Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. This is when you create a map of your professional network to better understand connections and their diversity that can enhance or support your professional work and learning.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

To mark the courage and strength of the brave men and women working on the front lines of conflict and raise awareness for those affected by disasters around the world, we’re highlighting 10 nonprofits that are making a difference by driving action and support for aid efforts. Cut poverty off at its roots. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading. It is about simply learning how to use a new tool or technique. I was even lucky enough to coax Nancy into an impromptu role play to model some of the techniques. She was brilliant!

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Learn brainstorming techniques, get templates for communicating to your supporters and more! Discover your ideal donor type! Whether you’re struggling to reach new donors, or just want a refreshed viewpoint, consider putting together a few personas and see where they take you!

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frontstream

JANUARY 31, 2024

By using smart strategies and techniques, you can unlock the true power of social media to connect with supporters, promote your cause, and increase donations. If you want to level up your nonprofit fundraising game, it's time to get strategic with social media!

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

Whether your nonprofit organization has used an omni-channel donor engagement strategy for years or you’re just getting started, busy fundraising seasons are the most important opportunities to communicate cohesively across mediums with your supporters.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even when you love your job, without the right support, it’s easy to experience symptoms of leadership fatigue like these. Harriet Bogdanowicz, Chief Strategy Officer at the American Planning Association, will share how APA used these techniques to innovate and set trends in the planning industry. The thrill might not be gone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2022

Existing supporters are the ones spreading the word to friends and colleagues. By offering peer-to-peer, you’re providing supporters another way to participate, thus enabling them to tailor their experience with your organization. A peer-to-peer fundraising event is one in which your supporters raise money on behalf of your cause.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing is one of the key components of getting your organization seen by potential supporters! While many may think of marketing as a for-profit pursuit, it’s also the backbone for nonprofits connecting with supporters and spreading awareness about your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

There are many approaches to journaling and types of notebooks, but I have settled in on using a variation of the bullet journal technique and the one-sentence five-year journal. My journal is not only an annual planning and goal-setting tool but also supports daily reflection as the year progresses.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

Let’s dive deeper into how data-informed decision-making can support your fundraising. And often, kids follow in their parents’ footsteps, with the children of donors more likely to support charitable causes. That’s not to say that childless donors should be an organization’s only focus. Putting donor data to work There are over 1.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Support a fun icebreake r. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). Help the facilitator understand how people are feeling half-way through the session so real-time tweaks to design can be made.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 21, 2019

Learn how to grow your supporter lists and tend your supporter “garden” by keeping lists engaged, bringing wilting supporters back to life and cleaning out the weeds to produce the best “harvest” ever! Innovative Techniques to Grow Your Supporters. Techniques to Grow your Supporters.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Sometimes, nonprofits get creative with peer-to-peer fundraising events; effectively raising money and engaging supporters at the same time. Peer-to-peer events are a form of peer-to-peer fundraising, a technique that uses the influence of your supporters to raise money for your cause.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

The way this idea plays out is that a significant portion of funds (typically upwards of 80%) raised by an organization often comes from a small percentage of the supporter base (less than 20%). Board members’ financial support also demonstrates their commitment to your cause, which sets an excellent example for other donors.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 18, 2023

Personalization efforts are being extended across multiple channels and touchpoints, including webpages, mobile apps, social media, email marketing, and customer support, to provide a consistent and seamless user experience. This trend offers a consistent, personalized experience regardless of touchpoint. User-generated personalization.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Online support: Add AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants to your website to answer frequently asked questions, process donations, and provide donors with round-the-clock support. By analyzing historical data, AI models can anticipate future donor behavior and identify potentially valuable fundraising opportunities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

We sat down with Diane Remin, the Founder and President of MajorDonors.com , to discuss techniques on making an ask and how major gift work has transitioned online as a result of the pandemic. Technique 1: Ask Donor For A Specific Amount of Money. Technique 2: The Clueless Close. The second technique is the clueless close.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books. The hardest part of fundraising is making the ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Start A New Professional Journal(s): For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal(s), using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

One technique that I often employ is called “ Dot Voting ” or “ Visual the Vote.” The technique helps you need to evaluate the ideas. There are platforms that are designed to support design thinking methods such as Mural.Co. It does require a learning curve to master in addition to the technique.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Once they have been “identified,” you can then place them in a highly specific cultivation engagement stream of emails and communications over several weeks and months aimed to convert them to supporters. The aim is to keep sharing and inviting them to support the organization.

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CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2022

You’re struggling to connect with your target audience and gain or retain their support. Filmmaker and storytelling expert, Rain Bennett, will walk you through how to utilize the power of storytelling via video as a key marketing technique to help hook your audience fast, while keeping them engaged for the long haul.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Pull reports on your most active donors and supporters, and send them a special email a few days prior to #GivingTuesday. Are you finding ways to include donors and supporters in your storytelling? Here are five easy ways to make that happen: 1. Give a Sneak Peek. Think special toolkits and new incentives.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Effortless Pledges & Recurrences: Acquire hands-on techniques and the latest tools to streamline the setup and management of automated, pledge, or recurring contributions. Elevate your nonprofit’s engagement strategy and cultivate lasting ties with your most valued supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The practices for self-care that we describe in the book are based on insights that we gleaned from putting the techniques into practice over the past few years. And while we discuss strategies for bringing self-care into the workplace or”We-Care,” we believe it is important to begin with the individual.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Here you will learn to be positive despite today's extreme political divineness, no matter which party you support. The Negativity Fast is an inspiring new approach to improving your outlook, leadership techniques, resilience, and productivity. How to Live with Political Divisiveness : Politics makes a lot of people miserable.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Let’s take a look at some fundraising ideas – the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. They’ve used strong imagery that supports their reason for giving. Here’s why: First off, the gift is something that’s inline with interests of their core supporter base.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Texting is a digital channel that nonprofits of all sizes can use to quickly and effectively reach supporters right where they are, across programs like advocacy , fundraising , volunteering , and membership. No matter your mission, every nonprofit goes through periods when communicating with different supporter audiences is urgent.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

Digital advocacy forms are tools used to move nonprofit supporters to take action in support of your mission—no matter where they live. Building stronger supporter connections—even in economic uncertainty. Building stronger supporter connections—even in economic uncertainty. Overcome barriers to connect with supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Nonprofits with online shops can tap into these trends on social media to reach mindful shoppers and raise revenue in support of their mission. Here are some techniques to promote it on social media. Does the purchase support a Black-owned or LGBTQIA+-owned business? What percentage of proceeds directly support your mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

2) Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2022

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific.

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See3

APRIL 9, 2024

Many nonprofits fall into the trap of believing that their audience is the general public, when the truth is that your supporters are much more nuanced than that. “They’re a fairly proven technique, and I think if you’re going to compete for donors in today’s environment, they’re a necessary competitive advantage.”

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