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. We are working very closely with V.S. Program Design.

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OpenAI

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

1] Although we cannot predict exactly what will happen, and of course our current progress could hit a wall, we can articulate the principles we care about most: We want AGI to empower humanity to maximally flourish in the universe. Importantly, we think we often have to make progress on AI safety and capabilities together.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

In April, we described our work on PaLM , a large, 540 billion parameter language model built using our Pathways software infrastructure and trained on multiple TPU v4 Pods. This work provided additional evidence that increasing the scale of the model and training data can significantly improve capabilities. See paper for details.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

To facilitate the lab, I used human centered design techniques (for a good overview see Jen Bokoff’s terrific overview post here ) and more specifically the Luma Institute methods (for more, see my post here.). Design thinking methods are great way to identify and articulate some of those first step ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Additional training to individuals can also assist in expanding their knowledge on certain subjects that may be beneficial to them in the future. Because of these updates, professional development courses/training had to be created and administered to airport personnel so that they could effectively continue to use the machinery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Step #3) A – Articulate the goal(s) of a grant An A rticulate goal is the main aim that will result because of your program and will solve your problem statement. Step #4) N – Narrow your objectives Now that you have a goal articulated, you will need specific activities to ensure that the goal is achieved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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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. Networked Nonprofits have articulated SMART objectives and a target audience for their Facebook page. They also know how to make use of a customized landing tab – articulating value at a glance and a call to action that ladders up to the objective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. In order to do this, you need to give people a brief context and articulate the interaction rules. I suspect I’m not alone.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We scaled key SLT-derived techniques to models with billions of parameters, eliminating our main concerns around tractability. The S4 correspondence: Training data (and architecture) determine the loss landscape. Overview Timaeus 's mission is to empower humanity by making breakthrough scientific progress on AI safety.

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Being able to articulate and quantify how your organization engaged volunteers prior to the pandemic and since the outbreak is equally important to understanding the trends across the sector. How many have participated in virtual training to enhance skills and maintain readiness for when doors reopen? Where were your strengths?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Start A New Professional Journal(s): For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal(s), using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. 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

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Provides training and professional development for staff to learn how to use measurement tools. DoSomething.Org: A Data-Driven Nonprofit In Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I love designing and delivering trainings on social media and the added challenge of working outside of the US. Here are three techniques I use: Connect with and research audience via social media. I do a quick review of my training materials with a "US Centric Lens." What does that mean? It always helps me improve practice.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

These models apply the same technique as a language model that predicts the next word in a sentence instead predicting the next action a robot should take. And if thats the case, is it possible that generating the next articulation could be common sense? And the answer is absolutely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. ” Or if you are a self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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Google Research AI blog

JUNE 18, 2023

If you are attending CVPR this year, please stop by our booth to chat with our researchers who are actively exploring the latest techniques for application to various areas of machine perception.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

One of the participants was an organization named GroundSpark which has a project called "Respect for All," that facilitates the development of inclusive, bias-free schools and communities by providing media resources, support and training to youth, educators and service providers.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Communication and Leadership Skills Development with LMS GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Effective Communication Training (ECT) is an approach focused on improving an individual’s ability to convey and understand information from others. Organizations have started embracing digital learning and using LMS to deliver training.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Communication and Leadership Skills Development with LMS GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Effective Communication Training (ECT) is an approach focused on improving an individual’s ability to convey and understand information from others. Organizations have started embracing digital learning and using LMS to deliver training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Are you up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques in your area of focus? Jennie Anderson of AIDS.gov and William Neuheisel of DC Central Kitchen, who work on communications at their respective agencies, share some of their tactics and techniques. Clearly articulate the issue -- and your plan to solve it. Are you credible?

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DataRobot

JUNE 30, 2021

Using a set of actual use cases, the paper articulates how machine learning often fails in the real world. Underspecified models give us the illusion of good predictive accuracy when we evaluate them on their training data. After training models on ImageNet, they often have trouble generalizing to the ImageNet-C examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

Being able to articulate your organizations guiding principles allows you to strategically set priorities rather than attempting to tackle everything all at once. List the types of fundraising techniques you will be using. These statements act as anchors for your organization and outline the direction going forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It isn’t just about setting New Year’s resolutions or adding a new productivity technique to try. ” The videos are authentic, not polished corporate training videos which makes the training very accessible. Says Greg, “We had let go of the idea of pristine videos.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Below are a few techniques and processes that your team can use to help your organization practice cross departmental collaboration and learn how to begin to work towards building a culture of philanthropy throughout your organization. One useful technique is called “walk-a-mile-immersion.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. Defined Audience. Tangible Benefits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At the same time, leaders continue to struggle with one of their toughest jobs, developing and articulating their overall strategy and priorities, especially during times of change."

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

After years of fundraising in the “trenches,” as well as coaching and training thousands of organizations to raise money from individual donors, Lori L. Jacobwith, will teach you advanced storytelling techniques to easily combine your “money story” with impact stories about real people. Thursday, April 7, 2016 | 1pm-4pm.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Typically a fundraising strategy includes specific goals, tools, techniques, and processes that help you plan campaigns, promote them, secure donations, and build strong relationships with supporters. Clearer messaging: Well-articulated goals and marketing plans are an important part of any fundraising strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Brett’s approach is both unique and inspiring, seamlessly blending time-tested fundraising techniques with his trademark humor and heartfelt enthusiasm during live auctions and fund-a-need paddle raises. Dan is a member and ambassador for the state of Alaska for the National Auctioneers Association. 32) Fred Northup, Jr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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