Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

Last month I was lucky enough to run into Maia Duerr who participated in Wake’s Tech2EmpowerUSA at a workshop I was facilitating on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit. ” Given our mutual interests, we had a lot to share about mindfulness and well being. The book focuses on six principles: Become intimate with your core intention.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

So often, nonprofit fundraising efforts are facilitated and driven by staff members. Blue Fox services range from standard bookkeeping and payroll services, to coaching and consulting, to comprehensive virtual CFO services. What about your board members… are they fired up for fundraising season? What’s wrong with that?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Are there connections we can facilitate? “I have enjoyed being with like-minded leaders on a consistent basis. Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.” In addition, she founded her own consulting practice in 2010. . Is there expertise we can share?

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

Confirm that everyone is on the same page by restating the meeting’s purpose, expected outcomes, agenda items, and the roles that individuals will play (such as facilitator or note-taker). Just remember to set a hard time limit on the kickoff portion of the meeting to avoid having it overtake the entire conversation.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

For example, if your podcast is about fundraising, you would research experts in the fundraising sphere, such as authors of fundraising books, fundraising consultants , and fundraising event planners. Here are a few tips to follow to facilitate a smooth recording session: Warm up. Keep in mind the following as you do so: Branding.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Keep in mind that each state has different requirements; you must check with the Secretary of State for your state’s specific requirements. Retain or consult with a bookkeeper to create accounting records and financial reports. . Retain or consult with an accountant for annual audit and government filings, including the form 990.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is a full-body, full-mind, and full-heart effort. Michelle Gladieux Michelle Gladieux is President of Gladieux Consulting, a Midwest-based team known for the design and presentation of seminars in communication and leadership topics around the U.S. This book is like having a caring, expert coach along with you for the journey.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To ensure effective project communication, keep in mind these best practices for groups communicating in these virtual channels. Discover why communication tools are important to include for effective project management Google Products Shared Google Sheets and Docs work well to facilitate asynchronous work and communication at a low cost.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2023

By giving supporters a way to connect with other like-minded supporters and your nonprofit’s staff, you can facilitate community and deep relationships at these events. Risky, dangerous activities are what typically come to mind when you think about signing waivers. Which fundraising events require waivers? The Bottom Line.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

The team included the director, board chair, administrative marketing and communication staff and a community engagement consultant. Now add a layer in your mind showing the people represented in those circles and lines. I wanted to move beyond what was interesting information toward understanding what would be most important to know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The Playbook also discusses the skillsets that a nonprofit needs to use data successfully, both for staff and for hiring consultants or working with skilled volunteers. There is also a section that discusses additional methods such using open data sets and program evaluation that may require hiring a consultant. Meaning Making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The primary function of a Content Management System—making it easy for non-technical staff to update content—helps facilitate constituent interaction by helping your nonprofit better attract and engage visitors to its website. Download it for free at [LINK: [link] ] to learn more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I am excited to participate in the Impact Lab to leverage the brilliance of the gathered minds, the passion of the organizations, and the support of Salesforce to create an innovative way to make certain no child is in danger of being hungry.”. Principal Consultant, Heller Consulting. Rachel Machen. “ Jennifer Thall.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Last week, we had a board retreat to dive into identifying core results as part of results-based accountability work , facilitated by an excellent outside consultant. There are serious health risks to a sedentary work style, but it also impacts our minds as well. The facilitator told us a specific time to be back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. From Sabrina Walker Hernandez, Founder of Supporting World Hope and consultant, coach, facilitator, and bestselling author. Book your year-end consultants, creatives, and vendors before August ends.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

