Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. In truth, our guidelines are quite vague.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

The writing process for the book: Expository vs storytelling. Fast forward to 2009, Wendy led a process internally to create a social media guidelines and operational handbook. Codifying a Social Culture: Policy. Most important thing in a social media policy: be professional, kind, discreet, authentic.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In a webinar with Peter Panapento , co-founder and philanthropic practice leader of Turn Two Communications, he shared best practices when creating an AI policy for your grantmaking organization. Here are some of the tips Peter shared for creating an AI policy that your organization will actually use. Meet your staff where they are.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Image from [link] Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and standardization of charity care policies so financial assistance reaches patients in need. AMA policy-makers also discussed increased enforcement on nonprofit hospitals that provide little or no community benefit.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

With an understandable and accessible operating reserves policy, your team, Board, and donors know the specific reasons you would use your operating reserves and the exact amount that needs to always be in the fund. 7 Steps for Developing a Policy to Manage Operating Reserves. This can include staff members, major donors, and auditors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Once you have claimed or created your LinkedIn Page, the set up process is straightforward. During the set up process, you may have noticed Showcase Pages ? In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

They outline norms for behavior, standards of quality, ethical guidelines, and expectations for performance. Values can, and should, change with shifts in scale, process, policies, or priorities. That’s why they also deserve frequent exploration and evaluation. Values describe the culture that your association seeks to promote.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. You also need a targeted recruiting process, an onboarding process, an orientation, volunteer management practices, and volunteer recognition. Is there a media release?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2009

Departments do not work in silos, systems, policies, and work processes support this. There is trust that employees and stakeholders will represent the organization without creating command and control policies and policing them. The work style comes from developing social media guidelines/policy ) Learning Culture.

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fusionSpan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

However, these strategies will be ineffective unless you establish internal policies that guide your organization’s financial management. One such guideline is your operating reserves policy, which outlines how your organization will establish and utilize its savings. Leverage donation and financial data to inform your policy.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 20, 2021

Compliance is fairly straightforward on the federal level, but according to Labyrinth’s overview on state filing requirements , processes at the state level vary and can change quickly. While achieving compliance can be a frustrating and time-consuming process, it’s not one that you can overlook or avoid. State tax exemptions.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

When evaluating an organization’s SOC 2 compliance, auditors identify how a business manages customer data according to each of the following five trust service principles: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. There are general guidelines, but every organization is different!

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Candid

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Develop an AI policy The first step is to create a policy that guides, rather than restricts, AI use. By establishing clear guidelines for employees on what data they can use and how they can safeguard IP, you can encourage responsible AI use while fostering innovation and mitigating risks associated with unofficial use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

A social media policy provides the rule book for all staff to participate. Organizational and Community Facebook Guidelines. The process of creating a social media policy includes discussion about the issues, reviewing policies from other organizations , and reviewing and approving the policy internally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

I put out a query for examples of blogging and social network/media policies for nonprofits and got lots of good examples. Donny Peterson couldn't resist the urge to edit someone else's blogging policy before sharing a copy his policy. That got me thinking about the process for developing the policy.

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

Regulatory compliance means that your organization and your site need to comply with all relevant laws and policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). If your organization fits these guidelines, remaining ADA compliant is necessary. What are the ADA and WCAG?

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

You want to offer your bloggers some guidance and make them comfortable with the process since many of them are nervous about blogging and most have never blogged before. What policies and expectations have helped put your bloggers at ease? Over to you. What would you add to these tips?

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a machine to “think” like a human and perform tasks like recognizing patterns, processing information, and making recommendations. AI encompasses a variety of technologies, including machine learning, natural language processing, and robotics. What is Machine Learning? The Fundarising.AI

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In this blog, we will explore why associations need to prioritize data management and governance to fully leverage AI and transform their decision-making processes. Why Data is the Key to Unlocking AI’s Potential AI systems rely heavily on quality data to generate meaningful insights, automate processes, and make predictions.

