Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

During the one-hour free webinar hosted by Wild Apricot , we share some ideas, got feedback, and identified additional people and organizations to interview for the book. Manage Your Energy and Attention. Managing Attention: Beth Kanter Ultradian Cycles and Managing Energy. The Practices: Create A Self Care Bill of Rights.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By translating these lessons into the nonprofit context, we can gain valuable insights into crafting campaigns that inspire participation rather than simply grab attention. Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. Apply those lessons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

What do time management techniques and good habits look like in an age of connectedness? I stumbled across the Pomodoro technique which is very similar to time boxing (assigning discrete blocks of time to a particular task and using a timer), but the method also gives you some ways to prioritize work. Photo by TBN98.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). The best part is when the audience joins the conversation. This gives the capacity to pay attention to what people are saying and be nimble in responding. Over 1,000 mentions a day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week Kivi wrote about “ newsjacking ” the technique of piggy backing on a crisis to get more media attention. I was so irritated with Komen at that point that I was pretty critical in the interview. ” Read her analysis. Let me go a little meta here. And it worked!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

Fundraising Campaigns and Presentations Camera Rwanda Photo Stream Post with an interview Street Kids Fundraising Campaign raised $8,000 from photo group Sharing Foundation Presentation annotated in a flickr photo set. Source for Presentations, Documentation Methods. Getting Attention on Flickr. More Advanced Techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The next exercise participants worked in small groups using a low-tech method to "doodle out" their networks (magic markers and flip chart paper.) This exercise reminded me of an exercise I used to do in workshops 12 years ago with nonprofits to introduce the Internet, " Draw A Picture of the Intern et ". Click to see larger diagram.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Getting Attention – Google Grants. Getting Attention: Top Nonprofit Consulting Firm for Google Grants. Getting Attention is a nonprofit consulting firm that specializes in Google Grant acquisition and management. EXPLORE Getting Attention. Aly Sterling Philanthropy – Capital Campaign Support. EXPLORE ASTRON SOLUTIONS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

This is a technique I've used as a trainer, but it also works beautifully for social media projects. And while you can use this method to do an ROI analysis, the real gold is the deeper understanding of what works and what doesn't. As someone with limited time and attention, I don't want to think about how much money to donate.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your organization already understands the importance of having updated and adaptive techniques for all its digital tools and marketing outlets. The digital environment is a loud and busy landscape; competition for donor attention is at an all-time high. With a coherent, unified digital strategy, these platforms build upon each other.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

Each and every fundraising method comes with real-world examples to spark creative ideas for your own organization! We love this method to fundraise, because Facebook is taking 0% of these transactions. In this peer to peer online fundraising technique, your organization can encourage individuals to do crazy (and fun!)

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