sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2024

In the realm of social impact and nonprofit work, the quest for sustainable, innovative solutions to society’s challenges is ceaseless. As Louis Gump puts it in his new book, The Inside Innovator: A Practical Guide to Intrapreneurship , “an intrapreneur creates value through innovation and growth, inside a larger organization.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

On January 30th, I’m speaking at the Social Media for Nonprofits in New York City. They should know the topic area, but also understand practice of curation. Moreover, adding context is another curation skill. The best way to learn these skills is study how the experts work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

Social media and working online doesn’t have to be overwhelming; you can take back control. To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. He will teach us some drawing techniques for those of us who are not Picassos. Information Coping Skills on Scoop.It.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2012

I am doing the ending key note at the Social Media 4 Nonprofits Conference in Silicon Valley today. Here’s the description: How nonprofits can stay focused given all the distractions inherent in today’s attention economy? Social media doesn’t have to be overwhelming– you can take control back. NetSmart: How To Thrive Online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

5) Send Myself A FutureMe Email: I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. Artificial Intelligence for Social Good: Allison Fine and I have been actively researching, writing, and presenting about AI for Social Good.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Build your social capital Your professional network can be invaluable to your career and organization’s fundraising success. In fact, research confirms that a person’s level of social capital is often linked to their level of philanthropic activity. Connect with people on social media platforms, like Facebook or LinkedIn.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

Put another way, if we ask donors to cover the cost of a learning event to help students gain job skills, with different set amounts per month (e.g., – – Mr. Social Entrepreneur. Dear Mr. Social Entrepreneur, You’ve wrapped a number of questions into one here. Let’s take them one at a time.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

You’ll learn how Nonprofit Cloud can increase your organization’s social impact. Not only will the upcoming Nonprofit Summit offer you insight into best practices for nonprofit technology built on the world’s number one CRM, you’ll get a sneak peek at exciting new Nonprofit Cloud features and upcoming product offerings. ?.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Volunteers help change the lives of those in their community as a social responsibility rather than receiving a financial reward. That’s one of the best things about volunteering; there are a variety of ways for individuals to make an impact according to their interests and skills. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

The retreat curriculum is built around the ALF’s “I-WE-IT” - skills that today’s social change leaders need as we move towards more collective approaches. In this highly interactive three-day workshop, we’ll take a deep dive into transformative leadership for social change. What is I-WE-IT ?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There was a surge in these perspectives and practices during COVID-19 when grantmakers understood even more strongly how nonprofits step up to support the community. If we know that the social impact sector can thrive with flexibility and that trust is ideal, why do we still fall short?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How can you connect with your donors despite all the other ads, social messages, texts, and emails that are vying for their attention? When posting on social media, skip the formalities and embrace your unique voice and tone. Sharing conversation starters, polls, or even quizzes on social media can inspire lots of engagement.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

This free webinar will teach you basic SEO tips to help your organization's site and content rank higher in online searches. Libraries Supporting Social Good: Tools and Tips for Outreach to Nonprofits. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a warm drink, and get cozy with TechSoup's free nonprofit and library tech webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

How do we teach leaders to know when emergence is working? Essentially, design thinking process teaches how to be iterative. I got to work in a small group that was tackling the question “Letting Go and Emergence.”. Next, we looked for patterns and grouped together the sticky notes into clusters. This is always enlightening.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

When asked to write about this experience as the Organic Social Growth fellow, I held off as long as I possibly could. Feeling like an island, burned by management, with no growth opportunities to lean into any of my previous passions or skills (did I mention work-life balance is nonexistent when working two jobs to get by?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Write A FutureMe Email: I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post-dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. I have continued my work as senior advisor to Lightful , a social media management tool for charities based in London. ” Well, 2 out of 3 is not bad!

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Myself and 28 other social changemakers spent five days at the Earthrise Retreat Center learning how to use Rockwood''s six practices (Purpose, Vision, Partnership, Performance, Resilience and Personal Ecology) to be more effective leaders for social change. It was a deep and profound experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Artificial Intelligence for Social Good: Allison Fine and I have been actively researching, writing, and presenting about AI for Social Good. I know that might seem old fashioned, but being a trainer and facilitator and in the room with social change leaders is what inspires and energizes me.

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Professional Build Journal Facilitation 114

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Trailblazers are invited to sharpen their skills with 1,000+ sessions and workshops. Let’s Talk Data: Best Practices for Creating a Data Culture – Salesforce has transformed the way decisions are made at the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF). Nonprofit and Education Social with Cloud for Good + Salesforce.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. By Dave Meier.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

For the Professional Social Media class I teach at Sonoma State University , I created an exercise designed to help folks practice both content creation and looking at metrics. On the card, write a short (preferably one sentence) social media update. More on Social Media. Content Creation. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Reflective Practice. No matter what flavor of facilitation you put into your toolkit, there are some facilitator fundamentals and skills that facilitators need. No matter what flavor of facilitation you put into your toolkit, there are some facilitator fundamentals and skills that facilitators need. Peer Learning / Coaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional Networking workshop for second year students at the Akilah Institute for Women. ” I also had them practice it verbally in pairs and then in front of the whole group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Write A FutureMe Email: I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post-dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. I have continued my work as senior advisor to Lightful , a social media management tool for charities based in London.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work. The topics they look at are what I might call social media literacy skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. If you’re reading this blog, it’s probably because you’re a huge fan of social media and believe that it empowers all of us to connect, create, explore, and understand our world. Photo by WhiteAfrican.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

Martín Burt is one of the greatest social entrepreneurs I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for many years. I found it incredible that almost no one in the social entrepreneurial field knew about this and decided a blog post was in order! Fundación Paraguaya was the country’s first microfinance program and first development NGO.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It wasn’t long after their civil war, and the program was working with child combatants, using sports to teach new skills. Among its successes: 72,878 children and young people became less socially isolated. In 2005, a visit to Right to Play in Sierra Leone with skateboarding icon Tony Hawk changed my life.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

​. What Makes Social Learning so Interesting? A Comprehensive Examination of Social Media in Our Learning Programs. Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. Those days are now extraordinarily a thing of the past.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Vacantly scrolling through your social media feeds? The number one skill you need to overcome challenges in life is commitment. It’s not about talent, it’s about putting in the practice. Question: What are some practical ways to become the best in the world at what you do? Practice has to be the center of your universe.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

An important part of being an effective fundraiser is staying up to date on current fundraising trends , industry best practices, and donor preferences. One of the best parts of AFP ICON is the emphasis on tactical, practical information. One of the best ways to do that is to attend nonprofit conferences. They’re the best!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

And, the newest installment in the series is equally good, informative, practical and actionable. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Salespeople should, therefore, invest the time to learn how to do it well, and then practice it, so they can master it.

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Communication should be frequent and across multiple mediums such as email, text, social media, and in-person. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. One of the best ways to provide value to volunteers, in exchange for their commitment to your organization, is in the form of skill development.

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Communication should be frequent and across multiple mediums such as email, text, social media, and in-person. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. Helping volunteers gain new skills is a great way to provide them with value in exchange for their time. Find out what technologies your volunteers use and be present there.

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Volunteer Effective Retention Skills 70

Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Communication should be frequent and across multiple mediums such as email, text, social media, and in-person. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. One of the best ways to provide value to volunteers, in exchange for their commitment to your organization, is in the form of skill development.

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