Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. I am part of a large group of staff within our nonprofit that interacts with our supporters on a daily basis. Policy and research staff have a different culture than those of us who work directly with individuals on the group.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

After a ten minute break, participants will have the option of joining one of four break out sessions: Listening/Engaging; Storytelling; Generating Buzz; Online Networking. After a ten-minute break, participants will reconvene as a group to grill the presenters in each of the areas.

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Tableau

JUNE 16, 2021

The next phase of our newly redesigned Tableau Partner Network is officially here. The Tableau Partner Network is an analytics-focused ecosystem that complements Salesforce’s partner ecosystem. Check back here in the coming weeks to learn how Tableau Partners help customers adopt a data culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

After a ten minute break, participants will have the option of joining one of four break out sessions: Listening/Engaging ; Storytelling ; Generating Buzz ; Online Networking. After a ten-minute break, participants will reconvene as a group to grill the presenters in each of the areas. Online Networking. Presenter: Brian Reich.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

They Just Won't Listen to Reason (Chapter on Change Management with Dahna Goldstein. Professional networking and sharing in an online community that “lives” after the event. A free copy of the NTEN book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission ($40 value). Keynotes from Ami Dar. of Idealist.org and Marnie Webb.

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Tableau

JULY 15, 2021

That’s why we created the Tableau Partner Network (TPN)—to pair customers like you with a global network of partners focused on helping you solve your toughest data analytics challenges. Let’s explore this diverse group of partners across the globe, spanning multiple tracks and levels within the Tableau Partner Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

This week before I leave for the Middle East, I will have the honor of presenting at the Grantmakers For Effective Organization’s Conference in Seattle. I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Philanthropy and knowledge work have a long history, from demonstration projects to evaluation to the encouragement of learning communities and grantee learning networks. We may be asking about test scores to actually illuminate inequities in quality of instruction or resource availability across gender, racial, and socio-economic groupings.

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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. Most groups of people do not self-manage well. Group decision-making is especially fraught, perhaps because it brings up issues of power and control. They know when to be playful and when to ask the group to pause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

It was an exhausting trip but one that would not have been possible if not for the energy and spunk that Danielle brings to her everyday approach to spreading the joy that Social Networking can be. This is rather amusing as she is in such demand to speak at so many conferences regarding the Social Networking program at NWF.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Networking sessions allow for peer interaction and connections to help you turn learning into action. Paul Connolly, Chief Client Services Officer, TCC Group. Roshan Paul, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka. Sacha Litman, Managing Director, Measuring Success. Paul Shoemaker, Executive Connector, SVP Seattle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Last year, I facilitated a version of the Social Media Game for Packard Grantees as part of a convening on Network Effectiveness in Washington, DC. We crafted a two-day challenge, mixing all-staff sessions with smaller group time. We’ve always had a small but energetic group experimenting with social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

Its the power of being about to work in a networked way with a group that isn't pre-defined. Elusa has a great summary of the Dion's interview here Who in your organization, community, or network serves as the intepretive dancer? Tags: change management network effectiveness. What style of dancing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

So, we came up with this topic: " Creating a Culture that is not Afraid to Fail. " I thought this would be a great opportunity to reflect on some of my recent blog posts on this topic as well as gain new insights from others who work on social media in a corporate (and nonprofit) setting as well as my network.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From the urban demonstration projects of the historic foundations (Kellogg, Ford, Carnegie) to the contemporary emphasis on indicators and evaluation work, the sector has increasingly embraced systematic and intentional research processes for advancing social change goals. On day one, we started with questions connected to knowledge work.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

I posed a question to our NTEN Members' LinkedIn Group about this challenge, specifically asking our members there to suggest ways NTEN could help more "accidental" techies re-brand themselves. The organization could not manage either of those. Did I give up any job responsibilities to add these?

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

The Academy is a 9-week online training program designed to help nonprofit leaders understand how to manage technology to both meet their basic operational needs and meet their missions. . > Tags: Budget Change Management Infrastructure Leadership microsoft NPTech NTEN Planning Social Media Web Sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night. There are 250 employees, so to task one group--a group that has no contact with members at all--with handling social media is a little weird to me. Tags: change management. Is it working?

