Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Data analysis is a process, not a one-time thing. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process. I call these “housekeeping skills” because these techniques keep my data neat and tidy. These techniques will save blood, sweat, and tears down the road. Don’t waste your time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We used some Human Centered Design techniques from their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book. It was the most stimulating web platform strategy session that I have ever experienced! I love being exposed to new ways of working, taking process notes, observing techniques, and thinking about how to apply to my own work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Drawing on her experience managing the Center’s Annual Campaign, Emily will teach you how to establish your brand, find your target audience, create unique communications, and execute your touch points to create a campaign that stands out and brings dollars in. Getting Organized for bbcon 2021 Virtual.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. 2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. Next, we did a role-play.

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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. And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I could talk about learning techniques utilized in the past seven games and why players were less intimidated by pitches they encountered the second and third time around, or possibly what a combined 176 years of waiting can teach us in preparing for the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Asking for feedback about how to improve the school experience is also a good technique, as used in the example above is from URJ Camp Kalsman. This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference. Games are even more engaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences. The second part of the morning included a brief presentation about the principles of social media strategy based on what I’ve been teaching for the past 5 years. Some analysis questions: What points were the participants in the room tweeting?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

” I first used this exercise in 2011 in Lebanon to kick off E-Mediat project that brought trainers and capacity builders from 5 countries in the Middle East to be trained on curriculum based on my book, the Networked Nonprofit , and interactive training techniques. .”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data. For the past month-and-a-half, I’ve been working organizing our data collection, storage, analysis, and dissemination efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. You have to be a little fearless piloting new instructional techniques or you will just do the same old stuff – you’ll get bored and your participants will also be bored.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. PostRank scoring is based on analysis of the " 5 Cs " of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting, and clicking. This analysis took all of five minutes. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

Some of the key changes we see are that there are new tools and techniques that allow people with common interests to find each other and form virtual communities around these common interests. We see TechSoup's role as being the catalyst for this effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. And while surveys, focus groups and other services can give you an analysis of what your current audience is doing online, direct observation is works best.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Also free is a summary analysis of your results. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program. A full reporting on your results costs $79. Dont limit your time for only your direct reports.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. TV and the press Exit Strategy -- Planned means of extricating oneself from a situation Flash Mob -- Brief gathering for a common purpose, announced by e-mail or text Flyover States -- Central regions of the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. The Institute for Development Studies , a nonprofit that does international development research, teaching and communications, created this YouTube video.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Most important, he teaches business leaders and nonprofit executive directors why they need to change the way they lead change. Listening is the root of collaboration, root-cause analysis, and effective teamwork. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

They’re also the people who give time, energy, and passion, showing up to march (literally), stuff envelopes, man the registration tables, feed the babies, teach adults to read, and so on. The techniques for recruiting and retaining low-dollar funders are quite different from those at the major or leadership levels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques for smaller nonprofits to easily share their information resources. A few nonprofits are using socialbookmarking to track resources or follow particular topics for trend analysis for strategic planning. Step 3: Teach people how to start bookmarking! Act 2: Definitions.

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