Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2017

As we describe it in our book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion that occurs when we feel overwhelmed by too many demands, too few resources, and too little recovery time. Building Your Resilience Skills To Manage Workplace Stress. Resilience as a concept is not new.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

As a member-based organization, your association can be THE trusted resource for information in your industry or profession. All of our top member retention resources in one place. While these statistics might seem disheartening, they point to a bright opportunity for your association. Get it now.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

Engaging board members in fundraising efforts not only boost the organization’s financial resources but also strengthens the board’s commitment to the organization’s mission. This article goes beyond basic strategies and delves into advanced techniques for effectively engaging board members in fundraising activities.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. The techniques help to grease the wheels of any organizational change. Change management relies on a wide variety of tools and techniques. Prosci Resource Center.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Being stuck in chronic performance can have a devastating impact on your skills, confidence, job, and personal life. No matter how hard we work, if we only do things as best we know how, trying to minimize mistakes, we get stuck at our current levels of understanding, skills, and capabilities.” Briceño : This depends on the situation.

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet, too often, we continue to hear about engagement professionals on furlough, others strategizing how to defend their department budget, or – worse yet – many others having been laid off. Additionally, engaging volunteers is a strategy that increases resources – even financial ones. leaders.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. And you don’t need to be a professional writer to craft them. . There is no money, there are no resources, and the situation is only getting worse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

This morning I learned a new word for information overload – “content fried” from a colleague at the Packard Foundation. It resonated. We have so much content in our professional lives. So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

’ The book was an inspiration and encouragement for those us whose inner critics have been keeping us away from using the technique in front of other people. The book offers a wonderful road map for a learning journey to internalize these techniques and I’ve practicing a lot.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. 2019 Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The people with skills are out there.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

JANUARY 14, 2019

Rapid technological developments over the past few years have left many nonprofit professionals scrambling to stay up-to-date with the newest tools and techniques without wasting time and money on passing fads. Digital fundraising is area that has seen huge advances recently, and is expected to continue growing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Offer Training in Conflict Management To Social Media Professionals: The book describes techniques for conflict management and how to respond in various situations, but organizing a training for staff that includes role play and simulations to practice these skills is also important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2016

No matter your budget or movie-making skills, you can find the right combination of equipment for your nonprofit or public library. The shaky camera technique might work for certain horror movies, but you probably don't want to use it for digital storytelling purposes. Pick Your Camera. Image : Stokkete / Shutterstock.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. 2018 Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

At the end of the month, I’ll be facilitating a workshop at the 92nd Street Y in NYC call “ Social Media Mindsets and Toolsets for Nonprofit ,” an interactive workshop is for executive directors and organizational leaders that work for nonprofits and want to learn tips and techniques for scaling social in their organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Therefore, we want an end product that looks good, professional, and captures attention and if we lack graphic design chops we turn to in-house graphic designers or hire professional designers. I couldn’t agree more! How are you honing your visual thinking and sense-making skills? Here they are: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

One of the reasons cited in the report and also from participants on the webina: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data – so we don’t look at it.” The skills are out there. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. from MIT in rocket science.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

For example, turning to your professional online networks can help save you time because you don’t need to know everything about a topic area. Social media tools can help you easily connect with people who have the knowledge, resources, and ideas to share. Identify Specific Network Weaving Techniques To Integrate.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Having a consistent volunteer force provides you with staff when you need help with extra labor without having to hire outside workers, and some of your volunteers may have professional skills they can offer to your organization for special projects, such as writers or graphic designers. Increases in donor engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Content curators provide a customized, vetted selection of the best and most relevant resources on a very specific topic or theme. Content curators have integrated this skill into their daily routine. For some staff members, content curation can be professional of learning. Why is Content Curation Valuable?

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Because nonprofits depend on donations, they’re often stretched thin for resources. Luckily, there are plenty of free nonprofit resources online for your organization to take advantage of. These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Enriched knowledge. Enhanced outreach.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2016

In particular, I highlighted six statements of Industry professionals and paraphrased what that meant to problems they experienced with their LMS providers. Below are the issues portrayed and mitigation techniques: Difficult to Formulate Content: In less user-friendly systems it is important to design content with the implementation in mind.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 28, 2012

Why has this notion demanded so much attention and effort and become a “must have” skill for our professional wheelhouses? Networking helps build a professional reputation backed by a cadre of supporters and believers. These partnerships and professional relationships have been built because of Generation Next.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I get so frustrated with nonprofit leaders who are short-sighted and don’t see the benefit in paying for training and professional development for their staff, particularly the fundraising staff. How do they expect their professional fundraisers to keep their skills up-to-date without attending seminars and webinars?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Does design lingo make you think you need to hire a professional designer or go to design school? With TechSoup Courses , you can learn some basic techniques and tips that will support you with many of your organizational design needs. Do the words "design" and "brand guidelines" make your toes curl and teeth grind?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

They provide professional networking, professional development, leadership development and advocacy. I had a chance to listen in on other trainings, which included some techniques for creating a recruitment culture - where chapters can reach out to new members and draw them in - face-to-face networking. I feel really inspired!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Many of the techniques are now possible and within the next decade, just-in-time learning will likely become a cultural norm in nonprofits and elsewhere. This report and the advice for getting started goes right to the heart and soul of what I’m currently working in my training and consulting practice. Learning'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. It was designed to complement existing technical assistance resources through tip sheets, examples, and links to multiple resources. Cultural Indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

In a nutshell, the advice is to spend time on the important tasks first and practice good delegation skills. Another excellent variation of the Pomoro Technique. Michaela Monahan, Big Duck blog, discusses the technique of tracking your time. What is personal productivity?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. But, not just skills training, but learning to understand the impact of connected society and transformation.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The cats-cradle mess seemed to start on some level with professionalization. suse anderson (@shineslike) December 7, 2019 Even five or six years ago, I think many in the field would think of professionalization as being whole positive. As I looked through the responses many of the issues were intertwined. am I kidding probably not.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Which is all just a long way of saying I have ALWAYS treated museums as a game, as a remarkable set of resources for engaging with the world in a playful way. SR: while I think games are great for museums, it can be incredibly helpful for museum pros to work with others to hone their skills. What’s your favorite part?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

For the past five years, I’ve been teaching social media workshops for nonprofits and lately doing deeper dives on the techniques of listening both for nonprofits and in my role as Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation. A Living Case Study of Red Cross Listening Techniques. Six Ways To Make Listening A Practice.

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