Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2017

But there was also another sign on the wall that described their Quarter 3 theme word “Mindfulness” and a reflective question, “What behaviors and processes can we establish to engender more mindfulness and presence in our interactions.” Many organizations do that. This is a common challenge for many nonprofits.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Without proper “education,” landing an interview let alone a job working in digital marketing was a pipedream—I found myself stuck, making minimum wage, wearing a well-known green apron simply for the health benefits. That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I'd ask questions on Twitter before. But, being a manager is a learned skill. A few suggestions were about outside training to improve your skills. Lindsay Green suggests: I’ll go with make the work the team are focussed on visible - literally a list of projects or challenges you’re currently solving on the wall.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The question is related to social media training: What are the key questions nonprofit organizations should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning? Netsquared has another Think-Tank coming up later this month.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Your participants get the chance to showcase their unique skills–whether it’s singing, dancing, or any other talent they’d like to show off. Host a pub-style quiz for your community and include some questions about your mission as a fun way to share your organization’s impact. Pub quiz Everyone loves a bit of trivia!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

We designed a highly interactive workshop based on Jo Wolfe’s “ NGO Digital Maturity Matrix ,” an assessment tool that enables nonprofits to codify mindsets and skill sets required for moving along the path of digital transformation. Participants volunteer their question for the Spectragram.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Here is the first critical question to ask before you do anything else: WHY will your nonprofit exist? Sit down and write out the answers to these questions. As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. This will help you gain clarity of mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

For example, rather than goggling the answer to a question you don’t know, refer the person someone in your network who knows the answer. What are some other ways you can leverage your network for your work? Some questions to ask: What patterns do you see? One way to start is to focus on new network weaving skill a month.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2009

A new episode of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact is up for your listening pleasure. Lara Galinsky, the Senior Vice President of Echoing Green offers advice to two listeners' with questions about creating a career with impact. Question 2: How do I overcome hesitation and fear of public speaking?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

At the time, Rufina was the CEO of Nasscom Foundation and transforming the nonprofit technology sector with her incredible networking, scaling, and capacity building skills. This prompted some amazing questions for children that age anywhere: How many jets did you take to get to India?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are signs your work may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time, or it has shrunk. Yes, we had enough staff with diverse interests and skills to do what needed to be done. The answer to both questions? Not enough.”.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

Nonprofits can use this at a staff meeting or other gathering to help people improve their content creation skills as well as their skills with looking at social media data. Using the dots, they will indicate if they would "Like" (blue), "Share" (yellow), or "Comment" (green) on the post.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are signs your nonprofit may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than the full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time or it has shrunk. Yes, we had enough staff with diverse interests and skills to do what needed to be done. The answer to both questions? Not enough.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Why do all this if you’re just having somebody spoon green beans onto a lunch tray? Be on their side by telling them that you want them to be as prepared as possible for questions that your experience tells you that people ask about your mission. If it’s possible to introduce people from these areas, all the better.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

There were many questions, but they ultimately supported my ideas with a green light to start hiring immediately. You’ll learn valuable skills when you enroll in upcoming courses like Foundations for Successful Remote and Distributed Teams or Mindful Leadership in Trying Times. Where We Are Now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

As I mentioned last week, I've started hosting a new podcast produced by Echoing Green , the Be Bold Podcast. This week's show features a discussion of two career related questions with Lara Galinsky, author of Be Bold: Create A Career with Impact. This week's question are: 1. career social entrepreneur nonprofit podcast advice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Bo Eason Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Navy Seals, Green Berets, and firefighters have to use this same principle. Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day? By the way, this isn’t limited to great athletes.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

"After talking though the capabilities and getting a few questions answered, I left with little doubt that moving to Office 365 would be hugely beneficial for us," Samuels writes. You need a degree of technical skill to handle problems that may come up, like in Active Directory." Sign up for Office 365 Nonprofit.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 13, 2008

They did this by creating a Cause and a Fan Page for the org, and by forming a relationship with an ecology oriented game on Facebook, (lil) Green Patch. Six months later the (lil) Green Patch application is one of the most popular on Facebook, with of 6 million users! Me - How did (lil) Green Patch come about?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time. And, as the facilitator, you have to be good at improvising and skilled at coaching some participants to adapt exercise so it meets their need. This takes a bit more effort than putting together a slide deck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The purpose of the Design Lab was to answer two key questions to gather input for its strategy: How can the Brainerd Foundation and its philanthropic partners accelerate the transition to 21st Century advocacy for grantees? This concept responds to the question: “How do we develop a funding model that nourishes innovation and flexibility?”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Bo Eason Recently, Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Navy Seals, Green Berets, and firefighters have to use this same principle. Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day? Learn to dance with those distractions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2007

The conference will address questions such as: Who are the nonprofit leaders of the future? What skills, resources, or support will they need? How to address this growing need? What barriers exist to successful transition? What solutions lie within the nonprofit sector? I wonder if they a facebook group for the event?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

"After talking though the capabilities and getting a few questions answered, I left with little doubt that moving to Office 365 would be hugely beneficial for us," Samuels writes. You need a degree of technical skill to handle problems that may come up, like in Active Directory." Sign up for Office 365 Nonprofit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

What is the skill you say to yourself, " I would love to know how to _." Once you've made a list of some of the fields and skills that interest you, make another list of small steps you can take to explore them such as: * Send an email to my friends to see if they have connections in the fields that interest me. My advice: 1.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

"After talking though the capabilities and getting a few questions answered, I left with little doubt that moving to Office 365 would be hugely beneficial for us," Samuels writes. You need a degree of technical skill to handle problems that may come up, like in Active Directory." Sign up for Office 365 Nonprofit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2008

It's time to set those books about green living, social entrepreneurship, and nonprofit technology aside for a little while. Michele recommends assessing the strengths you want to develop, the weaknesses you want to mitigate, and the skills you want to develop. The first thing I'd like to give to myself is to learn about something new.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But most importantly, I want to recommend and encourage all of you to chat in your questions and comments throughout the next hour or so. But keep the questions coming. But the other question that they have to really think through is, well, what can we do? I think that’s a loaded question. So don’t be shy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Bo Eason Today, Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Navy Seals, Green Berets, and firefighters have to use this same principle. Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day? Learn to dance with those distractions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

When those who are responsible for an organization's overall fiscal management responded to a study by The Moody Foundation, it was found that nonprofits need to "fortify their financial skills to better forecast future needs, navigate economic instability, and manage risk." The Moody’s Foundation, 2011. 22. ^ [4] Ibid. Pg 18. ^ [5] Ibid.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have different agencies that come to assist the individuals in our program with things such as job search assistance and other life skills and basic needs. She explained the ins and outs of the program to me and was able to answer all of my questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? And, the eBook is free!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:01 PM Labels: Leadership Books , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Druckers book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. The 100-plus page book, co-written with Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V.

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