Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

As with all new major technological changes (we’re looking at you, electricity and the internet), we must adapt and adopt. If you want your text to be effective, you must edit and add your own ‘voice’ and perspective. Now that ChatGPT and its ilk are out of the box, there’s no cramming them back in.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

This post features a video of animals available for adoption and encourages people with matching names to come and adopt, providing a conversation starter for community members in the comments! Interactions. Interactions on social media include every click, share, and comment your posts receive from other accounts.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Studies show that people spend an average of almost eight and a half hours interacting with digital media per day. Conversion: The client returns to your site to complete their registration and receives an automated confirmation email from your organization. These measurements should align with your campaign’s goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

As Jeremiah points out, we are entering the next phase where robots, drones, bots, AI, and self-driving cars will have widespread adoption. And one thing he said about the impact of living in an autonomous world, “Empathy, human touch and interaction will be become more important.” . There are two design tasks.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

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. Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. We reflected. We adapted.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It is about actively making meaning in interaction with a social context. It is voiced or expressed outwardly in society in some way. No amount of information matters for equitable change if it is disconnected from relationships and social interaction. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Technology ecosystem and interaction: Your new fund accounting software will only be one part of your organization’s overall technology ecosystem. The biggest factors that affect timelines are the goals the organization is trying to accomplish and the number of stakeholders who need to have a voice in the conversation.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Gemba walks help to see people in action, see their movements, their projects, their goals, their roadblocks and hear their conversations. Daily stand-ups give a voice to all team members and empower people to speak up. Continuous feedback loops allow for people to have an equal voice in their organization.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Stories are interactive, bonding. It allows them to have a voice in your message. Illustrate your nonprofit in action by telling the story of one dog whose adoption made a real impact in the life of a special needs child or the dog that rescued an elderly man from loneliness. It gives them depth and authenticity.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This global ecosystem includes the digital brand and voice of your organization, the main source of knowledge and data about the programs and issues you work on, as well as detailed information about the audience you are reaching. Do they have a unified visual voice and brand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. You can only really do this with a technically comfortable crowd, and the folks at the Public Conversations Project and TechFoundation hosted event fit the bill.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. as a form of self expression and identification. Looking Ahead.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Different communities have aligned and adopted different social networks, social media tools, communications platforms, etc. as a form of self expression and identification. Looking Ahead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

While our focus here was the conversion to a new tech solution , t hese same lessons can be applied to any change that requires training, whether it’s for a tech solution or no t. . Complete these 5 steps to help mitigate future adoption challenges. . Organize each ses sion to allow for more interactions and keep them under 2.5

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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. Colleague Kaliya Hamlin has this description : This is an interactive whole group exercise that helps highlight the range of perspectives in a group.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The essence of the study is that as partners in a conversation interact, their brain patterns for both listening and speaking mirror one another causing a number of observable side effects such as imitating one another, body posture, grammar structure, and accents. Really, I thought? So must these types be excluded from consideration?

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. Elsewhere in the organization, our Training Manager, Jen Haut, tweets from @campwellstone as a way to interact with participants/alumni from our flagship training program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. 100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

We get so overloaded by meaningless data collection, that we're exhausted before we get to do the fun part: making sense out of it. My Facebook page is focused on a listening and engagement objective - starting and maintaining a conversation. I look at the following metrics: Total Interactions. Unsubscribes. Page Views.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It is a social space where engaging and interaction is the constant action and so we believe, too, that if we were to need help and support that the community would take action quickly. We interact with our friends and colleagues in real time on and offline — either in the office or out at coffee, on Twitter or social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

A recent McKinsey survey suggests that 90% of organizations will adopt some version of the hybrid workplace. All staff voices are respected and a sense of belonging. Consider what tools and techniques, digital or otherwise, can be used to maximize their interaction with the in-room attendees.

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2024

Forward-looking governments are also adopting CX best practices, as service-centered agencies increasingly understand that the process to acquire a passport, for example, should meet citizens’ expectations for transactions. We’ve edited our conversation, below: How do you think about CX for a nonprofit like ZERO TO THREE?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, it’s a great place to be. A great example of using Twitter for real information exchange and for conversation. And it’s something to monitor regardless as it is growing more and more. Read the full case study here.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 22, 2022

Speak with your members, hear their stories, and amplify their voices to create engaging content. TECH TIP: Use Nimble Communities to drive your online member community and encourage conversation around industry thought leadership by posting ungated content for further discussion. Paid Content. Watch now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

My conversation with the Albert Einstein Bot. More and more people are adopting social media messaging, including Facebook Messenger , to contact nonprofits with questions, comments, or requests. Facebook Messenger chat bots will let your nonprofit immediately interact with supporters. What is a Chat Bot? Why Use One?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

If it is adopted by a whole team, I think twitter can be quite useful internally for project management and group updates. If the map were just of the museum I was about to visit, I would be compelled and excited by the perception of action and interaction of folks and exhibits. Why not do the same for people running around the museum?

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, its a great place to be. A great example of using Twitter for real information exchange and for conversation. And its something to monitor regardless as it is growing more and more. Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?)

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

But because of pandemic-related restrictions on in-person interactions, online fundraising increased by 32% in 2020. Below, we’ve listed a few of our favorites that you can adopt into your own strategy. Donation page conversion rate How do you know that your donation page is effective?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Lean Startup principles have been adopted widely in other sectors, and once you get a glimpse of the principles, it’s clear that Lean can be applied to any organization that needs to operate in a capital-efficient way. It’s no wonder why Lean is increasingly being adopted in the non-profit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The key thing that is different with setting a social media objective is that it is not about reaching a mass audience and blasting your message out, it is more about reaching the influencers, developing relationships, having a conversation, and getting insights. Addressing personality versus organizational voice.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2008

But we're trying to model a kind of conversation with important people, powerful people, but particularly knowledgeable people, where we say--YOU can go up to a person with a lot of knowledge and ask him "why?," Effectively, Robert is saying that Radiolab isn't just a show where the hosts have conversations with scientists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

Having a voice empowers us to make a better world. ” The connectivity of the platform, the person-to-person interaction creates meaning. marniethedog , a 12 year old senior dog who was adopted, but diagnosed with an illness that made her head tilt. Our mission is connection.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2016

around this knowledge: Individuals may often have larger social networks than the nonprofits with whom they interact and support. The Result: • 24% petition conversion rate. It’s key to empower the everyday people in your audience to create their own narrative around your issues by sharing and curating your content in their own voices.

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