Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Balancing Learning Through Content Delivery and Sharing Experience.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

The data from these various sources are harmonized, and each record is coded according to Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System, either by Candid staff, our machine learning model, or a combination of both. . This data is then made available in Candid’s Foundation Directory and Foundation Maps , as well as for use in research.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

Foundation Directory and Foundation Maps quickly became two of my favorite tools. We have been able to invest in community outreach to marginalized groups in order to see a more representative reflection of Utah’s population in our data sample. Our hope is this will result in a model we can share with other states across the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. I appreciated the facilitation provided by Mukara Meredith who integrates universal principles of healing into a new model of leadership called Matrixworks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2009

The article includes a link to a google map where you can look at the economic impact in each state. Allison suggests in her post that there is definitely a business model problem. With unemployment and cutback, for many a trip to the art museum can appear to be a luxury.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

7 Things Your Association Strategy Should Include Mapping out a strategy for your membership association isn’t a one-time process. Operations & Leadership Programs Nonprofit Membership Models: The What, Why, and How 10 min read Read Now 3. That strategy will be constantly evolving and adapting to new facts and circumstances.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2021

A recent analysis of Candid’s Foundation Maps data by Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy ( AAPIP ) found that between 2014 and 2018, approximately 0.2 This number is consistent with research showing that the model minority myth has resulted in AAPI struggles being largely invisible and/or overlooked in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Systems are non-linear, complex, and dynamic. But on the other hand, traditional evaluation models are: Focused on model testing. Based on a logic model. Refine a model or make definitive judgment. Have a clear, linear chain of cause effect. Measure success against predetermined outcomes. Follow a fixed plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

As a visual person, I often get lost when I’m in a full room discussion – even if it is well moderated and there is an overview. Whenever I’m in discussions, I take notes visually having learned the techniques of visual facilitation and mind mapping to help me process. I suspect I’m not alone. My takeaways: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. To model and practice integrating the use of social media tools and networked approaches to document, deliver, and share learning. Network Mapping Exercise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. What models of “collective impact” or multi-stakeholder collaborations have emerged; is there a typology?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

"Adin Miller, a friend and all-around smart guy, wrote a blog post reflecting on James Surowiecki’s talk about the“ Wisdom of Crowds ” at the Communications Network and CommA Fall 2010 Conference. But, I’m optimistic – I am seeing good models of this today which can be applied by foundations in their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

It also has been fun to reflect back on training sessions I’ve designed and facilitated over the past 2 decades as working as trainer in the nonprofit technology area. Over the last few years, I’ve used my blog as a transparent reflection tool. Creating a Network Map. Train the Trainers Model.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

Aly Sterling Philanthropy explains that nonprofit strategic planning is the process of aligning your organization’s goals with your values to provide a dynamic performance map for the future. This initial reflection will help your nonprofit identify your strengths and weaknesses and determine how you can grow.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing. “Innovating at the speed of communities&# is a big goal, but something organizations and civic institutions can learn a lot from as a model. Communities As A Model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Share Learning: To share learning, you have to intentionally hit the pause button and reflect. One way to incorporate this technique into your day is to set aside five minutes at the end of the day for reflection. Blogs are terrific vehicles for sharing learning. Mapping Your LinkedIn Network. What surprises you?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

As we reach the end of 2019, reflections and evaluations are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Switching to a new model/brand/style. Ask your board members or dedicated supporters to create a map of their personal circles to find people who would potentially be interested. What is working well? What could we change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

I did a scan of the several hundred organizations registered for the webinar, many from Jewish education organizations, looking at their social media engagement practices as well as a literature scan of alumni network engagement with social mediaHere’s some reflections: Alumni Networks: Benefits, Challenges, and Strategy.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

If you are looking to strengthen you Public Narrative model, you may want to look to your organization’s community for examples of Story of Self. Customize the Donation Page to Reflect the Story— Want to improve your donation page conversion rates? Here’s a short case study of how Ultra Violet has done this.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 25, 2017

One of the many ways Vanessa was often able to help is showing her nonprofit how to craft a working cash flow model. (In The MOST important finance tool for a nonprofit is its Cash Flow Model. The business model of many nonprofits puts them at risk of running out of cash every year. The Cash Flow Model is the ED’s friend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

Mapping Your Professional Network Exercise: He asked to think about this question: Who are the people with you have most frequently communicated with in order to get your work done? He asked to reflect on our network map. He asked us to list them. Then asked us to do analysis based on: Age. Organization. Area of Expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Having this network map on the wall during the whole training, let us as the trainers acknowledge the expertise and knowledge in the room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Some long time favorites: Nancy White is my go to guru on all things facilitation and has been for more than 10 years! Michelle Martin who writes the Bamboo blog was one of the first bloggers I connected with that was interested in peer learning, reflecting, and training design. Begin Connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. The term “continuous” that the organization has create a virtuous cycle of feedback that repeatedly inspires staff to reflect on what is working and what can be done differently to get better results. Senior leaders model the skill that Edgar H.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward. Needless to say, I learned a lot!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

I invited Heather McLeod Grant to write a reflection base the case study of KaBOOM! has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. While the idea of giving away a non-profit model itself isn’t new, KaBOOM!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. The model balances content, learning design, and participants. Brilliant Mistakes by Paul H.J. Schoemaker. Now You See It by Cathy Davidson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

If I have learned anything from co-writing a book about measurement , that it is not only important to collect your data, but leave space for reflection at the end of a campaign to harvest insights for the next campaign. I try to do this with any project I work on, whether it is a social media campaign as well as a training workshops.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

When you have clear goals for your event and a detailed map of action steps to work on, you can have a very successful event. Step 4: Map out a budget for this event. Give your event a name that will inspire people to attend, and create attractive branding that reflects the theme. How is this event going to make money?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. We got started with a welcome from Liane Wong who gave an overview of the program and how it fits into the grantmaking strategy that uses a networked approach. and storify.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 15, 2016

Once you are inside, you can enroll in a variety of programs such as Apps, Earth Pro, Maps API for Business, One Today and the YouTube Nonprofit Program. AdWords Express is the basic cookie cutter model. If your organization meets those qualifications, submit your application to Google for review. Using Google AdWords.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 30, 2015

This article was updated in December 2015 to reflect updates to the AdWords program. Once you are inside, you can enroll in a variety of programs such as Apps, Earth Pro, Maps API for Business, One Today and the YouTube Nonprofit Program. AdWords Express is the basic cookie cutter model. Using Google AdWords.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Besides the fact that people just don’t seem to do that anymore, it’s made me reflect on a lot of things. Dig deep into what made past partnerships work , taking your lessons from successful models you can repurpose. Leverage these insights to develop a partnership model that maximizes your organization’s skill and personality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2019

What if instead of reflecting only a superficial 5% connection with the donor, you were able to reflect a richer 15%, and build on past experiences to take your donor along with you? Step 2: Modelling. Map out the journeys of these donors based on the giving triggers and how they have interacted with the foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica for this project where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as a sort of meta network weaver. We created a network map. The debriefing question encouraged us to reflect on points of connection and reciprocity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Cultivating this discipline of planning can be greatly eased and enhanced by engaging your stakeholders in collaborative inquiry, defined by Jennifer Donahoo as a process that offers participants a systematic way to explore issues and determine resolutions through shared inquiry, reflection, and dialogue. Collecting the data.

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