Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The mission of A People’s Guide to AI is to open up conversation around AI by demystifying, situating, and shifting the narrative about what types of use cases AI can have for everyday people. It is funded by Open Society Foundations. She was also interviewed on the City Arts and Lectures podcast recently and well worth a listen.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

There are times I learn of new social media outlets, 3 rd party technologies or methods, and if I want to apply something new to the organization, I do my due-diligence and experiment with it, strategize how it can add value to the organization, and lastly I propose it to our executive team. Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Just be ready and go into it with your eyes open. Why You Need a Feasibility Study A feasibility study is a purposeful series of interviews with a few dozen carefully-chosen donors and prospects to help determine whether or not your campaign will be able to raise the funds necessary in the allotted amount of time. It won’t work.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

They might, for example, review synopses of eligible proposals and rank them, or vote to prioritize strategic issues or geographies. DRF then reviewed nominees and selected advisors, using interviews and criteria for diversity. Creating an environment that allows them to deliberate with an open mind and heart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. As a result, the focus has been writing grant proposals rather than appealing for individual support. Why is that? Mobile payments are more accessible and convenient than card payments.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

It was good for everyone to do this exercise in order to see and analyze the results, but also to refine the list of cards and approach when opening the exercise to the general community. While this has been happening, our community feedback team has invested lots of time in surveys and interviews. Community card sorting exercise.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible! For me personally, the meeting was a rare experience. This is a truly unique moment in Martus’ history.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

With nearly 2 million board seats opening up in the United States ever year, it’s not easy for nonprofit leaders to successfully compete for, and win over, fantastic new board members. Never let more than a week go by during the interviewing period without contacting your candidate. Pull out your last grant proposal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Interviews with 9 other foundations that conduct OE grantmaking (April-May 2012).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2015

This photo is from an open space session during last week’s Funders Learning Lab: Investing In Network Leadership. I proposed a session with a title, “Going from Self Care to We Care” to talk about how do we scale a culture of self-care in networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I recently submitted a proposal for NTEN’s 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference with colleagues Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon and Jeanne Allen called “ Supercharge Your Technology Training ,” so please take a minute to vote for it. . I’ve incorporated movement into openings and closers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The free and open source software, which is a joint venture between Benetech and the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) , guides users through a series of step-by-step interview wizards, based on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Actually, a client had a grant proposal, and it included the consultant’s “theory of practice&# which of course is something that most organizational development/effectiveness type consultants have, but rather few technology consultants have. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 07.11.08 Be Helpful.

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

For a peer-to-peer 5K or fun run, your costs might include police for crowd control, permits from local governance to close off roads, EMT services, event t-shirts, snacks, opening ceremony costs (band, DJ, etc.), When you apply for grants, you’ll usually need to submit a detailed proposal to the grant organizations you choose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This was on top of the dozens of “expert interviews” conduced by the org, surveys of lapsed editors, conversations conducted around the world (via all different media) as well as commissioning droves of data by Bridgespan to support the effort.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

The goal of the day was to develop a collaborative grant proposal for a project that would be pertinent and beneficial to each CMC. While there is value in having such open ended questions, some people needed a little more clarification and guidance to get them started. We had our fundraising meeting on March 25.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

I told the conference co-founders, a husband and wife literary agent team, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen , that I'd help to spread the word about the conference so I interviewed Elizabeth for the Big Vision Podcast. And there are still openings for registration, and we have people coming from all over the country, which is super.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

I think we have all come to realize that just adding a minority seat to your board of directors, or consciously making an attempt to fill that open position with someone from a different cultural background, simply isn’t enough. Have an open door policy, and really mean it. The five tips included: Create diversity networks.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Michelle Murrain, Open Issue. Finding the match between market needs and skills — try informational interviewing with other consultants. Kept doing actual job interviews and learned about what their needs are, what the core needs are, and then package their plan around that. Presenters: Robert L. Eric Leland, Five Paths.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