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Forum One

MAY 13, 2021

In this post, we focus on the processes and technology of migrating your government services to digital. Streamlining and improving your processes. One of the goals of modernization should be to streamline and improve processes. Improving your process will be critical to the perceived success of your modernization.

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sgEngage

JUNE 24, 2024

The core principles of strong data governance include: Ownership: When people with domain expertise own their data, they are more likely to know the data creation process and what good data looks like. Lean on your grant management solution and other systems to automate and streamline your data entry and validation processes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Join Grant Republic for a free webinar on May 3 that will provide an overview of the Google Ad Grants program and guide your nonprofit through important areas, such as eligibility requirements, potential uses of Google Ad Grants, the application process, and how to remain compliant in the program month after month. <<

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The NonProfit Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

NCOA President & CEO Ramsey Alwin said the “mysterious process” was about six months in the making, having received a request to share information about its work, mission and social impact metrics. “We We’re used to processing large grants and donations, so often aligned with federal guidelines,” she said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2009

In order to scale, nonprofits will need to develop a social media policy as well as operational guidelines. And let's take that a step further, why not use social media as part of the governing process. . The Red Cross is one of the better nonprofit examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

In the book, we also talk about technology wellness in the nonprofit workplace, but I have been looking forward to an opportunity to go deeper on how teams of people in nonprofits can avoid technology overload caused by collaboration platforms and process. Have a formal policy about sending after hours emails.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Rather than opt-in re-enrollment, where all parents/guardians must sign new contracts to enroll their children each school year, continuous enrollment is an opt-out process that higher education institutions have used for decades. Admissions had to create a new process to keep track of student withdrawals during the withdrawal period.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2023

Moving forward, here are some steps to take to put in place a plan – with guidelines – to accept non-cash gifts. Develop a gift acceptance policy. Once approved, the guidelines should be forwarded to the full board to vote on their acceptance. Or “I’m sorry, our policy prohibits us from accepting gifts of encumbered property.”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2012

The proliferation of social media has left many organizations playing catch up with their communications and privacy policies. For people like these, Ross shared the following tips: Read privacy policies of sites and apps : Understand what is required of you as a user and how your information will be used.

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John Kenyon

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Activities: Facilitating discussions about how to navigate the risks, crafting guidelines and policies for careful, ethical use. We can start down the path without these, but having these in place – or working on them as you go – greatly improves the chances of positive outcomes.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 12, 2023

While there are risks of accepting in-kind donations, those risks can be offset by creating firm policies and guidelines surrounding the in-kind donations your nonprofit will accept. For you, in-kind gifts can be used immediately rather than waiting for financial contributions to process. What are in-kind donations?

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 28, 2024

The team leads a variety of member-based initiatives to improve your organization, including but not limited to data-based membership initiatives, the streamlining of key member processes, and DEI programming. Your committee can listen to concerns, propose changes, and work toward improving policies and benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

These are simply a guidelines to help think through what to measure – or what metrics that will help your organization demonstrate progress towards an objective. . The messages or story is created and shared: Metrics are related to the process of producing or sharing the desired message or story.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2021

And you need policies, procedures, and processes. Do you have the policies, procedures, and processes in place to run your nonprofit smoothly and efficiently? . But the business side of a nonprofit requires a solid foundation of written policies, procedures, and processes. You have to establish your brand.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. Record that institutional knowledge in an accessible Policies and Procedures manual.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. Also review your formatting guidelines and templates. Make Deadlines and Processes Transparent To be clear is to be kind. With grant deadlines and processes, err on the side of repetition.

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Candid

MAY 18, 2023

How to get a Google Ad Grant for your nonprofit Now that you understand the basics of how the Ad Grant program works, it’s time to get started on the procurement process. While this process can feel intimidating, it’s worth noting that every step is designed to benefit your website and organization—even outside of Google Ads.

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