

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Museum Culture Professional Training 21

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth for many organizations in the nonprofit and government space. For us, it was no different! This tool was awarded five different awards for its interactive design and ability to communicate key health and livability data.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

What if, instead, we measured nonprofits by retention, their willingness to use reserves for salary increases (excluding bonuses), and the number of employees living above the poverty line? 7 Steps to Prioritize Employee Worth This all sounds great in theory, but let’s break it down into actionable steps. Assess salary structures.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Social media, remote work policies, and changing social norms have blurred the lines between the workplace and “private lives”. In September of 2019, after the tech giant Google was accused of suppressing speech and firing employees who expressed strong political views, it subsequently crafted a new policy.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

As for tactics, well, we mostly relied on “proven” or “successful” efforts; lessons learned from other organizations working in an analog paradigm like government, unions, and churches. This means not only do we monitor and measure data as we started doing in the social period, but we also listen to our community, and listen for action.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Or we need 1,000 donors to chip in, or we need 150,000 people to sign this petition to the government to make sure they protect this wilderness area. Twenty options for your ice cream sounds great, you sell more ice cream with three options. So nine, “How will you measure results?” It could mean a targeted.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

Platforms such as Decidim , Citizen Lab , and Your Priorities can effectively engage communities throughout the process of making budget, policy, and funding decisions. Thousands of government institutions are already using digital participation platforms. There are two measures needed to correct this.

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