Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar for Social Media and Nonprofits, I’ve been working with grantees on a variety of capacity building projects – from coaching to workshops to peer trainings. Tags: Training Design chat summer learning twitterchat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Not only do you risk the trust of your members with mismanaged data, but you also risk a hefty price tag. Keep reading for tips on how to train your association staff and ways to celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month. . Keep your association protected by training your staff and members on the importance of using strong passwords.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Betsy Weber, Chief Evangelist, at TechSmith can’t use her ticket for next week’s training Beyond Bullets Training by Cliff Atkinson. (TechSmith is a sponsor). The training is on November 11/12th. Tags: Promotions. More information is here.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

are often thrust into leadership positions with little training and a. " Our initial move to a management position is often made with little to no training, mentoring, or support. Tag, you’re it. of training and support that new technical managers often suffer from. experienced classically trained managers.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 25, 2010

The first of three training videos produced to guide the volunteer moderators who helped run the British Columbia Library Association's 2009 Teen Reading Club, Moderating Forums is jam-packed with down-to-earth advice and guidelines for creating, nurturing and moderating a successful online community. read more ).

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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. I understand that some organizations are struggling and the training budget is the first thing to go. Tags: Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

I just finished doing a training for Open Society Institute media and information coordinators on social media with colleague, David Sasaki , from Global Voices. Participants got to introduce themselves with "just three tags," picking three key words that describe them. OSI Workshop View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

The suggestion is that the wisdom of the crowd can somehow be orchestrated, or led, or managed like a trained seal. I'm not sure if Stephen was talking about this type of seal , but think the metaphor of an army of trained navy seals carrying out a mission in military precision sees a better metaphor. Tags: crowdsourcing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The project includes face-to-face training , webinar , as well as one-on-one coaching provided by the expert team at SpitFire. Two gems shared by a participant was this leader board of healthcare tags and this twitter tool that lets you look up your legislator’s Twitter handle by zip code. Friending the Finish Line.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

Do they have a library of on demand trainings on how to use their tool? Can you easily add tags to contacts to document their acquisition source or engagement data? If you are new to tagging think back to our office fridge example with canned drinks. A tag is like someone putting a label with their name on it or a sticker (i.e.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. Google’s Bard is a generative language model from Google AI, trained on a massive dataset of text and code.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. We live in a price tag-oriented world. By every measure, an in-person ask provides the most bang for the buck. Blunder No.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

Follow him on Twitter and read his first post in the Tag, You're IT! Interestingly enough, the entry has the following tags and sums up our global confusion about what mentoring is. Grant Howe is VP of research & development for Sage North America's Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2009

Sarah over at the MaintainIT Project blogged about ways that libraries have used online trainings to lower costs, increase efficiency, and reduce travel. Tags: E-Learning GreenTech Online Seminar Staff Training Training Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2009

Roadmap to Microsoft Training Resources was literally a virtual walk through all of the great resources available to nonprofit and libraries for FREE , when they receive their donated Microsoft software with Software Assurance through TechSoup. We wrapped up this fantastic webinar with Microsoft yesterday.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In early 2018, a band of adventurers who came to be known as the Salesforce.org Trailhead Editorial Board set out to reach customers, partners, and pro bono volunteers with a comprehensive menu of skills-based training. Keep in mind that no matter how you’re delivering training and resources, thoughtful design is key to success.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If you’re not sure how to do that and need help, maybe now is also a good time to invest in some Analytics training. Psst, if you need help getting GA4 installed on your site or want training on the new interface, we can help!) Not sure which page is your most-visited page? Take a look at your analytics. Speaking of Analytics….

