Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. More than ever, people want to get out there and have real social experiences with other people. 9 Modern Nonprofit Fundraising Methods.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Donor Experience . Pillar #2—No More Silos: Your Donor Experience Strategy in 2021 and Beyond. Improving the donor experience should no longer be seen as something modest in ambition. . If you want to keep your donors, you need to pay significant attention to the donor experience. It’s Key to Sustainability.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

Yet this aspect of the experience is often the most daunting for many. As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. Know What You Want Out of Your Conference Networking Experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

The pandemic has drastically altered the ways nonprofits interact with their supporters. While social media is now a common part of every nonprofit’s communication strategy, a common sentiment is that interacting on social media is a poor substitute to in-person interactions. But not all nonprofits are effective on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

We have shifted to digital-mediated interactions for almost everything in our lives. This can make the experience lonely. Hyper self-awareness occurs when we are forced to view our own faces while we are interacting with others. We are not used to conversations with another person while we are staring in a mirror.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction. What was your experience? That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

orgCommunity event featured interactive conversations led by engaging speakers , with decades of leadership experience in the association sphere. We spent our time in round table discussion with association leadership professionals , learning and sharing our own experiences. Partnerships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we integrate content sharing and audience interaction in the right balance to unleash pearls of wisdom from both audience and the experts on the stage?

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Intuitive user experience. A conversion-optimized donation page. By getting to know your supporters better, you can understand how they’re using your website and how you can improve their experience. A/B testing involves creating two different versions of a webpage and assessing which drives more engagement and conversions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

I also wanted to experiment with translating some facilitation techniques I use for face-to-face meetings (like sticky note facilitation ) to virtual meetings. Depending on the number of people in your group, there are different ways to facilitate the report out. Design must comes first.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Introduction to Microsoft Clarity Microsoft Clarity is a cutting-edge behavioral analysis tool that empowers organizations to understand user interactions on their websites. Microsoft Clarity offers a compelling solution by providing real-time analytics that facilitate data-driven decision-making.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

With the right mobile-first strategy, nonprofits can transform peer-to-peer fundraising into an interactive social experience that drives results. Common Fundraiser Pain Points Asking for money can be an uncomfortable experience for many people involved in peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

While understanding audience needs is the basis of all good strategy and user experience processes, end users often get lost or deprioritized in the design phase. All museum employees were welcome to join and ask questions, many of which led to important design conversations later on.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 4, 2020

Certainly, without easy and automatic face-to-face interactions, it is understandable that people would feel this way. Chat is a very basic and accessible way for attendees to engage, interact, and communicate with one another as well as any speakers or vendors. Program Networking Sessions. Give participants time to mull things over.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. You create a cohesive and engaging user experience by prioritizing and organizing information effectively.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

How can you bring people together through meaningful interaction when you cannot get them into the same room? . 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.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Are there connections we can facilitate? This big little idea was simply to hold space for CDOs to talk about what’s stressing them out and share experiences, ideas, and lessons learned with others who are facing the same challenges and finding their way through. “I As it turns out, we can and we are. Why do I know this?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

For instance, you could create personas based on how individuals interact with your mission, whether as volunteers, donors, or beneficiaries. Use this template to facilitate the persona creation process: This template offers space to add demographic and behavioral information about your personas and strategize your intended messaging.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The experience and interactions you create from the very first point of contact lay the groundwork for retaining those volunteers. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram offer a way to share stories, highlight volunteer experiences, and post opportunities. Start a conversation ; effective communications are interactive.

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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. And while anything you do the first time will not be perfect and in many cases stressful, in the end it was a good experience. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

When was the last time you went to a conference and had a deep learning experience through conversation and stimulation of all senses from a traditional panel? I designed and facilitated one panel, I’ve Found My Free Agent, Now What? How much do you retain? How much do you apply? Rob Cottingham. Photo by Devon Smith.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering online appeals, user experience and messaging. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Master online appeals, user experience and messaging. The user experience must be compelling enough to inspire action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge. A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have. So, go join the conversation in the comments over at the Case Foundation blog.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Craft a conversion journey. When the entire donor journey is addressed in your plan, conversion rates for donor acquisition are much stronger. Conversely, amplify the strategies or messages that lead to the most conversions. Acquire more new donors by providing the easiest and best donation user experience.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Use nostalgic elements that resonate with their life experiences to create feelings of familiarity and engagement. Facilitate the process : Make it easy for donors to include your nonprofit in their estate plans. Approach the conversation as an opportunity to understand the donor’s philanthropic aspirations and desires.

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Forum One

JULY 20, 2022

It was a lovely evening that inspired rich conversation. The energy of live speakers and meaningful conversations fostered by face-to-face communication is hard to replicate in virtual spaces. “A The process of sharing the meal and conversation is central to the event experience. As we all know, then the world shut down.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

She’s focused on enhancing Common Sense Media’s user experience — which is why she asked the Salesforce.org Digital Transformation & Business Value team for help. Our team led Common Sense through a series of activities designed to uncover opportunities to elevate their user experience. What is the ideal user experience?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 5, 2023

Social media platforms (like Facebook) facilitate connection, allowing your nonprofit to spin an extensive web of support all across the globe. Leverage Facebook Messenger for conversational messaging. Leverage Facebook Messenger for conversational messaging. Inspire Facebook supporters to take action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice. Facebook Strategic Objectives.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 4, 2020

Certainly, without easy and automatic face-to-face interactions, it is understandable that people would feel this way. Chat is a very basic and accessible way for attendees to engage, interact, and communicate with one another as well as any speakers or vendors. Program Networking Sessions. Give participants time to mull things over.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

Holly Ross wrote a good reflection piece about public conversations on blogs and how to get your audience ready for that conversation. She makes the point: What I am saying is that your audience may not be ready to have the conversation that social media enables. That's because social media does not just enable conversations.

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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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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

Use Patient Journey Mapping Patient journey mapping exercise helps healthcare leaders understand how patients interact with their providers by outlining each communication touchpoint. It gives an inside look into your patient experience and can help your team identify potential areas to improve overall patient satisfaction rates.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Sponsors are investing in your event, so it’s your job to maximize this investment and ensure they are getting what they desire out of your event, whether it’s name and logo exposure, brand lift, or the ability to interact with attendees. Offer memorable event experiences that leave a lasting impression on attendees. A little of both?

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

How can you bring people together through meaningful interaction when you cannot get them into the same room? . 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.

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