Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

You can check out the Community Voices group on the Social by Social community for videos, notes and other reflections from the event. After the small group discussions, we had volunteers from each group provide a short report back to the full room of some of the highlights or lingering questions that came out of the conversation.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

You can check out the Community Voices group on the Social by Social community for videos, notes and other reflections from the event. After the small group discussions, we had volunteers from each group provide a short report back to the full room of some of the highlights or lingering questions that came out of the conversation.

Voice 102

Voice Reflection Conversation Digital 102

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

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Application Review Evaluation Reflection 75

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Most of the answers to today’s business questions involve technology. It’s not a coincidence that trust is a frequent topic of these conversations. Leaders and decision-makers should reflect those changes. It’s not just a question of demographics. But an inheritance of stale ideas sandbags growth and keeps value at bay.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance. An annual survey is a good start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

That’s hard if deadlines are looming, but essential to have a session to explore questions such as: What is your facilitation style and philosophy? When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

” (Here’s a reflection from Akhtar Badshah). He asked the audience a series of questions about whether or not they thought most nonprofits they knew were using the new tools to the great impact. Getting from Collective Conversation to Impact. Right now from the Social Good Global Conversation in Oman.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. You want to ensure all voices from the communities you serve are reflected throughout your organization, especially on your board. Christal M.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JULY 25, 2020

Today I’m going to share 4 questions that I always use when I’m trying to answer the question, “What next?” The Four Questions For context, these questions come from one of my all-time favorite strategy books called Blue Ocean Strategy. Without further delay, here are the four questions from Blue Ocean Strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Not just to broadcast, but to have a conversation, share ideas, and provide context. Jumo vs Change.org – is that the question? Isn’t that the point? Building a Network. As Debra Askanse posted in a facebook group discussing Jumo this morning, how do follow people, and not just organizations?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Create space for conversation. Ask open-ended questions that invite feedback and follow-up. Make time for reflection. Practice questioning your attitudes and intentions before every decision. However, awareness of the distractions can minimize their impact. Observe behavior. Use phrases like “Tell me more.”

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Those conversations led to the Washington Area Women’s Foundation ’s (WAWF) report Thrive As They Lead: Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders in the D.C. This pattern of recruiting talented leaders only to question their authority and capabilities can lead to feelings of tokenism, insecurity, and exhaustion. “If

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Leadership Washington Local Nonprofit 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? No matter how intuitive a system may be, there are always a few questions, tips, and tricks that a training professional can help you with so you get started on a solid foundation.

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Software Fundraising Training Train 317

Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

Ask Questions About the Tools You Already Use When Media Cause helps a nonprofit audit their MarTech tools, the first thing to do is ask questions that are designed to start a fuller conversation about the technology used to make the work more manageable. Where is that information stored?

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Build Map Platform Integration 59

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – you can check out the blog and conversation on the SSIR opinion blog , or read it reposted below. In this case, for this conversation, co-creation is used generally to touch on issues of access and engagement, and collaboration.

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Reflection Offline Social Network Collaboration 129

.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. That’s why there is no substitute for the impact of personal conversations. Preparing a board matrix is a learning experience. An organizational chart.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

If that’s the case, I want you to ask yourself two questions : . Start by reflecting on who or what is setting the destination for your current career trajectory and growth. Here are just a few questions to get you started: . How well are my values reflected in my career? Ready for more leadership conversations?

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Effective Leadership Reflection Skills 120

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

These three columns let visitors dive straight into content they are most interested in, like presentations (notes, information, links and slides), roundups (compilations of interesting content and conversations), and event popular blog posts (this is decided based on blog posts with the most clicks and visits). Input #3: Adding the extras.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. Analytical Style people control their emotions but tend to ask questions rather than give orders. Amiable Style people show their emotions openly and prefer to ask questions rather than give orders.

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Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 64

.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration.

Collaboration 221

Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Expert: This is content and information that is delivered by listening and questioning a subject matter expert. This makes for a lively and highly interactive session – and it is also very efficient.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Don’t just reflect on their impact. Reflect on who they are—kind, generous, and compassionate. It should sound like a conversation (not like a thank-you script a robot might write). Before you ask, tell your donors the impact they made this year. Here are 3 rules for reporting impact Be warm, heartfelt, and sentimental.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, if your nonprofit works in environmental conservation, use a keyword research tool to identify common questions like “how to support local environmental initiatives.” Give them names that reflect the content and your keywords. So, the next time you write an article, make it your mission to do the following.

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Action Practice Tips Seattle 271

BoardAssist

JUNE 3, 2014

Let’s Talk About Succession Planning: Getting the Conversation Started. Starting the Conversation about Succession Planning. Consider the types of questions that should be asked as part of a succession planning effort: What are the significant challenges facing the organization now? It’s All About Conversations.

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Conversation Leadership California Government 68

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At the end of a recent strategic planning retreat, each participant shared brief reflections on the day. Principle 1: Figure out the most important conversations the group needs to have right now. . So we start with that question, and we keep asking it along the way. We want to know: Are we having the right conversations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” There were some excellent “burning questions” that folks shared about nonprofit training. ” In that spirit, a few thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me some reflection time away from the daily fast-paced, always moving forward world of social media. It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. Debra has posed a very good question frame in the comments: Does the blog offer consistent insight and education about an area I want to learn about?

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

This training data reflects the racial biases, stereotypes, and disproportionate perspectives of the world where the data comes from. Examples in Practice Let’s say your nonprofit wants to use an LLM to help field questions on your website’s chatbot. Have frank internal conversations about priorities.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? You can ask your grantees for feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups, or informal conversations. If your organization values equity, diversity, inclusion, or innovation, does your application reflect that?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. Once we embrace knowledge work, not as a technical task but as social construction, we then start to ask exciting questions about relationships, purpose, and movement. Because of the social aspect of knowledge, asking questions is a very powerful force in the work.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Candid

JANUARY 5, 2023

If you’ve been waiting for an invitation to the data conversation, this is it. Whether you’re a nonprofit, funder, or a consortium of both, fundamental questions are surfacing about social sector data that merit your attention. Post-panel, participants are sharing their reflections below regarding where we might go next.

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Candid

MAY 18, 2022

We also convene conversations with historic perspectives about philanthropy’s impact across a wide spectrum of issues. Part of the exhibit is organized around the questions of who gives, why do we give, how do we give, and what do we give, while another thematic section changes annually.

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History America Giving Museum 98

M+R

JANUARY 24, 2022

Does our creative reflect the demographics of the audiences we want to reach? The question here is: what is already top of mind for our audience? What headlines are they seeing, what conversations are they having, what are they worrying about or hoping for in this moment? Source: Girls Inc. Source: Fight for $15. Right Audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop. I’ve been playing with the conversational panel or conversational keynote models for short sessions (60, 75 or 90 minutes.) A conversational approach is not an expert or a group of experts talking the whole time.

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Reflection People Network Colorado 103

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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