" And, let's say all your thoughtful proposals have been rejected. Identify other employees who are open to new ideas and already experimenting with new technologies. If you've successfully done an under the radar social media project, I'd love to interview you. "you're so lame." My favorite: Pull a Kissinger.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Today, an interview with Shelley Bernstein , the Manager of Information Systems at the Brooklyn Museum, and the engine behind that museum’s fabulous forays into Web 2.0. We’d received a video PSA from Pratt students, and I proposed the contest. Flickr photos and Youtube videos are open and available to all. Projects interview.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So then you’re opening with curiosity, which we’ll talk about some more, but that’s the tie-down, and then asking an avid skier, so what’s the best way to showcase the mission as an avid skier, excuse me, what’s the best way to showcase the mission of preserving nature? What are your thoughts on this?”

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2019

The following condensed excerpts from the interview highlight this theory and how organizations are successfully executing lean processes. . . On one hand, you know, nonprofits tend to plan within constraints, whether the constraint of their budget, their staff size, the duration and dollars involved in a grant proposal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. Gregg Swanson from HumaniNet picks out a few projects that are based on collaboration/partnership and a track of record of doing projects like the one proposed. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I’m honored to be included on a panel proposed by him, along with Carrie Rice , called “ How to Conquer Technology Distraction and Burnout and Be More Present for Yourself, Team, and Organization for the 2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference. (If I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For Fiver, this means pulling client testimonials from thank you letters written by program participants or through phone interviews with families. Set up a quick interview ask them why they choose to donate so much to your organization, and share their story! Craft a strong appeal by sourcing your content early.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

She proposes several different times, leave your preferences in the comments. The proposed call agenda is here. New (to me) Blogs Blau Exchange is posting interviews with interesting ict-minded folks and occasional research and presentations. Check out the interview with Alexandra Samuels.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2015

Session voting for the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference is open, of course! . As a conference both for and by the nonprofit technology community, community members submit session proposals and then vote on them to help shape the agenda. Reading through 400+ session proposals made my brain hurt, but at the same time pumped me up.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

To make sure we were heading in the right direction, we also solicited proposals from two other fantastic companies for a more traditional identity/website redo. They interviewed key stakeholders. Tip #3: Be open to anything. Sounded perfect. I wouldn't have wanted to own this project without her support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

I know this because I recently did a review of four major gift proposals for clients, and of the four, only one (yes, only one) had any emotion in it. For decades, we’ve been saying that you must use your board to open up doors. Vendors, public partners, and local media are often overlooked as door openers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. So how do we propose to pay for it? In Michael Gilbert's Top Ten Reports of the Year (2006) list, there is a pointer to the Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Eventually, they had an opening for "Exhibits and Programs Associate"--a low-level jack of all trades position supporting the department. For the second interview, I even built a little lie detector and brought it in. Anna accepted my proposal. It was going to be developed by contractors and overseen by Anna.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

To make sure we were heading in the right direction, we also solicited proposals from two other fantastic companies for a more traditional identity/website redo. They interviewed key stakeholders. Tip #3: Be open to anything. Sounded perfect. I wouldn’t have wanted to own this project without her support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Opening Up: Demystifying Funder Transparency is a new GrantCraft guide released in collaboration with Glasspockets from the Foundation Center. The report begins with a simple, holistic definition of transparency and why it is important for funders to be transparent: “Transparency is, in a word, openness. Increased public trust.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We dodge opportunities to write whenever we can, though we never cease to smile when we open our mailboxes and dis­cover a handwritten letter addressed to us. A single compelling press release might land you a national television interview that leads to 100 new donors and $100,000 in funding. Is the text well formatted? Thought flow?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the employment context alone, from increased use of chatbots in hiring applications and AI-enabled assessments of applicant interviews to keystroke monitoring that gauges productivity and employee uses of generative AI to write reports or perform numerous other tasks, AI-related tools are poised to transform how work is done.

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