Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). Now I am lucky if I can get through a first chapter much less read an entire book in less than 6 months. Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.),

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In the book, this section (taken from Chapter 2 ) is twice the length seen below. The most valuable advice should be practical and come from someone who actually manages online communities and works with these tools every single day. However, do to word count constraints the content below is not in its full entirety. Just a FYI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

I was immediately drawn to the chapter that describes common storytelling challenges and solutions. While there are many challenges, many times nonprofits are dealing with clients who can’t really share their story because of confidentiality restrictions. Julia has some great practical advice here: Shield personal details.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2011

Theory informs practice. Practice informs theory. You need both. Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals features practical, easy to implement tips and takeaways from 50 leading experts – Ami Dar, Paul Hawken, and Holly Ross, among them. This book combines the two.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The book is intended to help donors both big and small give more strategically. My favorite chapter is “Making Generosity Contagious” and the advice about including some “risky” donations into your mix (see the first book above). Ketchpel, Ph.D. HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations by Nancy Duarte.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2013

I did a quick scan of data visualization resources to look for practical advice on the process of thinking visually and some technical information on what chart to select and data storytelling. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps. I like the chart advice: Avoid 3d-charts at all costs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. Each book chapter examines: Why the skill is important to your success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I selected this book because Magnuson tells it like it is, provides clear, practical, actionable advice and speaks with authenticity and in a conversational style that will resonate with young career professionals. Question: Do you believe millennials are more likely to value and heed the advice in Stand Out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2013

It takes us through why it is important for nonprofits to connect with Millennials based on a good synthesis of recent research and follows through with informative chapters that will help your nonprofit build a solid strategy for connecting with the connected generation in your organization’s communication’s strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2012

The handbook offers advice and resources for those who just starting out to those involved in well-established networks. She also includes her famous “Network Weaver Checklist” that helps you figure out how to inspire people in your network to become network weavers while improving your own practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

It’s for people who want to go deeper and get practical know how, improved productivity, and integrate physical and virtual lives. The attention chapter is about why and how to control your attention when you’re online. The networks chapter includes some important points about the value networks and a networked mindset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

These barriers are precisely why I wanted to write ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World ” with KD Paine. In Chapter 3 of our book, we talk about the skills and practices of a data-informed organization. The reports shares the infographic below to illustrate the “Data Machine.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2009

I hoping the winners will have lots of advice and maybe a screencapture of tweeted best practices for goodwill fundraising and share them in the Twitterville Flickr Group. I love Shel's writing - he tells one great story after another. But he also has done his homework. He looks at how it is evolved in the last two years. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2012

I invited Lisa to reflect on her experience and share some advice as a blog post. We began the Book Club by carefully crafting a couple questions per chapter, and focusing on about one chapter per week. The Networked Nonprofit Book Club: Anytime, Anywhere Learning – guest post by Lisa Colton. In fact, it was great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

The book is filled with stories, practical resources, and tools. The book is written for staff and board members. While the advice in the book does not replace an attorney, having this on your reference desk can help you be more efficient your attorney’s time because you’ll come to meetings educated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In the book, we have a chapter about how one changes the organization’s culture to one that uses data for decision-making. The issue contains lots of practical advice, an infographic of the NTEN benchmarks study, and and more. My big takeaway from Mayur Patel’s interview was the question about future trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The authors identify seven leadership best practices of high performance based on their extensive experience in the nonprofit and philanthropy sector. Together these best practices form an “engine of impact” that nonprofits need to build, maintain, and hone over time to scale with results. Source: Engine of Impact.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 22, 2020

Magnuson tells it like it is, provides clear, practical, actionable advice and speaks with authenticity and in a conversational style that will resonate with young career professionals. Within the book’s 10 chapters, he covers the topics of ownership , mindset , identity , growth , engagement , leadership and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

This chapter and the subsequent advice in the book about going on data/information fasts always left me with a lingering question. There's a whole chapter on the Net Generation Brain. The rest of the chapter talks about the need for focus, deeper thinking, and taking mental breaks (from technology).

