Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The impact that this one report could make is momentous. In October 2010, two former police officers were sentenced to 40 years in prison for this disappearance and the expert testimony of HRDAG statistician Daniel Guzmán was a key factor in the judges’ decision.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

Pro tip : The surest way to lower a readability score is to shorten the length of your sentences.). On one of the first days of her journalism class, Nora’s teacher made a proclamation: “Class, today we’re going to practice writing ‘ledes’ for the school newspaper. A ‘lede’ is the first sentence of a new story.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While most nonprofits find funding from a variety of sources, one of the staples of charitable support comes in the form of grants. Executive summaries can be anywhere from a few sentences long to a full page – but keep it concise and to the point. Next, include a detailed strategy of how you will reach your goals.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

" Slate's Fresca initiative -- a program requiring its editorial staff to take 4-6 weeks to investigate and write up in-depth pieces -- found the same thing , netting millions of page views for its long-form journalism. All you have to do to get to them is scan and skim through a brief history of why we think nobody reads on the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Cite me by name, journal title, and the URL of the post (Maya Norton, The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy, www???). I would add for blog posts, you can let the author know via track back - which I have done with this post and the one with a screencast from Harry about how he uses Creative Commons.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

While organizational mission is enough to entice some individuals to donate, many donors want more than an impactful sentence as proof of how their monies are being spent. Honesty, the number one cited characteristic needed for leadership, also moonlights as a top value in the nonprofit sector. Donor Communication. Ethical Leadership.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

And, there is one really big thing that using taxonomies miss, that folksonomies get: who is doing the categorizing? at 5:46 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 01.08.07 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Read this post, it’s dead on. I’ve thought that it was truly one of the best pieces of software ever written. There are plenty of very small organizations (and not so small) that run on Excel. Technorati Tags: microsoft , web2.0 { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 04.18.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

The drawing is from one of the many, many technology training workshops I did in those early web1.0 I always started with a creative icebreaker activity -- this one was "What does the Internet look like?" I like the role/label and think David is spot on. And, now mid-2000 this has changed again. Social media coach?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Extrapolate on the broader terms, and find one word to hang the idea on. One way I'm going to do this is to focus on reorganizing them into these thematic areas. I hope to learn the art of sentence combining. This will be a new area of inquiry and a major one for me. I'm just one person.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

One of the most exciting things he talked about is the creation of a Global Citizen Center in downtown San Francisco. The keynote speaker during lunch was Kim Klein , the publisher of Grassroots Fundraising Journal. 1-2 sentences that make someone want to learn more. Organizations need teams to raise money, not just one person.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Beth : That is a question that is not easy to answer in a couple of sentences because there are so many "it depends" variations. Emily : I have one word of advice, go Google something right now and add the word “sucks” with it. One thing to remember with comments that are off-topic or inappropriate: don't feed the trolls.

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Social Media Social Media Blogger 20

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2014

Lindsey also worked as a graphic designer at the Publications Department for the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she graduated with a degree in news editing/journalism. Writers call this the “one-sentence takeaway,” or the single most important thing that needs to be communicated.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2011

However, in our world, one of the most challenging tasks can be translating complex issues and ideas into a compelling story. One way to begin telling your story is to have a comprehensive, and simple, positioning statement. Additionally, current talking points for staff and board members should be readily available.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. It’s probably somewhere on that shelf, right? . Andy also has written a lot of great books, especially one on training your board. This one is called the cycle of fundraising.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Sometimes, the forward march of technology seems like this train I’m riding on – inexorably traveling down the track of capitalist profit while nonprofits are hanging on to those little hand-powered trucks that we, the people who serve them in this realm are working really hard to pump up and down, so we can try and gamely keep up.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

By using thought leadership and social media content you can build your nonprofit public relations strategy on pillars of trust and credibility. Generally speaking, “thought leader” is another term for “expert,” but with a special focus on unique, forward-looking insights.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. The ones that have gone dark and stopped responding to or opening your emails? So get out your journals and start taking note. Checklists.

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NTEN

JULY 21, 2014

While it''s true that you''ll only be able to share a single sentence on Twitter, you can always link to the full story on your site. You may push compelling pictures or infographics to Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, or Tumblr, but you can still link to the story behind those images on your website.

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