Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

He not only facilitated a discussion at the Sunday Boston Media Makers meeting , but he was also shooting video and recording it. He edited the above short little video of the discussion while on the train to New York and uploaded it to blip.tv while visiting blip.tv knowing what "plays" well in video and what doesn't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

This conference will be my 13th one – and every year it is a like a family reunion. Registration is still available, but you can’t make it register for the online NTC and catch a few sessions. I have the honor of designing and facilitating three sessions, including a plenary on my favorite topic – learning from failure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

After facilitating a panel at the Innogive Conference on integrating mobile into multi-channel nonprofit campaigns , I headed to a special event hosted by Google to celebrate the launch of Google for Nonprofits. The event featured a panel discussion of use cases by nonprofits, followed by product demos. Details are here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. In addition, I presented a webinar on training design and facilitated a session on nonprofit technology training design at NTC. Year in Review.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

TechSoup will be hosting a pre-conference workshop on Office 365; exhibiting at the NTC Science Fair; speaking at plenary events, breakout sessions, and a "Birds of a Feather" lunch; and facilitating networking opportunities. Check NTC's schedule for specific events and hours. A lively discussion is sure to ensue.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Here’s what the NTEN team said about voting: We received more than 400 ideas this year — a 75% increase over last year — and we need your help to narrow those down to the 100 or so that will make the 2011 NTC the best one yet. This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Wouldn't it be great if nonprofits, charities, and foundations had a frank discussion about how to improve the technology funding process? The NTC session Bridging the Funding Gap did just that: brought nonprofits and foundations together to start discussing technology funding barriers and to brainstorm solutions.

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Care2

MARCH 11, 2014

Every year I look forward to one very special conference - the NTC conference organized by the awesome NTEN team. Then there is the fantastic sessions discussing the best tools nonprofits should use to build websites and online campaigns focused on engagement and raising lots of money. NTC Beer: Wednesday, March 12th 7PM to 9PM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an anti-censorship tool in places like Iran, and Nancy Schwartz noted in an online discussion, “this is a kick to independent content publishing, not just convenience on the readers side.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

My role in the project is to the facilitate the training sessions, design the overall training, facilitate openers and closings, help prep the curriculum, and deliver modules on digital strategy and social media. Working with Wake is also a wonderful professional development experience to hone training and facilitation trade craft.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2012

It is also packed with resource lists and stories. To me, this creates the perfect book to help guide your practice of building and working within a network.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 24, 2006

Day two at the NTC. Lynn Stott, who has the terrifying task of overseeing the redesign of Techsoup's website, also facilitated. It was a great opportunity to listen in as NPOs discussed their experience introducing blogs, forums, or other avenues of community input on their sites. Tags: nptech , web2.0 , ntc

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Also, the diverse roles, backgrounds, talents, and opinions of my fellow attendees really enriched the discussions we had and enhanced my overall takeaway from the Summit. Plus, my track facilitators were great!) Why should people donate to the 2015 NTEN Community Challenge to support opportunities such as NTC/LCS scholarships?

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

Amy saw that members of the nonprofit tech community were itching to dive more deeply and regularly into topics of online community building, but she didn’t want to create a space if there weren’t willing co-facilitators and a good deal of buy-in. Whoever’s hosting facilitates the discussion using the @CommBuild account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us. Check out our NTC session” Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.”

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We’re one month out from NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington, DC. Last year was my inaugural year attending NTC, and within a few hours of landing in snowy Minneapolis, I was meeting hundreds of nptechies at the pre-conference party, #NTCBeer. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2011

I usually come away from the NTC with one theme that is connected to multiple sessions. This conversation also led to a discussion about the role of anonymity in community and storytelling. This year that learning theme for me was the importance of privacy and creating a safe space for communities to thrive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

" Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. Here's a few blog posts about the NTC experience: Marnie Webb says Web2.0 More pointers to NTC posts here. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2014

This framework works like a charm, whether it is a one-hour webinar or 7 day intensive International training or college graduate course or year long peer learning program. Recently, I was on a call with colleagues to plan our NTC session on training , and co-presenter Cindy Leonard said to me, “You are using ADDIE !”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I’m very excited for this learning experience because over the two years my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has focused on going deep on facilitating peer learning for grantees on measuring outcomes for their networks with social media while balancing and upholding the principles of being networked.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

Amy saw that members of the nonprofit tech community were itching to dive more deeply and regularly into topics of online community building, but she didn’t want to create a space if there weren’t willing co-facilitators and a good deal of buy-in. Whoever’s hosting facilitates the discussion using the @CommBuild account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2008

And, how can you facilitate that if you're speaking to a large group? Those were the days before twitter and when we used IRC to facilitate a chat discussion with both remote participants and people in the room. During the NTC social media ROI Case Study Slam I asked the audience to @kanter me with questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Based on the day of presentations and discussion, it looks like Microsoft’s gives us a stellar example of a CSR program that is at the intersection of the company’s business and social interests. View more presentations from Akhtarbad. Todd Bishop put like this: Can Microsoft change the world and conquer it at the same time?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Quinn also discussed how mobile technologies can help you have conversations with your constituents in interesting ways. Quinn mentioned a few interesting examples of how nonprofits can use mobile to facilitate conversations with their constituents, including: Engaging volunteers and conducting surveys. Creating a simple mobile app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Last year, there was a panel at the NTC on Nonprofit Data Visualization and there will be many more in 2013. Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

Laura Norvig gave me a sneak peak at her ingite presentation for NTC Ignite called the Many Uses of FriendFeed. In fact, I watched Laura crowdsource some of her presentation on FriendFeed. FriendFeed also has "rooms" that can be public or private - these feeds with discussion items. Many Uses Of Friendfeed.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

The nonprofit technology community is a robust knowledge sharing network widely dispersed across many blogs, tweets, discussion boards, Facebook walls, etc. They also happen face to face at the NTC and other conferences. Now go forth and facilitate knowledge sharing! Some are successful, but messy. Further reading: http :// www.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Science Fair: The NTC Exhibit Hall. Thursday, April 8, 2010. NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. When : 9:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. Sit down with my executive director to discuss a process for a social media policy. The Challenge of Transfer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

happen in different locations several times a year and for the past three years, these meetings have taken place after the annual NTC: Nonprofit Technology Conference. " The discussion reminded of the one I heard in the UK and read later on the Circuit Riders list " Is Open Source Fair Trade for Nonprofits ?"

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). Our 2018 convening will be an opportunity to gather with local, state, and national foundations with diverse interests to discuss emerging challenges and opportunities for newcomers and receiving communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. I like webinar software that facilitates learning between participants). once and it was disaster, best to use to supplement discussion in between phone calls). Social Instructional Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

I will be facilitating a panel discussion with: Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. The NTC Conference. NTC Conference. Experts in innovation in the nonprofit sector will discuss why innovation is important, share some examples, and ways that more nonprofits can embrace innovation. Innogive Conference.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2009

Thanks to NTEN for sharing live webinars of the NTC sessions for those of us that couldn’t make the actual conference. Community Organizers work with and develop new local leaders, facilitating coalitions and assisting in the development of campaigns. Engage: escalate engagement and find and develop leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I also didn't facilitate the whole room discussion around the slides which I usually do because I worried about going over time. The workshop was the first time I had used the game with fleshed out scenarios for the small groups to work and an assignment to have a discussion around planning questions: What's the goal?

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Networking opportunities, hands-on workshops, keynote speeches, and roundtable discussions combine to recharge you — usually when you need it the most. It uses special facilitation techniques to stimulate conversations among guests and unleash the potential for guests to emerge as leaders.

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