Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

So, how do you break through the noise of your members’ busy lives to keep their attention, while also providing an exceptional experience? Consider what your members are doing and what they may be looking for from your organization in each phase of their career. If you aren’t keeping members happy and engaged, you might be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

There would be plenty of activities that asked me to think hard, interact with colleagues, move around the room, and spend some time in personal reflection. It reflects best practices in adult learning and provides a framework that results in positive change. Pre-work would prime me for the learning objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

By varying the styles of your videos, you capture your audience’s attention in different ways. Captions provide details about the images and how they reflect your organization’s work. Communicating with your supporters in an unexpected way is a great way to get their attention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Pay attention to Internet TV trend and consider launching your own TV station. VIDEO: How to Write in Cursive. TV is about to change dramatically.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Day 4: Action Learning Projects, Communicating After Workshop, and Managing Our Attention. We are working very closely with V.S.

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India NGO Network Exercise 103

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

The post-donation phase is when donors either feel good about their gift or totally forget about it. Draw attention to your “Donate” button with bright colors and CTAs. . You can use a membership site to create an exclusive experience for donors that keeps them in-the-know (and in support of) your organization. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

And it's doing it in away that reflects a citizen-centered approach by involving people outside the foundation in every part of the process, starting with reviewing Letters of Intent (LOIs). This looks like an interesting experiment to blend citizen journalism with philanthropy in the real world.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 3, 2012

Editor’s Note: This week the Convio team has reflected upon our journey: funny times, client successes, company progress and our future. I am filled with gratitude and appreciation for this very special experience. You were carefully and attentively nurtured through all your awkward growth phases.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Sending direct marketing pieces or starting your phone calls too early will draw attention away from your other fundraising activities. If you have an out-sized goal for giving day, be sure to adjust your other goals to reflect your increased focus. Adjust your goals as needed. What to Remember.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. I''ve never heard people say they don''t care about visitors, but I''ve seen it in how they pay attention to visitors'' needs and contributions. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. Perhaps organizations can more fully participate in the next phase of development of the Facebook page.

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Reflection Doc Lesson Cancer 150

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. I've never heard people say they don't care about visitors, but I've seen it in how they pay attention to visitors' needs and contributions. In my experience, staff members are more sensitive to this issue than visitors and members are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

They permitted the use of cell phones, so I tweeted that even if you are delayed, it's a pleasant experience on Virgin America. Network maps are "talking documents" or prompts for reflection and strategizing. Do you know anyone who's working specifically to draw attention to the "holes" in our networks?

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The plan consisted of two phases: The first phase focused on consolidating disparate backend systems to create a simple, intuitive content management system that would run on a single platform. The second phase would focus on redesigning the website to better fit the needs of existing residents, visitors and future populations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 204

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They’re also some of the most profitable events since donors are invited to compete with each other to win unique items and experiences that were donated (or bought at a reduced cost) to a nonprofit. During this phase of your charity auction planning, remember to keep the law of supply and demand in mind. Silent auctions.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

During the research and planning phase, you’re able to evaluate your nonprofit’s position compared to similar organizations. To optimize your website for marketing purposes, you need to focus on your site’s design and user experience. This signals to your supporters that you care about the experiences they have with your organization.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I’ll share some lessons as we go, experiences that I’ve had, and how to also manage different stakeholders and people. So just before we start, I wanted you to sit a bit and think about your experience with strategic planning. ” That reflection is really important. . I had an instance that was similar.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Tom Dawkins, who is responsible for Ashoka Tweets, offered to write a guest post reflecting on some best practices for using Twitter. It means monitoring the online conversations about social entrepreneurship and issues we care about and directing attention to news hits and interesting blog posts.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a bad experience working with a group of people to make a decision. In our years of talking to staff, boards, and communities about participatory philanthropy, people often talk about their worst participatory decision-making experiences. Most of us have. Most groups of people do not self-manage well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2009

Unfortunately, I had to cancel and asked Scott Henderson if he'd do on my behalf. I met Scott online over a conversation in the comments when I wrote some reflections about David Armano's personal fundraising campaign back in January. I was looking forward to it because Michael Hoffman at C3 was a sponsor and participating.

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Causes Marketing Interview Pledge 52

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2019

At the start, the blog was an experiment. But the increase in readership and attention had a dark side, too. Blogging is precious because it is an opportunity to reflect in writing. From 2015-2019, the blog continued to be my go-to tool for reflection and learning. I started the Museum 2.0 I love to write. Museum 2.0

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Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

I come to you today with about six years of fundraising experience, traditionally, and lots of other additional nonprofit experience as well. So I will always be a millennial and I will always have the characteristics that kind of come with being a millennial because of my lived experience as a millennial growing up.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Reich: Right now, in Silicon Valley with Big Tech, we’re in the kind of late-teenager phase of development, where technologists have become fully aware of all of their power. They’re exploring the different ways that they can unleash their agency in the world. Costello: Yeah. You need to have that built into your design process.

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M+R

JULY 12, 2021

OUR APPROACH: We used the SEIU’s core issues—including the fight to raise the minimum wage—as a jumping-off point to connect with potential voters, layering in additional creative concepts constantly to reflect what we were hearing on the ground and our own internal research. In 2020, we set our sights on the White House.

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