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Map your network. Once you know the business goals you are trying to achieve, map your network. Figure out who you know (and who you need to meet) and who can enhance the diversity in your network. This will help you gain the confidence you need to reach out to new groups. Mapping your whole network is important.

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

I'd really like to get into doing that kind of work again, only with nonprofits, but it seems like all the groups I meet only want people to deal with tech, not business. NTEN is a great network for bouncing ideas off colleagues at other organizations and for learning from tactics other organizations have already tried.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. Typically, it takes someone seeing a situation that needs to change and doing the work to change it. It was about whether they trusted us.”

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Every day I read another story of a disgruntled IT worker taking down an organization's network, its data, or doing something horrific to its users—and if I'm reading it in the local paper I can bet that my managers are as well. It's equally important to understand what leadership (singly or as a group) values. Be ethical.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The Y serves children, families and communities through a network of 25 member centers, five resident camps and hundreds of extension sites in Chicago and its collar counties – with more than 4,000 full- and part-time employees. Steve Heye is the Digital Content Services Manager at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. Remove Barriers.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Dan is the vice-president of customer success modernization and managing director of International Markets Group at Blackbaud and has years of experience working in the higher education space. Build Your Team The world has changed multiple times over the last five years, and that will continue.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Join Willa Seldon, leading nonprofit expert from the Bridgespan Group, for a look at the future of nonprofits and philanthropy, and what that could mean for nonprofit technology. Expand your networks in Washington, DC on March 13-15, 2014. >> >> Don''t miss out! Register by Friday, Dec. 13 for the lowest Early Bird rates.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Look for a strong partner network to create a system that meets your needs and includes organizations with a track record of working with nonprofits. Who is involved: Find out if you will have a dedicated team and point person to help you with the process or if it will be a rotating group of support.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Many firms have invested heavily in the Platform function to grow the firm’s network and help their investments succeed. Navigating Entrepreneurship as an Underrepresented Founder Speaker: Ghalia Aamer, CEO, TalkMaze Description: This interactive discussion will be geared toward young founders and other underrepresented groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2006

After lots of googling boolean searches and email networking via the results, I came across a recorder group in Arizona and the contact person Linda Rising helped me out quite a bit. s Ear Managers are sometimes hard to convince in a group setting, so meet privately to address any concerns. Whisper in the General???s

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

Saturday, January 15, 2011 Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His New App If you havent engaged with David Grossmans website, Blog and incredibly useful eBooks, make a point of checking them all out at his website for The Grossman Group. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

With Blackbaud SKY came a streamlined, modern user interface and an integrated experience, bringing together Blackbaud solutions, best-in-class third party solutions, and the Blackbaud Partner Network. A use case that you feel could be made more powerful or productive through new functionality or AI?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan Mike Brown, the founder of the Kansas City company called, The Brainzooming Group, encourages business leaders to solicit feedback from their customers when creating a strategic plan. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Annika Billqvist, Office and Technology Manager, HandsOn Bay Area When I started at HandsOn Bay Area in 2006, the organization didn’t have a long-term technology plan in place and used many different systems for communication, collaboration, and data storage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2015

The last few months have been a time of deep reading and thinking many reports, research, and books. One book that resonated not only with this work, but my previous work on networked nonprofits is nonprofit technology colleague Maddie Grant’s ” When Millennials Take Over ,” written with Jamie Notter.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

With all areas working toward a common cause, the group may look like a cohesive team. Nonprofits need to find a way to capture this information, to build a bridge from its commercial social network to something it owns to ensure against data loss.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2011

Have a group of potential rocks stars ready to join your team. Think ahead for changes or growth in your organization. Don't underestimate the importance of using your contacts and networks to help find people. Don't wait until you have an opening to start looking. Talented people also know other talented people.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

Back office technologies and management. Change Management. If you build it, they will come, does not apply to social networking. IT Alignment session was good but Fundraising Alignment and overall strategy alignment with mission type sessions would be good. . Fundraising. "I built it. why didn't they come?"

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

It all depends on what that leader does or doesnt do.Good management and leadership skills can be learned. Then, use the web and social networking for research. GEN X Employees -- Think up a list of solutions on their own. Then, call a meeting to discuss those solutions. Use print to provide detailed information.

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