sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. However, when we initiate a more practical conversation, we can determine which questions will be most useful. The following image conveys what this looked like in practice for the same cultural intermediary that used the matrix tool above.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 105

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Training your accounting teams on the importance of granularity in financial reporting and the use of resources like the UCOA can significantly improve your financial management practices. Skipping this analysis can lead to missed opportunities for adjustment and improvement, potentially causing long-term financial issues.

Activities 85

Activities Active Activism Comparison 85

Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

To facilitate the use of the program out of the box, several r eports come automatically loaded to the dashboard. Similarly, with the use of predictive analysis from Nimble AMS , you can see which members have a lower chance of renewing their memberships.

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Director Associations Software Management 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations. 3. The Evaluation Survey. Click to Amazon.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Capacity building includes both money (grants), consultants/technical assistance, peer learning/communities of practice, and collaboration. As a trainer and facilitator, the work I do with organizations and networks, often on behalf of a foundation for its grantees, is capacity building.

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Measure Impact Build Grant 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. You can do a whole network analysis. Using the analysis steps below, it can help you be more intentional with online networking, learning, and building thought leadership. Organization. Hierarchical Position.

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Technique Network Tools Map 116

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

For example, one collaboration’s gap analysis revealed that a city’s private funders offered minimal support in the areas of health and drug addiction prevention. Likewise, funders who are curious about specific practices can observe their peers and develop greater familiarity. Rotate hosting and facilitation.

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Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 96

The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

Similar to visualizations, AI can help uncover key connections in your organizational data and isolate them for further analysis by knowledgeable humans. The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington has developed a practice and guidance around writing data statements ( [link] ).

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Language API Generation Structure 59

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Networking and Collaboration: Foundations can serve as connectors, facilitating collaborations among their grantees and other community organizations. Thought Leadership and Knowledge Sharing : Foundations can contribute to the field by investing in research and disseminating knowledge about effective practices and innovative approaches.

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Roles Foundation Leadership Community 79

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. This cohesive approach enables your supporters to contribute to your cause with just a few clicks.

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Websites Calendar Registration Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

At Zoetica, we facilitating a social media peer learning project called “ Leveraging Social Media: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. What did you learn?

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Benchmark Social Media Measure Results 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

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.

Professional 101

Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators.

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The learning objectives for the workshop were two fold: Participants understand best practices and how to apply. The content focused on telling a couple of ”campfire” stories with insights about best practices. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

Activities 105

Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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Training Train Design Tech 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

Like many nonprofits, the rapidly evolving environment around and within us was littered by a practice of ad hoc documentation and person to person knowledge sharing. Be aware that “knowledge hoarding” is often a common practice. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Knowledge Process Share Organization 100

Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

Through a range of projects that combine science and technology, such as monitoring air and water quality and local wildlife, students develop a wealth of skills applicable to their futures—from learning to own and take responsibility for an entire project to discovering the impact of data analysis and sharing at local and global levels. “In

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Student San Francisco Technology Charlotte 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. His response: Looking: Observing human experience.

Design 128

Design Strategy Digital Technique 128

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

World class facilitation and guidance was provided by Essential Partners, with the revered Dave Joseph serving as facilitator-in-chief. January 2018 : Ok, can we agree on some best practices how to address this as grantors and grantees? What is the heart of the matter for grantors and grantees? Putting an emphasis on listening.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. From GiveMN Case Study - Click for Case Study. This learning approach has two ways to capture knowledge.

Campaign 96

Campaign Tips Wichita Giving 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

Data 109

Data Help Measure Analysis 109

Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

In part one of our new blog series, Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org , we will explore long-term maintenance and success strategies, starting with best practices for staffing your Salesforce instance. Additionally, conducting regular team analysis will help you spot knowledge gaps within your organization.

Org 111

Org Support Skills Knowledge 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers. By Dave Meier. by Eric Jensen.

Training 114

Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Nonprofits Source

JULY 6, 2023

Technology can facilitate the data collection process, theoretically providing nonprofits with all the information they need to answer these questions about their supporters. AI tools are able to take an omnichannel approach to donor analysis. Measure affinity in real-time.

Technology 52

Technology Marketing Change Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. It is a look at measurement and learning practices when social media is in the mix. Here’s a summary: There was a range of practice for using data and measurement to improve social media and demonstrate impact: Crawl.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Once this is established, along with goals – the methodology to measure your network relies on having a baseline methodology and using Social Network Analysis. The latter can be a very geeky topic, requiring expertise in statistics, understanding social network analysis terminology, and hard to master software. Radio Bilingue.

Measure 105

Measure Social Media Media Map 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Best practices for collecting actionable data. Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. In 2012, Howard Rheingold facilitated the production of the “ Peeragogy Handbook ,” a practical how-to. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan.

Analytics 106

Analytics Google Digital Free 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2010

She gave a brilliant presentation that shared the story of footing binding in China and how using a networked approach and network weaving techniques, they were able to change the practice in a decade. . One of the ideas that she covered is the practice of making introductions or " closing the triangle."

Network 94

Network Twitter China Technique 94

Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Competing calls to action can result in “ analysis paralysis , ” resulting in no decision. And it’s the best way I know to convey to non-development staff how important their role is in facilitating philanthropy. Your job is to facilitate philanthropy , and you know donors require honesty, transparency, and relevance before they give.

Experiment 91

Experiment Donor Strategy Philanthropy 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

We’ve come a long way since the early days of social media in terms of measurement practice. Of interest, was an workshop that was designed to begin setting the standards in social media measurement co-facilitated by KD Paine, an expert in communications and social media measurement. (KD Paine and [.]

Measure 115

Measure Social Media Media Metrics 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

I had the opportunity to facilitate a table conversation about capacity building in transition. The group discussed the need to share data with one another about what works and practice collective action to set shared capacity building. Diffuse best technologies for work (i.e. How are answering the question: capacity building for what?

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Foundation Build Seattle Conference 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I’m very excited for this learning experience because over the two years my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has focused on going deep on facilitating peer learning for grantees on measuring outcomes for their networks with social media while balancing and upholding the principles of being networked.

Measure 103

Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

You can watch a facilitator give the group engaging ways to interact with one another and co-create content, but it’s often hard to see in the moment how those reflect intentional design choices, and understand how to use their approach in designing your own convenings.

Arts 95

Arts Design Collaboration Analysis 95

NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Today we’re excited to share that Matt Groch , Director of Solution Delivery at Mission Measurement , will offer a keynote called Moneyball for Social Impact, Or how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the implications of a discrete closed-loop factor analysis framework for social impact. How do we measure social change?

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Measure Impact Chicago Metrics 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report is written for funders and those on the ground doing the work in the context of networks, although it doesn’t go deep into practice. Research and policy analysis. We spent a chapter or two talking about exactly how to put this into practice because is this a very important point. Community organizing.

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Metrics Fund Build Social 114