Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Giving Days have been a proven technique to raise millions of dollars and generate attention for the local nonprofit community. The grandfather of all Giving Days – Give the Max Day in Minnesota has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Without a unified voice, it is difficult for an industry to truly make a difference on a grand scale. in Education from the University of Minnesota. Associations not only develop platforms for collaboration and education focused on continuous improvement, they generate strength in numbers on the political front.

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JUNE 2, 2010

A much in demand speaker and trainer, she was the keynote speaker for the Cambodian Bloggers Conference in Phnom Penh, The Connecting Up Conference in Brisbane, Australia, Minnesota Council on Nonprofits, Making Media Conference in Chicago and others.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Staff have to see the impact of their voice being added to the conversation. Jamie brings a strong perspective on nonprofit communities having worked for Charities Review Council and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. Staff have to see a payback or reason to get engaged themselves. So where to begin?

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JUNE 17, 2015

Paul Light profiled 26 nonprofit and governmental organizations in Minnesota in the 1990s, each of which innovated over time, changes in leadership, and circumstance. In 2011, I reviewed Sustaining Innovation , bringing in voices from Museum 2.0

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APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. The only guideline I have is that our tweets should be genuine and come from a real "voice" -- and that for our organizational account, that "voice" is a key part of our brand.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

at the Brooklyn Museum , Tech Virtual at The Tech , and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. (By I still talk to lots of folks, mostly young staff members, who are struggling to find ways to feature visitors' voices and break down standard authoritarian design structures. I'll still be here blogging.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Leaders also began voicing concerns about the privacy and security of company information that employees may type into generative AI tools. Meanwhile, numerous lawmakers began preparations to regulate employers’ use of AI: the U.S. As noted in trend #1 above, international, U.S.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Duluth, MN / $299. Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for our 2016 Annual Conference. New voices energizing conversations. Marketing & Communications.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 20, 2008

The photos above were provided by Paul Martin of the Science Museum of Minnesota from their award-winning exhibition RACE. When you hear other voices talking about race, you feel more comfortable joining or starting your own conversations. When he speaks about these photos, Paul spends little time on the content of the exhibits.

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APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Developers of the ECHO project are exploring new ways to use web technology to bring native voices into museum exhibits and research.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Last week, we looked at the first section of Visitor Voices , on Talk-backs, and came to the conclusion that comment boards and the like are functionally conversations, and that their design, therefore, should focus on encouraging positive, lively, thoughtful, engaged discussion. Tags: exhibition Book Discussion: Visitor Voices.

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MAY 5, 2009

This was particularly directed at MN150, which featured visitor-nominated milestones of Minnesota history, and Children of the Lodz Ghetto, which invites users to conduct original research on the path taken by thousands of children during the Holocaust. We need more conference session formats that emphasize interpersonal exchange.

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JUNE 16, 2022

Higher Heights Leadership Fund —Higher Heights Leadership Fund’s work is to elevate Black women’s voices to shape and advance progressive policies and to provide opportunities for these women to build their leadership skills, through training programs, civic engagement, and networking opportunities. Attend Events .

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

And he is now a primary voice worldwide for the right-to-repair movement. " The coalition's next battleground is rulemaking in New York, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. For instance, he co-founded iFixit, which is now a multimillion-dollar social enterprise, during his freshman year at Cal Poly. The Story of iFixit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

experiment with an idea (meme or concept) that helps best define “giving” in the voice of your constituency. Some key themes: the need to focus on measurement for impact. share information and tools, earlier and more easily. celebrate and showcase the “de-centralized” successes in your community. You read a transcript of the tweets here.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

In these conversations, people often say, "don't expert voices matter?" It lets you be the only expert with a voice. Single voices represented on single labels is not scalable. If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? We have to change the framing of this conversation. and my emphatic response is YES.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Third, museums as a "place to be heard"--to share your voice, your stories, your interpretation. It's only been open for a few weeks, and they already have lots of visitors sharing stories, making and sharing art, and adding their voice to the exhibitions. This post recaps those sessions and other personal highlights of the conference.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

But they are more importantly the face and voice of the institution to everyone online, a floor staff army of one. The more voices there are in the mix, the more the community management team can effectively welcome community members of all kinds. This is a problem. The same is true for online communities.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Bringing in Global Voices Does your collection come from far-reaching lands? Consider the community reaction to the Science Museum of Minnesota's Science Buzz blog post about the Pakistani earthquake on Oct. Does your museum take in traveling exhibitions that feature worldwide cultures?

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So, for example, when we were working on a community policing project, I used to work in Minnesota, and about 15 years ago, we had another wave of immigrants, refugees that came from Southeast Asia and different countries from Africa. And there was a lot of cultural misunderstandings, something very basic. So those are my slides.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

Two of the best examples are the Science Museum of Minnesota's Science Buzz and the Ontario Science Centre's RedShiftNow. Executive blogging is a powerful way to get directors' voices out in a world where reporters are watching. Both are museum-run forums for visitors to post their own content and opinions.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

It’s important for progressive organizations to define their voice online; how do you do that? Becka: Something really important that progressive organizations can do to define their voice online is to decide what your voice is and stick to it. How do you define that voice differently across different platforms?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

degrees in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. Her vision to create an opportunity for these young people share their authentic voice about their work. Originally from Kenya, she earned a B.A. in Politics from Whitman College and Masters and Ph.D. In her dual roles, Wanjiru divides her time between the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

In these conversations, people often say, "don't expert voices matter?" It lets you be the only expert with a voice. Single voices represented on single labels is not scalable. If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? We have to change the framing of this conversation. and my emphatic response is YES.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Phones using VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) with a hosted PBX (private branch exchange) solution are running over the Internet connection from any location. University of Minnesota, 2007]. Jacob Griscom is the Western Regional Manager for BetterWorld Telecom, which offers sustainable voice and data telecom solutions worldwide.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

When we experience intense depth, as in the Minnesota History Center's Open House , which explores the stories of residents of one St. We justify the tradeoff by arguing that we have to tell the broader story, offer more context, integrate more objects. But tight doesn't have to mean limited. It wouldn't be as deep.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

But there are other times when the message isn't simple, and in those cases, visitor voices can help strategically shape multi-dimensional exhibitions. It can be uncomfortable or downright limiting to declare yourself and your single voice the authority on a complex or multi-faceted topic. How did this project get started? Pretty much.

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