Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. Group Polling Techniques and Tools. I cebreakers and Closers.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not it’s worth it to invest in digital analytics tools. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 9, 2014

One of the questions we get asked a lot at BoardAssist is how can I be an “agent of change” on my nonprofit board. For guidance on this topic, we turned to one of our favorite nonprofit tech pros, Patrick Callihan of Tech Impact. What percent of the operating budget represents technology? You sit on a board.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Social media has revolutionized the way tech savvy arts and cultural organizations communicate. Asking (the right) questions on your page provides highly engaging content. Focus on questions that encourages a conversation instead of a response. They ask questions – what do patrons enjoy about the gardens?

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Medical innovation and B2B sales may be a little more pressing these days and the medical industry needs to rely on tried and true channels like hosting trade shows or a medical device exhibition to show off new medical technologies, medical innovations, and engineering advancements. .

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2016

While this isn't a technology option, it should go hand in hand with the other three options below in order to ease out of the bulletin-creating cycle. His informal poll helped guide the list, and the comments below the article are worth reading. Back in April 2013, Thom S. About the Author. Image 1: ChurchTechToday.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

However, it is a favorite photo from another recent Tech Networks of Boston event. It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. Working toward useful standards of measurement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Making a better, more findable blog October 24, 2007 I’ve gotten some nice kudos for my blog in the past few days, and it feels nice to know that people read the blog, and get something out of it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

effective way to make your office paperless is with technology. Going entirely paperless means some up-front technology planning and. Make sure you do your homework before any technology investments, especially ones that effect your entire office, are made. surveys and polls. That’s important — but the most.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Medical innovation and B2B sales may be a little more pressing these days and the medical industry needs to rely on tried and true channels like hosting trade shows or a medical device exhibition to show off new medical technologies, medical innovations, and engineering advancements. .

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Finding the right event planning software can be difficult; as an event planner, your virtual event platform should consolidate everything that you might need to plan and host a technologically supported physical event. . But, a hybrid event will need more automation and tech features to support the online segments.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” We took August off in the Leadership webinar series, so it feels really good to be back with you and to be back with you with a partner—the first of two webinars we’re going to do with our friends at Tech Impact. We have multiple polls.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 15, 2017

Whether they're to serve up content, answer questions, or bolster fundraising efforts, chatbots hold great promise for nonprofits and charities. Most are used to field common customer-service questions 24/7 that would otherwise require an employee to answer. Here are three nonprofits that are doing just that.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Finding the right event planning software can be difficult; as an event planner, your virtual event platform should consolidate everything that you might need to plan and host a technologically supported physical event. . But, a hybrid event will need more automation and tech features to support the online segments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I didn't know anything about UNIX, discussion forums, email, or any of the technology used. My job was the network weaver.

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Forj

MAY 13, 2021

This means that the reach of your event is limitless, but also that you’ll need to get creative to emulate in-person connection through technology (more on this later). Including breakout sessions, icebreakers, live polling, and live chat are all ways to encourage attendees to connect with one another and opt into the event experience.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2017

Whether they're to serve up content, answer questions, or bolster fundraising efforts, chatbots hold great promise for nonprofits and charities. Most are used to field common customer-service questions 24/7 that would otherwise require an employee to answer. Here are three nonprofits that are doing just that.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 31, 2022

Luckily, using the right event technology platform can help you increase your event budget and run a more dynamic and profitable event. How Using an Event Technology Platform Can Increase Your Event Budget. First of all, it’s imperative to note that event technology platforms can simplify the planning process. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Both their capacity as a group and the lack of a clear advocacy solution regarding the conflict left them in question as to WHEN to run advocacy campaign, so they listened. social-love/), we polled some of our favorite nonprofit tech friends to share their tips on showing social love on behalf of an organization.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In our ongoing mission to provide technology information and resources to nonprofit organizations and libraries, TechSoup’s latest Nonprofits Live (NPLive) explored advice and resources for creating great presentations. Make Presentations Social. Panganiban, like Leroux Miller, suggests involving your audience early on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

I've been getting Twitter DMs from top players in the nonprofit tech and social media for change space -- sharing how they're unmotivated or jaded with using the web and social media for change. Instead, it appears everyone took your question about being jaded to mean "How can I get un-jaded," and not, "Should I be jaded?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

For those of us who have been attending blogging and tech conferences, the backchannel is not new. What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences. They appointed a person in the room as the "Backchannel Advocate" and the speaker would ask them verbalize questions from the backchannel.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Set Your Nonprofit Up for Success with the Right Fundraising Tech. Coming up with an amazingly creative fundraiser won’t help you reach your goals if your technology crashes and burns … or is too complex for your participants to enjoy using. that encourage participation. Make Sure Your Website is Branded.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

The topic – “Drive Your Fundraising Success with Strategy, Smart Technology and Better Data” – focused on the importance of aligning fundraising strategy, technology and a data in order to maximize the efficiencies of all three. We opened the event with a short audience poll about fundraising technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Knowledge: Subject matter expertise, research, polling, case studies. New technology called “voicemail drop” allows an organization to place a voicemail in your voicemail box without ringing their phone. Observe your community research as it happens (polling, focus groups, town halls). This may be used as a surprise benefit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

Enabling live chat and video, which allows presenters, exhibitors, and keynote speakers to address attendee questions and comments in real-time, further audience engagement, and creating more value in the session. Have Robust Tech Support. Event technology , like most other technology, can experiences glitches or failures.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 19, 2020

At its basic level, virtual events rely on internet connections and technology to function properly. And sometimes these technologies are running in home offices with poor connectivity or on unfamiliar rental equipment. . DON’T use the wrong tech. DO test every aspect of the virtual event.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 19, 2020

At its basic level, virtual events rely on internet connections and technology to function properly. And sometimes these technologies are running in home offices with poor connectivity or on unfamiliar rental equipment. . DON’T use the wrong tech. DO test every aspect of the virtual event.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

Enabling live chat and video, which allows presenters, exhibitors, and keynote speakers to address attendee questions and comments in real-time, further audience engagement, and creating more value in the session. Have Robust Tech Support. Event technology , like most other technology, can experiences glitches or failures.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

Fred created the Net Promoter Score, a metric related to the number of people who answer affirmatively to the question: "How likely are you to recommend X to a friend or colleague?" One of the most clever no-tech ratings system I've heard of is at a library in Sweden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

With over 600 people registered for the Webinar, it was hard to answer all the questions as the chat stream just flew by and the 90 minutes was up before we knew it. I promised folks that I would share a summary blog post with links, questions, and resources. There were a lot of questions about the tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Have you accepted online technology as your organizational savior? " 10 Non-Profits Leveraging Pinterest for Social Good – "There’s no question that Pinterest is the hottest social network right now. And as with green we have to smarten up and learn to ask the right questions. In fact, it rarely is."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

If you have questions about widgets or want to share your organization???s s experience (good and bad), the NTEN Affinity Groups , particularly Emerging Technology, Nonprofit Bloggers, or Nonprofit Webmasters, are good lists to connect with your peers on these topics. You need to think about these questions first, widgets second.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

For example, disability justice activists shared links to their proposed social model of disability on the platform, making it easier for peers and reviewers to learn about the concept and ask questions. This open format also serves as a reminder that all of us have questions, as well as solutions, to contribute. Expect to Iterate.

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