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10 Best Blogging Practices for Nonprofit Organizations

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This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. Facilitate a stronger relationship by sharing compelling personal stories related to your nonprofit. Tell compelling stories.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, “What are your workplace stress triggers?” Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally. Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush.

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How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery

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Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice. I might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

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Participants design and launch a social media experiment that helps them improve their practice and share learning with one another. The curriculum is based on the workshops I've been leading for the past five years and includes the Social Media Game , Strategy Principles , Experimentation , and the practical and tactical. .