Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. Many successful nonprofit professionals use rituals, either for personal productivity or team productivity. My New Year’s rituals help me let go of things in my professional work that can open the door to positive change and growth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. My rituals include: 1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. How about you? I also use it as a year in review tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. 1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

It's that time of year when many of us reflect on the work we've accomplished over the year. TIME Magazine reflected and determined this was the year of "The Protester." On our Facebook page , our community is reflecting on their technology accomplishments. The content?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. External assessments researched by Hartman and Dhanda examine the “compatibility of prospective partners, a commitment to clear and well-informed mutual goals, and the monitoring and measuring of the impact throughout its lifecycle.” Measure and share impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The NTEN Book Club, organized by Lauren McKown and Kai Williams, hosted a video chat this week.This month they have been reading The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout and discussing it in the NTEN online community. Workplace Productivity and Well Being .

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

But, if you have trouble getting to it, it can severely limit the impact of the content. And, select Transparency Talk articles that share individual funder learning journeys remain available on the Candid Learning for Funders Learning Journal. The information can be highly relevant and compelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

How many of us have the discipline to notice what we’re doing with our professional work? How to easily make reflection a daily discipline. He suggests that if an organization could teach only thing to its employees that would have the most impact, it would be to teach people how to learn. What have you learned?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2016

The topic of habit change is something that Aliza Sherman and I researched and experimented with as we wrote “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout ” over the last year. Habit change research was one of our favorite rabbit holes to explore. The Importance of Accountability and Habit Change.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

This will lead to a starting point that will create DEI strategies to ensure impact. Engage with a DEI professional. Working with a professional will help facilitate discussions, allow everyone to participate in the dialogue, and shape a process to create a plan of action. Reflect on past efforts. Where to start?

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sgEngage

JULY 19, 2021

The community benefit reports your organization produces don’t reflect these sponsorships, even if the recipient organization falls within your priority areas. States , journals , and professional associations declared racism a public health emergency. What are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

Last week I attended the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago where I learned an incredible amount about the human side of data – themes like data visualization, data informed culture, using data for impact, and more. I filled my journal with pages of notes, to dos, and inspiration for year long professional learning for myself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been designing curriculum and materials and facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot project supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 26, 2013

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. In a recent study published in the Journal of Business Research , a brand is defined as “a name, term, sign, drawing, or any combinations of these, that serve to identify a firm’s goods and services and differentiate them from those of competitors.”

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

As a leader in the nonprofit sector, you’re not only concerned with your own learning journey, but the professional development of your employees as well. Now that people have the time to dedicate to professional development, offering them the opportunity to learn will show that you’re invested in their growth, encouraging employee retention.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2011

its mission will directly or indirectly impact youth. In order to provide the best support to youth in diverse communities, I’d like to encourage nonprofit professionals to reflect on an important aspect of youth and human development: ethnic identity. Journal of Counseling Psychology , 58 1, 42-60. ^ [5] Supple, A.J.,

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Read the full interview with our experts to get answers to questions nonprofit leaders may ask about employee burnout, such as: How has COVID-19 impacted employee burnout and individual stress management? The work we need to do can’t get done if burnout is taking over and those impacted in the foster care system feel that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. Happy New Year ! How about you? Year in Review. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

If you recall dear readers, I studied music in college and was on a career path to being a professional flutist until I got distracted with nonprofit management, technology, and a thousand other things. The decision to add a music track is a trade-off between file size and dramatic impact. Trade Off: What value does music add?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

As the instructor, it felt a lot less like training people – and more like a peer learning, professional development experience. I ended the day inspired and optimistic (although pretty jet lagged) about the potential impact of a networked capacity building project in this part of the world. Network Mapping Exercise.

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Charity Village

MAY 4, 2023

When speaking about the mental load of motherhood, please note that this does not statistically and accurately reflect single-parent households or LGBTQ+ households as there is simply not enough validated data (which is a problem in and of itself).

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Mention how many years they have supported you, the particular programs they have funded, how big of an impact they have made. Create or buy one that speaks to your organization’s mission and reflects the joy of the season. A carefully-chosen, branded promotional item such as a journal can make a nice holiday gift.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The journal Impresa Sociale (Social Enterprise) presents new entrepreneurial initiatives that arose largely in response to social needs that had been inadequately met—or not met at all—by nonprofits and public services. However, the impact of the “Great Recession” in 2009 and 2010 left its founders with dwindling funds.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

We first met in Washington DC through a mix of social and professional circles. We''ve kept in touch over the years as our careers evolved--mine in museums, his in journalism--and I called David to learn more about the story behind the article. There are a couple of key demographic trends that impact this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. Return on Investment, Return on Reflection: I will integrate my work on social media ROI with general nonprofit technology ROI More about this theme is below because it will be a major focus area for me this year.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Impact Foundary / McClellan Park, CA / $200. Your great work will be validated, and you will be energized to move beyond current paradigms and find innovative ways to increase your impact. Impact Convergence 2016. Impact Convergence 2016. Association of Advancement Services Professionals (AASP) / Chicago, IL / $400.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. All of these have gone through a series of movements in the last 30 years reflecting cultural shifts and expectations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. They are also learning how to access professional and personal networks to get answers to their questions.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Jopwell Collection – “Original, free-to-download stock photography featuring diverse professionals.” NativeAgency.org – “Native wants to change visual journalism to be representative of diverse talent from across the globe.” Broadly Gender Photos by Vice – People of all different genders in common, everyday scenarios.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And so in addition to being horrible fundraising, he’s told this story to many people, which has a negative impact on the organization and that individual doing this. . So fundamentally, I think for major donor conversations what you want to be doing is asking questions, then you reflect back what they’ve said.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

We also like to believe she was one of the first proponents of the "shine theory" with her quote, " There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ". Already well known for her investigative journalism, Bly achieved her goal and grew even more famous after crisscrossing the globe in just 72 days.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Water bottles, yoga mats, and journals. Including images on your website can help people understand what your nonprofit does and who your cause impacts. This example from the 4-H Organization , breaks down their main goal, activities, and impact all into one graphic. Children’s Health. Yo-yos, frisbees, and nightlights.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits , we’re reminded that a key step to improvement is having an accurate retrospective view. So get out your journals and start taking note. Show mission impact? Unless it’s your goal to be as out of touch as E.T., Like yesterday.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Thanks to custom development and integration with Salesforce , the site instantly reflects every gift ICA receives! By ticking a simple checkbox, a donor can sign up to have their gift repeat every month, skyrocketing their impact! On every page of their site, you’ll quickly see just how much of an impact this organization has!

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M+R

AUGUST 25, 2021

For communications professionals, there are important lessons to be learned from 2020—trends that tell a (sometimes surprising) story of how different issues unfolded in the media last year, and tips for how we can advocate for our issues as effectively as possible moving forward. It’s not too surprising: .

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