Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But let’s be honest, working in the nonprofit sector can be tough, especially with limited resources and the never-ending to do list. Jacobwith of the Fire Starters Blog offers up some terrific ways to avoid burnout that are free or low cost. Despite the challenges, many of us manage to get extraordinary results without burning out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The first Nonprofit Blog Carnival of 2015 is on the theme is personal productivity. That was the call for blog posts. I received a rich selection covering this topic – from changing mindsets, new tool sets, and lots of tips on how to manage your social media, email, and work flow. Personal Productivity in Practice.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 30, 2009

Here’s the April edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival. While it can be a great technique, there are definitely things that work and things that don’t. My pal Sandra Sims has some great advice on the Step By Step Fundraising site called “Accepting Donations Online: Three great Service Providers.&#.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. Data Security Concerns Implementing robust encryption techniques is necessary to safeguard sensitive data. Ready to begin?

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. Data Security Concerns Implementing robust encryption techniques is necessary to safeguard sensitive data. Ready to begin?

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the significance of LMS integration, identify common LMS integration issues, and provide practical solutions and the best practices for choosing the right integration partner. Data Security Concerns Implementing robust encryption techniques is necessary to safeguard sensitive data. Ready to begin?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. These techniques will save blood, sweat, and tears down the road.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Crowdsourcing is the technique of allowing many people to provide feedback, advice, knowledge, expertise or ideas for a project or create collective intelligence for an issue. This week on Beth's Blog, I'd like to invite you to think together with me about crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Offer Training in Conflict Management To Social Media Professionals: The book describes techniques for conflict management and how to respond in various situations, but organizing a training for staff that includes role play and simulations to practice these skills is also important.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

If you’re new to marketing your nonprofit online, these statistics will be great for thinking about what channels you want to experiment with and how they compare to print marketing techniques, too. . Book a free consultation with us today to explore your nonprofit’s options and get tailored advice. . How can Twenti help?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2009

Screen capture of video blog I was an early adopter of video blogging and screencasting. So, since I have a short window to play with this camera, I've been hunting for inspiration and resources to get started exploring its possibilities. Their how-to and training resources are top notch! FLIP Camera.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. There is enough secondary research published either via blog posts or research hubs about who uses these tools. I've pointed to a lot of resources in my blog.). There's lots of examples in this blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening. Have you read a helpful article or blog recently that helped get more focused? Reading, reviewing, commenting, writing, and editing content. 3.) Establish Rituals: Rituals in your work life are valuable.

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Because nonprofits depend on donations, they’re often stretched thin for resources. Luckily, there are plenty of free nonprofit resources online for your organization to take advantage of. These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Enriched knowledge. Enhanced outreach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books. Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The skill, of course, is hosting a Giving Day and we are now looking at processes, techniques, and ideas for follow up and assessment. This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

What tools and techniques do you use to create good conversations on your blog? What advice would you offer to Cambodian bloggers? Do you have an awesome example of a conversation on your blog or one that you've started elsewhere? Source: How To Add Blogging Conversations by Darren Rowse. What did they miss?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

The spreadsheet above is from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County for an action learning project that focused on measuring the results of the recently launched blog. As you’ll see in the deck above, I shared my own little action learning project on how to improve my own data using Excel and Ann and Stephanie’s advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training. Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. I share these back with participants as part of the resources that I provide, often digitized and put on a wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

Here's a few resources that might be of interest: How to do you explain flickr to those who haven't heard of it? Documenting Events and Conferences Youth Service America Service Day Blog post about it. How-To Resources. CogDog Blog's Brilliant: What can you do with flickr? More Advanced Techniques. Basic Overview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2005

Successful Blog provides you with tips, tricks, techniques and proven know-how to get the best from your blog. His post on productive blogging was so successful, he is now devoting an entire blog to the topic. ( His post on productive blogging was so successful, he is now devoting an entire blog to the topic. (

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

One goal that I had was to a peer support community through the twitter hashtag # npsmpeer – where nonprofit social media managers could share advice and support one another. This year SXSW is offered something new: workshops on a wide range of topics from some of the top people in their industry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Whether your event is hybrid offline/online event or virtual, one way to think through a strategy for events is a simple: Before, During, and After. I queried nonprofit colleagues, asking for their best advice. It is also a good technique to easily capture the digital artifacts from the event to prepare the after story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2007

I've been thinking a lot about Wendy Harmon's advice about ROI and Social Media: A project that won???t I'm working a "rubric" of different types of social media projects, from the easiest lowest risk to the more complicated and resource intensive. What are the blog software options that offer password protection?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In the book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, and (World Peace) , author Chade-Meng Tan offers 3 simple techniques to practice mindful conversations. 5: Don’t interrupt or jump into giving advice. Reflective Listening Techniques. 3: Don’t judge the other person.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

My philosophy is authors need both a website to present the story of their career, and a blog to share the value of their expertise and writing style. Blogs continue to be the best way for authors to drive traffic to their website and build an author platform. LinkedIn and Medium make it easy for everyone to blog and build a following.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

TechSoup's own social media team weigh in on the report and offer their advice for making wise social media decisions. And how do you identify relevant takeaways and techniques for you and your organization? But the best advice out there, if you haven't already started experimenting with visual storytelling, is to just do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. If you are not reading blogs and web sites in an RSS Reader , make that your New Year's resolution. by habit or just the resources you actually need to retrieve? Use Time Management Techniques. Take Breaks.

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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. It was designed to complement existing technical assistance resources through tip sheets, examples, and links to multiple resources. access to resources and training).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

It goes beyond just analytics tools to exploring tools, techniques, and data for measuring deep civic engagement, open governance, and inclusive decision-making. My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you’ll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and resource lists.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At it’s core, OPM brings together digital strategy, SEO techniques and social media marketing to provide an overarching approach to online presence. Instead of a one-time installation, OPM aims for continuous improvement by focusing on the long-term rewards SEO techniques, analytics and reputation management can offer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Some questions I don't know the answers to: What are the best examples of nonprofits using social media to crowdsource advice, program evaluation, ideas, or other uses? What are the best practices or techniques for crowdsourcing? What are the best resources, including blogs, books, and articles?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? Laura Lee Dooley captured this blog post about the session , plus you can find my slides all the links and other resources here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

One of our most valued nonprofit resources is our time, especially in these days of tighter budgets and cutbacks in funding. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. If you are not reading blogs and web sites in an RSS Reader , make that your New Year's resolution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet? I like the metaphor of a sommelier, They know the grapes, the winemaker and their techniques, and vintages. Content Curation for Nonprofits. Let me know in the comments.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

" Dulcey Bower , senior media strategist, told me that she uses LastPass as a result of her own blog piece on security, Password Herding in Less than 10: Getting Started. " Other Password Security Techniques. Anna Jaeger , CTO of Caravan Studios, invented her own technique. Please log in to tell us your technique.

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