Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Another part of the workshop, makes time for participants to begin to write a self-care plan for themselves, discussing the types of activities or habits they want to embrace. She is also very mindful while reading the news to monitor her reactions and emotions. Here’s a humorous take on this from the New Yorker. The solution?

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It’s a great time to show appreciation for our family, friends, and colleagues. Your organization’s supporters have donated their time, attention, and/or dollars to help you drive impact this year. Thanksgiving is nearly here, and it seems to sneak up faster year after year.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With Giving Tuesday right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your marketing strategy for the holiday. These key times to ask for donations on Giving Tuesday can help you increase your organization’s visibility throughout the day. The second highest time is from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

That’s why it is critical to have a tuition collection strategy that encourages on-time payments and reduces tuition delinquency. School debt recovery often requires follow-up to impress upon families the importance of timely payment. Late fees are standard in all industries because they encourage on-time payments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2012

This session will teach you some techniques that you can immediately put into practice and help you work more efficiently and effectively, enabling you to achieve more in less time and ultimately increase the return of your efforts.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2015

But of course a vast majority of recipients take the logical course and delete the sometimes alluring but often ridiculous missives without a moment’s hesitation, recognizing them for the waste of time and potentially malicious intent they hold. In a word: psychology. So insert a query in the header and see if doing so increases open rates.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 18, 2022

As more companies and their employees return to the office, now is the time for nonprofits to engage in corporate outreach. Begin your corporate outreach to previous partners and prospects now, so you can ensure that your contacts are up-to-date, and your nonprofit is at the top of mind for corporate events.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s no wonder that many fundraisers find themselves so exhausted by the time they send their appeals that the last thing on their mind is writing a heartfelt thank you message or reporting back to the donor on how their gift made an impact. One way to save time is to write all of your content at the same time.

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Charity Village

APRIL 16, 2021

People report that their minds wander at work 37% of the time, and stress increases mind-wandering by 2-3 times, according to The Mind at Work study by Potential Project, a global research, leadership development and consulting firm. The Mind at Work study […]. The Mind at Work study […].

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes resilience so that every time you hear “no,” you don’t let it stop you, especially when times are hard, the economy is tanking, or some other crisis is looming. Not only is asking for donations uncomfortable at times, but with SO many great causes out there to donate to, WHY would someone choose your cause? Y’all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. To practice techniques like mind-mapping, use of visualization, attention-training, technology tools, and more to stay focused and productive in our work. Mindfulness' Takeaways. Additional Resources.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 30, 2017

And besides that, many people keep their speakers on all the time, and having music blare the moment they land on your site can be incredibly jarring. Indeed, there’s so much out there to read that our minds become blurred, and therefore writers should constantly check themselves to make sure all their content is original and all theirs.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 27, 2023

Post-pandemic fundraising is a good time to reset, strategize and start new traditions for stakeholders. Keeping mission in mind, this can include re-establishing or reimagining traditional donor engagement events. As a nonprofit administrator, have you ever inherited a fundraising special event?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, time is our most valuable resource, and it often feels like there’s not enough of it. Not only are they intellectually painful, but they waste time. There’s no miracle cure, but a little time spent choosing tools that work for you and setting up some simple automations will pay dividends over time.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 8, 2023

With that in mind, it’s time to lay out your strategy for your direct mail campaigns to increase your donations. As we move into the last five months of the year, nonprofits are gearing up for a busy fall and winter fundraising season.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2023

A New Nonprofit Donor Paradigm How about categorizing gifts as: First time Habitual Thoughtful Passionate Today we’ll look at the first two; we’ll cover the latter two in Part 2. First time First-time donors are making their very first gift to your organization. Let’s stop giving gifts, and donors, these outdated labels.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

Sketchnotes: Mindful or mind-full Since a big part of this session was on visual note-taking as a way of focusing attention, here are my notes (1.5 MB) – minus content from yours truly (since I was up delivering it at the time, and "Wait a sec while I sketch what I just said" can get awfully tedious for people).

