Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Each chapter starts with a personal story that illustrates a concept related to managing unproductive distractions. Instead he guides you on how to focus on what matters and ignore the rest. He offers both daily techniques that help you reach longer-term goals. This book is a gem. He suggests setting year-long goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it Brilliant Mistakes by Paul H.J. Schoemaker. This book will help.

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Skills Network Technique Social Media 106

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 23, 2019

Allen and Mitchell Kusy, a compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. What you'll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters, each highlighting a leadership tip. Adults learn best through reflection. Some tips seem easy and no-brainers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2014

Allen and Mitchell Kusy, a compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. What you''ll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters, each highlighting a leadership tip. Adults learn best through reflection. Some tips seem easy and no-brainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. Her work was the inspiration for Rheingold’s book (the mindfulness chapter). Yesterday, this tweet from Howard Rheingold, author of NetSmart got my attention! Or a combination? Mindfulness'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Each chapter is comprised of short sections, often about the length of a blog posting. My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” It’s important to reflect on that point regularly and go back to those roots.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2016

Allen and Mitchell Kusy , is a very compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. What you'll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters , each highlighting a leadership tip. Adults learn best through reflection. It's only 132 pages.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Each chapter is comprised of short sections, often about the length of a blog posting. My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” It’s important to reflect on that point regularly and go back to those roots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I love the chapter on “The Symptoms of Information Obesity” where he shares a persona based on his wife, Rosalyn Lemieux , that illustrates how too much information can warp our sense of time and other ways it can be toxic to our lives. His methods make use of some of the online software that helps you keep track of time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I reached out to Avinash and he was very generous with his time, helping us understand traditional web metrics as well as Google Analytics. This is a technique for testing two or more versions. (2) Tags: experimentation googleanalytics reflection sandbox socialmediametrics. I've learned a lot about metrics from Avinash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Allen and Mitchell Kusy, a compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. What you''ll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters , each highlighting a leadership tip. Adults learn best through reflection. Some tips seem easy and no-brainers.

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Tips Leadership Chapter Technique 51

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2015

Allen and Mitchell Kusy, a compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. What you'll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters, each highlighting a leadership tip. Adults learn best through reflection. Some tips seem easy and no-brainers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2014

Allen and Mitchell Kusy, a compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. What you''ll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters , each highlighting a leadership tip. Adults learn best through reflection. Some tips seem easy and no-brainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

You can expect to continue to see more blog posts from me on the topic of peer learning design and training techniques as I continue to do this work. Bahia Ramos wrote this post as part of a learning culmination process where we reflected on the design and what was learned as we moved into another round of giving days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2009

We've been working on what started out as the a chapter on Metrics and ROI. And because listening and learning more techniques versus outcomes - and techniques that you need to use continuosly, those became the dotted links knitting the outcomes together. . But, Allison made up a new term, "micro-planning."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Does data collection from time-to-time, but not formal reporting. Does not know where to start.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 14, 2011

Allen and Mitchell Kusy, a compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. What you'll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters, each highlighting a leadership tip. Adults learn best through reflection. Some tips seem easy and no-brainers.

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Leadership Chapter Authoring Technique 48

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. What have I learned over my time, but especially over the last year of doing this podcast? But say hi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit describes techniques for measuring engagement and networks and I’ll be presenting some of that material. One might think that great content curation that gets results is a full-time job.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

What I learned from this campaign that it is important to get help from influencers on Twitter and that inbetween campaigns if you cultivate your network, the donations will not be a one-time only thing. This was the first time I observed the use of "retweeting" a fundraising message.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Question Participatory Museum Vietnam 49

Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Whether you have a staff of one or 100, you will find benefit in taking time away to attend. Learn strategies, tools and techniques to enhance your individual leadership style and talents. Learn the latest best practices and technologies that can make the most effective use of your time and money. State/Local. Mar 21 - 23.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. Whether you have a staff of one or 100, you will find benefit in taking time away to attend. Association of Fundraising Professionals, DC Chapter / National Harbor, MD / $765. Feb 19 - 20. State/Local. Mar 8 - 17.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2017

No matter what fundraising programs you currently have in place, if you’re not focusing all of them through the lens of a multi-channel effort you’re missing the boat big time. And make sure you include a donation landing page that reflects the same theme and reinforces the basic message. Experiment with the Mix and Timing of Channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

You will learn actionable techniques you can put into play the next day. If you don't want to read the book in one sitting, follow Nathan’s suggestion to read one or two leadership topics (one topic per chapter) at a time, and then reflect on and practice the techniques he teaches.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Learn best practices and the latest techniques and technologies to meet your greatest challenges. As you dive deep into the world of storytelling and connecting with donors, we also want you to have a great time and feel inspired when you leave. Opportunity Collaboration / Cancún Yucatán, (Int.) Mexico / SOLD OUT. General / @OppColl.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A, and like Kishshana said a minute ago, we’d love to hear from you. And I don’t know how she has time for all this stuff. Steven: All the time. My first time in really understanding what that meant was in 2008. So use the chat, the Q&A.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This week, we're covering the first objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : listening (chapter 5). This is a long post focused on strategic uses of listening rather than specific techniques. Please let me know (since I'm listening) whether this length is a benefit or a detriment to your experience.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

Next week, we'll conclude by talking about opportunities for institutional change with chapter 8, "Turning the Ocean Liner Slowly." But today, a conversation about the often sticky world of cultural interpretation with chapter 20, "A Jew Among Indians" How working outside of one's culture works."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Note From Beth: If you’ve picked up a copy of the newly released “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World ” than you no doubt noticed the cartoons, created by Rob Cottingham , that begin each chapter. There’s never been a better time to not be able to draw. Most of us actually can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2012

The Glasspocket’s blog has a post from Claire Gibbons, a senior program officer in the Research & Evaluation Unit at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that illustrates or describes the change. (KD Paine and I devoted an entire chapter to this topic in our forthcoming book , Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.).

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