Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

The nature of today’s nonprofit workplace——face-paced and heavy workloads—makes it difficult to find the reflective time to put together a learning plan and implement it consistently. This activity helps you articulate why a culture of philanthropy is important, your values, and the way you work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

If you are interested in online fundraising but don’t have the resources to build a custom platform for donations like charity: water, there are applications that help nonprofits get started with online fundraising quickly, including Salsa and Network for Good. Include photos of the donors or the company logo whenever possible.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Clear understanding of this serves as the foundation for all the other elements of your plan. Try to articulate your organization’s long-term goals and aspirations in high definition. Define the purpose of your organization in one ‘power paragraph!’ ’ Try outlining this core mission in twenty-five words.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. It should be concise and specific, and it should reflect the needs and priorities of your community. Updating your mission statement ensures your organization focuses on your community’s current needs.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2024

Without a strong foundation and a clear roadmap, it’s easy for non-profits to veer off course, squandering precious time and resources and falling short of their vision. In the end, nailing the planning process is like laying down the foundations for a fortress. On the income side, identify and evaluate potential funding sources.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Often people involved in an organization have different answers to these questions, and a long mission statement reflects a desire to include everyone’s perspective. A vision statement articulates where you are headed, your future, the target in the distance that you are aiming for in everything that you do. Why do we exist?

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

Our goals are really easy to articulate.” And, again, I want you to get these, these gifts too but really focused on foundations, on corporate sponsorships, the golf outing, the gala, all of these things that we all do, I’m not telling you not to do them, but it was mostly that. So we want to double the families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. My 8 day visit to India was a whirlwind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. My 53rd birthday wish.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. And actually, before we got started with this webinar, Steven and I were both reflecting on one of our shared favorite people, who’s Kivi Leroux Miller at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. So you get the point. Sarah: Exactly, exactly.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits , we’re reminded that a key step to improvement is having an accurate retrospective view. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. So get out your journals and start taking note.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

For instance, there are a few foundational nonprofit web development strategies your team should definitely implement. Thanks to custom development and integration with Salesforce , the site instantly reflects every gift ICA receives! Think of these as the essential elements of web design: Clear, prominent donation buttons.

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