Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

For over twenty-five years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

(In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic) For over twenty-five years, I have implemented a number of rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Professional San Jose Journal Facilitation 89

.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

If your association is struggling to launch a strong diversity initiative, these activities will help you get closer to that goal. A professional DEI training program can help people identify blind spots and biases while maintaining a safe and supportive atmosphere. Pave the Way Don’t assume that everyone shares your enthusiasm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. 1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

Professional 140

Professional Personal Croatia Build 140

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

A strong brand is important because it facilitates opportunities, resources and results. These nourish the brand to attract more funding, helping the organization become stronger and more successful. It helps nonprofits maintain a good reputation with stakeholders. Build an effective strategy to achieve a strong brand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? I feel it stifles learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they help me to gain focus and clarity. Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Professional Build Journal Facilitation 114

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. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd! The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2024

To empower people to be the change they want to see, one must facilitate philanthropy. The more you can help people – donors included – secure what they most yearn for, the more successful you’ll be in driving purpose-filled actions, creating a community that cares for its members. Love, not money. Why are we fighting with donors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. How about you? I look for patterns.

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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

This is where corporate sponsors can help. In return, the nonprofit will provide advertising and publicity opportunities to help the company reach and engage their event’s audience. Lending extra credibility to your event to help you draw in donations. Increasing the overall visibility of your event through co-promotion.

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Sponsor Fundraising Companies Demonstration 98

Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators. Which means you must help others overcome the “ money taboo.” What can the fundraiser do to help build and instill this culture? It’s in your job description.

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Culture Philanthropy Facilitation Job 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful. These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits.

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Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Nonprofit membership programs can help your organization raise money, build your network, and give members a louder voice in your organization or community. Your organization advances its goals while members receive exclusive benefits in thanks for their help—everyone wins! Nonprofit membership programs can take various forms.

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FAQ Program Guide Arkansas 52

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They can help the organization set and achieve goals. It can attract a lot of support, with donors and volunteers lining up to help. Good leadership helps everyone understand what the impact goal is, makes sure they have what they need to do their job, provides encouragement, and monitors progress as the team moves forward.

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Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

The Playbook features a highly practical toolkit that consists of facilitator agendas and worksheets for nonprofit staff to apply the ideas and frameworks. Four Tips to Help Nonprofit Marketing Departments Create a Culture of Philanthropy. They’ve even held a karaoke event.

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Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Another reason you need to embrace this type of strategy is because it will help you understand why your efforts succeeded or failed. Mastering online user experience and messaging.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

Connectivity helps facilitate highly distributed groups of people to work on a campaign, project, or share ideas that spread with unprecedented velocity and reach. It goes like this: The Crowd Leader: Combines new power leadership model with a commitment to, and articulation of, new power values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also have New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for a new year. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

No matter what happens in the economy or world, be it war, recession or natural disaster, people who can help DO. But people are generous, and generally want to help. . Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. Your job is to help them do so. Philanthropically.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful. I thought the most helpful synthesis task would be a “design rationale.” The format of the concept poster was more open then the close-ended set of exercises and questions on the worksheet.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

BoardAssist

JULY 15, 2014

So how can you ask the right questions, both to help you understand your nonprofit’s strategy, and to help others in the organization stay focused on the most important things? . Is your organization able to clearly and succinctly articulate its future direction and does it have a well-developed rationale for this development?

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Question Strategy New Jersey Government 84

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Your organization is the facilitator of the relationship between the donor and the recipient. From social media posts to regular phone calls and appreciation events, taking a “thanks-4-giving” approach will help our organizations not just survive, but thrive, in the future. Get the word out: you have FANTASTIC donors!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I have embraced this approach myself and I make it clear to my team that I would rather not get a pre-dawn email , but instead get a more fully articulated idea after they have had time to contemplate it and strategize on how to make it effective.”. Gabriela says that senior leaders at her nonprofit model self-care.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

As you implement the strategies given in this guide, you’ll be able to find and recruit people who want to dedicate their time and talent to helping your organization. Learn how Qgiv can help you and your volunteers make the most of your fundraising efforts! Volunteers help nonprofits connect with the community.

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2012

Too often, eager to fill a vacant seat or secure a well-known name, we fail to clearly articulate expectations of service to prospective board members, or downplay the expectations of service. “Board manuals can be a key resource in facilitating the work of a board member. Board Manual.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions.

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Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

Being intentional about learning can also help an organization scale effectively. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake. Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes – Guest Post by Kelcie Tacchi.

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Knowledge Process Share Organization 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger.

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Ning Community Social Media Culture 92

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2018

We need to recognize and articulate the unique value each partner brings in order to reap the full benefits of the array of skill sets, experiences, and backgrounds that might otherwise remain unnamed. By grounding those partnerships in your people and facilitating an on-going and open dialogue. The result?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

One of the participants was an organization named GroundSpark which has a project called "Respect for All," that facilitates the development of inclusive, bias-free schools and communities by providing media resources, support and training to youth, educators and service providers. They were kind enough to send me a copy).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So today, we are going to talk about a few key strategies to help you educate, engage, and empower your board members to amplify your fundraising activity. So we have three questions that will help anchor our conversation. And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action.

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Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 64

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I can see a lot of potential for how this could help us develop better stuff. Discussions about what type and level of risk is acceptable and when risk is acceptable (early in the development process, contained to a defined time period or clearly articulated experiment) are useful here. The leadership environment is key.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102