Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Host interactive events: Consider organizing interactive events where participants need to work together to solve a puzzle or mystery. Or try additional experiential events like interactive workshops, virtual reality experiences, or access to behind-the-scenes activities.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky. How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

As trainers, Andrea and I both know the value of “modeling the model,” so we wanted to use and model best practices for designing effective meetings on their preferred platforms. Design must comes first. Designing A Participatory Hook for a Virtual Meeting. Next, as a group we do a theme analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. However, these days so many of my meetings take place online, typically on Zoom, and interactivity can be a challenge. The next step is to facilitate a discussion.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nonprofit CRMs and fundraising tools are key technologies for charities and similar groups. These groups struggled with outdated donor management systems, hindering their progress in evolving their digital environment. Enter Bloomerang, a CRM solution specifically designed for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Design for Participants To Apply. So, you have to design for that.

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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. Hyper self-awareness occurs when we are forced to view our own faces while we are interacting with others. Jeremy Bailenson, Virtual Human Interaction Lab – WSJ ) . Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. Incorporate Energizers In Your Meetings.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. You can then prepare a list ahead of time of people you’re hoping to interact with or learn from and prioritize accordingly. Be an Active, Intentional Participant .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi The first ever Martus users group meeting took place earlier this month in Chiang Mai, the capital of Northern Thailand. Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

There are number of reasons we feel exhausted from zoom meetings as Jeremy Bailenson, Virtual Human Interaction Lab points out. Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips. ” . That comes next.

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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

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! To make the workshop interactive, I spent a brief amount of time presenting the what, why, how, and examples of target audiences. ” at Twitter Headquarters this week.

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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. When designing your mobile page, it’s crucial to prioritize the most essential features of your nonprofit.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly. A professionally designed website can help establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Then, group individuals based on shared characteristics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Here’s the description: Hands down, this is the most interactive session you will attend at 16NTC! Instructional Design. Peer Learning Design.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 24, 2021

In the events world, event gamification means that your attendees will interact with the brand, presenters, sponsors , other attendees, and exhibitor booths in new and exciting ways. . Whether you are running an online event, hybrid event, or in-person, consider these event gamification ideas easy wins: Interact To Win Points.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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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. Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes learning. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. Their space is designed for local nonprofits to connect, share ideas and develop solutions together. This includes integrating moving around into small groups or share pairs as well as standing & stretching.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

Event gamification elements, like a virtual scavenger hunt, can go a long way to facilitating networking at your virtual event. Reach out to local escape room providers and see if they will work with you to design a specific escape room for your event. Private Social Media Groups. Virtual Networking Ideas. Matchmaking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s volunteers are not a monolithic group; they come from diverse backgrounds—with varying motivations, skills, and availability. Build an attractive volunteer program Designing a volunteer program that appeals to potential volunteers involves several elements. Start a conversation ; effective communications are interactive.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

It can contribute to exchanges and interactions that are at the heart of nonprofit network building. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. Datamaking can ground processes of joint learning that energize grantee relationships.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Kanopi’s healthcare website design guide points to the National Women’s Health Network’s website as an example of bold, consistent branding that “highlights its target audience and invites visitors to explore the organization’s mission, vision, and values.” Easily facilitate newsletter registration with a fully embedded form.

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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. Armed with a list of pages, we then group the pages into meaningful sections and tiers. Card Sort tests are a very helpful input to help determine which groups make the most sense for end-users of the website. Visual Design. Wireframes.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2021

A virtual event, however, will never replace the joys of an on-site event and interacting with others. . If hosting a conference with groups arriving from the same office, you can group them. Have venue or event staff on hand to help enforce and facilitate this flow. Design For Safety. Take up more space .

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Keywords facilitate the connection between your website and a prospective donor. Start with a specific digital advertising plan that accounts for assumptions, projected growth, budget, flight dates, your ideal donor profile, design, analytics, and reporting. Prioritize SEO. Check out these tips to improve your messaging.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators. Organizations are complex systems that interact constantly and significantly with a host of other equally complex systems. It’s in your job description. It takes a village.

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