This strategy gives them the peace of mind that they can access the help they need efficiently while also ensuring that IT staff are not responsible for everything from triaging enhancement requests to fixing declarative and technical bugs. What Kind of Support Staff Do You Need? What general skills are required to support your CRM?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Compelling: Never mind the what ; the key is sharing the so what with your audience. In fundraising, we say that the most powerful form of ask is a peer ask, and what is social media if not a perfect medium to facilitate that? The answer is simple yet confounding: C+C+C = C. There are no experts, yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. Kudos to the sharp minds of the LightBox Collaborative for creating such an intuitive and useful tool! Photo by Gary Clark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. Her company helps mission-led businesses succeed, and also connect socially minded investors with “impact investing” opportunities, where they can generate both financial returns and social impact.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Bloomerang gives users access to a dashboard that actively tracks your retention rate to keep it top of mind for your entire team. This solution was designed by industry experts and consultants who are familiar with nonprofit challenges and how technology can address those roadblocks. Consider implementation consulting.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Nonprofit HR departments are tasked with keeping in mind how their actions support the organization’s overall mission. Larger organizations may have a volunteer coordinator or manager on staff whose role is to facilitate the volunteer program. Do you need help refining your HR priorities and goals with the help of a consultant?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

With that in mind, we thought we’d offer up a few strategies proven to WOW event participants. Plan a year-round email campaign that will reach out and touch event participants in the off season to ensure that your cause and the event that they loved … is top of mind for next year. I know you understand the situation well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Attention creates action, produces quality and facilitates productivity. John Kenyon , a nonprofit technology consultant, writes about the need for us to shift from thinking about productivity as quantity of getting things done, but to the quality of getting things done. Personal Productivity in Practice. Mindfulness'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Maybe it takes the form of consultants using the findings to examine their own practice and improve it. Co-Create: At this higher level, the conversations lead to co-creation. Maybe it takes the form of collaboratively interupting the results of the evaluation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

I’ll keep this simple, as many of us have a lot on our minds as we experience the world grappling with a public health crisis. To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. Our sector is resilient. We’ve been through this before.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. It was great to watch her in action facilitating the creative, interactive, and fun program. This is more a mind shift than anything else. This was not a serious suggestion and was a joke, more or less.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As they develop community benefit programs to address health disparities and elevate community well-being, co-investment with like-minded partners helps drive greater impact. Source : FSG Consulting, as reported by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, accessed via [link]. Remember to include community-based experts.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

With that in mind, let’s walk through three considerations to keep in mind when pricing your online courses. These high-value courses can come with high development costs as well, requiring a variety of team members such as: eLearning Consultants. Consultants or LMS administrators. Subject Matter Experts. Developers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

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. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

In addition, Matt co-founded and served as Director of Technology for 2MC, a Chicago-based internet consulting firm. First off, in terms of metrics, you need to be very clear in your own mind as to what the exact intended end use of that data will be. I think there are two key points to keep in mind here.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

We wanted to create a fun and collaborative environment to pitch an idea, help them think strategically, and find like-minded individuals to work through their ideas together.”. “We wanted to give nonprofits a chance to propel their world changing ideas, especially as they are often overlooked in the tech community,” said Emily. “We

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Achieve

JUNE 30, 2022

Your partner will manage relationships with participating retailers and facilitate payments to your organization. Keep in mind that shopping fundraisers are not a type of “set-it-and-forget-it” fundraising. Sales and Marketing Consultant & Director of Vendor Relationships at. About the Author. Korri Piper. ShopRaise. ?.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

First, keep in mind that most people—even seasoned volunteers—have a limited understanding of what it is to do real major gift work. Keep in mind that virtual meetings require strong facilitation to make sure everyone is involved. Want a few capable people to select your consultant or oversee the feasibility study ?

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Keep in mind that your organization may be facing more than one of these challenges— but luckily, there are strong software solutions to help your association overcome them. Facilitating CME in a manner that empowers all interested members to engage with it can be a task easier said than done if your CME LMS isn’t an impactful solution.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Idealist Consulting specializes in moving and supporting organizations that are interested in "getting into the cloud" and with over 180 clients we have a good idea of what it takes to get there. traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a. online software) without too much hassle.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Types of fundraising software to consider When you think about fundraising software, you probably first think of online donation platforms that allow nonprofits to facilitate online gifts. Keep in mind that the most effective fundraising software offers multiple tools within the same platform.

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