Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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APRIL 22, 2024

What we are experiencing is evolution; except technology today is Darwinism on a time-lapse of 30 frames per second. How can leaders prepare themselves and their employees to develop effective systems for culling unproductive activities and managing the constant volatility? They are also good facilitators.

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MAY 15, 2023

There was a time when associations didn’t think of their members as customers. What has changed over time? Use Data as a Connector Integrated planning isn’t a one-time event. Analyzing website traffic, social media, product sales, and marketing campaigns together strengthens activities on both sides of the equation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. Now we’ve covered the underlying types of events you can choose between, let’s focus on the kinds of activities you can expect from these events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

This year I will continue my commitment to creative activities including “ Journal as Altar ,” and calligraphy with fountain pens. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I will also continue my focus on my physical health, particularly my daily walking ritual with a step goal of 15K.

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MARCH 11, 2024

There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. It may require more time and effort to find someone who complements your team. Using Suzanne Bell’s example, it can be helpful to consider both the technical and psychosocial roles that will facilitate the work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 11, 2024

Create and manage different volunteer groups To encourage and facilitate conversation between your member volunteers, use your online community platform to create different groups. Activate the Nimble Communities’ polls feature to get a clear sense of what your volunteers are thinking, and initiate change based on the feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators.

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MAY 29, 2023

This is a challenging time for associations. If your association is struggling to launch a strong diversity initiative, these activities will help you get closer to that goal. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. Initiatives that seem more urgent.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

All of the association’s activities and initiatives are grounded in the ideals that are outlined below. ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2014

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit. Tracy is a Senior Cloud Consultant at Cloud for Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2017

One of the biggest challenges that many nonprofits face is the finding time and resources for professional development activities. People are so busy doing the work that they don’t have time to go off-site to take a class or sign up for an online course. The Emerging Leaders Playbook was curated with this in mind.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2014

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit. And check out the full lineup of #14LCS speakers and facilitators !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

This year I will continue my commitment to creative activities including “ Journal as Altar ,” and calligraphy with fountain pens. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I use my own self-care plan template to write down what I will do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation. Always good to leave time for Q/A at the end for those). Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. A tech staff, with some time on their hands, could have an out-of-the-box AI interacting with your members fairly quickly. How hard is it to add a bot or two to your team?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

I also wanted to experiment with translating some facilitation techniques I use for face-to-face meetings (like sticky note facilitation ) to virtual meetings. With more than 20 participants and a larger number of sticky notes, it can get difficult for sense-making if everyone posts their sticky notes on the wall at the same time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

This year I will continue my commitment to creative activities including “ Journal as Altar ,” and calligraphy with fountain pens. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I use my own self-care plan template to write down what I will do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Our team led Common Sense through a series of activities designed to uncover opportunities to elevate their user experience. Guided discovery, a facilitated workshop, and design thinking frameworks led the Common Sense team to think differently about how the organization can support parents and educators.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. When a person feels self-efficacious, they are more likely to be proactive in signing up for other volunteer activities and feel more confident in their abilities to be an advocate for the nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

This year I will continue my commitment to creative activities including “ Journal as Altar ,” and calligraphy with fountain pens. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely on the commitment and active engagement of their board members to make a significant impact in their communities. The allocation of time and effort by board members is crucial for the success of these organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

It isn’t just the huge uptick in back-to-back virtual meetings we are hosting or attending, many times without breaks in between. This can be accomplished with creative use of the Zoom Breakout Rooms for activities to support the meeting objectives. . See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Rituals are routine and intentional activities that carry meaning. I’ve taken up many new self-care activities during 2020 to cope with the pandemic stress. Year in Review During the first two months of 2020, I taught workshops and facilitated digital transformation innovation labs in London and Warsaw.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. I was in India this past summer to facilitate an intensive four-day training for Packard Foundation grantees working on family-planning issues. Other times, I simply made them stretch like the photo above.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Or try additional experiential events like interactive workshops, virtual reality experiences, or access to behind-the-scenes activities. Engage on digital platforms: Use the technology younger donors favor—like QR codes or Tap to Pay —to facilitate easy capture of contact information and donations.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Take time now – or when you have it – to strengthen your foundation. Take time now to get everything in order and create a plan to keep your data updated so you can maximize your fundraising for the rest of the year. Schedule time on your calendar monthly for training so it doesn’t drop to the bottom of the priority list again!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

The inability to create a variety of different contexts in our lives including different social roles, relationships, activities and goals. It is a fun activity that gets a few laughs, people moving, and replenishes energy. One way to handle it is to set up “open door” times (on Slack you can customize the slack status message).

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Bonterra

MARCH 14, 2024

Receive proactive follow-ups on outstanding issues every four hours so you can focus your time and energy on higher value activities. Provide comprehensive oversight of project progress and delivery, ensuring alignment with goals and timelines. Take advantage of up to eight hours a quarter of additional support capacity.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

That means now is the perfect time to take stock of where your organization stands, especially as we head into the always-busy year-end giving season. Integrations allow data to flow freely from one platform to another, making it easier to generate the performance insights you need to make strategic improvements over time.

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