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. This section of the report covers new ways of thinking about organizational culture based in continuous improvement based on feedback. The term means learning culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

This training was a day and half and here’s what we covered: Section 1: Self-Awareness: Understanding and Moving Through Your Leadership and Communications Style. Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. The first session focused on self-awareness skills.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2014

Katniss would have been devastated as she watched her sister escorted off to the Hunger Games and the book/movie series would have turned out drastically different. Give them feedback on how they can better improve their odds to help out next time. Your organization likely does more than one event. A different skill set?

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Volunteer Hunger Movie Mentoring 56

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2018

While in detention, these four characters discover an old video game system with a Jumanji cartridge already inserted into the console. They turn on the system, choose their avatars, and are suddenly transported into the video game. He uncovers the game and brings it home to his son, Alex (Mason Guccione).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 10, 2014

Katniss would have been devastated as she watched her sister escorted off to the Hunger Games and the book/movie series would have turned out drastically different. Give them feedback on how they can better improve their odds to help out next time. Your organization likely does more than one event. A different skill set?

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Volunteer Hunger Movie Mentoring 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. There was some push back from someone in the audience "How can we measure virtual worlds when we really haven't yet figured out what works and what doesn't. Talked about the openness to games and the need for research.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The presentation, hosted by Blackbaud and building on CFM’s TrendsWatch 2019 , touched on ways that museum workers can design their own self-care practices, how museums can support selfcare, and how museums can reform their organizational practices in ways that reduce the need for self-care. Questions.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Riley Children’s Foundation serves as the fundraising arm of Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and the founding organization that opened Riley Hospital in 1924. Unifying Constituent Data with the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and Pardot.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

We all know that running a nonprofit requires fundraising , but how do you plan a fundraiser ? No matter how large or small, every fundraiser or fundraising activity requires structure and planning to be successful. How in the world are you going to be successful if you have no goal? Where do you even begin? Set a Goal.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

What role does “promoting human happiness” play in the mission statements and actions of museums? Earlier today, the CFM offered a free webcast of Jane McGonigal’s talk on gaming, happiness, and museums. Games are happiness engines that are designed to support these four things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

The presentation offers some good pointers to women in how to get involved in FOSS communities. I think that of advocates need to have open source technology stewards behind them to be successful -- there is a need for stewards to guide the choices, training, translators -- to help nonprofits adopt open source software. Penguin Days.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Holding events is a great way for nonprofits to raise money, engage constituents, and raise their profile. But they’re also a lot of work— like, a lot of work. That’s why taking the time to hone your events strategy and develop a planning process is worth it. Don’t know where to start? We’ve got you covered. Let’s get started!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

In the new book, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance , Dr. Nate Zinsser , Director of West Point’s influential Performance-Psychology Program, shares his secrets of mental toughness and how to build and master confidence. In addition to training the minds of the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

My training is in biology, so I am going to use an ecological metaphor to explain my thinking on this. Change is more likely to be bad (maladaptive) than good. In rapidly changing environments, more species adopt an “r” strategy—they have lots and lots of offspring, most of which die, and often high levels of genetic variation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Kaushik's thinking is based on " Occam's Razor Principle " (which boils down to a poetic way of saying " KISS ") The screencast will show some practical examples of how at least one nonprofit organization's web site, the Idealist , is using the software in practice. Possible Working Titles: 1. Analytics This!

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). 60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). 60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). You can also see how that translates into cost per action or email viewed (opened). 60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The intent was to provide a deep dive for program officers to reflect on the way they currently work, identify what needs to change to create more impact, and come up with some prototypes. Individual and Group Understanding of the Challenges for Community Philanthropy.

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

The future is bright and full of potential technical advancement, included somewhere within that progression is a small segment for Learning Management Systems and how they are already trending towards something completely different. In the Learning and Development world training has migrated from solely instructional and self-taught.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

How Do CRMs Work for Nonprofits? How Do CRMs Work for Nonprofits? How exactly could a CRM system be useful for a nonprofit? Nonprofit CRMs have come a long way in the past 20 years. In decades past, they were little better than digitized spreadsheets. If your nonprofit has never used a CRM before, you’ve come to the right place.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Tell us where you are, what your organization does. Jesse Lane will share the super-simple process for raising more money for your nonprofit. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Jesse, I got 1:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started? Jesse: Let’s do it. I’m excited. Steven: All right. I’m Steven.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

This post outlines: How to approach nine common donor types and helpful tips + tricks for smarter messaging. How CRM + donor management software can help your teams work better together. Using reports to answer some of the typical questions you might get from a board member. Talking to your donors. Reporting to your board of directors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

April 8, 2007 As I write this, I’m hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home. The buzzwords have changed and the technology has gotten more sophisticated – but the problems many nonprofits are facing are exactly the same. This was in the solidly web 1.0 This was in the solidly web 1.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I love designing and delivering trainings on social media and the added challenge of working outside of the US. I do a quick review of my training materials with a "US Centric Lens." What does that mean? Here's why: I attended and presented at the Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai on Feb 9-11. No wonder I am still tired!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Rachel Sacks, MPH will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Rachel. I’ve got 1:00 Eastern. ” Oh, yeah.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Kari Trent Stageberg, MBA and Jackie Smith will equip you with easy, practical, and actionable steps to help you win back your lapsed donors, including learning how to identify, qualify, and communicate with them. We are here to talk about how to win back your lapsed donors. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. That’s right.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Well, good afternoon, everybody. Good morning, I should say, if you’re on the West Coast. And if you’re watching this as a recording, I hope you’re having a good day no matter when and where you are. We are here to talk about “Retaining Your Peer-To-Peer Peeps.” I’m Steven. So don’t be shy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

We are a national nonprofit that trains advocacy professionals, people working for nonprofits full-time, in the fine arts of collaboration, leadership, listening, speaking, conflict resolution, and collaboration across organizational boundaries. They are teachable. You can read a transcript of the interview below.

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