Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Read the full interview with our experts to get answers to questions nonprofit leaders may ask about employee burnout, such as: How has COVID-19 impacted employee burnout and individual stress management? How do you build a culture of resilience with mental health resources for nonprofits? Get Registered Now for Free. A: Definitely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout will take on the outdated work ethic that plagues many nonprofits: “The Scarcity Mindset” of working long hours with few resources without investing in an organizational strategy for self-care. Stress reduction techniques. Managing technology and information overload.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. The Valley Medical Foundation: This organization provided an example of the personal versus organizational voice issue that social media often brings up. Photo by Nelson Layag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Small group or partnering learning activity: Reflection on reading materials, debriefing on exercises or practice activities, identifying issues and concerns, brainstorming ideas and solutions to bring to the whole group, action research. Large: Over 50 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. The article also talks about scaling issues for charity:water ".their Photo by Thomas Hawk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

I've been following Carie Lewis's posts on the NTEN Affinity groups as well as other nonprofit tech listservs (yes, I still do read listservs) and caught up with her for an interview. she manages all social networking profiles, online advertising, search engine optimization, and online marketing techniques for campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

The point was driven home to me by a commenter from a nonprofit organization named Paulette who works for an arts organization who left this comment on the interview with Marc from the Chicago Symphony: We're trying to figure out how to best engage in social media. The other issue is information overload due to volume. Why Important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I used a “living case study&# approach – doing an interview with them to share how they achieved their success. She was able to go to her boss and get some more resources in the budget for social media. A Roundup of Social Media Measurement Resources for Nonprofits. It directly increased ticket sales.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The 45 page report is based on an extensive literature search and interviews with Philanthropy professionals who are currently experimenting with Web 2.0 tools and techniques. Many we interviewed felt that communicating those innovative efforts through these new technologies makes sense. I'm still wading my way through it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

One of the participants was an organization named GroundSpark which has a project called "Respect for All," that facilitates the development of inclusive, bias-free schools and communities by providing media resources, support and training to youth, educators and service providers. I'm not referring to comment spam , either.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Just for giggles, I started a thread on Google + to do an interview with nonprofits and social activists exploring Google + as part of some preparation for an interview with Alison Fine for the Social Good Podcast. You can find the information for the meet up in my collection of Google + and Nonprofit Links.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

RealHR Solutions – Human Resources. Advancement Resources – Managing Culture Change. RealHR Solutions: Top Nonprofit Consulting Firm for Human Resources. Plus, the resources section on their website has a library full of information to help your nonprofit succeed. Aly Sterling Philanthropy – Capital Campaign Support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. So the issue is more how to best match your strategy, outcomes, and audience with the right tool and what type of simple experiment can you set up and what will you learn? I've pointed to a lot of resources in my blog.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is an area of tools and techniques that I have wanted to explore in further depth, but haven't. . The best resource I discovered that answers this questions was " Building Smart Communities Through Network Weaving " by Valdis Krebs and June Holley. How to you reallocate resources to the most important gaps?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

What are the best practices or techniques for crowdsourcing? What are the best resources, including blogs, books, and articles? Guest Post: Interview with Georgina Goodlander: Fill the Gap Flickr Campaign by Debra Askanase, publisher of Community Organizer 2.0 Are there special cautions related to crowdsourcing for nonprofits?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

technologies produced a lot of interesting exchanges on a whole range of issues for a lot of people - but the most exciting for me was the message with the subject line "Are you the Michael Stein I used to know?" I'm sure last week's TechSoup forum on web2.0 to be continued.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

Measuring the Networked Nonprofit describes techniques for measuring engagement and networks and I’ll be presenting some of that material. Also, larger organizations might have silo issues, with walls between alumni outreach and development functions. After conversation starters is to make connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

And maybe this should not be an either/or question, but most likely resources will dictate that. The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks. Jon Stahl has a live blog post of remarks by the speakers. This is a must-read. There are 18 articles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2015

As far as I could tell, he did not have any fundraising background; he was a matchmaker, linking nonprofit organizations with resources. Some use privacy issues as an excuse. Being a storyteller also means learning to interview: developing questions that are not leading but do lead to great information that is useable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

I pulled together a curated summary of the tweets and resources on Storify that you can view here. I promised folks that I would share a summary blog post with links, questions, and resources. Curation is all about helping your audience dive in and make sense of a specific topic, issue, event or news story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I always try to incorporate new learnings and observations that I've discovered from the many interviews I do on my blog, resources discovered, and stories. I also didn't focus on some of the techniques I learned from She's So Geeky speaker training - the eye contact and the verb. I also like to practice my storytelling skills.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your organization already understands the importance of having updated and adaptive techniques for all its digital tools and marketing outlets. Is there an issue or shortcoming in your current digital strategy that is leading to underperformance? Use the following steps to do so: Identify gaps in your current approach.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

In this interview, she shares her insights into the strategic and the tactical information nonprofits might find useful as they consider their approach to using video to reach their communications goals. In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. I also discovered during our interview that Nedra plays the cello !) Take for example her write up on Games for Change. Why did you start blogging?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

So instead of just talking about the wide needs as if it’s a fact, include: testimonials, statistics, reports, articles, interviews, etc. You will need to speak to your Human Resource division to know what your nonprofit’s fringe benefits are and the salaries of positions. Without this, your entire project will fall short.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

We had so many that we couldn’t get to all of them during the webinar, so we’ve answered the overflow here: Q: How can we use social media tools when working with clients in an agency specifically concerning privacy or HIPPA issues? I did an interview with her about this. A middle ground needs to be reached.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

I’m your host, Randy Hawthorne, Executive Director of Nonprofit Hub, an educational resource for nonprofits. It’s kind of alarming but they found that trust, when they globally interviews folks, trust in all four institutions were at an all-time low. You can learn what we’re all about over at nonprofit hub dot org.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

While incorporating insights provided in our webinar with Maria Bryan, we’ll demystify the content planning process, discuss trauma-informed storytelling, unpack resources , and help you create content that converts. Efficient Resource Allocation: Your time and resources are limited, so it’s essential to invest them wisely.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

I've posted an edited transcript of my interview with Ashley and Carolynn for the Big Vision Podcast. It's more of a technique thing than a pure ingredient thing. It was basically a financial issue. AR: Veganbakesale.org is also a really great resource if you are interested in starting your own bake sale.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2011

In all of our work, we seek to raise awareness regarding public policies impacting children and ensure that related programs have the resources necessary to help them grow up in a healthy and nurturing environment. They can make it strategic by linking the information to their mission. But what is the secret sauce to doing it well?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

With so many technological solutions and platforms, nonprofits are challenged not only in determining which solutions are right for them, but how to manage everything effectively, with limited budgets and resources. Practical production techniques on composition to make your videos attractive and professional; 2. 1:15-2:15pm CST.

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