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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Here’s a conundrum: How can members ever feel like part of their chapter community if they don’t attend chapter events? Billhighway explains how to get reacquainted with post-pandemic chapter members and design a chapter event experience that’s worth their time. William Penn Chapter events. Leadership training. Good stuff. Users group.

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Association Brain Food: 5.26.23

Reid All About it

WBT Systems shares strategies for convincing people to commit time to their own professional development. Fri 5/26 at 12:00 p.m.* – Exam Development Session-II Learn how to design and administer exams that are valid and reliable, while incorporating best practices in assessment design. 501Works acquires ReviewMyAMS. 1 CAE credit.

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How An Informal Nonprofit Employee Champion Program Can Benefit A One-Person Communications Dept.

Beth Kanter

Perhaps you can relate to this chart from Gerard Matthews , Communications Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Once staff know how to post and incorporate into their daily routine, it becomes habit.” Are you an one-person communications department? He created an informal employee champion program.

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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth Kanter

Many nonprofits have limited capacity and staff resources when it comes to implementing marketing and communications strategy, especially social media. One Person Communications Department: Arkansas Advocates for Children has a one-person communications department. How To Get Started. Nonprofit Examples.

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How Your Organization’s CEO Can Use Social Media for Thought Leadership

Beth Kanter

But to reap the benefits, nonprofits CEO need to understand how to navigate boundaries and their online reputations. You also need an engagement and content strategy that complements your organization’s strategy. How To Be A Chameleon. Rich Huddleston Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, is an example.

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How Experimentation and Measurement Can Help Win A Little Bet with Facebook Promoted Posts

Beth Kanter

” designed to help grantees institutionalize social media and networked nonprofit skills and strategies and integrate them into their broader strategy for communications on children’s health. Not all experiments are big wins or perfect, but they become the jumping off for deeper insights and a try it and fix it mindset.

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Balance the Spontaneous and Strategic of Social Media: Newsjacking and Obamacare

Beth Kanter

That’s because boards or senior management (or funders) don’t always understand these are part of a strategy that leads to the strategic results. During the afternoon we used Facebook to post analyses from partners and Twitter to highlight what ACA is already doing in Arkansas. 1) Be Flexible and Keep It Simple.