Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.”

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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. For more in-depth learning experiences, I do a pre-workshop assessment, but for this mini-workshop I did a living assessment in the room.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes much more than just opening your doors to get donations to come your way. Okay, here’s one more technique that can work. Studies show that fundraisers with specific goal amounts are more successful than open-ended fundraisers. Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Patricia Patrizi, Elizabeth Heidi Thompson, Julia Coffman, and Tanya Beer, “ Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The right volunteer management software can make this even easier, organizing volunteer hours into manageable dashboards and showing you important information about your schedule, such as open slots, overlaps, and recurring schedules, all in one screen. Make profiles for each volunteer.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Saving staffers from mind-numbing repetitive tasks and opening time to innovate are some of the best reasons to prioritize understanding AI. Here’s a sample of the options on Coursera. NLP techniques can be used to understand and generate text, translate, and perform other language-related tasks. Buyer beware is critical.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Examples include goals for implementing new fundraising channels or techniques, top prospects you hope to engage, check-in points along your timeline, and any limitations that could keep you from adjusting the plan as necessary to account for challenges that arise. .) - refining your fundraising message depends on this! One last thing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Certainly, nonprofit marketers could use it in the marketing channels and customer relationship blocks to set up a hypothesis and do experiments – and use what they learn to get better results. A/B testing is one technique and you don’t have to be a math genius to apply it. Here’s some best practices for sharing results.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

You have to give yourself a chance to think bigger, find more opportunities, and open up to new possibilities. This is a procrastination technique, and it works! Give them sample language to include with their email to friends and family members. Block off time on your calendar for fundraising planning. One more data point.

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Forj

MAY 19, 2017

This year’s event is June 5-6, and registration is still open. Attendees can get a sampling of each group’s work, then get a chance to dive deep with the presenters who especially interest them. I’m very excited to be attending the MedBiquitous annual meeting for the second year in a row. Why do we go? For at least ten reasons: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

The panelists include: Amy Sample Ward – Amy is an author and speaker focused on the way social technologies can be used to support social impact by nonprofit organizations and community groups around the world. Some techniques and resources that the panelists shared: What is responsive web design? Why should you use it?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I am just starting to dive into the science of intergroup relations (psychology-speak for social bridging), and I greatly appreciate these individuals who are working to popularize and open up what could otherwise be esoteric research. I realize that I may sound like a college freshman who just discovered Psych 101, but heck.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We offer these tools in the spirit of sharing and look forward to learning about the techniques you use in your own community. Always be open to discussing collaborative possibilities with anyone and everyone and then decide if it’s a good fit. Here's a sample collaborator survey from our recent Poetry and Book Arts event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

The concept of openness. offers personal insights in opening up to new ideas and letting go of information, hierarchy and "proprietary" thinking. Adults who work for nonprofits and feeling pressured to adopt and incorporate social networking tools and techniques. " This point really resonates with what Allison H.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Given the email clutter your subscribers battle daily, how are your organization’s e-newsletter open and click-through rates looking these days? Dig Into Your Data: Look at your statistics and find out which subject lines are generating the highest open rates, and which articles and subjects are generating the most clicks.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

But you need to be open-minded about AI , recognizing that while it is a powerful (and, to me, very cool) innovation, it isn’t always going to be the right fit. Let’s use that Outcomes-Based Framework mentioned at the beginning and work through a sample problem. —or they opt out before they even understand what AI could do for them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead. Don't Praise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Video The AFP Nonprofit Technology blog points to a story by Jennifer Gilomen from BAVC about digital storytelling techniques and tools for nonprofits in the NPTimes. Ever wanted to incorporate a slide show in your drupal site?

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Every campaign, every organization, and really, even every individual engaging with others online has a set of tools and techniques they've learned from and rely on every day. Two or three years ago, you could have a conversation out in the open and have people organically join in.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 2, 2010

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 How To Be An Open Leader Charlene Li, the author of the best-seller book, Groundswell , was kind enough to send me an advance copy of her newest book, Open Leadership , which she released for sale on May 24. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Don't Praise.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Write a catchy opening sentence. This technique can draw readers in without a lot of effort on their part. Did you know that the P.S. is often the second thing donors read after their own name? The P.S. should recap your Ask, be short and sweet, and contain a sense of urgency for the donor to give NOW. Make your letter skimmable.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs. Don't Praise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

The panelists were Holly Ross , Amy Sample Ward , David Neff , and Kari Dunn Saratovsky. 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? Amy Sample Ward shared her thoughts in a blog post along with her presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. Return on Insight: Listen, Learn, Adapt. This process consists of three activities. ROI Process. Additional Links.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. American Open Challenge is GlobalGiving's second online giving contest. It's open to 501c3's serving U.S. I wish I had the capacity to write a blog post about each of these links below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2013

You can expect to continue to see more blog posts from me on the topic of peer learning design and training techniques as I continue to do this work. They can be open to the entire nonprofit community—or a certain segment of nonprofits. The playbook includes a Sample Six-Month Planning Timeline to help you get started.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Two I’d recommend first are Beth Kanter’s Blog and NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward's personal blog. My web developer colleague and enthusiastic blogger, Bob McDiarmid , told me that a majority of the charity nonprofit websites that he has seen are on either the Drupal or WordPress nonprofit open source platforms.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

Openness or How Do You Design for the Loss of Control? Blog | design mind – "Openness is the mega-trend for innovation in the 21st century, and it remains the topic du jour for businesses of all kinds. " The internet: is it changing the way we think? " Thanks to Joe Solomon (@engagejoe) for the link!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Your communications package can include an annual report, a sample newsletter that goes to your constituents, or a publication that goes to other donors, or a link to a video essay about your activities and constituent success. Do they open the emails? If you can’t send it ahead, be sure to have a package to share when you meet.

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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. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these "open leadership skills assessment" questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Have an open door policy 66. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you dont have the answer 60. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Dont interrupt 63. Ask questions to clarify 64. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

The more you open up and share your feelings, the more trust you build and the more likely youll build a connection with a co-worker. Keeping your office door open, communicating in person versus e-mail or via the phone, allows you to click more. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Don't Praise.

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