Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s been a one-hour weekly chat on Twitter for the past 10 months organized and hosted by Marc Meyer and Jason Breed. The way it works is they invite a “host&# to ask 3 compelling questions, 20 minutes each, that revolve around a topical subject within the business of social media, but that play to their strengths or backgrounds.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Create a personalized chatbot to interact with members, answer questions, and offer customized recommendations. Then, define the primary user questions and corresponding answers. A machine-learning bot will require more technical expertise including utilizing algorithms and natural language processing techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Jennifer made use of an app called “ Answer Qwik ” that allows participants to answer polling questions on their mobile phones and have the aggregate results shown on the screen. It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. I told them to come back at a precise time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

And he shares his techniques for: Turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage. Toward the end of the book is Appendix C, which lists 45 core questions to help you assess job applicants. He suggests asking this question of individuals you encounter each day: “ What was the happiest part of your day?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2022

The # PACE Process for Early Career Success book is designed to help readers unlock the mindset, traits, and techniques needed to P lan, A pply for, C ommit to, and E xplore an ideal career path.” His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

What were successful techniques or elements of SXSWcares? I’d love to hear your thoughts on the fundraising effort, whether you participated or not – questions, feedback, and ideas. A few hours later, we quickly found each other through Jessica Lin and unified our efforts as SXSWcares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

This makes it easier to focus on the content while handling additional questions, troubleshooting and technical problems. Interactive Meeting Techniques. Effective Brainstorming Techniques by Beth Kanter. Creating Connection in a Time of Covid-19 – interview with Nancy White. Embrace new workplace norms for meetings.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 11, 2022

Create discussion groups in your online member community inspired by topics from your career center, such as job interview tips or resume techniques, to deliver a superior member experience. Dedicate specific feeds for members looking for mentors, individuals searching for new jobs, and a safe space to ask questions.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2013

I do know a great research technique that you can do yourself to get some insight: User Interviews. Steve Portigal recently released an awesome book called Interviewing Users – How to Uncover Compelling Insights that will help guide this process for you. The questions you ask are signifiers that you are listening.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

We strongly recommend this technique because unconscious bias can frequently lead us to give preference to people who might not necessarily be the best match, such as: The person we really want to drink coffee with. Names would get added back in for the interview process. Interview questions. What was the outcome?”.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

The answer to that last question is almost certainly your website. Answering these questions will be a great way to get started making UX improvements across your website. Digital content, including blog posts, videos, interviews, and constituent stories, will help to: Engage supporters and keep your organization on their minds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

This includes orientating participants to the agenda, introductions and a check-in or icebreaker, questions or activities used to help people ease people into a meeting or learning situation. . Longer Introductions with Pandemic Check-In Question: You can add on a check-in question. Here’s a write of this technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I'm pleased to present my fourth installment in my interview series with famous video bloggers about video blogging techniques that nonprofits or others might use. In this segment I interview Jonny Goldstein about how to shoot video without shooting yourself in the foot in the editing room. We discussed the pros/cons.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

Question: Why did you write the book? Blencoe : I wrote the book because I felt there was a need for a book about management techniques that was short and interesting to read but also had depth. I think the management techniques that are discussed in the book are extremely important for several reasons. and Who Moved My Cheese?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. As part of our class, students composed a question and recorded a video related to their area of study and sent it off to Davos. So far, two of my students have had their questions answered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? How can we get people to talk to us?

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Your survey may include questions around: Demographics : Age, gender, location, occupation Background: Why are they interested in your cause and what led them to get involved? Only ask questions you cannot find the answers too. Barriers To Giving: What is preventing them from giving, or giving more?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

In the previous post, Interview Prep: Was spokesman being honest or just nervous?, you saw what can happen when the spokesperson is not properly prepared to handle sensitive questions. Mr. Hallor appears to me to be a likeable and competent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2016

It is a simple technique: 1) notice the habit; 2) Ask yourself what you are getting out of it in the moment. Wendy Harman, Daily Questions. While writing The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout , we interviewed nonprofit professionals about how they have changed bad work habits or replaced them with better routines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. Photo: Americans for the Arts. Movement is better than sitting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

” I was lucky enough to meet and interview Patton in 2009. Evaluation is not about getting to a best practice that can be spread around the world in a standardized way and to answer the question, “Is everyone following the recipe?” New questions, challenges, and opportunities for success are emerging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge. A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have. What techniques are you using?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Why get good at Excel?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Rheingold’s low-tech technique, a post-it note on your computer monitor, is a simple and elegant way to help train your attention. During the workshop in New Zealand, we discussed different methods for being mindful and what might apply to our practice. .” ” (Note: I created a list.ly with some useful Zen Apps).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Mock Interviews: Help A+ Certified Tech Perfect their Interviewing Techniques! April 3, 2012) : A huge part of landing your new job is winning the interview. We need your help to get The Stride Center students interview ready!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

For this screencast, I conducted several interviews lasting approximately 50 minutes. about his editing process for a screencast that uses this interview technique. He also notes that he doesn't log with markers, but edits as he is listening to the interview. I recently read a blog entry by Jon Udell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? The questions were keyed to when the content was explained. The last question asks students to tell Mazur what confused them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques. We allowed people to move from group to group once they go their questions answered.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Paul Smith Question : Which of the three books ( Lead with a Story , Parenting with a Story , Sell with a Story ) was the most challenging to write and why?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

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Achieve

JANUARY 17, 2016

The premise of the game, as you may recall, was a competition between the members of two families to see which family could more quickly and accurately guess the results of survey questions. Conversely, a research study is a process used to answer complex questions or to prove or disprove hypotheses. are tools that can be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

’ The book was an inspiration and encouragement for those us whose inner critics have been keeping us away from using the technique in front of other people. The book offers a wonderful road map for a learning journey to internalize these techniques and I’ve practicing a lot.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Paul Smith Question : Which of the three books ( Lead with a Story , Parenting with a Story , Sell with a Story ) was the most challenging to write and why?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. We’ve got an awesome expert here that’ll answer as many questions as we can before the 2:00 hour. Anything from a new approach, to a technique, to information, insights, you’re offering your emotional intelligence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. I pull out a few screen captures and then do an interview with the organization in front of the room. This typically unpacks more insightful information and nuggets of wisdom.

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