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3 Proven Ways to Find and Convert New Donors

sgEngage

If you’re like every nonprofit on the planet, you’ve got one thing on your mind: acquiring new donors! Gone are the days when organizations relied solely on traditional methods to find and engage donors. And with donor retention rates on the decline, new donor acquisition is a constant topic of conversation.

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When Work Is Oh-So Boring: 5 Ways to Stay Focused and Beat Distraction

Tech Soup

I call it The Perfect 15-Minute Day Method (PDM). PDM incorporates the 15-minute technique of tip #1 and a simple journal system of tags for recording current tasks and managing distractions. The PDM method of recording your activity helps you to better focus and regain focus after distractions or interruptions.

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Happy, Focused, and Productive: There Is An App for That!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of my colleagues, Nada Hamzeh , a nonprofit capacity building consultant from Lebanon, tagged me when sharing this striking image that depicts how can easily develop a behavior addiction to our mobile phones. My colleague, Meico Whitlock (aka “ Mindful Techie “) has more suggestions as does this recent post.

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Beth’s Surprise Party: A Case Study in Crowdsourced Action

Amy Sample Ward

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. To recap: we took advantage of popular techniques for sharing and networking conversations including URL shorteners and hashtags. Lesson #5: Say thanks!

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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Most of the social media tools and tag lines did translate, although there isn’t specific Arabic concept or phrase for “user-generated content.&#.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next exercise participants worked in small groups using a low-tech method to "doodle out" their networks (magic markers and flip chart paper.) This exercise reminded me of an exercise I used to do in workshops 12 years ago with nonprofits to introduce the Internet, " Draw A Picture of the Intern et ". builds network as it needs it.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

Management by walking around is a proven and effective technique, but it relies on employees being physically located together with the manager. We'll have to move to alternate methods of communication and examine results versus attendance. Tags: Change Management grant howe Infrastructure Leadership NPTech NTEN Planning.

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