Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. After Action Review Guide – [link]. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Training Train Design Classroom 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

They also teach yoga and meditation classes in this room. I joked that class was over! The space is called the Cathedral because of its high ceilings. The behind the screen is beautiful scene of trees and an infinity pool. The space is flexible and can be set up in a variety ways.

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Mind News Professional Tips 112

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. Here’s an overview the tips and resources I shared. Don’t wing it alone.

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Tips Online Facilitation Camera 173

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Whether the model your foundation is using to help its grantees is a one-day master class or extended program, in the end, success is about having participants apply what they’ve learned and make these new skills an organizational habit. The tactics can include workshops , master classes , coaching , expert consultants or peer learning.

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Design Communication Program Build 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Not only did I design and deliver workshops and master classes for capacity building organizations for a range of nonprofits, but I also expanded my practice to internal workshops for nonprofits and foundations on a variety of topics, including workshops on creating the ideal work culture.

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Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

First as an adjunct professor, I’m always interested in seeing how others teach their classes, particularly how the content is chunked and the activities. The goal is for students to create an Individual Giving Action Plan to guide their future giving in a meaningful way. Students will also complete a formal nonprofit assessment.

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Giving Free Lecture Module 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. I feel this makes a better learning experience. The same goes for in-person meetings.

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Online Technique Training Train 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

So, it was really a great honor to co-teach a master class on digital strategy and two crowdfunding workshops. Tharum has served as a communications director for a number of international NGOs based in Cambodia, but recently launched his own communications agency.

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Philanthropy Cambodia Impact Learning 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Connecting Up Master Class. kanter great master class today. Sunrise on Sacred Maori Land outside of Auckland, NZ. New Zealand Workshop: Burning Questions. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. Most useful handouts and activities ever! 13CU #netnon. Christiana Stergiou (@scribblybark) May 15, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

At the Sujaya School, I visited a second grade art class. I also visited the sixth grade class. In the green courtyard, there was physical education class where they teaching the kids to do stretches and exercises. Movement is also in the classroom – for example, this hop scotch board to learn spelling.

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India Education Software Learning 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

This is a very important concept for instructional design -the way the room is set up effects how people learn. I strongly believe that a workshop, panel, master class, or even a keynote that is interactive is more engaging, people pay attention, they make connections to what they already know and are far more likely to apply it.

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Teach Instructional Design Learning Instruction 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach? At the beginning of the summer, I taught a master class and workshops with colleague Tharum Bunn from Cambodia at the IFC/Asia. Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach? Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

May 15, 2013: ConnectingUp – Master Class on becoming a networked nonprofit, using measurement, and making sense of data. I’m lucky that colleague John Kenyon is teaching a master class on strategic technology planning at the same time.

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New Zealand Australia NGO Network 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2017

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. One of the biggest challenges that many nonprofits face is the finding time and resources for professional development activities.

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Facilitation Develop Leadership Work 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings Training & Facilitation: I have maintained an active schedule of conference keynotes, master classes, workshops and webinars on the topics of workplace wellbeing and digital transformation for nonprofits.

Professional 111

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

But over and beyond my own projects, the experience of being a Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation gave me the opportunity to design and deliver a myriad of capacity building projects for literally hundreds of Packard Grantees over the past four years.

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Foundation Philanthropy Literacy Law 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

His technique is similar to what I’ve being doing for years, but I haven’t used real-time learning analytics : Before he class, he assigns a pre-reading from the textbook. Mazur uses technology,a web-based monitoring system where students submit answers to questions about the reading prior to coming to class.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

After Jane’s keynote, Harold lead a master class with practical exercises on how to “learn the new” or manage/design and use a professional learning network.

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Learning Work Knowledge Management Knowledge 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the honor of teaching a master class at the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) on avoiding burnout for fundraisers with Corinne Aartman in Amsterdam. Richard Sved, a fundraising consultant from the UK, participated and wrote a reflection on the UK Fundraising Blog.

