Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

This post generating a lot of thoughtful discussion about nonprofits approach the editorial planning process as well as sharing of different editorial calendar templates. But it is important to understand that there is a process behind the template. ” What are the metrics for measuring your content? My answer: Yes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the past few years, interest soared in learning how to facilitate better virtual meetings has soared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past 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.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX). Accessible content. Simplify the donation process. Inspiring calls to action. Let’s dive in!

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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. The Process Steps in Detail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. So having a few brainstorming facilitation techniques to use with your team, is useful. It starts with ideas and brainstorming.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These buttons serve as a gateway to the valuable content that your organization shares through its social media channels. Including social media icons on your website helps you recruit volunteers, enhance brand visibility, and disseminate content that aligns with your organization’s mission.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The good news is that facilitating networking in a virtual setting is quite simple. If you are thinking of hosting a virtual networking event, we have some tips that can help you with the planning and facilitation process. Once you have defined your goals, you can begin to develop the particulars of your content. .

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Nonprofits Live: User-Generated Content Thursday, November 17, 10 a.m. If you have ever asked your members to post photos on Facebook or asked for stories from your clients, you have tasted the abundance that user-generated content (UGC) can bring to your organization. Pacific time Hashtag: #NPLive RSVP.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Planned giving, often called” legacy giving,” is the process by which a donor or prospective contributor produces a financial or estate plan to donate something of value to an organization at a later time. Realistic Revenue Goals: A well-run planned giving program can facilitate long-term growth.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Note: This is the eighth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Your sitemap is a visual representation of the structure of your website. It defines all of your sections of content and which pages belong in each section. Showing a comprehensive view of your website to ensure all content has a logical home.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

These core steps will give your event planning team a solid structure upon which you can build your auction strategies. As with any event your organization hosts, setting a few parameters at the beginning of the planning process will be helpful to ensure you get the most from the event. to lead the process and coordinate teams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The good news is that facilitating networking in a virtual setting is quite simple. If you are thinking of hosting a virtual networking event, we have some tips that can help you with the planning and facilitation process. Once you have defined your goals, you can begin to develop the particulars of your content. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Only measure impact, not process. I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean. First, with discipline and structure. I like to use a combined method.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

This format is structured the same as in-person conferences. Many brands host their event on a virtual event hosting platform that facilitates chat rooms during sessions, pre-recorded sessions, private messaging, social rooms, networking rooms, and more. . Possibility to Create a Content Library. What is a Virtual Conference?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. I design and facilitate a day long, in person meeting every other month dedicated to one of these topics. Share your story!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

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 It completes this mission by leveraging Salesforce technology, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and structured finance to create green buildings in America’s urban core.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. Heather agreed to write up this report to share some of the content. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). What are the most important stages of the network catalyzing and building process?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

Last year, I used Chris Brogan’s “ Three Words &# to set some professional/personal goals for the year. The process is simple: Think of how you want to be successful in the coming year. That means I’ll continue to build my personal networks and content sources in these areas.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Box.org provides organizations with the Box file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. You can use Box's cloud-based storage and collaboration tools to replace traditional on-premises file servers and traditional file-sharing processes. It has integrated Box content with its Salesforce implementation.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Only measure impact, not process. I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean. First, with discipline and structure. And so it goes ……. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I’m still processing, but here are some nuggets that I learned: Source: Leadership for a New Era. Being/Doing Structure: The first day offered more structure. Modeling the Network Mindset. Designing for Serendipity. The design for event was superb. There were 12 topics organized into three different themes.

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

ThinkShout is facilitating an NTC Drupal Day on April 3rd, 2012, the first day of the NTC. The content of this full-day event will be geared toward IT decision-makers who either currently manage, or are considering, the Drupal content management system. Email Brendan to add it to your registration. 10:45-11am: Break.11-12

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It should be clear to all involved that the learning process will be exploratory and emergent rather than tightly structured and directive. We and the Packard team are very interested in hearing the experiences of others. If you are a funder, when would you invest in peer learning?

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

A consultant can create a roadmap to reach your goals from your eLearning pricing strategy, to the content you’ll provide, to how you’ll market those offerings. Creating a content development strategy. Creating a content development strategy. Assisting with the search for new learning technologies. Environmental Scan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Over the summer, Holly Minch , who is an expert at helping nonprofits and philanthropies unlock the potential of strategic communications for social change, suggested that I facilitate a workshop on social media strategy with a group of nonprofit and philanthropy communications folks. .

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Facilitating online donations, sign-ups, pledges, and more. Even small improvements can translate into significant benefits for your website, whether in terms of donation acquisition, ease-of-use, or streamlining your team’s process. Set standardized processes for posting new content. The steps of a web design project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. Intentional Silence: Leaving space for quiet, an essential facilitation skill.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2012

“In our 2010 Nonprofit Governance Index, BoardSource found that 90% of the boards with a structured orientation process were rated as effective, compared to only 67% of the boards without such a process.” “Board manuals can be a key resource in facilitating the work of a board member. Board Manual.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2011

There were questions about social media policies as well as content and engagement strategies and handling mistakes. It can also facilitate informal communications with other people in the grantee organization. He also added that it is important to have structured information.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

From pricing individual courses to how overall pricing is structured, there are a variety of directions to take this. And, you’ll want to do this early in the game (as soon as you’ve developed the concept of your first course), to ensure the course you build and the price you set are in lockstep throughout the process.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 10, 2016

This can cause friction in the formation of process and plan. The Process: The problems listed above are preventable. Additionally, a neutral facilitator, the sponsor who brings reputation and networks, and the champion who rallies the team, are extremely vital to leading the train toward the destination.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Nonprofit database segmentation allows you to structure your data to support reporting, personalization, and overall engagement. What You Can Do With Nonprofit Database Segmentation Broadly, nonprofit database segmentation is the process of breaking your donors into specific categories based on the information you know about them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Then customize the structure to the location. Like the UN where you listen to it on head phones). Here's peeling back the onion layer: People in the room are speaking in another language and you need to concentrate on the content that is being translated in the head phones. Content Okay, now the content.

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