Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. In early January, I read through the journal and think about accomplishments:What gave me a sense of purpose and feeling of personal and professional fulfillment? Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

My rituals include: 1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. In early January, I read through the year’s journal and think about accomplishments:What gave me a sense of purpose and feeling of professional fulfillment?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To practice techniques like mind-mapping, use of visualization, attention-training, technology tools, and more to stay focused and productive in our work. He will teach us some drawing techniques for those of us who are not Picassos. The Unantipcated Benefits of Content Curation – article in NTEN Journal and other resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2012

This session will teach you some techniques that you can immediately put into practice and help you work more efficiently and effectively, enabling you to achieve more in less time and ultimately increase the return of your efforts. The Unantipcated Benefits of Content Curation – article in NTEN Journal and other resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The goals for the Giving 2.0 3) Giving 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Instead he guides you on how to focus on what matters and ignore the rest. He offers both daily techniques that help you reach longer-term goals. To be successful in either teaching or learning, you have to slow down. This is similar to the pomodoro technique. He suggests setting year-long goals. What did you accomplish?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. If you’ve been through weight watchers, you’ll immediately make a connection to some of the techniques he suggests. Now, that’s inspiring!

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

.” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. More than a hundred hand-selected volunteers are highly trained in interview techniques, media relations and public speaking to become Greenpeace spokespeople. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. Creative use of technology and facilitation techniques, however, can maximize the opportunities for interactivity even in larger groups. You should have a mix of approaches in your webinar. Incorporate Different Delivery Options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. There was a lot of synergy and points of reciprocity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. ” Or if you are a self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Join Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director of Online Advocacy at Center for American Progress, Garth Moore, Internet Director at 1Sky, and Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Strategy at Care2 for a discussion about cutting edge integrated social media strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. Or if you are good self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

As a trainer or doing shoulder-to-shoulder coaching, I'd hear people complain about information overload, anxiety, etc and started to incorporate techniques for reducing it. . He did this by teaching himself to be selfish and not respond. I've been looking for ways to reduce techno stress. Don't live that way."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Her journal/blog is here. They teach them life skills and educate them to be self-sufficient. Your $20 would provide surgeons at a hospital overseas with a SIGN technique manual - a way to make sure that these surgeons use the correct methods to give their patients the best treatment. Suggested by Ann, Ashima, and Maria.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

3) The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future by Ryder Carroll. I’ve been a huge fan of bullet journal methods for many years ever since I discovered the Bullet Journal Notebook created by Ryan Carroll. The book also outlines principles and techniques for impact measurement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2019

And, he teaches that skill set in his new book, The Synergist -- How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success. And, finally, in Part 3 , McKeown provides you the tools and techniques, as the Synergist, to consciously and in an accelerated and structured way bring success to the group.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Citizen journalism, blogs, and talkback walls aren't just interesting because they offer more volume of content. I'm reading a book of essays about how to teach written by teens. They reflect individual voices and stories, and the more diverse voices are engaged, the more trustworthy a source is as a true "voice of the people."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

I covered the basics of content curation, how it differs from social sharing, the art and practice of curation, a frameworks to get started, examples of nonprofits using curation, the tools, and some techniques for minimizing information overload and managing attention. Back in the 1990s, the overload was coming from email.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

And, he teaches that skill set in his new book, The Synergist -- How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success. And, finally, in Part 3 , McKeown provides you the tools and techniques, as the Synergist, to consciously and in an accelerated and structured way bring success to the group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. It also ties right into the lecture/presentation and class exercise of learning the technique of learning loops or real time tracking and reflection.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 17, 2012

And, he teaches that skill set in his new book, The Synergist -- How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success. And, finally, in Part 3 , McKeown provides you the tools and techniques, as the Synergist, to consciously and in an accelerated and structured way bring success to the group.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2012

No matter how hard you try, you cannot replicate a former triumph, technique, or feel. Teach that state of mind is relevant, while behavior irrelevant. Kramer’s work has been featured on WFAN, ESPN, Fox, and CTV, as well as in Sports Illustrated , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and other national publications.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Dont limit your time for only your direct reports.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In fact, a recent study published by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that its participants understood the tone they were imparting in only about half of their emails. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Dont limit your time for only your direct reports.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Because many of us are struggling to fulfill our New Years Resolutions (goals), Halvorsons book, packed with the findings from her own research, along with the most useful tips from academic journals and handbooks, is a timely read. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

So I was a journalism major in college. I loved all things journalism, magazine, newspaper. If you have a skill, if you have something to teach that you want your audience to know about, you can create your own Alexa skill for free at Amazon. I’ve been teaching these for 15 years now, 10 years now. So pretty neat.

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