Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Space : I am trying to keep my life and work simple and not overthink or over complicate.

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Forum One

APRIL 21, 2022

Mission-driven organizations rely on Forum One to bring their ideas to life through designs that inform and inspire action. It’s common for organizations to structure information at an expert level or include jargon that doesn’t connect with the audiences they wish to reach. Good design is engaging, attractive, and usable.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

As a professional in the nonprofit sector, you can absolutely still work to be the best you can be, developing your personal and professional skills and advancing your career along the way. Ready to dive deeper into these three skills for furthering your nonprofit career? Actively look for new learning opportunities. . Online courses.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 25, 2022

Leaders need to evaluate their leadership approach to ensure the style employed is designed to positively influence and empower their staff, promote success, and build collaboration. Nonprofits need to invest in practices that enhance and develop skills, create career paths and take work-life balance into consideration.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Maintenance of Communication and Collaboration Channels. The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit. Given the variance of organizational structures even among similarly scaled players in the same industry, pinning down the ideal structure for sales ops is nearly impossible. Customer contract life cycle management.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

What skills and qualities should you look for in a major gifts officer? The MGO is a big deal because it requires a unique skill set: A love for people A genuine dedication to your cause A good storyteller (and ‘question asker’!) Can you give an example of a time when you had to think creatively to secure a major donation?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Question: How does purpose create trust, autonomy and collaboration? Question: What are the skills leaders need to develop in order to lead purposefully? Beyond storytelling you must ensure that all of your corporate systems, structures, and processes align with your purpose. And ultimately, you must embody the purpose.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life. When you take on a job in a nonprofit, you’re normally doing a lot more than you signed for without a lot of structure.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2022

They’re looking for creative ways to retain staff, keep them happy and engaged, deal with burnout, bridge skills gaps, and implement new technology to help it all come together. Bridging Skills Gaps. Nonprofits can also support retention by helping current employees build new skills or upgrade existing ones.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Question: How does purpose create trust, autonomy and collaboration? Question: What are the skills leaders need to develop in order to lead purposefully? Beyond storytelling you must ensure that all of your corporate systems, structures, and processes align with your purpose. And ultimately, you must embody the purpose.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In life you’re either growing or dying. Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? Or you’re stuck. Maintaining the status quo might seem comfortable, but it’s a recipe for stagnation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 14, 2019

The Center for Creative Leadership suggests leaders adopt a 70/20/10 Model for learning and development “which asserts that adults learn approximately 70 percent through on-the-job stretch opportunities, 20 percent through coaching and mentoring, and 10 percent through training programs to grow discreet skills.”. Build a Supportive Structure.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Collaboration: Millennials want a sense of belonging. There is evidence that millennials thrive in flatter organizational structures with shared governance and peer to peer collaboration. However, millennials do want programs that enhance overall well-being and improve quality of life.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Question: How does purpose create trust, autonomy and collaboration? Question: What are the skills leaders need to develop in order to lead purposefully? Beyond storytelling you must ensure that all of your corporate systems, structures, and processes align with your purpose. And ultimately, you must embody the purpose.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Question: How does purpose create trust, autonomy and collaboration? Question: What are the skills leaders need to develop in order to lead purposefully? Beyond storytelling you must ensure that all of your corporate systems, structures, and processes align with your purpose. And ultimately, you must embody the purpose.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Question: How does purpose create trust, autonomy and collaboration? Question: What are the skills leaders need to develop in order to lead purposefully? Beyond storytelling you must ensure that all of your corporate systems, structures, and processes align with your purpose. And ultimately, you must embody the purpose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. I also include my list of work/life habits that I want to maintain or modify. It helps you find purpose in life and success in your professional work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors. Organizations should examine their own structure and capacity. Who is involved? How should the program expand?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Given the many ways a fundraising plan can make your life easier, it’s hard to understand why so many organizations don’t have them. But seriously, 100% retention is unrealistic because life is fluid and peoples’ situations change. You want to stretch, grow, and learn new skills. Or the search for the perfect template.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. We all experience the extra challenges, stresses and anxiety brought on by this pandemic – in addition to the regular stresses of life. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life. When you take on a job in a nonprofit, you're normally doing a lot more than you signed for without a lot of structure.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. We all experience the extra challenges, stresses and anxiety brought on by this pandemic – in addition to the regular stresses of life. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. We all experience the extra challenges, stresses and anxiety brought on by this pandemic – in addition to the regular stresses of life. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. I’ve been doing this for two years now. In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. Most of all, sensing requires discipline, a routine, systems, and being organized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Is there a lead facilitator who is responsible for the final decision or is the team to work collaboratively making decisions? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? Do you have a preferred method?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Patient advocates play a critical role in setting research priorities, designing clinical trials and structuring appropriate clinical engagement with industry. She was one of the first patients to use video blogging through her nationally recognized YouTube channel to share her story and educate people about life with IBD.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Though my high school calculus class actually made me break out in hives -- it was the most stressful experience of my life -- I adore data. Like everything in life -- and against all human nature, it seems -- we need to make upfront investments to see long term payoffs. Collaboration. I want to eat statistics for dinner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I guess I look at it like this: if you give a hundred people tools to lay bricks, you'll likely get a hundred small structures. This lead me to ask what exactly were those new nonprofit leadership skills? Marcia suggested that the skills are similiar to those of a symphony orchestra conductor.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. It’s about the skills, knowledge, expertise and know-how you need to make philanthropy happen in your community. Accounting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In this approach, the Brainerd Foundation would focus on fostering sharing and innovation by thinking differently, funding differently, collaborating with other funders differently, and sharing differently—all starting tomorrow. Making: Ideation and Rapid Prototyping. Concept 5: New Power / Old Power Hybrid. Concept 6: Dinner Party Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Lost is one of the first shows that has been structured as a game. IQ have gone up, SATs going up, other reasons underestimating -Skills that games are teaching are ones that we don't have the tools to measure. distributed collaboration - building worlds together. Colbert quipped, "I know my car jacking skills have gone up."

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2009

And their unique structure and bottom-up approach offers some instructive lessons for museums that want to really embrace visitors and members as co-creators of the institutional experience. Most hackerspaces have very transparent legal structures and operate on a consensus model. They're organized around members.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE uses a collaborative, rather than top-down model, to serve refugees' needs, and much has been written in the blogosphere and media about Erickson's "radical transparency" around the organization's financial challenges. You use a process that on your website was described as the, "collaborative project planning process."

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration / Cancún Yucatán, (Int.) New ways to collaborate with each other.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

And maybe not take everything so seriously because life is serious and life is hard, but we should be having a good time. I want the best for you, this is a little bit more interpersonal skills, of course. ” And I felt like, you know, I’ve committed my entire life to this project, social justice.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. She was also featured in the book, The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear and her art visioning work is showcased in The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life. You are onto the right thing.

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