Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing. Pictured above).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. By every measure, an in-person ask provides the most bang for the buck. 1: Not asking through a personal meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Leaving for my first in-person event in 2022 after two years of pandemic shut down. Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Nonprofit activities shape the students, teaching them valuable skills, helping them foster empathy, and connecting them to causes that matter. When students participate, their personal growth becomes part of the community’s well-being. Partnering with professionals can elevate these events.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Research shows that professionals with high confidence earn $8,000 more each year than their less self-confident peers, and 93% cite confidence as key to career success. Celebrate failure, dont fear it FIRST founder and prolific inventor Dean Kamen, who holds more than 1,000 patents, believes that yesa project may failbut never a person.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

bbcon is live and in person October 21-24! Breakout Sessions for Higher Ed Professionals Our breakout sessions for education professionals include topics like scholarship management, fundraising, tuition, data security, and artificial intelligence. Register here today!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2012

Much more than a site for pushing news, Twitter is very much about participating in online conversation, being authentic, having personality, and knowing what content your followers want from you on Twitter. Next the webinar moves on to LinkedIn , a social network with more than 160 million professionals worldwide.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

bbcon is back in-person October 22–24 in Denver, Colorado! This year, we are co-locating Blackbaud’s K–12 User Conference so education professionals can learn from thousands of other change-makers at the premier technology conference focused on social impact. Here are just a few: Putting the AI in Education Graham Getty, St.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In her new book, Selling Yourself , Dr. Cindy McGovern shows you how to step-by-step create a powerful personal brand. I wrote Sell Yourself because no other book out there looks at personal branding as a sales tool. Personal branding, whether it’s for the first time or it’s a rebranding, starts with examining our goals.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

BGC's mission is to increase those numbers by partnering with schools, companies, organizations, and volunteers to offer Black girls in-person and virtual learning opportunities. By focusing on personal and professional development alongside tech education, BGC ensures its graduates are well-rounded and ready for the workforce.

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

Yes, the number one skill that nonprofit professionals need to focus on in 2021 is marketing. When a person or organization seems to be doing well, constituents are eager to get on the bandwagon. The post The #1 Skill Nonprofit Professionals Should Focus on in 2021 appeared first on DipJar. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

An adaptable mindset helps you expand your horizon, teaches you to see things from multiple perspectives, and can even show you a bit of the future. Creating such a mindset for yourself can make it much easier to embrace disruption and adapt to it, both in your personal and professional life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

1) Ellen Toscano, 2024 Bid Master Winner Voted as the Top National Auctioneer Ellen Toscano (yoursingingauctioneer.com) , voted as the top national benefit auctioneer of 2024 is the founder, CEO and Principal Auctioneer of The Singing Auctioneer LLC, has been a professional singer, actress and stage performer her whole life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

For over thirty years, I have integrated “reflection rituals” in my professional work on a daily, weekly, quarterly, and annually basis. Rituals can boost our personal productivity because they allow us to focus and reach our goals without distraction. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. Many successful nonprofit professionals use rituals, either for personal productivity or team productivity. Many successful nonprofit professionals use rituals, either for personal productivity or team productivity.

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Nonprofit Journal Facilitation Reflection 148

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 15, 2021

The owners—whether that’s a single person or millions of stockholders. Nonprofits exist for the community’s benefit, not for any one person or business entity. The post Debunking 7 Common Myths For New Nonprofit Professionals appeared first on Get Fully Funded. That’s just not true. Who gets the profits?

