sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Your auditor’s year-end work will remain critical to ensure the financial integrity of your nonprofit’s books and records and compliance with ever-changing regulations. Here are six best practices your nonprofit organization should adopt to increase collaboration and enhance its relationship with your audit firm.

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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.” Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”. ask, “How have sales been going?”.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Together, participants collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. Now Let’s Make It Work. Accelerate Innovation: Discover the Power of Design Sprints Speaker(s): Beth Watson, Strategy Lead Dive into the world of Design Sprints with our hands-on workshop. Not Loving GA4? Vote for this session!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I facilitated a peer session with Public Information Officers and a Mini-Workshop on managing and measuring a social media presence. There is no better tool for doing this than the LightBox Collaborative 5th Annual Editorial Calendar. Go get your free template right now so you are ahead of the curve for 2015.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Well, you’ll find that much of the work that involves your community, whether it’s building up the community, working on engagement, listening, evaluation, or anything else, involves strategy that goes in a circle. The approach is focused on organic collaboration and growth for the entire community. What are those strategies?

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AccelEvents

MARCH 8, 2021

The virtual summit offerings might include multiple speakers, product demos, session topics, workshops, and other ways to connect with both the presenters and attendees. Virtual trade shows and expos are focused on showcasing products, services, or aspects of an industry with the goal of promoting new products, innovation, or collaboration.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 8, 2021

The virtual summit offerings might include multiple speakers, product demos, session topics, workshops, and other ways to connect with both the presenters and attendees. Virtual trade shows and expos are focused on showcasing products, services, or aspects of an industry with the goal of promoting new products, innovation, or collaboration.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Our free Office 365 workshops are designed to help nonprofits that want to use their domain name for their email service. During this two-hour workshop, your organization will learn how to integrate your hosted email service and work with the Office 365 suite of services. We are scheduling workshops globally.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Social skills— along with empathy, help teams successfully collaborate to get work done. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Social Media Strategy Game Workshop Final View more presentations from kanter. I was in Washington, DC on Tuesday and Wednesday for a two-day workshop is designed for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Justice Leaders, who lead and manage networks or accomplish much of their work through networks. It worked well.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Are you trying to address the elevated volum e of work at your association? Don’t miss the Community Brands virtual workshop: New Year, New ME (Member Engagement) , on December 14 from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, ET. SAME’s collaborative mentoring program connects 30,000 members located across 105 chapters internationally.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

"What are the best ways to foster collaboration?" How to work together effectively. How to create harmony around different cultural approaches to work. How to pick the best tools for your particular collaboration challenges. " is a top question we hear at TechSoup from the organizations we serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. As a co-working space, if offers offices, desks, and meeting space for start ups. The break helps boost productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When colleague Dan Cohen told me of his recent experience using guided imagery in a social media workshop, I thought it was definitely valuable to share with others. Before starting work on developing a social media plan, a communications plan, or even just pieces of it, take some deep breaths.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

I recently taught several leadership development workshops at the Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership based on my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. One of the workshops was focused on technology wellness in the nonprofit workplace , more specifically how to avoid collaboration overload.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. One of the participants was Ericha Hager, the Regional Collaborative Coordinator for Community Media Access Partnership. Who was the community that you were working with?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation this year, I have been leading some peer trainings with grantees. Over the years, I have developed and refined one-day or half-day workshops on social media strategy and tactics for nonprofits. Packard socialmedia-lab-day 1-module 1.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 1, 2023

These organizations work tirelessly to provide advocacy, education, healthcare, mental health support, and legal assistance. Here are some practical tips for engaging in LGBTQIA+ philanthropy during Pride Month: Collaborate with LGBTQIA+ Nonprofits: Partner with local LGBTQIA+ organizations to co-host Pride Month events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Remote working policy with flexibility.

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This means clearly communicating to volunteers what their roles and responsibilities are as well as outlining any rules or guidelines they must adhere to while working with your organization. Establishing these boundaries at the outset helps create a healthy working environment by setting everyone up for success from the start.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

Founded in 2015 by Salesforce.org in collaboration with Davos Middle School, Davos Codes believes the voices of the youth need to be front and center in the fight for climate justice. Students have the chance to present the workshops’ findings to the global citizen science community and take part in the WEF’s programming.

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Twenty Hats

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I’m thinking of offering a new workshop. In this workshop, we would take away all of the conventional titles for nonprofit connectors – development, outreach, communications, volunteer management – and reorganize around one idea: How can we fully engage individuals in our cause, so that they want to support us in every possible way?

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

However, even the best conferences take up work hours, often require travel, and are always associated with hard costs. SXSW EDU is more focused to educators, government and people working in the ed space. . The Collaborative (Classy). In-person attendance is becoming both available and optional. And, everyone else. Cause Camp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for facilitation and interactive processes. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Or that the director who is championing a lucrative collaboration with a corporate partner is also on that organization’s board. Strategy sessions, workshops, or committee meetings are better choices. As a result, during the pandemic, they were able to smoothly transition to remote work. Don’t laugh, I’ve seen it happen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Meetings are a big part of our work week, whether it is a recurring staff, team, or board meeting or informal check-in. When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for design and processes.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

The following list of DEI consultants also have experience working with nonprofits and social impact organizations. These are DEI consulting companies that have more than 10 employees and tend to work with larger companies. Note that this is not exhaustive and we hope to continue to grow this list. Larger DEI Companies. true north EDI.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

25,000 and above) All benefits of Gold, and: Exclusive access to high-profile events Unique collaboration opportunities Establishing giving levels can provide a framework for recognizing and stewarding major donors. Check out this expert workshop from EveryAction, which is part of Bonterra, about streamlining and simplifying major giving.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Glenn Stein, a community organizer who wound up as “the guy in charge of computers” before founding Byte Back, started the organization in collaboration with his friend Barbara Altman. Glenn Stein became became the go-to guy for computer setup and issues while he was working as a community organizer. Background.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

He references one of the thought leaders of the sticky notes as a collaboration tools, Tim Brown , Author and CEO of the design and innovation company Ideo,who recommends the Post-it Note as a perfect tool for brainstorming. Will Digital Post-It Notes Replace Paper?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Online forums and communities with members-only access can also provide a platform for people to exchange ideas and collaborate. Training and Workshops Your nonprofit can offer training programs and workshops where members enhance their skills and industry knowledge. Here are three different ways you can do that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This past week was a busy one for leading workshops. Peer discussion on use of online tools for collaboration for bounded networks, exploring some of the concepts in Digital Habits (each participant got a copy). This environment can be a training workshop or it can be in an organization. My reflections are here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. The nonprofit organizations I’m working with are are seeking out ways to create collective resilience in their workplaces. In fact, such a bot exists, it is called Donut.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively. Training and capacity building: Offer training programs, workshops, and resources for journalists to improve their skills, adapt to new technologies, and stay competitive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

No matter where I’m speaking or teaching workshops, the same questions come up … How much time does it take to do social media effectively? Who in our organization is going to do the work? Three Models. How are ever going to find the time to do social media? Social media does take time even if you are efficient.

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Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Using a workshop setting, you’ll learn about the collaborative process of human-centered design, why it is vital to connecting with your audience, and how to build the framework for an engagement path that turns followers into passionate supporters. Share This Post! More Courses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new. .” I also include my list of work/life habits that I want to maintain or modify.

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