Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Check out what to listen for in donor onboarding from the Agitator-Donor Voice blog. How to Protect Your Pets in a Natural Disaster. This gave audience members a new appreciation for the theater, and they showed this appreciation by making donations during the conversations. . Stand out by being useful. Arts and culture.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

Empathetic audience research centers and amplifies the voices of research subjects without causing harm or inconvenience to them. Alongside conversations about research ethics, forecasting challenges through risk planning is an effective way to mitigate future roadblocks. Empathy when planning research is absolutely vital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

That’s why nonprofits spend a lot of time and resources on designing donation pages that focus on conversion rates. While it’s nice to see Facebook being charitable, having a little Donate button mixed in with all of their other features vying for users attention will negatively impact conversion rates. Facebook Should Give Ad Grants.

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Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

Remember, you have a voice in this process. Fear may be one of the best motivators but conversely, it is also one of the best demotivators. In order to better respond to disasters and serve stakeholders they have evolved for over a century. Start by asking questions. What does this tool do? How could it improve our work?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In that piece, I shared my predictions for an upcoming increase in CEO activism, a heightened focus on leadership development through volunteer service and a call to action for corporate partners to effectively address disaster resiliency in affected communities. Skilled Volunteerism to Address Disaster Resiliency.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

Rachel Hutchisson, the Vice President of Corporate Philanthropy and Citizenship at Blackbaud and I recently had a conversation on this topic for their Champions for Social Good podcast. And like all good conversations, there was so much more to say than we had time for. Toffel , heralded the age of the CEO Activist.

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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. Shireen did a fabulous job of bringing in their voices. A lot of practice on how to move quickly when a disaster strikes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And true natural disasters are sowing human tragedy across the globe. The results improve grantmaking practices, help shape conversations on the needs of the social sector, and provide a rich source of data. We hope you will again take a moment to fill out the survey and make our collective voice even more powerful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Disaster work. The American Red Cross can’t be everywhere at the same time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

A Unified Voice for the Nonprofit Technology Community: Possibility or Herding Cats? So, I spent some time reading through the proposals and bookmarked the ones I voted for. Here’s three panel proposals from me or include my colleague, Geoff Livingston, from Zoetica. event in November. Are you the picture taker???

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

There are several similar services, architecturally, but Crowdrise excels in providing a distinctly new voice and feel - a reminder that there's lots of room for different kinds of messaging. I've heard that conversion rates to payment are sometimes not high, and there are few built-in incentives to continue giving or interacting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Pivots can make the difference between a successful session and disaster. When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. What makes for a good team experience is a good on-boarding process.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

I love Trevor Donnell's brilliant book and blog, Marketing the Arts to Death , in which he documents the disasters caused by our inability to be audience- and data-driven in our marketing efforts. The people who produce the programming or who have the relationships produce the messaging, so the conversations are authentic and personal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Ironically, and what made that lesson so powerful, is that I wasn’t at the training program on social media to learn, but to conduct it with Ana-Marie Jones of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster. For example, our staff guides a coalition in California to preserve the state’s investment in health and human services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. It almost always naturally leads to discussion about how to amplify each other’s voices using social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

How would you organization cope with a natural disaster? Why it works: conversation, authentic, story, translates into action -- how do I let go and let my supporters take hole of my messaging. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

assessed the conversation and they had a 58% negative blog/conversation ratio (used manual researching, icerocket, forumtracker, search.twitter, etc.), even one voice can give you great insight. over time have gotten other metrics and impact from working on this goal. WeAreMedia Project ([link] has a listening toolbox!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

NpTech Tag Reflections Over the course of the last year, I've been in engaged in a monthly real-time voice discussion with colleagues at CpSquared about online communities, specifically tagging communities and the community sits behind the NpTech tag. " and writes about how to engage more deeply in conversation on Twitter.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

FUNDRAISING EXAMPLE : Once I was engaged in an hour-plus phone conversation with a supporter who was a Holocaust survivor. Trust me; it will come out in the tone of your voice or your body language. Don’t set up your conversation as a finger-pointing session. It turns out to be immensely powerful and personal.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For example, if a natural disaster strikes, your nonprofit may need to bypass certain steps to get rapid support from donors. Measurable: Have a way to track how marketing tactics help you progress toward your goal, such as conversion rate. Learn More! What are the steps for creating a digital marketing campaign? Engaging visuals.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Using the expertise of its Chef Network, WCK works to empower people to be a part of the solution with a focus on health, education, jobs, and disaster relief. Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2021

To raise awareness for the plight of refugees, UNHCR has designed the 2021 World Refugee day toolkit to inspire conversation and volunteerism from now until World Refugee Day. Amplify the voices of refugees: In the battle against COVID-19, refugees are essential to keeping communities safe, making society stronger, and rebuilding our world.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2022

To raise awareness for the plight of refugees, UNHCR has designed the 2021 World Refugee day toolkit to inspire conversation and volunteerism from now until World Refugee Day. UNHCR needs our help, and has delivered an urgent appeal for support. Longer-term volunteering is available with an eight-week English language coaching program.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

But it was also a failure because I tried to reach an audience rather than approaching it from my own voice, and the result was that that audience--game people--felt that maybe I was mocking them. And I usually love art that's annoying—but it wasn’t accessible enough. And when I woke up the screen was full of text.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

We had to be honest with them (and express our own personal frustration at changes we could not control) for this to not be a disaster. Had we held onto an authority voice rather than presenting ourselves as individuals engaged in the project, people would not have been willing to weather the storms with us.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The individual sites, which are now live, provide an important opportunity for citizens to have their voice heard on open government. The community should enable students to engage in conversations related to functional areas and regions of interest. Disaster Response. International Disaster Community of Practice.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Why are they the same size as the person whom I casually had a short conversation with at a conference I don’t even remember? You can almost imagine ripples of story supernova spreading at the speed of light as the news of the disaster spreads in its aftermath. They are larger in our minds. Scale of Stories = Scale of Identity.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

And my Mom says she’ll never forget that her first knowledge of the events of the day came through my voice, whole and well, telling her to turn on the television. Could you illustrate your expertise & readiness regarding housing, nutrition, mobility, or animal care in the face of disaster? Tell them where you are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

You invite guests to a specific place at a specific time, introduce them to each other, encourage conversation around a specific topic (although there might be tangents) and hope people have a good time. More specifically, a “Twitter Chat.” In many ways, a Twitter Chat is like a party. For the past 20 years, United Ways across the U.S.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

And participation rates (along with conversations I have had with CSR colleagues at other companies) tell us that many are opting for the latter. In an era where people want to be heard, giving is one way their express not just choice, but voice. And you know what?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

AirBnB will allow hosts to donate to local causes; will add smoke detectors, will work on joint campaigns with the city and improve disaster preparedness. We, as nonprofits, have the power and the numbers to make our voices heard. " Join us in the conversation at #Share2014. AirBnB tells us… that.…

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2017

It’s a phrase we often hear from the mass media, and even the words that may filter into conversations with our families, friends and colleagues. The 2016 Presidential election, and its outcome, signaled a significant shift in America – certain voices became louder and new perspectives came closer to the forefront.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

The panel format was conversational. But I and a few other attendees later voiced the view that charity is an entry point, not an endpoint, in sustainable social change. This year, in particular, social capital trumps financial capital - so we better get to building it one person, one connection, one conversation at a time.

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