Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” Does your nonprofit have those skills? Do you have a data analyst on staff or have staff been trained in these skills?

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MARCH 7, 2024

In fact, another trend in the nonprofit sector (and elsewhere) is burnout. It also exacerbates this issue. Taking a few minutes to meditate or journal at the beginning or end of the workday can also help shift your attention from one area of life to the next. Technology facilitates our ability to work from home.

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APRIL 27, 2021

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but mental health in the nonprofit workplace is a topic that calls for an honest conversation all year long. We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits – Guest Post. Six key lessons surfaced from our interviews with more than 35 global nonprofits. More than a hundred hand-selected volunteers are highly trained in interview techniques, media relations and public speaking to become Greenpeace spokespeople.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2018

Here is a recent roundup of articles, blog posts, and research on the “Age of Automation” and what it means for nonprofits. Other recent articles include: Leveraging the Power of Bots for Civil Society on SSIR Blog and The Robots Have Arrived: How Nonprofits Can Put Them To Work on Guidestar Blog.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2019

posted by Jennifer Brauer Spring 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Rusty Morgen Stahl, in an article examining research on nonprofit hiring strategies, wrote for The Foundation Review, “It is reasonable to ask what has been done to tackle the talent challenge. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. Recruitment.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 25, 2017

Volunteer retention is important in nonprofits because many nonprofits rely on volunteers to provide services. It is an issue in both large and small organizations because no matter the size, nonprofits rely on volunteers to carry out their mission. posted by Laura Unkefer Donor Care Coordinator, CFS Make-A-Wish America.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] everyone will need training in order to realize efficiencies and goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd! The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2018

Adult beverages are often part of the routine checklist when hosting nonprofit events. If your organization is a large entity and you regularly host events that serve alcohol, it is likely that liquor liability is included with your nonprofit's insurance. posted by Kylah Strohte Editor-In-Chief. Insurance and Liability.

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APRIL 22, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Offer training opportunities as rewards for performance. Leave your feedback in the comments!).

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2017

posted by Kathryn Graef Graduate Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. It's a lesson for nonprofits not to give up on their passionate and committed pursuits in fulfilling their mission. for the sake of nonprofit leaders and managers. How can nonprofit board committees manage risks?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS. Be Helpful.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

To find those creative solutions, it’s important for nonprofit advocates, communicators, and program directors to challenge barriers, habits, and assumptions that separate us from other offices, “competing” peer organizations, and disciplines.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology An interesting call from danah boyd February 8, 2008 Those of you steeped deeply in Web 2.0 A couple of days ago, she made a call on her blog for academics to stop publishing articles in closed journals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The skills are out there. “A big U.K.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit professional to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The hours of unpaid labor afforded by such programs is the obvious contribution to the nonprofit organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time.

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MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

I’m just beginning a new crop of peer learning projects for nonprofits to learn the practice of being networked nonprofits and use social media effectively at Zoetica and through my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. This environment can be a training workshop or it can be in an organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Competing for nonprofit dollars December 22, 2006 Many of you know that I have a real desire to ease nonprofit pain in two particular areas: vertical apps, and data integration.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware (Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the feature article "Boosting Board Collaboration " , which appeared in the first issue of NTEN's new publication: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. Read the entire article and the complete issue by subscribing online.)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. Although video is popular issues like bandwidth speed, which affect many communities, photo may be the best storytelling option. led the bilingual tweet chat. Beirut, Lebanon: NetSquared Beirut.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the article, and the complete issue on Content Curation, when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] Benefits for Nonprofits The act of content curation can actually reduce our information overload.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #3: Dokuwiki January 15, 2008 I have become a fan, nay, a devotee of DokuWiki. I also use it installed on my home desktop, for notes, journaling and the like. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival Hosting Again! March 7, 2007 Next Monday, I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do you keep up? And, in a bigger picture way, how important do you think it is for people who work with nonprofit organizations on technology issues to keep up? How do you keep up?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. It is actually pretty mind-boggling. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

Here's a roundup of recent work to address this issue. The new NTEN fellows have just started their training. In addition to NTEN's fellowship project, NTEN's March 2015 edition of its quarterly journal, Change, is devoted largely to digital inclusion. nonprofit organizing effort advocating for U.S.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article that first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Volunteers for that program are also recruited through Facebook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

There is a Google group (called Social Network Portability), that you should definitely join if you are at all interested in these issues. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Folks on that list are beginning to talk about how to implement portability.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow. One of the fascinating things to me is how quickly the CRM space is evolving. I’m glad to see that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2011

Mary Joyce , who is an expert on digital activism and will be delivering a training on that topic, gave us an overview of how social media is being used for activism around the world. She noted that the sector was not as developed due to lack of training, language, and resources. The 4 Ways Tech Can Change Politics.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is cloud computing? So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09

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