Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

When you have four facilitators, you want to make sure that you choreograph each activity. Documenter: Using a digital camera, the documenter should capture photos of the process – the set up, the activity, and the products from the activity. Overnight Reflection. Defining Roles. I like to use a rock band metaphor.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s also about making sure that your questions reflect the current state of your community and the sector, and that they respect the diversity and expertise of your applicants. Does this question reflect the mission of my organization? Use standard writing best practices, such as short sentences and active voice.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sadly, many current change efforts that try to incorporate knowledge work for social good end up with disjointed or burdensome lists of isolated activities that really aren’t very engaging or valuable. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. It is voiced or expressed outwardly in society in some way.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Consider using scoring rubrics or structured interview protocols to standardize evaluations and minimize bias to keep things equitable. Make the effort to make sure your board reflects a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. Encourage active participation. Welcome them aboard. Celebrate diversity.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Black voices, Black spaces. This requires funders to examine their practices including grant applications, reporting requirements, decision-making structures, and program design to determine whether they reflect the inequities they seek to eliminate. Listen and respond to Black leaders.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

While our complete evaluation is quite long, we’ve summarized reflections and commitments for 2022 from every area of our commitments in practice. We hired two new staff in 2021 and engaged the new staff and their managers in reflection about the onboarding and hiring process. Staff, board, and volunteers. 2021 review highlights.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Outline engaging activities and events that align with your mission but also provide opportunities for members to actively participate and contribute their skills. Develop a Public Relations Plan Advocacy is about being the voice of change. Start by outlining your organizational structures. Don’t stop there!

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Nonprofit membership programs can help your organization raise money, build your network, and give members a louder voice in your organization or community. How do I determine the best structure for my program? Here are some factors to consider when structuring your membership program: Your organization’s goals. Dues and tiers.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Activating our values in 2022.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

The same historical and cultural structures that have held back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in so many aspects of our lives are also mirrored in much of the nonprofit sector. Workstream priorities should reflect this knowledge. She is an active philanthropist through YFJ Philanthropies as well. By: Yolanda F.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Our neural activity increases 5X when listening to a story. Cut through bias by communicating various perspectives and voices. Step 1: Understand story structure. Effective stories are told in a three-act structure. Effective stories are told in a three-act structure. Prompt action from your audience .

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Here’s what they said. Learn more at WeRaiseTheRoots.com !

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. Art, artifacts, books, and manuscripts are all documents of human innovation, thinking, and activity. Content strategy reframes a collection by creating an overarching structure that defines how its content is organized, positioned, and made relevant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. I've purchase a two copies, one for me and one to give away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

Of note, I wanted to let you know that the reflection paper about America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation has been published ( Allison Fine and I were the co-authors.) So much so, that I'm taking a brief break from packing up boxes for our move across the country next week. I attended Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp on Saturday.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

What platforms are they active on? You should also work to develop your brand’s voice and language across your social media profiles. Meanwhile, LinkedIn is a social media platform geared toward professionals meaning that your posts on LinkedIn should be more formal and structured than on other platforms for more engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

She is one of the leading voices of ”social learning practice” which is about self-directed and informal learning from your online networks. She explained that “learning or teaching the old” is about training, knowledge transfer, and structured, directed learning. He asked to reflect on our network map.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If your nonprofit has made any large-scale changes, your team should sit down and assess whether your mission statement still accurately reflects your work. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. Has your mission pivoted due to a global or local event? Who Do You Serve?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

We’ve also created more opportunities for staff from across the organization, even if they don’t work together daily, to interact socially via optional evening and weekend activities. Organize creative activities or events, for example, our annual workplace giving campaign allows our staff to support the causes they care most about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. It also improves overall staff engagement because it gives everyone a voice. What is Brainstorming? .

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. He's explicit about different project structures and their implications, listing five levels of participation and three of non-participation.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Create a recognizable and consistent voice and visual identity across your social media platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2008

I'm just back from the red eye and really tired - and wanted to capture a few reflections about network effectiveness and resourcing. As I returned to the skype call, I got to hear Juanita's voice for the first time! The World Cafe is structured as a 501-c3, but it is really a network. How is this activity best guided?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Each session called shared a best practice, debriefed on the results of applying the best practice shared the month before, and we collectively generated insights. As one participant noted, “The consistent monthly time to reflect about learning was invaluable.” So, do businesses then need to turn to ads/sponsored stories?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums. why not museums?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Era of Increased Activism and Grassroots Campaigning. The recent presidential election has led to a level of true grassroots activism that hasn’t been seen in decades. Ordinary Americans not formally affiliated with any organization or cause are rising up to make their voices heard. And the rewards will be well worth it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums. why not museums?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. And I’ll give you about 30 seconds or so to activate. Full Transcript: – [Lindsay] Okay. .

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. In some ways, we do a good job engaging people who reflect our whole County. If we want to reflect the identities of our community, we’ve got to focus on changing that. Our visitors are about 8% Latino.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

As part of the context setting, participants were tasked to do “active listening,” taking note of a strengths, challenges, and opportunities in what the speakers shared. I facilitated the discussion with the design lab participants and experts. Making: Ideation and Rapid Prototyping. New Technology for New Power Movements.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Institutions tying their online and onsite activities, as the Ontario Science Centre did when it hosted a YouTube meetup , or the Smithsonian American Art Museum did when they developed an alternate reality game. We need more advocates, more voices that can help navigate (and lead!) the future of our institutions.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

We had a very active chat-based discussion during and after the webcast, and the chatlog will be available at the CFM site soon. It’s easy to imagine ways that game structures could make life seem less capricious, more fair, more responsive, and more controllable. But the motivation is still external. For example, consider voting.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. pause for reflection time before next reiteration: how to improve results? even one voice can give you great insight. Qui Diaz:Livingston, recently did research for the Philanthropy 2.0 funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

We also like to believe she was one of the first proponents of the "shine theory" with her quote, " There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ". Anika Rahman is a Bangladeshi-American lawyer and prominent voice in the ecofeminism movement. Murasaki Shikibu. Rosalind Franklin. Roxane Gay.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Each week, I’ve been ceding the blog to others as a chance to hear many voices share their thoughts about our field, where we are, and where we are going. This field is varied, and each voice adds to our collective understanding of the situation. The entire system and structure of this country has been built on racism.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

A lot of women reflected back to us that they felt oftentimes like the families would treat them as if they were a part of the family, so that then their work was in some ways made invisible. I think that is related to fundamental shifts that are happening in both the political and economic structures in this country and in the entire world.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

From the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter, from the Ice Bucket Challenge to the Woman’s March, many of today’s most effective movements are less about single charismatic voices and more about the power of the chorus. How we advance causes, how we share our voices, how we connect. Technology. How we live our lives. My Passion.

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