M+R

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It’s a moment to boldly lean into advocacy, embracing it as a powerful tool for change and cultural disruption. Change the terms of the debate and change the culture Nonprofits have always played a pivotal role in shaping public discourse and cultural norms. But, now is not the time to retreat. Embrace advocacy.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Exposure to diverse cultural perspectives promotes tolerance and broadens their outlook, contributing to a well-rounded and resilient foundation for personal and intellectual growth. Exposure to diverse cultural perspectives fosters tolerance (Catterall et al., 2013; Upitis et al., Read more about AI on Candid insights here.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

APIs and the Art of the Possible (Panel) Panelists include Nick Marchese of Emma Willard School, Shandor Simon of Beaver Country Day School, and Stephen Boyle of Blackbaud The power of APIs lies in their ability to seamlessly connect disparate systems, unlock data silos, and facilitate the exchange of information in real-time.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Tracy : When we speak about cultureal spaces, we are really talking about caging and preserving culture. We want to focus on experiences and the experience of culture is an interaction, that’s why these places need to be live.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your board can do much more than approve budgetary plans and make high-level decisions about your nonprofit’s direction; in fact, board members can play a substantial role in every aspect of your organization. Have your board identify prospects and facilitate introductions with your nonprofit’s staff so you can begin relationship-building.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

From their website : “Nova is a black-owned, women-owned company devoted to transforming organizational cultures. We facilitate workshops and trainings, coach and develop teams and leaders, and consult and support systems-level change.”. Culture Cipher. The Nova Collective. Website : [link]. true north EDI. true north EDI.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 15, 2023

At the forefront of this team is the Event Committee Chair, a pivotal role responsible for orchestrating successful fundraising events. Job Description: As the leader of the event committee, the Event Committee Chair plays a vital role in planning, coordinating, and executing fundraising events for nonprofit organizations.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Everyone has a role in the reengineering of your donor experience. . We give it labels like “culture of philanthropy” and “donor-centered fundraising.” As the fundraiser, you must lead the way in developing a culture that supports this. Let’s continue to break these priorities down, moving to pillar #2. . Donor Experience .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Now more than ever we must create a robust workplace culture and stronger relationships to retain our humanness. The inability to create a variety of different contexts in our lives including different social roles, relationships, activities and goals. Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. These can be useful for 1:1 check-ins. .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. That’s why we’ve included a highly practical toolkit that consists of facilitator agendas and worksheets for nonprofits to apply the ideas and frameworks.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Every individual within your nonprofit, from staff to volunteers, plays a crucial role in maintaining cybersecurity. You can also outline the roles and responsibilities of each team member during a cybersecurity crisis to ensure everyone is ready. Why are nonprofits vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks? Updated training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

Note from Beth: Last year I was honored to partner with Kari Dunn Saratovksy from Third Plateau to facilitate an emerging leadership program to a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Science and Conservation portfolio of grantees. Flickr Image – ImageGroup. This takes buy-in from the top down.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Questions and Discussion Tracy : When we speak about cultureal spaces, we are really talking about caging and preserving culture. That's one of the goals of research institutions and cultural spaces in general.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. Well, if y’all don’t know Sabrina, dang, she’s been blogging for us. This is not a trick at all and you all are really in for a treat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

I was invited to blog about the launch of ImpactRising.org , a new resource for nonprofits and social sector consultants intended to support their organizational capacity building efforts, build a vibrant community of practitioners, and ultimately grow impact across the sector. Networks Organizational Culture Philanthropy'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

What was most exciting for me was to finally meet three people in person after following their writing, blogs, and books for almost a decade. Dave Gray : Dave Gray is a guru on the topics of design, innovation, culture and change. Jane Hart: Jane has been blogging for many years and writes about informal and workplace learning.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Nonprofits, education institutions, and corporations alike are recognizing their roles in creating a more sustainable future. We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Porter Novelli’s latest research on business and social justice shows that consumers, employees and other stakeholders want companies to acknowledge their role in systemic injustices and actively change the system. Ignoring polarizing social justice issues can even increase unconscious biases that could wreak havoc on your culture.”

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2023

Their approach is holistic, with a variety of programs focused on cultural arts, wellness, and social justice. Prism Health North Texas was founded in 1986 during the HIV/AIDS crisis in North Texas and served the critical role of connecting people living with HIV to care and services in the area.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Originally posted by Joe Solomon on the #4Change blog. Image from Blog Action Day - their topic this year is also climate change!). What role does new media & storytelling play in this space? How can the web facilitate culture shifts? As network weavers, how can we faciitate culture shifts?

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Develop a written plan to promote your online appeals, blog posts, videos, and other digital content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

But as the authors write, networks comprise people who are in relationship with each other, and it is the critical role of relationships that often gets marginalized in the focus on networks. Second, we live in an individualistic culture – independence, personal autonomy, and freedom have historically been our most cherished values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. That means everyone – the facilitator, note taker, and even the senior manager.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Fundraising Planning and Climate Report ’s findings show the following: Adjust fundraising strategies : Based on the report’s predictions, consider adjusting your fundraising strategies to align with the current socioeconomic and cultural climate, and donor preferences. Thankfully the Bloomerang blog does!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” We did a little role play showing good listening techniques and bad listening techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2012

They do this by helping people identify their interests and challenges, connecting people strategically where there’s potential for mutual benefit, and serving as a catalyst for self-organizing groups. As June points, the role is multi-faceted -and has four different roles – Connectors/Catalyst, Guardian, Coordinator, and Facilitator. (..)

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In much of our culture, we glorify opinions over facts. In our culture, mavens are celebrated. I recently read a pertinent article on the Moceanic blog published posthumously by the savvy Simone Joyaux: For Fundraising Excellence, Rely on Expertise, Not Opinions. . It said “Maven University: Opinion above Knowledge.” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2011

One of many ‘ah-has’ came early during the well facilitated conference. It was good to see how different people are aligning sector culture, systems, and incentives to encourage individuals and institutions to take the extra time to magnify their impact by closing triangles. We saw evidence of it in the networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. In many cases, the slow to change eventually adopt or they no longer remain relevant to their constituents, donors, or loose their edge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Ironically, it was during a session facilitated by Phil Klein called “Tackling the Unexpected&# who shared insights about he took back his life after surviving a cancer diagnosis. We had a fantastic conversation about the role of leadership in changing the culture of the organization. happening in their organizations.

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Qgiv

MAY 11, 2021

The key here is to pitch this concept to your partners and make it attractive as a corporate culture-boosting initiative that’s also as turn-key as possible. You could also send a PDF with step-by-step instructions on facilitating employee matching activities or ways to promote remote participation. Download the Report!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

She also pointed me to an older post on her blog about one of theories of change in the book based on thinking styles. The adoption of the typewriter, at just the same time that women began to work in offices, reflected changes in women's roles, new ideas about the organization of work, and the rapidly growing corporations of the day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. Coordination, Facilitation, and Communication: How will network members link and work with each other?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica for this project where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as a sort of meta network weaver. Multi-stakeholder projects with many organizations, people, and roles are complex. Some Connection Points: Learning. Efficiency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. The workshop was based on the concepts in The Networked Nonprofit , including listening, transparency, simplicity, social culture, and working with free agents.

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