Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. Jordan Goldstein: The company started in 1965 and Art Gensler, who founded it, led it for a number of years. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO ! and Fast Company.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A Letter of Inquiry is a quick way to introduce your organization to a prospective funder and to open up a conversation about how a grant would make a positive impact on the community you’re serving and change lives. Sometimes the funder will tell you exactly what they want, and they might even provide a sample.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Definitions Of Key Business Terms We talk about, read about and hear about "customers," "mission," and "customer value" all the time and perhaps sometimes we struggle with fully understanding the best definition of those terms. Make conversation with your team. I like Peter F. Don't Praise.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. This report is not an end-all; it is the opening for a conversation. Excellent case studies, especially from the performing arts sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

During this week’s Measuring Networked Nonprofit events in Seattle that included fantastic conversations about measurement, data, and impact, I’ve been reflecting on the “too hard to measure.” ” conversation and getting stuck. That got me thinking about measurement and how you measure difficult stuff.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the advancement office, since we deal with all of the data, gifts, and reporting, you can definitely be assured that critical needs are very common. What is one key piece of advice you’d give to social impact professionals (working in nonprofits, arts & cultural organizations, higher ed, K-12 schools, etc.)

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. The guiding principle is uncovering relationships between the works of art themselves rather than explicating information or theoretical concepts.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

These are based on proven principles of the art and science of fundraising, innovative strategies, and best practices. Be sure to highlight monthly giving options on your website, marketing material, and especially in donor conversations. This will definitely help your organization stand out in the donor’s mind.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

These arrangements are starting-off points; they don’t originate from any definitive recording or performance. Thinking about this, I was struck by the resonance with conversations swirling in the arts field about "little a" art: art that happens in the home, in churches, in parks. It''s complicated.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Its lead scoring feature finds your hottest leads based on your definition of a “good lead” and pushes them to the top of your sales team’s attention automatically. 37Signals has mastered the art of simplicity while also serving as a robust and functional lead-tracking and conversion system. John Hall , Influence & Co. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. The configuration of the physical space definitely enhances learning. I said yes. Social Learning: Face-to-Face.

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

Floral art illustrations composed of roses, gerbera daisies, tulips, leaves, foliage, and sparks “to light her path” flooded social feeds. We definitely fight so that my sister’s case is not only the news of the day, of the week,” Baruc says.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

And then I bought a second and a third, because it turns out a Space Age artifact that produces delicious food is just the kind of wonderful conversation piece that makes for a wonderful gift, too. Only the original T-20 variants have this art deco design. Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge. Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

Finding your number is both an art and science. Depending on your organizational culture, you may need to expand your definition of who is a major donor. Start by selecting a gift level and definition for major donor that aligns with your organization’s data and values. Sometimes it’s $1,000, sometimes it’s $1 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

This is one of the best examples I saw of using bots for engagement and it most definitely required some custom programming. The next step is figure out the script and pathways for the conversation. NGOs, activists, and even governments have used bots to automate positive social change activities: Pregnancy and newborn care education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

This could also potentially open the conversation with grantees about how they are sharing their findings/lessons learned with others. One that stood out to me (perhaps because of my proud Indy background) was the public dashboard at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It is the same dashboard that the Board of Directors receives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

My colleague, Devon Smith , pointed to a cool application called “ Art Finder ” that helps people discover their friends’ interests in fine arts. Installing an app is a deeper commitment than passively Liking a Page, or joining conversation on a Facebook Page. Definitive best practices are still emerging.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2022

Ron Gilbert: As is kind of obvious if you follow my blog or follow me on Twitter , I’m just constantly bombarded by people who want a new Monkey Island , and it’s definitely something I’ve been very interested in. Things like the interface being the same, things like pixel art, etc. Should it not be a pixel art game?”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

The NFT market was worth $41 billion at the end of last year — nearly as large as the conventional art market by some estimates — and it’s expected to nearly double in size by the end of 2022, according to a report released this week by blockchain analytics firm Nansen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

We addressed two content areas: The art and science of crowd sourcing for social change. We used a broad definition of crowd sourcing, simply stated as: Getting ideas, content, volunteer tasks, money, or other things from a wide swath of people. Have a brief over that lays out the definition and concept models.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Our ongoing work on LaMDA explores how these models can be used for safe, grounded, and high-quality dialog to enable contextual multi-turn conversations. Natural conversations are clearly an important and emergent way for people to interact with computers. Published state-of-the-art 6.9% See paper for details.)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Monday, November 29, 2010 Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" David Shaners compelling, The Seven Arts of Change , shows business leaders that transforming a business only happens when each employee equates organizational change with the process of deep personal growth. Make conversation with your team. Don't Praise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. However, most of the donors were definitely social media contacts with whom I have had more in-depth conversations. Definitely.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Scene: a regional workshop on arts engagement. A funder is speaking with conviction about the fact that her foundation is focusing their arts grantmaking strategy on engagement. Engaging people actively in the arts. But just as its definition suggests, quality is itself a quality. No arts experience hits them all.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

Within the span of a few months, several lawsuits have emerged over generative AI tech from companies including OpenAI and Stability AI, brought by plaintiffs who allege that copyrighted data — mostly art — was used without their permission to train the generative models. Spawning’s metrics speak for themselves.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Updating our definition of racial equity to a changing world . The increase in grantmaking sparked last summer was accompanied by an evolution in the conversation about racial equity. arts, education, health) or use any number of approaches (e.g., service delivery, research, advocacy).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback. Make conversation with your team. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Don't Praise.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I start with the premise that most people are afraid of fundraising because they really have no grasp of the art and science involved. The definition of personally significant will vary greatly between you, me, and Melinda Gates. More than anything else, a fear of the unknown is what drives this.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry June 1, 2007 It’s been a week of mostly not work, which is a nice rest. It’s definitely worth a listen. That feels good. There is a part two coming, I understand.

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Kindful

APRIL 28, 2021

It’s a broad definition, but it’s one that leaves room for a lot of creativity and innovation. Conversely, offering an in-person option may provide accessibility to those for whom a screen experience is not optimal. Put simply, a hybrid fundraising event simultaneously or asynchronously combines offline and online experiences.

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M+R

MARCH 4, 2024

Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) March 13 to 15, Portland, OR We’re sending a van-load of M+R folks to Portland, including Partner Madeline Stanionis ; Senior VPs Dustin Kight , Cameron Lefevre , and Nzinga Koné-Miller ; Art Director Stacie Buell ; and Managing Account Supervisor Diego Ruiz. Here’s the fli fli flier ⬇️.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. It is importance to establish participant guidelines, especially around respect, maintaining privacy, and encouraging a spirit of sharing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In May, our inaugural speaker, Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters , shared tips for how to maintain a connection to donors even without in-person events. Because I believe in the power of conversation, connection, and creativity. How do we raise money without in-person events?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The only thing it believes, definitively, is that things are getting terrible in a way that they really haven’t before. These conversations are happening every day. In a genre largely concerned with wrapping everything up in an hour, Evil rejects closure. Evil seems stronger than before, and technology is good at helping it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology. You can share these Blists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Interesting to discover a line from the book, “Social Media is a contact sport, not a spectator sport&# was a conversation driver. I learned that CEO of local Girls Scout Council, Jessica Lawrence was using Twitter as a clever networking tool. The content analysis gives you some insights into what lines were Tweeted most.

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