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Fundraising Charity Exercise Consultant 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings Training & Facilitation: I have maintained an active schedule of conference keynotes, master classes, workshops and webinars on the topics of workplace wellbeing and digital transformation for nonprofits.

Professional 96

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

It is using private goods for social good reasons. Rob started off with some observations about the young people he sees in his business school classes. ” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. And, those who wanted to make money would head to Wall Street. .”

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Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

That was the reason for the eating chocolate exercise I did in PoST class on Monday. This post harvests what I learned and what I still don't know about the birthday campaign strategy and measurement as well as guest teaching a graduate school class. Enrique Allen asked me what I call a " teachable moment question " during the class.

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Classes Learning Fundraising Reflection 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2019

I am very grateful to Valerio Melandri who is the director of the festival for inviting me to participate as well as facilitate a maser class on modern wellbeing based on my book. And, also Selene Nicodemo, who made a lot of logistical accommodations. And, also to Marcele Iniarra for his creativity.

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Digital Technology Fundraising Adopt 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Social Media Master Class. The overall goal was to provide participants with a combination of insights and practical tips to help them be effective. This face-to-face master class and mini-workshops will be followed with a smaller peer learning group that will meet regularly to compare notes as they put the ideas into practice.

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Social Media Effective Media Social 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. The point is that algorithms are scaling inherent bias – and should not be used as crystal balls to predict what civil society needs, but be a mirror of civil society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

India 99

India Strategy Skype Remix 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

When Amy posted that Tweet, I was on my way to be a guest instructor at a Stanford Business School Class, the Power of Social Technology taught by Jennifer Aaker. I got to teach two back to back sessions of the class and it was exhilarating.

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Cambodia Rwanda Jordan Sample 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

There was an aerobics class going on outside with conference participants. Even in the nonprofit sector. Yesterday, I gave a breakfast keynote at the National Head Start Association Conference and as I walking into the convention center.

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Work Brain Exercise Conference 135

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

One of their donors was a class of kindergarteners at the Berwick Alternative Elementary School. The class of 27 students have been collecting pennies and donated $100 to Ohio Nature Education, a nonprofit offering environmental education programs, and secured $150 for the organization.

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Children Teach Philanthropy Hunger 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Owyang’s post points to some terrific examples including a diagram from Socialfish helped facilitate for ASCE and the class diagram from the Airforce. It helps if you can see what the final product might look like.

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Social Media Taxonomy Work Media 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

In Hartford, I had challenge of a large number of participants, a “master class” type set up, and but a room and time constraints that limited the amount of full group interactive exercises. Online versions of assessments for participants that would can calculate individual scores and show aggregate results.

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Interaction Audience Poll Tools 81

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MAY 16, 2012

I got an opportunity to do a workshop with second year students during their IT class. The mission is to empower young women in East Africa to transform their lives by equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to find meaningful employment and launch ventures in the fastest growing sectors of the economy.

Social Media 107

Social Media Rwanda Media Africa 107

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

What might be differnt if you were teaching this class today? Digital or Internet literacy skills are nothing new - my first introduction was over ten years when Doug Johnson developed the Mankato Scale. I used to teach " Digital Literacy Workshops " in 1997 to introduce Web 1.0 skills to artists and educators.

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Literacy Skills Digital Artist 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2011

Keo Savon graduated from the local high school, steadily holding #3 and #5 in her class of 65 students. She is studying chemistry, math, physics, biology, and Khmer literature at the University where she hopes to major in architecture.

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Cambodia Help Giving Children 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. It also ties right into the lecture/presentation and class exercise of learning the technique of learning loops or real time tracking and reflection.

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Classes Celebrate Cambodia Exercise 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Part of delivering instruction is being a good facilitation of people’s learning and there is no better way to learn how to improve your own technique than watching world class facilitators in action.

Facilitation 101

Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101