Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2011

There are lessons all around us if we’re willing to look. There was a man with an official looking name tag and clip board watching, but he did nothing to help the misfit crew. So, what are the lessons here and how do they apply to fundraising? I was totally fascinated at the dysfunction of it all. First, have a system.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It’s important to wrap up every special event you hold with a ‘Lessons Learned’ or post-mortem meeting. If your Lessons Learned are in writing, you can simply refer to the document and get things right. Tags: Special Events nonprofit fundraising special event. I can’t stress this enough.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

European Foundation Week Session: Evaluating Foundation Activities: Lessons from Lavoro and Psiche - Organized by Fondazione Cariplo , 31st May 2010. Tags: Event. This post comes from TechSoup Global Network director Madhu Anand. Originally publised on the GuideStar International Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

As more kids are heading back to school, teachers and whole schools are embracing the challenge and teaching some important lessons about philanthropy. 6) Social Proofing the Call To Action: Another reason is the social proofing element or social validation , where friends tag their friends on social network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2007

What lessons have I learned that will stick with me for 2008?" " Here are my lessons: 1. I'm going to tag a few folks to share their lessons learned about social media and nonprofits and tag others. What are your four lessons learned about nonprofits and social media? What would I do differently?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

So, what are the biggest lessons for using social media in a global movement? There were three main lessons or focus areas that emerged in the discussion. These three lessons focus on what is successful, unique or important about using social media for the Climate Change movement (or any social impact area). Lesson #1: Voice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The book will be a very comprehensive social media how-to guide that will be based on the lessons I have learned from spending over 10,000 hours utilizing social media for social good over the last five years. Tags: Social Media The Book. It will of course discuss Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc., THANKS very much!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

The shift from that kind of code, to writing for the web was a lesson in protocols, constraints, and different ways of troubleshooting. The transition from writing free-form web applications, to writing modules for Drupal, or APEX customizations for Salesforce, is another set of lessons in protocols and constraints.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

That’s what led us to start the Global Scale wiki, and we hope that you’ll join us… With this wiki, we are aiming to create a resource for NGO practitioners where guidelines, lessons learned, tips, links and other help for ‘scaling up’ effective programs can be found. Looking forward to sharing with you there!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Here are 5 quotes from the Boogie Down Productions classic " My Philosophy " that provide lessons in storytelling that all nonprofits can benefit from: "You're a philosopher? Tags: guest blogging nten social media socialmarketing storytelling. And he did it well. Yes, I think very deeply." Do you know you stuff?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2006

There is a panel on nonprofit and tagging taking place netsquared. Some of the questions: Why some people love discovery aspect of tagging and others don't? If you've gotten past this debate in your organization and are using tagging, what have you learned? How can you use tags to organize and find content? What is it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

#thankful4home: A Lesson in Project Based Learning & Gratitude guest post by Lisa Colton. Share your gratitude in Twitter or Facebook (or any other platform you wish), and tag it #thankful4home. Safety and security when you close the door behind you? Being with family? What does “home” mean to you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

In addition to the traditional methods of integrating technology, I want them to explore some simple ways to integrate these new tools such as tagging and blogging without running away screaming. Use of blogs for student poetry journals and for instructor "mini-lessons" 2. These can be easily blogged as mini-lessons.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, Dawn shared how her organization offers nonprofits practical resources and tools to help to get started.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2010

Lesson: Listen! Lesson: Ask! Lesson: Socialize! Lesson: Participate! Tags: events community nfptweetup offline tips tweetup twitter. NFPTweetups and other events where online networks come together offline are unique opportunities and hear from practioners and colleagues and get the “real story.&#

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Robert Weiner

JULY 29, 2009

NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. The chief lesson: good passwords are key to good security. . Tags: TechSoup. The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. Photo: Paul Linton.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The Global Scale project aims to create a resource for NGO practitioners where guidelines, lessons learned, tips, links and other help for ‘scaling up’ effective programs can be found. This month’s NTEN Communications Roundtable focuses on communications struggles, lessons, and best practices for working internationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? As we move into 2008, one last reflection, what are you lessons learned about Nonprofits and Social Media ? Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Maximise SEO through tags and titles. Use tags wisely, these are what Youtube uses to determine what your video is about and what other videos it’s related to. Use tags wisely, these are what Youtube uses to determine what your video is about and what other videos it’s related to.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

