Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Some great data resources are featured this week, along with telling insight on the use of big data for global development and the use of open data by citizens. He says that open-data-idealists wrongly and dangerously believe that once information is shared more widely problems will be solved. Data Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It isn’t a pharmacy metaphor of finding a pill to solve the problem. Police use real-time evaluation to allocate their resources. 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. Follow a fixed plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

The materials she has released include case studies, course outlines, resources, assignments for four courses: 1) Strategic Philanthropy : This course, taught at the Stanford GSB, is based on applying core business practices to social change. Carve out some time and explore the many useful resources and materials. 3) Giving 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Techniques.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So here’s a model for how you can establish common ground. . Anything from a new approach, to a technique, to information, insights, you’re offering your emotional intelligence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Your organization needs to think holistically. If you don’t have a developmental model, you won’t know where to start or how to prioritize your time. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. Avoid spreading the organization’s resources too thin. Often, a “Return on Investment” argument surfaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet? I like the metaphor of a sommelier, They know the grapes, the winemaker and their techniques, and vintages. Content Curation for Nonprofits. A Few Good Starter Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I was lucky enough to have a number of exchanges with them about self-directed and peer learning models in the nonprofit sector as part of their research process and are referenced in the report. The point is that we learn best by teaching what we have learned and interacting with others to share ideas and work through problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. It was designed to complement existing technical assistance resources through tip sheets, examples, and links to multiple resources. Cultural Indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

They have also provided resources for nonprofits to learn how to use tools to get feedback in t he Feedback Commons or the DIY Toolkit , and join GlobalGiving to earn points (which leads to more funding!) Seemingly, the same model should apply to nonprofits. by using those tools to become more effective. Sounds obvious, right?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

But the reality is that in many nonprofit organizations, different teams and departments do not have a shared mental model for a culture of philanthropy. It also creates a problem internally where turf wars and a noncollaborative environment lead to frustration, burnout, and staff turnover. Business guru Peter F.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

We won't go down the looming problem of the lack of physicians our nation will be facing in the upcoming decades, but instead let's look at museum work. This problem becomes compounded by the fact that many museum professionals get paid lower wages and therefore likely delay retirement. Money is the regulatory mechanism in museums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

The second half used a communications style diagnostic called “ The Social Style Model ” which helps people learn how to improve their people skills by being able to understand their own communications style and those who are they are interacting with and then “flex.” You can find the resources here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

They must ask "Have we provided enough value, and demonstrated enough proof behind our model or concept to ask people to give?". their biggest problem now is scale.You need staff, you need operational resources, you need to have all your business systems in place."

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Either they’re all in from the start—“What if AI solves all our problems?”—or We use it to assess whether predictions and AI may play a role in solving a particular problem. We’ll look at examples, but note that they reference predictive intelligence, meaning they use machine learning models fed with data to predict something.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Julian Egelstaff, Technical Architect, Freeform Solutions Who are our IT role models? Because of the challenges nonprofits face, they need to be at least as cognizant of the planning process as larger, more well resourced organizations. Where do our ideas about IT come from?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2015

The people in your inner circle should also model positive behaviors, because if those around you are enthusiastic, authentic, and generous, you will be, too. People who are influential and who provide mentoring, sense-making, political support, and resources. How do you create the inner circle of your network?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

She was able to go to her boss and get some more resources in the budget for social media. Give Them A Couple of Practical Tips or Insights To Solve Their Problems. A Roundup of Social Media Measurement Resources for Nonprofits. Seattle Symphony created flashmob and promoted it with Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic). Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual). This includes: presentations, handouts, and I typically create a wiki or online page for resources. If I am working with a new to me audience, I have to do a lot of research to “localize” or “customize” the content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

It is also a good technique to explore the possibilities of new tools and techniques before investing more time and energy in something that isn't right for our organizations. There is one problem with this design: Many of us find experimenting difficult. I modeled that I don't know everything.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. What I see the most often in this section is that grant writers include a flowery narrative with a lot of information about problems.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

In this report, the authors describe three specific models for public participation: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation. They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Organizations can get comfortable with implementing one channel and expand to other channels as part of their maturity of practice model. Capacity building that takes an incremental approach and is a balance of strategy and action leads to capacity building that sticks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

We will explore how nonprofits can unleash the power of social good by transitioning from stand-alone institutions to networks energized by abundant resources in their ecosystem. What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork? Trust me.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We have the answers and the resources to help you join the AI revolution and prepare to build your first low-code app. For example, AI can accelerate low-code development by helping you build a workflow or an app just by using natural language, or it can generate content from data using large language models like GPT-4.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2007

Let's examine the case for each of Karen's techniques. One of the interesting problems Karen raises when it comes to putting internet-enabled computers in the museum is the question of whether visitors should be able to move beyond the Internet art to other websites. Where do you display those ratings? Alongside the exhibits?

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. That said, there are some basic things that might be helpful to think about.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. That said, there are some basic things that might be helpful to think about.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We so frequently over-focus on our own institutions' problems, and Jane and her cohorts in Pittsburgh are thinking much more expansively about their collective power to make positive change in their community. As she put it: "waste occurs with activites or resources that some particular guest does not want." Leary (NRG!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

And that’s good thing for solving complex social problems with innovative ideas. The second topic started percolating at last year's SXSW Social Media for Social Good BBQ and a question - so where are the good examples and techniques? Have a brief over that lays out the definition and concept models. What I do the same?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Designed for advancement professionals charged with starting or growing a student philanthropy program.Learn techniques to create a tradition of gratitude and support for the institution among students. Bring your organization into the 21st century and abandon old practices that are depleting your valuable resources! Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There are four different models of crowdsourcing activities: wisdom, creation, voting, and funding. There’s isn’t one best way to do it – and many organizations use a combination of these models to meet their objectives. A group of individuals has more knowledge for solving a problem than any single individual.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. What resources do you need to get the job done? Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

View every problem as an opportunity to grow 17. Be a good role model 46. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. What resources do you need to get the job done? Celebrate your employees successes, not your own 12. Err on the side of taking action 13. Communicate clearly and often 14. Be visible 15. Be decisive 20.

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