Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). Here’s some tips and best practices for live tweeting. The first step is to get organized.

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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. Small group coaching has it own specific techniques. Here is what they shared: 1.)

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Pro tip: For larger, more complicated projects, consider hiring a consultant to help you co-design the project. Pro tip: If relevant to your project, consider including criteria like: Email responses – timely and thoughtful or late and generic? Names would get added back in for the interview process. Interview questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2016

” We’ve been researching, interviewing, and writing, plus testing out a lot of our ideas. In this one hour session, you will learn 10 powerful techniques for nonprofit leaders, association executives and membership organization’s to avoid burnout and get more energy for 2016! . Register for Free! .

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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. Jonny's tips include: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Asking for feedback about how to improve the school experience is also a good technique, as used in the example above is from URJ Camp Kalsman. Here’s a brief summary of the tip with a link to the full post with more tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Joe Page met us in town and we reviewed the Bachelor catalog looking for a good subject to interview. So, I did an ambush interview ask him to share why community giving is important. I hope you’ll take the five minutes to watch the clip. Some Tips. What are your favorite sources, tips, and stories?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

I’ve been a content curator for many years , using the techniques to help me develop curriculum materials for workshops and blog posts – as a form of professional development. Will is also does a lot of work with video – so when he proposed that we incorporate video interviews as part of the session, I was thrilled.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips. In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques. Hat tip/ Jen Bokoff ). Then you interview people on different sides of the scale. Tips for Good Openings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

What do time management techniques and good habits look like in an age of connectedness? I stumbled across the Pomodoro technique which is very similar to time boxing (assigning discrete blocks of time to a particular task and using a timer), but the method also gives you some ways to prioritize work. Any secrets or tips to share?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Pro Tip : Get obsessed with the bottom line early on just like counterparts in the commercial sector do. Pro Tip : Try to establish where your skills, hard work, and dedication can be best applied. Here are some tips: . Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2019

This episode of the sgENGAGE Podcast features an interview with Chris Masak, senior associate director of advocacy at the Alzheimer’s Association. He also gives tips on how to identify people likely to take action on your cause and how to decide which methods of engagement to experiment with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Here are five best practices from BuzzFeed and ten tips from Upworthy about how to craft engaging and “viral” content that can be applied to your nonprofit’s social media content. The common tip? Craft good headlines. Engagement'

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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

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

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd. I call these “housekeeping skills” because these techniques keep my data neat and tidy.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

During the one-hour free webinar hosted by Wild Apricot , we share some ideas, got feedback, and identified additional people and organizations to interview for the book. Nonprofit with Balls: 7 Self-Care Tips. We also set up a Facebook Group to continue the discussion on self-care for nonprofits. Self-Care and Nonprofit s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. Tips for Optimizing FB Content To Get Into Newsfeeds. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it The ideas, tips, and tricks are grounded in adult learning theory, but the book is very practical. I had the honor to interview him for this blog post back in 2009 -he’s a fantastic storyteller.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

This article goes beyond basic strategies and delves into advanced techniques for effectively engaging board members in fundraising activities. Tips for conducting a skills and interest assessment include creating a survey or conducting one-on-one interviews.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Pro Tip: It is really helpful (and fun!) By using storytelling techniques in your giving campaign like centering her as the hero, or providing clear and compelling information about how she can make a genuine change, your organization can truly make her feel seen and understood.

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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? I do book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Yesterday, I honored to fill in as MC and interviewer for Darian Rodriguez Heyman at the Nonprofit Fundraising Masters event. (Darian was welcoming his first child, a boy, into the world!). ” Darian authored the best-selling Nonprofit Fundraising 101 , the first truly comprehensive yet practical guide to all aspects of fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

In preparation, I’m doing a pre-recorded skype interview with Robin as a back up for a live interview. Also, you need, as Jan Gordon points out in the skype video interview, to know the audience’s content consumption patterns and interests. Q: What is your best time saving tip?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Chema Gargouri, In Country Director, Tunisia being interviewed by the local radio station in Fez, Morocco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. The book is available on Amazon. The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising by Mazarine Treyz.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2016

There are several effective free techniques to grow your email list using the current digital assets and online properties your organization already has. Try "Get our Monday Activist Bulletin" or "Get weekly vegan recipes" or "Get weekly tips to expose police violence." com, consider the following.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In this guide, we’ll highlight the following tips to help you improve your nonprofit website’s emotional appeals: Tell compelling stories. Make your storytelling more emotional by using the following techniques: Include direct quotes or video interviews of your story’s protagonists. Understand your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

It is filled with the science and practical techniques to create a bonfire of attention — for anything – from a product to social change cause. Parr spent over two years researching and interviewing people for this book. The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Stress reduction techniques. We are on a mission to identify and interview people who work for nonprofits about their stories of scaling self-care in their organizations. Let us know if you have some ideas, examples, or tips to share. Managing technology and information overload. Effective team work habits and communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Sharon Bowman, in her Five Tips for Interactive Webinars , suggests that you chunk your content into ten minute sections and allow for interaction between. There are different formats that you can use to make it more interactive: panel discussion, or interview experts. Large: Over 50 people.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

Stakeholder Discovery : How we structure stakeholder meetings, what topics we discuss and some tips for leading discovery conversations. Surveys and Interviews : Which research technique to choose, how to recruit participants and what questions to ask. User Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” Craig Newmark wrote the foreword. I blurbed this book with, “If you are looking for a recipe book for tips and tactics to integrate mobile and social media to round out your nonprofit’s marketing plan, look no further than this book.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2007

David kindly pointed me to the online discussion and some tips from Arin Crumley. I had asked him for some suggestions on improving upon my sloppy editing techniques. But who knows, we're working on a feature length version and I might put out some of the interviews in a video blog in support of the longer film. Old media style.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. It makes me wonder about the various techniques for getting people to shift attention from small group to large group. See the interview I did for Arrive Magazine , pages 34-37).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2007

The tips and techniques shared in the next few pages will help your organization guide supporters and transform them into effective fundraisers for your organization's cause or program. Soon, I will post my video of my interview with Nick and some video shooting techniques).

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