ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are, you are working at an organization that is not primed for innovation - and, you’re not alone. Readiness factors increase the capacity for organizations to innovate, but many nonprofits lack this basic foundation for innovation success. Decision-making.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. Find the Bot’s Voice Consider which topics people are more comfortable discussing with a machine and which are better suited to a human. There are two types of chatbots.

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Las Vegas Language Interaction Associations 221

Candid

MAY 7, 2021

A report from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative (EEI) and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations highlights how foundations are working to integrate an equity lens into their evaluation practices. Reprinted from PND.

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Evaluation Practice Report PDF 98

Media Cause

OCTOBER 14, 2023

But, more specifically, project managers juggle various responsibilities and wear a multitude of hats—organizer, leader, motivator, facilitator, liaison, and driver—to ensure success. Their role helps the whole group stay organized, informed, and empowered to do their best. The broad answer is project managers manage projects.

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Project Management Facilitation Collaboration 59

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Having one (or more) active and highly functioning advisory committees fosters resilience, creativity, and even resource development for your organization. Unlike the board of directors, which has oversight of the organization, advisory committees don’t have any oversight of the organization.

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Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 90

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

But it doesn’t look the same for every organization and for every stakeholder. organized philanthropy, they’ve been present since at least the 1970s when the Funding Exchange Network members embraced these models. Ample time and support for review of materials as well as group discussion and debate.

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Participatory Model Grant Fund 128

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. Small group coaching has it own specific techniques. ” 4) Avoid.

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Facilitation Training Train International 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

I think that is an important insight for small organizations who don’t have a team of people doing the social media and trying to do it with limited hours in the day. Those decisions are implemented across the organization’s web properties and social channels. ” What are the metrics for measuring your content?

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Content Measure Organization Strategy 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. Many organizations skip reflection processes or only do it after a major event because it does not feel like checking something off your to do list or moving forward. What works?

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Reflection Structure Journal Technique 94

AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For the event organizer who hosts regular live events, like a networking event, this presents a problem. 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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Virtual Hosting Network Industry 98

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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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

Here is a write up about how the toolkit was designed and piloted, but of interest is how they framed the design challenge of designing the toolkit: How could they structure it so that people could dip in and out without having to wade through theory first?

Method 116

Method Ideas Adopt Facilitation 116

Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

Does your organization? Your old technology might have worked in the past, but it just isn’t keeping up with your organization’s evolving processes and needs. Your old technology might have worked in the past, but it just isn’t keeping up with your organization’s evolving processes and needs. Get personal.

Business 78

Business Software Build ROI 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Hike during staff retreat.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

The room was full, and participants came up with some terrific examples and options for their organizations. 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.

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Game Community Impact Media 195

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? The questions: What do you hope to learn today? Once upon a time x happened.

Design 105

Design Course Leadership Network 105

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

But many Advisory Boards sit idle, with members not knowing their role and organizations not knowing what to do with the Board they created. Volunteers appointed to Advisory Boards can share their professional and personal expertise on everything from programming to the organization’s role in the community.

Roles 111

Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2007

But is there a way to make it proactive and more organized rather than reactive with no structure or organization? What if we thought of the NPTech Tag as a way to aggregate and facilitate a more focused distributed conversation and the summary is, well, a summary. Post 2 : Facilitating Blog Discussions.

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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. Do we need to the whole hour to accomplish the same amount of work?

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

This makes them relatively easy asks once you’ve built a relationship, introduced your planned giving program, and discussed the impact that planned gifts can have on your mission. Donors can also donate gifts of stock or cryptocurrency directly to nonprofit organizations through their brokerages or crypto-specific platforms.

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Gift Team Fund Donor 52

AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For the event organizer who hosts regular live events, like a networking event, this presents a problem. 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.

Virtual 52

Virtual Hosting Network Industry 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Whether it is a network of organizations or individuals, the handbook provides a wealth of theory and practice on build, manage, and fine tune a network. Network Types.

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 106

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. or “collective impact,” this work is characterized by a very different mindset, approach, and set of tools than traditional grant-making or nonprofit work, which has historically focused on supporting programs and organizations, and scaling those up.

Build 112

Build Change Social Facilitation 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. Understanding: Methods for Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities.

Design 128

Design Strategy Digital Technique 128

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It often includes powerful and well-connected people, and you’ll want to make sure that the meetings are well-planned and structured. Pick the people you are going to discuss in advance and come to the meeting with some simple background information about the person that you can share with the group. What might be the next steps?

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Gift Volunteer Campaign Phase 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The question has come up: Does leading networks require a different a skill set than leading organizations? What emerged as the idea that TechSoup Global, using a networked mindset could facilitate this to happen. Being/Doing Structure: The first day offered more structure. Designing for Serendipity.

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Global Structure Model Network 100

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

So what happens when your investment doesn’t pay off and your organization isn’t as effective as it should be? If this sounds like your organization, you’re likely struggling with employee engagement. Employee engagement is a major indicator of your organization’s overall health and effectiveness in achieving your goals.

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Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Virtual conferences allow brands, organizations, and businesses to connect individuals in unprecedented ways. It can also open up topics of discussion to broader audiences rather than being restricted to a geographical region. . This format is structured the same as in-person conferences. panel discussions. presentations.

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Virtual Conference Hosting Library 98

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. And, the focus of MEL is generally on evaluating grantee projects or organizations, rather than on the grantmaker and its practices. Compensate them for their contributions generously.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

Note from Beth: Last year I was honored to partner with Kari Dunn Saratovksy from Third Plateau to facilitate an emerging leadership program to a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Science and Conservation portfolio of grantees. Flickr Image – ImageGroup. Today, this view is fundamentally changing.

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Leadership Develop Culture Structure 50

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. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises.

Training 98

Training Train Reflection Design 98

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. The Structure Lab is set up as a "game" in which you explore cards in various categories (values, assets, financing, etc.) I collected some tools to use in planning and discussing a new business.

Structure 31

Structure Model Social Profit 31

NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Should an organization leave one platform ecosystem for another to take advantage of it? Should an organization invest in expensive middleware, integrations, or business intelligence tools to get the data-driven outcomes it needs to meet its mission? What if a competitor’s tool is simply better?

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Problem Data API Global 62

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. Make sure your organization is ready for capacity building. What does the decision making and organizational structure look like? The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Nonprofit 52

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Every month, a group called #4Change organizes open & lively conversations about how web-connected communities and our use of social media tools are helping to create change in the world. 4Change Chats are hosted on Twitter – Read “ Join the Conversation ” below for ways to jump into the discussion. Join the Conversation!

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Social Media Twitter Change Media 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

We used Dave Gray’s “ Board Thing ” online tool to crowdsource questions to discuss from the audience. What was most exciting for me was to finally meet three people in person after following their writing, blogs, and books for almost a decade. What does learning the new mean for organizations? Organization.

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Learning Work Knowledge Management Knowledge 98

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. These days,"social network" is a term that often refers to a social media community, such as Facebook, and thus is not a term that many managers would take seriously unless they were discussing a social media campaign. As part of a.

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