Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Daily Walking Reflection I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions because they don’t offer an opportunity for reflection. For over thirty years, I have integrated “reflection rituals” in my professional work on a daily, weekly, quarterly, and annually basis. I call it my “To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.“

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

You can find my materials and slides on the workshop wiki - CSR and NGO workshops, but always like to do a reflective wrap up post. It is purely focused on social outcomes, although I did hear some business goals. No wonder I am still tired! It always helps me improve practice. Teaching in an international context. NGOS in India.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If your team wears many hats, then not incorporating change management can have a negative multiplying effect: If one person doesn’t understand the goals of the initiative, that means a good percentage of your staff doesn’t understand it. They need to articulate the “why” this change is being made: Where is the change coming from?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 12, 2021

These writing principles include: Consider Your Organization’s Goals. While you and your team know your nonprofit best, effectively framing your nonprofit’s mission statement to match both your organization’s goals and appeal to your audience may require a few drafts. chances are there is an organization with a similar goal to yours.

Effective 119

Effective Nonprofit Articulate Sponsor 119

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

Developing and maintaining such an infrastructure — the articulation of staff competencies aligned to organizational strategies; establishment of supervision processes to hire, manage, develop, and review employees; and the ongoing assessment of overall staff performance in relation to organizational outcomes — can be daunting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

In 2012, we’ll be rolling out new branding, new media, and new stories all with the goal of getting better at what we do and raising our impact. Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. Our goal is social change at scale. It also helps with recruiting employees, volunteers, and donors!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Some reflections from David here ). He gave a brief reflection with how is strategic consulting to nonprofits practice has changed over the many decades he has been in service to the field. ”It used to be that nonprofits developed five-year plans – we used to refer to as “The Stalin Approach.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 18, 2022

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This post reflections on the training design as well as my content notes. I’ll look forward to read any reflections from Alan on how this worked. Networked Nonprofits know how to listen, engage, and build relationships on Facebook that allow them to reach their goals. Social Learning In Webinars.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. The degree to which a nonprofit can articulate the strength of its reach, resources, reputation, and capabilities is an important key in securing productive collaborative relationships. Layer two begins with the implementation process. Recommendations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Social media data is not linked to higher level organizational results or mission-driven goals across programs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

My goal was to provide a comprehensive playbook, drawing from real-world examples, to empower professionals at any career stage to build influence, lead effectively and use power responsibly. Don't dwell on the mistake but reflect on it - then move forward smarter. Share the lessons with your team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you? I look for patterns.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The history of systemic racism has created very real barriers to accessing critical wealth-building opportunities for people of color but those same legacies of harm and inequity can also reflect disparities found within the nonprofit sector as well. Learn some of the key responsibilities that go with this important role.

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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. You need metrics or measure against goals, but you also need harvest those insights. My challenge was to get into a reflective mindset.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 7, 2024

Avoiding Roadblocks Coalescing every member of your organization around the same goals and expectations can help you avoid several common roadblocks before they get in the way of your implementation. Getting everyone on the same page in terms of goals and mindset will help avoid surprises later in the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In I call it my “To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.“

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Professional Nonprofit Facilitation Journal 92

Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Its about aligning your time and energy with your values and goals. The next time a client proposed an impossible deadline, she said, To meet your goals, wed need more time to maintain quality. Before entering these conversations, get clear on your reasons and rehearse how youll articulate them. The result?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Coalescing every member of your organization around the same goals and expectations can help you avoid several common roadblocks before they get in the way of your implementation. Getting everyone on the same page in terms of goals and mindset will help avoid surprises later in the process. Avoiding Roadblocks.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. However, knowledge work itself does not fit into a linear goal-focused orientation.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Engaging the consultant search using a JEDI approach requires clarity of intent, a commitment to being uncomfortable, and a great deal of “cultural humility” (self-reflection, personal critique, and acknowledgment of existing biases), especially in white-lead and white-dominated organizations and institutions. Set a SMART goal.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 10, 2021

Your mission should reflect the values they embrace. Be thoughtful; just as you reflect a corporate partner’s values to their audience, your corporate partners will reflect your values as a nonprofit to your supporters. Carefully think through all the ways that your partnership will serve both of your long-term goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Does not have a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. In addition to weekly check-ins, the dashboard includes key performance metrics related to goals as well as more detailed metrics. Articulating measurable goals. Does not have a dashboard or simple collection method.

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Results Data Nonprofit Social Media 95

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

So, as I made my transition – keep in mind that I am still working a nonprofit, just a c4 instead of a c3 – the moment gave me reason to reflect upon the 10 years of experience I had at the Alliance and with colleagues across the country through the National Council of Nonprofits. I first tried to remember what it was like in 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. What are our goals with social media?” “Who

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

By gaining greater visibility into every step, the goal is to better analyze and do more accurate forecasting so an organization can better “identify investment areas while taking corrective actions in real time,” Mangum said. As a personalized productivity platform, Hub is designed to help individual contributors manage the sales process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Reflection helps energize me and helps me focus.

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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. Use your results to reassess your goals and priorities. It is important to analyze your data regularly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strategies for achieving those goals. Regularly outlining the goals and objectives of the organization, as well as the strategies and action plan for achieving them is good practice. Step 1: Outline the goals and objectives of your organization. Financial projections. Volunteer recruiting. Record keeping. Board recruiting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

One of the most sought after auctioneers in California, Ellen is well known for breaking fundraising records, exceeding fundraising goals, thoughtfully helping each client with the planning and strategizing of their event and, of course, breaking into song! Tony’s diverse background reflects his passion for giving and helping others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation. Here are some tips.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2022

Okta and Auth0 have their share of differences — we’re enterprise-focused, to start, while Auth0 is more developer-first — but shaping the future of identity has always been a shared goal. The exercise allowed me to reflect on Okta’s growth over the past 12-plus years and what’s to come. Identify common ground in how you lead.

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