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Yep, that's a real person. Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Hold fundraising lunches/seminars/receptions to teach them how to fundraise. Regardless of whether it’s meeting a professional athlete or a radio station DJ, give your fundraiser the VIP treatment whenever possible. An extra seat at your gala?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Meanwhile, other education companies are using artificial intelligence to train both our youngest learners and working professionals who are looking to upskill and adapt to evolving technologies. Through Courseras Career Academy, learners can invest in professional certificates from tech employers like Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This will give your organization the infrastructure, systems, and professional polish you need to gain the trust of donors. My professional fundraising career began when I accepted a position on the Board of the local rescue mission. Dont so many of us start there? I had absolutely NO IDEA what I had said yes to.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 13, 2022

When young professionals join your organization and meet their professional or personal goals, it maximizes member engagement, accelerating your own association goals. Doing so can also build a pipeline of young professionals who will want to join your association. . Volunteering.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Now may be the golden age of nonprofit professional development. Using these resources, you can easily indulge your interests as a nonprofit professional, taking your career in directions you never imagined. In-Person Conferences and Seminars. In-Person Conferences and Seminars. professional associations.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Dear Charity Clairity, Every time I attend a conference or webinar on the subject of major donor development I learn about the importance of meeting with major donors in person. They’re really good at a lot of other things, but how do we get this person to understand the in-person conversation is key? .

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Nimble AMS

JULY 12, 2023

PEAK Grantmaking ’s vol unteer program success story PEAK Grantmaking is a community of 7,000 professionals working to advance e ffective and equitable grantmaking practices. Offer additional professional development options so volunteers can upskill. A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The book is for any fundraising professional who needs to ask for charitable gifts face-to-face. I have known Dan Schawbel for over a decade since his early work in personal branding way back when. This year was honored to be the keynote for the Washington State Nonprofit Conference and teach a workshop at University of Washington.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The authors, Richard Boyatzis , Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten , teach that the most effective way to help people learn and change is to connect to a positive vision of themselves, or to an inspiring dream they’ve long held. Having a personal vision is one of the most powerful ways to engage neurologically and emotionally.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Although the book is authored by an award-winning financial advisor and primarily written for professionals in the financial services industry, this book is a must read for any leader who wants to create a nurturing heart culture that hinges on the human-centric values the next generation of employees hold in high regard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2017

That’s why it important to have networking opportunities to connect with professional colleagues face-to-face beyond online groups. I try to make an effort to do this regularly. ” If a person is motivated and happy at the end of the workday, it’s a good bet that he or she made some progress.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2021

Do you have a manager, supervisor, or mentor who is teaching you how to fundraise and supporting you along the way? The right fundraising coach can be that person for you. Pull from the in-person events budget that you’re not really dipping into right now. And how do you figure out which one is right for you? Then do it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Her specialty is blending communications theory, field research, and practical sales experience to help professionals and non-professionals become more polished and persuasive presenters. This book is formulated for the busy professional,” explains Sjodin. What couple tips do you give to a person who is fearful of presenting?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

It allows employees of all technical backgrounds to quickly generate personalized, accurate answersand even create their own no-code tools to make the agents work better for the specifics of their jobs and businesses. The app already offered an English tutor that could teach and converse, but the conversations felt slow and unnatural.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 20, 2022

When you focus on celebrating volunteer efforts and personal successes, you’ll build relationships with the volunteer base, maximizing volunteer engagement. . Celebrate volunteer milestones and any personal successes your volunteers achieve. Encourage qualified volunteers to teach continuing education sessions .

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Creating short, personalized thank you videos to share with supporters. Personally emailing your annual report to donors or funders and describing how their support was central to your success. It also provides your donors with various, personalized giving options throughout the year.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 11, 2022

According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study , member priorities have shifted to tangible, personal benefits. Surprisingly, association professionals continue to undervalue offering career resources, even though it proves to be a huge benefit with the power to drive a superior member experience. Use your data.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Are you teaching them how to use Signal, or are you saying what I worry about, which is the massive amount of attack surface area that comes just from using the internet now and buying devices and having that stuff in your life and in your home? Matt Mitchell: Yeah, I actually don’t teach them about Signal and stuff like that.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Doyobi , a Singapore-based professional development platform, wants to give educators new, more engaging ways of teaching STEM subjects. The startup will use its new funding to create more courses for educators, along with teaching resources, like videos, quizzes and projects, for their students.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Keep in mind that a digital-first strategy doesn’t mean you give up on personal touches. Commit to responding to questions personally. higher than non-personalized emails.

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