Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

You will find answers to questions like, “Why are some learning tasks easier in the morning or afternoon?” ” Plus many more provocative questions. Interactive Lectures by Sivasailam Thiagarajan. If you teach in higher education, you most likely will find yourself having to deliver a lecture.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2011

I recently did a guest lecture at The New School on the topic, I’ve had countless conversations with colleagues and friends, and I’ve been capturing ideas and questions to myself on scraps of paper everywhere. My guest lecture notes cover the first point, and today I want to share a few ideas about slacktivism as a gateway to change.

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

When writing any fundraising communication, the number one question to keep in mind is “ Who am I talking to? Treat your Email like a conversation rather than a lecture. SEGMENT YOUR EMAIL LISTS. But the truth is, this gratitude should be the first thing you discuss in your email, setting the tone for the rest of the appeal.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

Smithsonian Associates (SA) , which annually presents 700+ classes and other educational and entertaining programs, made a hard fast pivot in June 2020, when it began to present all of its lectures and art courses as livestreamed programs on Zoom. It’s more important to pose questions and ask for volunteers’ questions.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

A couple of key questions that arose with both groups were: Should you schedule future posts to social media? You need to be able to reply to questions and inquiries for people who respond. Social Media and Fundraising – Guest Lecture at Point Park University from Dave Tinker, CFRE. What platform is the right one to use?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2018

Not too long, I had the pleasure of “walking The Dish” with Kathleen Kelly Janus, a social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at Stanford University’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship. Her book shares useful guidance about so many questions that keep those of us in the social sector up at night.

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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

DECEMBER 28, 2018

She was also interviewed on the City Arts and Lectures podcast recently and well worth a listen. They discussed more pragmatic than philosophical questions , particularly the ethical implications of AI. AI Now Institute Co-Founder, Kate Crawford, shared the top line trends as a thread on Twitter.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

According to a guideline published by M+R, a useful quick test for your own messaging is to simply answer the question: If the subject of this story were to read it, how would they feel? John is active in the direct marketing industry and is a frequent lecturer and blogger.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We listened to lectures, participated in reflections and had the chance to hear about real life experiences in the sector. Instead of being intimidated by the seemingly daunting professionals, I was able to maximize my learning by asking questions, engaging in provoking conversations, and interacting with speakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

On Monday, Rheingold delivered the UC’s Regents Lecture , “Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy” prior to working with a group of students in a seminar and launching a process to co-construct a peeragogy handbook/sourcebook. What struck me was his authentic co-learning process with his students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

There are also multiple issues that are yet to be negotiated, such as the commercial availability condition, that is, the question of whether the ability to exercise an exception or limitation to prepare a copy of a book in specialized format for those with print disabilities should depend on whether the material was commercially available in that (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

If they do, they are typically “resistant” learners, often questioning the value of the technology. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion. We covered the themes of data informed organizations , best practices in learning from your data , and failure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. A frequent question Peter is asked about how an organization can become more innovative. “What are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Source: Zazzle. How do you learn? What do you actually retain? And, what do you actually apply? It is good to begin with low-risk.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

As the name suggests, their content asks tough questions and presses the nonprofit industry to evolve the way it approaches fundraising. She was one of the first to publish about using social media for social impact and has lectured at Stanford University. And their content will challenge you to do the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Expert: This is content and information that is delivered by listening and questioning a subject matter expert. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. This can be as simple as a poll or having participants type a reflective question in the chat at the beginning.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Instead of a lecture-filled one-day workshop, we instead challenge you to do your homework and readings before the class. Any questions? This is not one of those workshops where you listen to the teacher and feel your eyes glazing over by the end of the day. Rather, master classes are meant to be a flipped classroom experience.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Virtual events can offer live sessions, webinars, chats, lectures, and networking events. Once you can answer these questions, you can get a better sense of what you will need to charge in order to break even and create a ticket pricing strategy. You are still providing a unique experience. What is your sponsorship revenue?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The participants are the content – and the design of getting participants into small group discussions where we can discuss topics related to our work that we are passionate about and want to explore and learn. These discussions are not lectures or traditional panels and are participant driven. What surprises you? Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The tough question that ran through my mind was: How can we as technologists in Silicon Valley help prevent this kind of atrocity? Delivering my opening remarks at the Martus'' 10th Anniversary A decade later, in 2003, Benetech —the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead—launched our Human Rights Program to address this very question.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2022

You’ll want a Zoom moderator to keep conversation civil and flowing with good conversation starter questions and icebreakers. You could host a lecture on a popular topic in mental health or even host a Q&A session answering questions from the audience.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Here, unlike most nonprofit conferences, you’ll find so much more than run-of-the-mill speaker lectures, cheap coffee and goodie bags filled with pencils. Go ahead, ask them all the burning, organization-specific questions you have—they’ll be ready to form a connection with you and dish out some real advice.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Want to make sure that your question gets asked? You also can post questions or comments when the chat goes live, as well as interact with presenters and other readers. Types of projects that are better suited for ED or ER. NGOsource , a new service that will help to speed up the equivalency determination process. How Live Chat Works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2009

Source: Social Visualization, Lecture Slides, Martin Wattenberg, IBM I've been reflecting on the Nancy White's SpiderGram activity that helps you visualize the orientation of your community as a prelude to selecting the right online collaboration tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. What gave me joy? What should I let go of? This year I was able to look at what I wrote last year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

This room set up is best for “sage on the stage” type of lecturing, but our design was for an interactive experience. There were some excellent “burning questions” that folks shared about nonprofit training. We were also accommodating a remote audience as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2008

Yesterday, I was telling a friend about what I perceive as the essential challenge to involving visitors in co-creation in museums: finding compelling questions that open people to the experience of sharing. Recent questions include: What's your law? 2007) And this year's question is: What have you changed your mind about?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Anne Kotleba Lecturer/ Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Anne Kotleba is our newest staff member, joining us as a lecturer in the School of Community Resources & Development and coordinator of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and the Certified Nonprofit Professional Credential. Any secondary interests?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Designing and delivering a training to a nonprofit audience is not about extreme content delivery or putting together a PowerPoint and answering questions. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research. Training Design'

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Virtual Lecture: A virtual event is a fantastic opportunity to land a speaker you never thought you would be able to get. Then, open up to questions and discussion. If most of your supporters are moms, hire a mom comedian who knows that audience. You can book the speaker without having to pay for a flight and hotel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

” He pulled out a medical film strip and his Bell and Howe projector and gave me a detailed scientific lecture to answer the question. During his last month, I entertained him by showing him how to ask Siri silly questions. When I was 5 years old, I asked him “Where do babies come from?”

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We always receive questions on how nonprofits can better craft their message to engage supporters or how to keep audiences involved and engaged with their mission. Altruism, Empathy and Efficacy: The Science Behind Engaging Your Supporters digs into all of these questions and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I came across the term “Learning Analytics” in an NPR story about the effectiveness of college lectures and ways to make learning more interactive. There are different definitions. Learning Analytics. Bonus: Spreadsheet Appreciation. One of the most important measurement tools for nonprofits is the spreadsheet.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2015

Join us on May 20 for a free webinar , when we will be going over things in greater detail and giving folks a chance to ask any questions. Bonus If you’re feeling excited about this, we’re sweetening the deal.

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