Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

Reflection is a critical step in assessing individual and team performance at your nonprofit. A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. Reflection requires hitting the pause button and asking and answering questions.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Reflecting on the anniversary of 9/11 this year, we honor those working in the Towers, the first responders and all of their families and friends—and all Americans who woke up to a changed nation. We learned that working in silos didn't work. And we learned that technology would have to change to keep up with this new approach.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In the past I have been guilty of launching into end of year fundraising without reflecting upon the previous year. Here are a few of the lessons learned in 2020 that have stuck with me in 2021, hopefully they can help you as throughout the last quarter of 2021. . What we know, or think we know, still matters.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2021

Leave it to leadership and communications expert, David Grossman , to decide to write a book called, Heart First, Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything. Heart First is engaging, inspirational and packed with powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Now that we’ve done our audit (at least until next year), I’m taking a moment to reflect on key takeaways from our compliance initiative that all nonprofits can benefit from. In this blog, I’ll share lessons learned from our SOC 2 audit to help you build a culture of nonprofit compliance.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 21, 2010

Results of a detailed evaluation of the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge competition have been released in the “must-read” 2009 AGC Assessment and Reflection Report. Lessons learned can be replicated by other non-profits, both for contest campaigns and for general social media outreach.( The best part? read more ).

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

We learned a lot at the recent BoardAssist Nonprofit Board Summit on how to be an outstanding board member. Do they reflect the organization’s truest priorities? The post Nonprofit Board Best Practices – Lessons From the 2020 BoardAssist Board Summit appeared first on BoardAssist. Rain, Rain Go Away.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Offer opportunities for learning to new staff, leaders, and volunteers and ongoing refreshers for current employees. It’s an exercise that will provide the opportunity to explore lessons learned in training and reflect on how they impact real-life situations. A statement formalizes your organization’s commitment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

” Here’s a methodology for doing an After Action Review, but it boils down to: Capture the lesson learned (big or small). Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned. In other words, how to scale reflective practice in age of connectedness? Share your examples in the comments below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. Image from Flickr by Xurble. So I’ll wrap it up by talking about copy.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I have learned how to deep dive into Foundation Directory, align our grant asks with funders’ typical award amounts, and use Candid Learning’s sample letters of inquiry (LOIs). (It doesn’t hurt that SLCPL is a very pleasant place to spend an afternoon diving through databases.) .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Our track was one of three tracks for participants to dive deep into a topic and learn from peers through dialogue. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. As someone who has been in the nonprofit field 35 years, I can sum up my experience as: ”Remember, it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats. Pre-work would prime me for the learning objectives. About the Distributive Learning Process.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 13, 2018

All I thought I would do was learn about nonprofit organizations or maybe do some volunteering. It was like a paid internship where I would learn about nonprofit organizations, and receive an education award at the end. This year I have learned a lot about myself. In Public Allies, we learn a lot about diversity.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I have learned how to deep dive into Foundation Directory, align our grant asks with funders’ typical award amounts, and use Candid Learning’s sample letters of inquiry (LOIs). The post Autism After 21 Utah Project: Lessons from a first-time fundraiser appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

You’ll learn about: understanding the power of personal connections how to pivot in your career the right way to make mistakes how to use influence for the greater good how to be a memorable manager effective networking Robert L. Dilenschneider : One of the most important lessons from the book is the need to learn from your mistakes daily.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? Over time, they are unable to engage in honest dialogue; others learn not to confront them with reality.” I can’t over-emphasize the benefits of learning from people with a variety of perspectives and experiences. Take what you learn from your advisory group and improve on it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes peer learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pick the Bot’s Brain AI powered chatbots learn from user interactions. But the best part is, that AI chatbots learn from user interactions and improve their responses over time. Even if you have substantial resources to dedicate to the process, it’s a good idea to start simple and learn as you go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. David Armano describes this process as " Listen, Learn, and Adapt." Easier said than done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

You’ll learn lots. They are also experts in reflecting and learning about what works and what doesn’t with social media and I’m lucky that they have offered to continue sharing their knowledge on my blog! Using Social Media to Leverage Family Stories: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

She is making it an annual event, but this year it will happen on 10-10-10. I asked her if she would reflect on her first Twitterthon and share some insights that she is bringing to her second one to improve results. Lessons Learned From A Twitterthon by Diana Scimone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Note from Beth: Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals. Ashley and her colleague Anita – as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I really enjoy teaching in different cultural contexts and observing different learning styles and approaches to working for a nonprofit. The space creates a calm and reflective environment. According to Terhi Molsa, Executive Director, the painting on the wall is of a lake in Finland, because being near water encourages creativity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The entire social sector learned a valuable lesson in 2020: even the most rigorous planning can’t insulate us from the need to be flexible and adapt to the changing world around us. One key lesson we learned in 2020 is that we’re truly stronger when we work together. 5) Remaining Nimble Is Now a Strategic Imperative .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Here are a few lessons we learned along the way. In its blog post “ Practical Tools to Help Grantmakers put Learning First ,” the Johnson Center for Philanthropy reminds us how challenging this can be. Your questions should also reflect your values as a funder. Questions are critical tools for good grantmaking.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2023

Drawn from her own rags to riches story, Win when They Say You Won’t: Break Through Barriers and Keep Leveling Up Your Success , is Jones’ highly reflective, deeply personal, inspiring guide and playbook to help readers achieve the career of their dreams with a winning mindset. Learn all you can from everyone you can. Listen and hear.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

At worst, it can provide conflicting outcomes, not ultimately reflecting the truth of what’s happening.” . When helping with the Nimble AMS Member Lapse Solution, Stark and other employees learned an important lesson in data hygiene. Learn more about how to leverage your member data through dashboards.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fast forward to today, and PEAK is now in the season of its fifth principle: Learn, Share, Evolve. These three simple words each pack their own challenge for a sector that often fails to prioritize learning, where knowledge hoarding is pervasive, and where the pace of change can feel extremely slow. Evolution is an ongoing practice.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, I stepped into my first marketing class excited to learn and meet some new people in my still-smells-like-new home base in New Jersey. I discovered there were rich lessons in the "white space" of class. I discovered there were rich lessons in the "white space" of class. What about you?

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Lessons Learned from Two Decades in Philanthropy. Justice over greatness: A new year’s reflection. Reflections on a Conference for Well-Intentioned Funders: We can do better. Tools: Reflective structured dialogue. contact-form].

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 21, 2022

We learned important personal and professional lessons through the trials and sprints of the last two years: resiliency, the importance and interdependence of our personal and community safety nets, our boundaries, and awareness of our respective privileges and challenges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

For example, the guide shares how savvy education funders are considering the impact of learning loss on students who every year miss more and more days of instruction due to the climate crisis. Invest in, support, and learn from intermediary organizations, many of which can help you adopt participatory approaches to grantmaking. .

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The Role of Coaching in your Learning and Development Program. As Learning and Development professionals it is time to ask ourselves… What does this mean to our industry? As Learning and Development professionals it is time to ask ourselves… What does this mean to our industry? Turn this into a weekly tradition.

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