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The Art of Facilitating Meetings with Sticky Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? Take for example my colleague Eugene Eric Kim who shares his facilitation toolkit which includes links to his favorite Post It notes and markers. Facilitation' But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. Facilitation'

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How to Build Your Nonprofit’s MarTech Stack

Media Cause

While this list is great for starting the discussion, for a more detailed audit and analysis, enlist the support of Media Cause MarTech experts. Once you have surveyed your organization and learned about the tools in use, have you come up with any pain points?

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. Visualizing Where Meaning Making Can Happen “Mapping” activities are often the starting point of identifying data collection opportunities. For datamaking, visuals like charts, diagrams, or maps are important for more than data collection.

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Techniques and Tools: How To Visualize Your Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. You can do a whole network analysis.

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Year-End Reporting: Data-Driven Ways to Tell Your Story

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The goal with your analysis is to have actionable data. Format for your stakeholders’ preferences and needs Once you have a good sense of your analysis and recommendations, you need to think about how you package it for different decision makers. Clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are crucial for meaningful analysis.

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The Power of Our Collective Professional Networks and Transdisciplinarity Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.