It should be clear how these smaller goals and milestones add up to the bigger vision, but the lessons from these smaller tests may increase your chances of successfully arriving at the ultimate destination. Tags: Online Advocacy Online Organizing Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2006

Marc Sirkin and I have been trading emails about his nonprofit's use of tags. Tagging can be used to develop a shared archive of resources for a pre-defined group of people (an organization's staff or community of practice. Using a unique tag, the members of the group can contribute articles and also easily find them.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Write a report at the end of each project with lessons learned. When a proposal isn’t accepted, ask a few questions, both internally and externally, and write up a short report with lessons learned. Ask internally how earlier lessons learned, are being applied to current projects.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Write a report at the end of each project with lessons learned. When a proposal isn’t accepted, ask a few questions, both internally and externally, and write up a short report with lessons learned. Ask internally how earlier lessons learned, are being applied to current projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Tag your post with "net2thinktank." And, looking at the list, it's only US-based charities) He raises a great question that gets beyond the scoreboard, numbers only focus of his approach: "Don't you think that they might have lessons to teach all of us?" Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2010

Tags: Integrated Marketing Online Advocacy Online Marketing. . “Some issues are less complicated than others, so it’s more about ensuring that you have enough time to educate people and give them opportunities along the way to take action,&# said Holdridge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Laura Quinn outlines the process of how a folksonomy be developed into a taxonomy: "So for instance, because it's so easy for users to tag things with free-form keywords, let them do so. It would based on an analysis of all the "words" or tags that people have used to describe resources also bookmarked with nptech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

Tag Poetry. Yesterday, Nancy White suggested that we add having the students create poetry from their tags. When I got back from on-site work (reflections on that follow) and finished my mommy shift, I discovered that Nancy wrote a poem with her tags. " What if you linked your tag words to something?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class – Beth's Blog: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change – Beth shares some great lessons from the fundraising campaign she recently ran for her birthday. "This " My favorite lesson?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 19, 2010

What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned about approaching any age demographic, be it young people or not, with online content? Tags: future issues conversation starter demographics digital natives research trends youth. Where are you on the Internet-dependent scale?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Here are some reflections about how we used crowdsourcing techniques for a very fast-moving campaign and lessons learned that may apply to your work. Lesson #1: Design an action and invitation that’s doable and interesting – while focused on your goal. Lesson #3: Create compositions that allow for variations on a theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Recent online social good case studies, in addition to general cause marketing examples, provide recommendations for best practices and lessons learned to inform a company’s next campaign. Tags: Promotions. Further, this guide is summarized in a handy checklist to direct campaign development.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Here are some additional resources geared specifically to the nonprofit application of social media: NTEN eNews article: Developing a Social Media Plan: Lessons from 2008 Elections. Tags: nonprofit technology NPTech NTEN online marketing SEM social media. Free Webinar Recording: Storytelling & Social Media: Creating Buzz.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Lessons for Listening: Don’t be afraid! Tags: liveblogging 10ntc events lisetning techsoup. Conversations take place in both places separately and together. Multi-channel conversations. Flickr and YouTube – monitor and subscribe to activity around you, not just your own. Set up alerts and so on. Listen, engage, repeat!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 3, 2010

Tags: Inspiration. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful, or joyful. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up. Each day, do something nice for someone else. 2010 will be what we make it. Let’s make it the best!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

" Citizen-Centered Solutions: Lessons in Leveraging Public Participation from the Make It Your Own Awards | Case Foundation – As Case's director of communications, Allyson Burns, explains, the report "takes a look at public participation / grantmaking programs and in particular the lessons learned from our Make it Your Own Awards.

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Greater Giving

MAY 28, 2021

Throughout the program, they continued to hold raffles and a silent auction was opened prior to the start of the program so guests could explore the offerings and tag items with alerts so bidders wouldn’t miss bidding on their favorite prizes.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. She has been featured in the Detroit Free Press, on several local tv networks in Detroit, MI and Charlotte, NC and on Sirius/XM's 'Make It Plain w/ Mark Thompson'.

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