Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects. Brainstorm: Methods for generating new ideas – recombining, adding, subtracting. Speaking of documentation, that’s where digital tools can come in handy – for example your mobile phone camera.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. There are two different methods to evaluate your training. Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process. Click to Amazon.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Break down your goals into objectives and strategies: Objectives are the specific steps or milestones needed to achieve your goals, while strategies are the methods or tactics you’ll use to accomplish your objectives. These methods can help you gain insights into potential supporters’ preferences, motivations, and concerns.

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Forum One

APRIL 18, 2023

These tools employ collaborative methods that engage both end-users and the organizations serving them. While the customer is researching salons, the salon owner is executing an SEO strategy, cultivating positive reviews on Google and Yelp, and ensuring their business’s social media presence is up to date.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

Create policies that specify who is responsible for cleaning data, outline how often data should be reviewed, list criteria for removing or updating data, and highlight the tools (and instructions for using them) they’ll use when reviewing data. Use filters and segments.

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Blue Fox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Here's a class tracking overview with more details and instructions on how to set up classes and get started. (If nerdalert) Using this method, you can allocate a percentage of staff salaries, general overhead, and direct program costs to each program WITHOUT adding a gazillion lines to your Chart of Accounts.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Before we dive into these tips, let’s do a quick review of how text-to-give works. These best practices will help you make the most of your outreach, especially if text-to-give is a new method of giving for your nonprofit. Use Text-to-Give in Fundraising Events. Incorporate Text-to-Give in Ambassador Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also use it as a year in review tool. Year in Review. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” My Three Themes: .

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2022

For example, your development team enters donor gifts in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® and it automatically creates a journal entry in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® for review, saving time and eliminating errors. Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). Algorithms. Machine Learning. Understanding Automation is Key to Your Nonprofit’s Growth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4 million copies around the world. apply the 80/20 rule.

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JULY 8, 2021

Measuring this change has benefits for both your members and your learning business alike: For your learning business, understanding this change gives you insight into both the knowledge of your members and the efficacy of your courses to instruct them. What are the different types of online assessment? Matching, Labeling, and Sorting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4 million copies around the world. apply the 80/20 rule.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

If you aren’t sure, work with your IT provider to review your encryption settings. Mozilla has instructions on how to encrypt your hard drive. Backup critical data using whatever method is approved for your organization. Use dedicated logins for each person whenever possible. Don’t use shared logins.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations. This isn’t a way of thinking routinely instructed in underserved schools. Add advancement of BIPOC staff where you can.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

These tools employ collaborative methods that engage both end-users and the organizations serving them. While the customer is researching salons, the salon owner is executing an SEO strategy, cultivating positive reviews on Google and Yelp, and ensuring their business’s social media presence is up to date.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convene on a wiki to review research, practice, and significant trends. The State of Learning Analytics in 2012: A Review and Future Challenges. The report methodology models the open content technology identified in the report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

From investing in upgraded LMS technology to creating a learning business plan to instructional design, each task involves a specific skill set that the average association professional may not have. You’re unable to pivot to new training methods, such as virtual events, and are behind the times.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 8, 2017

During this time, many nonprofits reviewed their email marketing programs for compliance, and Blackbaud ensured all of our products used to send email facilitated your ability to do so. Review your email file for email addresses ending in .ca Track the date, time and method of their consent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis. Year in Review.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As a fundraiser, you should get in the habit of reviewing and updating your fundraising landing page frequently, especially before you send out an appeal. Finally, at the bottom of the page after all the other options and the “Donate” button, give instructions on how a donor can send in a check if that’s their preferred method.

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NTEN

AUGUST 23, 2010

So, how do you even begin to decide what method of delivery is right for you? Luckily, the group was quick to respond with resources, reviews, and examples. Here are some instructions on how to do that. After all, you're writing the report because you want your audience/community/board to read it.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2021

This course provides very specific instructions and information relevant for communication strategies during challenging world circumstances. Read reviews and learn about the provider themselves to see what drives them for success. It’s become increasingly popular as nonprofits need to find new ways to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

I’ve been immersed in writing about measurement and testing instructional frameworks this year. Bregman has a method for that. Shut off the computer and review how your day went. Measurement and Content Curation : These are two focus areas that I want incorporate into my social media training. What did you accomplish?

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

You should keep the future in mind when designing your brand identity, considering how both communication methods and public perception will evolve. A branding guide, also known as a brand style guide, is the instruction manual to maintain your brand’s consistency. Review this guide to find our top recommendations.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

For example, if you had to switch to a virtual silent auction at the last minute in 2020, review your results to see which elements worked and which didn’t. Allow Alternative Payment Methods. With a virtual fundraiser, venue management entails setting up and managing the online experience for your guests.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Nonprofit organizations were able to complete all of the above tasks via analog methods prior to the development of much of the nonprofit technology that organizations utilize today. Review: The consultant reviews their recommendations with your team and discusses next steps. Review your ongoing strategic plans.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For undergraduate instruction, you may get a break if you are in-state vs. out-of-state. This is the most traditional method of nonprofit professional development. For all of the methodological differences, the core information offered at a webinar is largely the same as in-person instruction. Don’t overlook this method.

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Cloud 4 Good

JANUARY 31, 2022

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method used during a sign-in process that requires a user to present multiple methods of identity verification before accessing a secure system. Should all users be authenticating using the same SSO or MFA methods, or might some user groups require alternative options? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

There has been a series of ”lean” books diving in the topics, including one on measurement called Lean Analytics Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster by A listair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz that I reviewed earlier this year. 10 Changemakers Using Lean Startup Methods For Greater Social Impact by Meg Rulli.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

So, let’s review the basics. Every organization has unique goals and methods, but all fundraisers for nonprofits use common terminology. Hold an Event Hosting a fundraising event is a tried-and-true method for gathering interest and dollars for your mission. Your organization chooses how to use the funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

This is a great method for peer learning. If you were creating some instructional materials about mobile video blogging in a developing country, like say Cambodia, what are the most important points to cover? The questions are way more important than the answers. This was Liz's question and it relates to this art project ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. How do you create good instructional media in a reasonable amount of time and do a good enough job that helps people learn something by viewing it? and follow the instructions.

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