Bloomerang

MAY 1, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to shine a light on their legacy giving program by publicizing bequests. . Thanks for your question, and I hope you find this response helpful. — Charity Clairity.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit leader who needs advice on who the best prospects are to ask for legacy gifts. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here. And this means you have to ask.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

This week 's question comes from a writing teacher, and client, who wants to know: "What Tools Can I Use to Teach Classes Online?" I actually didn't know, so I asked my Twitter network. Twitter is a micro-blogging and social networking tool. Within minutes of posting the question, I received five ideas: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Whenever I get this question, I wonder myself. Today, I got an email from a blog reader, Cindy Williams, who is the founder of a nonprofit, Teaching Hands. Cindy's nonprofit teaches kids and adults to knit hats and sweaters for less fortunate people in their community. Tags: twitter. They are located in Boise, Idaho.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on ways to stay in touch with potential donors who have major donor potential. . Try asking questions like: What caused you to become interested in this, and why is it important to you?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

We engaged, asked questions, held competitions, discovered advertising and had a great time teaching the world about our cause and how to keep kids safe. I’ve observed this phenomenon on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Foursquare. We worked so hard to get to 5,000 and then we took off!

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2011

When Jeneen Robinson sat before the AME Church's Board of Examiners in the PBS documentary miniseries, The Calling , she was asked a "vocational discernment question": What is God trying to do with you, and through you, in ministry?" I can't rest unless I'm preaching and teaching and pouring out to God's people. It's like an itch.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 24, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit leader who needs advice on identifying planned giving prospects through predictions and analytics. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on how to honor, credit, and recognize their memorial gifts. . Dear Don’t Want Double Trouble, My first reaction to this question is “why not give double credit?” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

to learn more about the methodology) of your twitter friends with search. Marshall's post will shows the top five people I'm having conversations with on Twitter and who respond to me: 1. Here's a mosaic: Get your twitter mosaic here. Tags: socialmediametrics socialnetworking socialcapital twitter. How would you use it?

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 16, 2021

Do not be afraid to ask questions, network, or interact with your peers in the chat and make sure to use all of the other features that the platform has to offer. Follow Cloud for Good, Salesforce, and other speakers on LinkedIn or Twitter to keep the conversation going. Have any additional questions?

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Then ask yourself these questions: Is your mission clear and compelling (i.e., Here are some questions to ask: . Consider Twitter polls or Q&A sessions or surveys. And there’s nothing more inconvenient than having to look up a contact if you need a question answered. . Commit to responding to questions personally.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to deal with a potential legacy gift that has conditions attached. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 3, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on legacy giving and how to overcome obstacles and barriers to receiving a bequest. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a donor relations manager who needs advice on how to best organize, prioritize, and stay on top of tasks. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here. — I’m all ears!

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

In this interview, Julia shares some of the strategies she teaches her clients, including her secret formula for social media calendars, how nonprofits can improve engagement on their social channels, and the one thing she wishes nonprofits would stop doing online. Julia: There are two pieces to this question.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to deal with a potential legacy gift that has conditions attached. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

I'm not sure what Smith's book has to do with twittering and tagging , but there is a connection. Twitter is the here and now, archiving the past is not built into the design. Twitter helps you connect with people or a community and somehow ignites sharing. Or, you remember but can't retrieve which makes it difficult to share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2008

I'm prepping for my " Take Me to the Social Web " workshop that I'll be teaching in Australia. To extract burning questions. To show Twitter in action as an easy way to share information/listen throughout workshop. To show Twitter in action as an easy way to share information/listen throughout workshop.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on best practices around recording and recognizing in-kind donors. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

AI Now Institute Co-Founder, Kate Crawford, shared the top line trends as a thread on Twitter. They discussed more pragmatic than philosophical questions , particularly the ethical implications of AI. How To Teach Artificial Intelligence More Common Sense: Deep learning is the king of AI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

We used Dave Gray’s “ Board Thing ” online tool to crowdsource questions to discuss from the audience. ” She has a wonderful Twitter stream called “ Learning Flow ” that is a continuous learning stream of short activities (15-20 minutes) a day. What does learning the new mean for organizations?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Use your Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts to share a photo of someone who’s been impacted by your mission. Ask the kinds of questions that get to the core of why your organization exists. Show me the man who’s found comfort in a hospital bed thanks to a service dog. You are who you serve. Photo a Day Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2007

" Over ten years ago someone in an Internet Skills Workshops for Nonprofits I was teaching, said that. That is the case for Twitter, words alone, no matter how good of a translator you are, won't do the experience justice. There has been an amazing conversation about twitter on the social web over the past couple of days.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2021

Today I want to help you avoid my mistake by teaching you what I’ve learned. Yet the bigger organizations tend to know this stuff because they have a system in place where staff teach other staff and train their replacements. . Twitter | LinkedIn | The post Who Gets to Be in Your Nonprofit’s Major Donor Portfolio?

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Hold fundraising lunches/seminars/receptions to teach them how to fundraise. Treat Fundraisers Like VIPs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

One goal that I had was to a peer support community through the twitter hashtag # npsmpeer – where nonprofit social media managers could share advice and support one another. pistachio is someone who considers part of her job as “twitter whisperer” — nice. Laura Fitton, Hubspot: Coaching Your CEO.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

This is a question I broached in “ What Will a Post-COVID Nonprofit Economy Reveal ? ” Here are several questions for your consideration. Ask questions like: Which of the following describes your mood over the past 6 months? Clearly you would need to answer these questions: What is your compelling mission vision?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Twitter Dashboards and the Dark Side of Tweeting posted by Kayla L. Scandals have been all-too-common on twitter. Recently, the Red Cross faced this issue when a staff member accidentally posted a (very) personal tweet on the organizations (very) public twitter account. Check it out here.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Talk to your team to see what questions people are asking. . Do this with a simple free survey or ask the question on your donation thank you landing page or in your thank you email. Twitter | LinkedIn | The post Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Relevant Content Marketing appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Here’s a curated transcript of the chat that I pulled together. But for this post, I’d like to dig into one of the questions, ”How do you measure your network so you know if it is growing stronger?” The map above is a visualization of the Community Foundation of Monterey Twitter following using TwitterMap.

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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 was immediately thrown into a situation of dynamic teaching and learning. Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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