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 25, 2023

Provide Training, Guidelines, And Resources With the right ambassadors on board, it’s time to get them ready to market your fundraising campaign or event. Properly train them on how to use the software and make a fundraising ask. Plus, ambassadors can even fundraise on your behalf and help you meet and exceed your goals!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2009

In this post I'll cover ways to participate in online trainings to save money and reduce travel. Online courses and trainings are one of the fastest growing areas of education. Online courses and training are also good for the environment in that you participate in the training at home or work without additional travel needed.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2009

Pacific for Roadmap to Microsoft Training Resources for a virtual tour of resources to get the most of our using Microsoft applications. There is an abundance of free training resources out there, but navigating those sites and understanding how to find what you're looking for can be a challenge.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Imagine how something like this could assist you in training sessions for patrons or staff. Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide E-Learning E-Learning Online Seminar Training Training. Wouldn't it be great if complicated technology concepts were explained in a simple way that's easy to understand? Eastern time).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Eastern time for a free webinar on how to train people to ask for gifts. Tags: Donors Event Fundraising Online Fundraising. Join Andrea Kihlstedt and GiftWorks on September 14 at 1:00 p.m. Andrea's book Capital Campaigns: Strategies that Work is a standard resource on capital campaign fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2007

When I saw that I had been tagged on Nancy White's blog, I left a crabby comment. Music: I was trained as a classical musician and love music - world music, latin music, jazz, world music, you name it. Now who to tag. leave a comment and you're tagged! A new form of work advoidance. This meme is on media consumption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2009

CLEAR Training: Social Media and Mobile Phones View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. CLEAR Training: Social Media Strategy View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. CLEAR Training: Social Media and Mobile Phones View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. Tags: social media.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 18, 2009

My colleague Peggy Jarrett and I have created a unique new training called Transformative Leadership and it’s designed to help you deal with these issues and more. If you’d like to have more peace, better relationships with your Board, and more confidence in fundraising, I invite you to check out this training.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Q: Tell us a bit more about The Alford Group TAG: The Alford Group is a national, full-service, equity-forward consultancy serving nonprofits in nearly every state in the country. We also offer services around building a culture of equity within nonprofit organizations through DEI assessments and DEI planning and training.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Unfortunately, many software providers try to hide fees related to implementation and training. Ask about training resources for the solution. As your nonprofit grows and develops, you’ll need to continue training to ensure your software also reflects your needs. Train your team on your new system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

This morning I got an email from my colleagues at NTEN telling me it was an awesome example of tagging. This post takes a quick look at the the Voters project as a tagging project to glean some learnings. The intent of the project is "By tagging content related to Minnesota's election, more voter s will be heard."

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Steve, a Harvard-trained attorney, and founding CEO of a 30-year-old national nonprofit, learned this the hard way. This is a person who comes to one meeting a year, and doesn’t return the CEO’s phone calls, or leaves a 6 am voicemail in response saying, “Tag, you’re it.” CEOs get the board they deserve! Harsh, but true.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

About Black History Month Black History Month began when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Some online e-commerce stores like Etsy spotlight Black-owned businesses or have a special tag you can search through to find Black-owned businesses to shop at. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 20, 2010

Tags: Fundraising Planning Leadership nonprofit leadership. We’re all still thinking about the year in front of us and how we can make the most of it for our fundraising efforts. So if you need a little help getting your thoughts together for creating a plan, stay tuned!!

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Tags: Education and Training Research innovation ted web crowd. Are you using web video to share your story? If not are you missing out on innovation and reaching new audiences?

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Coming out of the holiday season, I thought we might find January a slow month for free web-based professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks — but, in fact, with 33 different webinars in the list, this month's round-up of training events is larger than ever! read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

I got tagged by three different people for the same blogger meme that swirling around the blogosphere. Here's the meme: Publish five little known facts about yourself, and then tag five of your blogger pals to participate. I'm tagging five people I've met via my blog, but don't know too well.

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NCE Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

Tags: Education and Training AFP fundraise PPT presentation. I had the privilege to give a presentation on Social Media and Fundraising to the Western PA chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals today. Here is my presentation. I hope you enjoy it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

It is a unique grassroots program that trains young, technology-enabled political organizers to work for progressive campaigns and organizations. Roz is organizing a training/skill share event next week and I'm passing this along for any readers in the DC area who would like to help out. training in participants' day-to-day work.

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