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Care2

DECEMBER 21, 2011

She also practices what she preaches, she is a master at relationship building - that special ingredient that builds loyal and powerful networks. This book offers straight forward advice about what works and what doesn't work in social media. I've been reading Mari Smith for a couple of years. This book did not disappoint.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

The report opens with a look at current practices of using networks for citizen-centered social action that are promising for the future. Listening to and consulting the crowds: Actively listening to online conversations and openly asking for advice. Here’s a summary of a few of my favorite parts and framing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2012

The first section of book gives advice on how to prepare to do marketing in the round. The advice is to get senior leadership buy-in and to deliver the vision of marketing in the round to others in the company. The flanking techniques include advertising, content marketing, and search engine optimization as primary tools.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 29, 2022

Written by a wise, award-winning leadership and communications expert, Grossman supplies clear, timely, critical, actionable advice, how-to’s and tips for leaders as the pandemic continues to challenge us.and as we get past the pandemic. Question: What is your top advice/tip for leaders as we head into 2022?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2012

42 Rules For Getting Better At Getting Better is the sub-title of the new book, Practice Perfect. And, that's why Practice Perfect is a valuable read for everyone who wants to help their employees grow and excel through practice. What people do right is as important in practice as what they do wrong.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

we cover best practices in planning for technology projects, providing tools to help you make smart decisions about where to invest those resources. He’s got a whole chapter dedicated to this subject in NTEN’s new book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission ! Takeaways: 1. Buy Peter’s book!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This is a practical guide to international expansion with the challenges of the current time in mind. It’s a quick-read providing some practical tips and sharing best practices from peer companies to help you come out of the pandemic with a strong international presence. Decision made: How do you get going quickly?

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

This desire to help others is also expressed in the philanthropy of those practicing Islam. Adjust to how it is now and use the age-old advice: Reach a donor how you would want to be reached…the medium has just changed a little,” he said. Finally, Katzen suggested staying the course. Persistence is a virtue.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2013

42 Rules For Getting Better At Getting Better is the sub-title of the new book, Practice Perfect. And, that''s why Practice Perfect is a valuable read for everyone who wants to help their employees grow and excel through practice. What people do right is as important in practice as what they do wrong.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 18, 2017

Underdeveloped defines a culture of philanthropy as a set of organizational values and practices that support and nurture development within a nonprofit organization. For 5 years Blackbaud has brought together experts in the nonprofit sector to share their advice on a wide variety of topics through their npEXPERTS series.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Most important, Su explores in depth, chapter-by-chapter the Five Ps : Purpose – Staying grounded in your passions and contributions, doing your highest and best work that has meaning and is making a difference. And, she focuses on three foundational tenets: s elf-care, self-awareness, and personal agency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Since 2005, Google.org has invested in innovative organizations that are using technology to build a better world, and we’re excited about AI’s potential as part of the next chapter in this work. The application asks questions about the potential impact, use of AI, feasibility, potential for scale, and responsible practices.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

My best bit of advice: Ask, don’t assume. Question: How can readers best put the advice of Begin Boldly into practice and implement the strategies outlined in the book? Seeking balance sets us up for failure and defeat. Focus instead on how to optimize your time investment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Best-selling author Brian Tracy's book, Full Engagement , provides practical advice for how to inspire your employees to perform at their absolute best. In addition, each chapter in the book ends with a list of Action Exercises to help you implement Tracy's guidance.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

” Martinez goes well beyond basic best practices: drawing from experience, he explains how he deals with meeting overload and why “performance consultants are golden” if you want to scale quickly. Thanks very much for reading! Job platform interviewing.io ” Should you post that you’re #OpenToWork?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 24, 2011

Best-selling author Brian Tracy's newest book, Full Engagement , provides practical advice for how to inspire your employees to perform at their absolute best. In addition, each chapter in the book ends with a list of Action Exercises to help you implement Tracy's guidance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

This lead me to ask: Will board meetings of the future allow us to reach out to professional networks and get real-time advice and input for decision-making? The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice based on my experience in 2008.

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