Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Then work backwards to identify what motivates your audience to get to the next run on the ladder. How To Build A Ladder of Engagement by MixTape. Facebook Ladder of Engagement. Does your organization have a ladder of engagement? How do you measure engagement? … Read More

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". Howe has presented at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) since 2009.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2015

Check out the latest articles news and events from NTEN Members: What lies ahead for nonprofits in the coming year? PicNet offers techniques for turning your holiday donors into year-round supporters. NTEN Member Partner, Maine Association of Nonprofits is accepting applications through Feb. Innovation is not the problem."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The NTEN Book Club, organized by Lauren McKown and Kai Williams, hosted a video chat this week.This month they have been reading The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout and discussing it in the NTEN online community.

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2013

Content delivery in the future will happen less and less through a traditional web browser and you need to prepare now. By now, you may be tired of hearing about how important it is to think about “mobile”. For one thing, it’s a huge topic. Do you need to think about mobile marketing? SMS fundraising? Responsive design vs. a dedicated mobile site?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques. Here’s a write of this technique. Some of these were inspired by this tweet.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

NTEN will be holding a Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit in San Francisco next Monday, August 29. NTEN will also be streaming the event live. NTEN will also be streaming the event live. Per NTEN, the Cloud Summit will: Teach you how to distinguish hype vs. reality. You won't be in San Francisco? Not to worry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

My presentation is based on Chapter 3 of NTEN's book. Paul has to use ROI techniques to help the organization make the best decision. I just finished my session on ROI as part of the Online Nonprofit Technology Conference - a two-day virtual conference. I presented on ROI and Nonprofit Technology.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

How much : $400 (depending on timing and NTEN membership). There are parties thrown by vendors plus a larger gathering hosted by NTEN. NTEN programmers carefully choose their venues with accessibility in mind, and the whole event is planned with great attention to inclusivity. Audience size : around 2000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

I’m giving away a free registration to NTEN’s Leading Social Change Summit. NTEN is hosting the “ Leading Change Summit ” in San Francisco from September 3-6th. .” ” The brainstorming techniques from the previous day will yield many, many insights and ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To practice techniques like mind-mapping, use of visualization, attention-training, technology tools, and more to stay focused and productive in our work. Jana will share some techniques such as mind mapping and sketchnotes as well as share the different options for tools – both analog (paper and markers) and digital (ipad).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2012

This session will teach you some techniques that you can immediately put into practice and help you work more efficiently and effectively, enabling you to achieve more in less time and ultimately increase the return of your efforts. The Unantipcated Benefits of Content Curation – article in NTEN Journal and other resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. Here they are: My Three Rituals. I also use it as a year in review tool.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

along with CRM data techniques. March 23 - Where Data Comes From: Implementing Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) to Advance Your Mission. We'll cover tactics and strategies for applying excellent data management practices in your organization. We'll answer questions including: > Learn more and register now - Free for Everyone!

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

We''re proud to partner with the Bridge Conference, and encourage you to take advantage of special registration rates for NTEN community members. With over 70 sessions, 3 pre-conference workshops, and 3 inspiring and motivating keynotes — you will walk away with the techniques and tools you need to succeed.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

The conference favors networking opportunities over speaker-led sessions and utilizes the “Liberating Structures” facilitation technique to spark conversation and empower innovation. Cost: 2024 ticket prices have not yet been released, but NTEN members receive discounted ticket prices for NTC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Conference: March 12-15th. I’ll be doing a session with colleagues Danette Peters and Roberto Cremonini on Outcomes, Impact, and Communication where will not only share some case studies and techniques for outcome-based evaluation, but model some small group facilitation techniques for the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

John Kenyon and I wrote guest posts on the NTEN blog that will give you a flavor of what the session is about. From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers. Social Media for Trainers: Techniques for Enhancing and Extending Learning. by Jane Bozarth, Editor. by Jane Bozarth. by Sharon Bowman.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

The full-day event on the first day of #13NTC is a hands-on opportunity for Drupal professionals in the NTEN community to learn about the latest techniques, tools, and trends in Drupal development and site management. Topics include: Getting Started with Drupal. Sustainable Code. CRM Best Practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Nonprofit technology professionals know how to converts laughs to donations and devoted an entire session to sharing tips, techniques, and examples during a NTEN conference. There are tips for using humor successfully and methods for creating funny content as well as how to avoid a big fail.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Using social media technology and techniques requires time and expertise. While there is a lot of talk about social media within the sector, many nonprofits have only scratched the surface — using it primarily as a tool to push information out to their social community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. One technique that I use all the time is “share pairs,” it makes people get it up, take that body break, and check in with someone. I often incorporate sticky notes and often have to rearrange the furniture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2013

Learn more and register today >> Cost : $70 for NTEN Members, $80 for non-members. Advanced AdWords Optimization Techniques for Google Grants Accounts (2/5). When : Starts Tuesday, January 29th, 11:00 am Pacific Time / 2:00 pm Eastern Time. Presented by : Alan Amerault, Cardinal Path.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

Grant Howe. VP of Research & Development. Sage Nonprofit Solutions. Having uncomfortable discussions with employees or other team members makes most of us a bit nervous – even uncomfortable sometimes. Why is that and what can we do? Often as managers, we need to have serious discussions with employees or other team members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

For several years, NTEN has led the field in calling for nonprofits to minimize time sent on mundane tasks like server maintenance, instead focusing resources on technology that will actually serve their missions. Highlight the potential risks of Cloud computing, as well as some risk-management techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

In the first of a series co-sponsored by NTEN and Salesforce.com Foundation , I covered the integration of Google Adwords with salesforce.com. It delves deeper into the uses of salesforce.com campaigns tab, " Salesforce Campaigns for Nonprofits " There some kind words over at the NTEN Blog about my most recent screencast.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2012

Therese Grohman. Director of Marketing. Knowing who you're talking to is only half the battle. What you say to your supporters and how you approach them is equally important.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Visualize On Paper: Over the past 10 months, I've made a return to paper and markers and using mind maps or visualization techniques to reflect, and plan my week or day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2012

I was honored to write a feature article in the recent issue of the NTEN journal called “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation: Reducing Information Overload.” ” I’ll be doing a FREE webinar on Thursday, July 12 at 11 am PST to walk you through the idea and practices described in the area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There are many examples of crowdsourcing techniques used by nonprofits and foundations and The Networked Nonprofit devoted an entire chapter to the topic. NTEN has also used a similar crowdsourcing techniques to shape the NTC conference agenda. The results are greater than an individual or organization could accomplish alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! To do this analysis, you need to ask for both positive and constructive criticism. The technique is called Plus/Delta.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Care2 Impact Prize | NTEN – A group of inspiring, talented people! Any member of the NTEN community is welcome to vote, but only one vote per person, per IP address will be counted." Please help us select a winner for the Care2 Impact Prize! "We The deadline to vote is noon (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 2nd.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We have a great line-up of presenters, including cloud experts – and NTEN Members – Ami Dar (ED at Idealist.org), Matthew Eshleman (Director of Professional Network Services atCommunity IT Innovators), and Donny Shimamoto (Founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies). > Learn more and RSVP for free today.

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