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 31, 2018

There are always a few crowd favorites—super strength, time travel, the ability to fly. The ability to read minds. To know what everyone is thinking at all times? What if I told you that you can enter the minds of your donors without even meeting them? They take time, energy and a whole lot of practice to develop.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 11, 2023

It takes time. Since staff turnover, leadership changes, shifting business priorities, and/or platform updates can happen at any time, it’s important to keep in mind that user adoption does not necessarily have a start or end date. Making technology or process changes in the workplace is hard work. It takes effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The holiday break is a great time to read books, both for work and just plan fun. Earlier this week, I read the recently published “ Mindful Social Marketing ” by colleague Janet Fouts. If you are doing social media for a nonprofit, this book is a must read. It is filled with great wisdom.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Of course, when you have a lot to do, taking time to think about strategy might seem like a luxury. But keep in mind that there’s no point in sending emails just to send emails. Establishing a strategy for your peer-to-peer fundraising email communications is critically important. They need a purpose.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2017

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you weigh your options. Any time you place data on a server online, there's some risk involved. These are just a few of the questions you should keep in mind when searching for a cloud service provider. Keep Regulatory Requirements in Mind. Before You Move to the Cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2015

Never in a million years did I ever think I would use data and mindfulness in the same sentence. For the past two months, I’ve been wearing a rock in a bra, a device called Spire. Perhaps that is why the spire had not yet tracked any “tension” time for me yet!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 30, 2021

Their peer-to-peer campaign was timed just right since going back to school was top of mind for so many. If your nonprofit is based around a cause that folks tend to pay attention to at a certain time of year, be sure to leverage that. Keep in mind, you don’t have to be a graphic designer to make a good-looking campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

BoardSite’s features are designed specifically with nonprofits in mind. The platform streamlines important processes like onboarding, voting, and creating agendas, so you’ll have more time to discuss the issues that really matter. Additionally, many board directors are successful professionals with very busy schedules.

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Kindful

APRIL 8, 2021

But if you’re like most nonprofit organizations, you don’t have a whole lot of extra staff or time to devote to chasing news anchors and movie stars to help you get your mission in the public eye. This blog post will help provide some quick tips and techniques for helping your mission get more attention in less time. In other words….

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 19, 2017

There’s nothing wrong with having a like-minded staff; keeping your staff on the same page with values and goals is incredibly important. However, if you start to feel as though your staff may be too agreeable, it’s time to take a step back and remember the importance of diversity in all forms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2015

The training took place at a beautiful retreat center and incorporated the time and space in the agenda for participants to reflect and make important shifts in their practice. He started the session on mindfulness sharing a story about an encounter with a taxi driver in Nashville who answered the “how are you are today?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

You’ve heard many (many) times that all your nonprofit’s blog and site content should be optimized to drive traffic. But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. Over time, that can improve your organic ranking.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As you are looking for donors to make contact with and insert into your fundraising funnel, you don’t want to waste time. This is a mistake that costs non-profits valuable time and resources. You only have so many staff members, so much money and so much time in a day. Who can you truly call a “major donor prospect?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. As summer fades into fall, end-of-year fundraising season is top-of-mind for nonprofits. Are there any key, timely motivations that you can hone in on to engage these groups?

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Whole Whale

JULY 18, 2022

With that in mind, writing an irresistible email appeal should be a top priority for any nonprofit. If you keep track of your supporters’ key information in a central database (you should), you can use the donor data to make the ask personal whether it’s their name, length of time they’ve supported you, or where they’re located.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We have some great minds on our team and I’m confident we will figure out the “how” of making changes happen. GP: What other initiatives are top of mind at Common Sense right now? The post Why Now is the Time for Common Sense Media’s Digital Transformation appeared first on Salesforce.org. What is the ideal user experience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The ScreenTime Genie , a clever chat bot designed by the BJ Fogg’s Behavioral Science Lab at Stanford can help grant your wish for reduced screen time. One solution the Genie offered me about reducing email time was to set expectations with my email signature. The Screen Time Genie is on the top of my list.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

We’ve walked nonprofits of all sizes through the process of determining whether a capital campaign makes sense for them at this particular time. There’s no reason why organizations can’t use the key principles of capital campaign fundraising to reach smaller goals over shorter periods of time. In many cases, they do.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

Pockets of time opened up. As a blog and social media coach , it's probably not a good idea for me to tell you to spend less time on your computer and cell phone, but honestly, it was one of the best things I've done in years. My number one mindfulness tip is to be aware of social media envy. It was awesome.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sure, many gift-buyers will continue to turn to Amazon, Walmart, and Target, but increasingly c onsumers are being more mindful with purchases. Nonprofits with online shops can tap into these trends on social media to reach mindful shoppers and raise revenue in support of their mission. You know your audience best.

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