Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

The trainer trains up to ten community members to create videos. In looking at some of the project examples , I found several that focus on women's empowerment and rights in India. SNEHA Praja Video involves 11 rural women who brought together for a training with the NGO Velugu in Hyderabad, India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2013

The general tone should be one of trust and empowerment. All this should be communicated succinctly in a document that is based on discussion, roadshows, and training for staff on using social media effectively. What I really like about the TNT document that Brian shared is its easy to digest and visual format.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Our young organizers equip the grandparents with toolkits and sustain the effort through recurring virtual trainings. In our case, we found a desire for peer support, community bonding, and empowerment. Grandparents for Truth chapters have sprung up across the country. How can the campaigns best meet their needs?

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

Once we talk through the issues, they realize that there is a current employee, who with the right training and mentoring, would be a great fit for the role. Younger workers are especially reluctant to get out of their sweats and back on the train. Clients may initially believe they need to hire someone to fill a new responsibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

That said, I am currently in Southeast Asia presenting social media trainings to nonprofits in Malaysia, Singapore and Manila – most of which are just getting started with using social media. The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Youre riding the subway to work, and suddenly the train stops. But for Jarrod Musano, being stuck on a southbound 6 train that had lost power, there was little relief. The lights go off, and you seem to be trapped between stations in a tunnel. I didnt want to waste an interpreters time, so I stopped after that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. TechCamp: Empowering women through technology - guest post by Ma’ayan Alexander.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 12, 2023

A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization! If so, you’re well aware that v olunteers are an invaluable resource , helping to advance your mission and drive success across your organization. R ead our blog to discover how PEAK Grantmaking empowered its member volunteers and strengthened its volunteer program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 5, 2008

They provide a major financial opportunity to the girl's family, training and housing. But, the life experience and prospects of their families and children are likely to be far better because of the empowerment these women have experienced working for a social enterprise. And, also hope for the future of social enterprise!

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

During the conference, Tableau shared key announcements, including outlining the product vision and future of analytics , as well as a pledge to train 10 million data people. Data and analytics used to be tools available to a small number of specially trained people,” Mark shared in his blog on the keynote.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The report highlights the need for nonprofits to engage in ethical AI practices to ensure that technology serves as a tool for empowerment, not marginalization. “In a world flooded with technology, the real magic lies in how we use AI to amplify our human intent.

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Qgiv

MARCH 17, 2022

Who they are: United Against Poverty Orlando’s mission is to serve those in poverty by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 2, 2024

Offering software certifications is a fantastic way to provide self-directed and continuous training opportunities for your staff. Offer technology training According to Forrester, 80% of employees said they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. The program is called Tech2Empower and you can learn more about it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I’ve been tasked with designing and facilitating a session for trainers during our two-day e-Mediat networked nonprofit and social media bootcamps in Jordan and Morocco. The training for the NGOs that have completed the 5 workshops from the different countries over the past year. Begin Connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider. Empowerment – as you help them with a problem, teach them about the problem, and ways to troubleshoot (or possibly solve) the problem themselves in the future. Second, Empowerment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

Sometimes what your team needs is more training or a one on one meeting. This question also offers a sense of empowerment and ownership of the company. You don’t know what you don’t know until you ask your team the right questions. Employee success is a dynamic and always evolving process.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

During the conference, Tableau shared key announcements, including outlining the product vision and future of analytics , as well as a pledge to train 10 million data people. Data and analytics used to be tools available to a small number of specially trained people,” Mark shared in his blog on the keynote.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

James Young, on the Connection Cafe, suggests that we think about constituent empowerment when we think about organizational websites. The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. And, since I’m the host, I get to add a couple of bonus mistakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Program Design. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2024

One of my favorite colleagues and co-host of our Eskin Fundraising Training Non-Profit Empowerment webinar series, Rhanda Luna, has been hired as Director of Corporate Giving and Special Events for SAFE, based in Austin, Texas.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Venture 2 Impact leveraged technology to continue providing nonprofit partners and volunteers around the world with necessary tools and training to advance their mission despite challenges created by the pandemic. This concept addresses the needs of nonprofits for continued support, training, mentorship, and engagement with their communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

I liked the feeling of empowerment and how it can shift you out of your usual way of thinking. The peer coaching exercise allowed participants to work in small groups of three people and take turns being the talker, listener, and witness. I’ve done many multiple day, intense training sessions. Leadership Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. This year I’m more of [.]

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Our hope is that with training, clinicians can be taught how to spot intimate partner violencewe are hoping to find a set of cleaner labels. This gap in training is significant: A May 2024 study published in Nature found that only 25% of IPV cases are correctly diagnosed, underscoring the need for more systematic detection methods like AIRS.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

Its about personal empowerment. When I think of a love of learning, I picture someone like my younger daughter, whose passion for dance and desire for mastery cause her to continue dancing across our living room after formally training at her dance school for five hours straight. Its akin to having a versatile tool set for life.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2024

Late summer is a great time to hold an “inspiring philanthropy” (aka board fundraising training) session Consider who your potential advocates are (e.g., I’ve found folks enjoy this approach so much more than “Fundraising Training Sessions,” so you’ll get a larger turnout. You need a board engagement strategy !

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Many foundations focus much of their philanthropy work on youth empowerment—and for good reason. The foundations on this list are just a few of the many that understand the importance that youth empowerment plays in helping young people from all backgrounds grow and excel during this critical stage of their life. The Dallas Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The project is called “ Tech2Empower ,” organized by Wake , an organization on a quest to leverage technology for women’s empowerment globally. Local organizations are working to provide support, training and services to these women. These organizations will have intensive and hands-on tech training and mentoring during the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

I enjoy it because I get double dose: great ideas about the integration of technology with leadership, training, and capacity building AND the content. I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Compasspoint as part of my continuing work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Carson , Ph.D.,

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. One of our first programs is our culinary school in Port-Au-Prince, which helps train aspiring chefs from Haiti and give them the skills they need to obtain jobs in Haiti’s growing tourism industry. It was from that experience that World Central Kitchen was born.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. Her passion for community impact and development has allowed her to train, consult, and coach more than 30 nonprofits and social enterprises.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking provides video and broadcast training to young people. The students are generally post-high school, but have no access to further education or training. The organization offers therapy, developmental activities, and job training. Children and Education.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Firefighting requires highly specialized training. ” Axion Ray brings intelligence to manufacturing to find issues before they cause trouble Over time, the company wants to establish itself as a skills management system for its workers, to ensure the teams are trained and deployed efficiently.

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