Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You can get some of the same impact from embellishing a digital document with colors, shapes, arrows and other personal flairs. Why not try a little writing exercise right now? Here’s a snippet of a fuller exercise from my 7 Clairification Keys To Unlock Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Potential.

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Learning Change Strategy Journal 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

Walking as exercise has documented mental and physical benefits. If you had an exercise routine before, during lunch, or after work, maintain it. You don’t need to walk as your fake commute and other activities help you establish boundaries. My walking ritual was featured in this Wall Street Journal article.

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Life Work Exercise Mind 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I don’t always have a lot of participants who are eager to do exercises digitally, but when I do I can work with them to adapt the exercise. There are apps that allow participants to use “ virtual sticky notes ” to do an exercise but these are not well designed for group collaboration.

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Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Documentation.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Who is the lead singer, guitarist, bass, and drums. Here’s how that translates to team facilitation: Facilitator Lead: The person who is facilitating the discussion or exercise. In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Defining Roles.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

This document is the outward face to the world. Use videos, assessments, group exercises, and role plays to educate and train them. Boards that get financial stewardship exercise diligence in the oversight of the financial interests of their organizations. This might be helpful for members who are better visual processors.

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Build Literacy Nonprofit Exercise 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

This was a incredible opportunity to focus on the documentation side – without feeling rushed to get everything online. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Documentation of the Visioning Process. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

They will also have people up and moving around doing thoughtful, interactive exercises, usually in small groups to facilitate discussion and collaboration. They incorporate engaging team-building exercises and icebreakers to break up the day with some laughs and to build relationships. They make the day fun. What’s next?

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Facilitation Exercise Fun PowerPoint 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

You can set up a series of fun emoji for people to cut and paste into the chat or google document to express how they are feeling. CCC: This stands for the “Covid-Chat-Check-In” and is based on an exercise from Liberating Structures Playbook. Or the last photo in their phone. Hat tip/ Jen Bokoff ).

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Virtual Facilitation Exercise Training 130

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Named by the Financial Times as the Best Business Book of the Month April 2024, Burnout Immunity is packed with research, exercises, self-assessments, and real-life stories from people with natural burnout immunity and those who have cultivated it. It is a must-read for anyone who raised their hand when you started reading this article.

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Build Pennsylvania Environment Skills 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Documentation of Session. Panel Wiki: This is a hub for the panel and includes our session outline, resources, slides, and documentation. Panel Wiki: This is a hub for the panel and includes our session outline, resources, slides, and documentation. Our session is here. What was the experience of the online viewers?

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Reflection Data Slides Exercise 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Opening Exercise. The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. Learning More.

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Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

It is critical to consider that integration capability and to document system requirements when looking at software solutions. Fundraising, financial aid, and tuition management software systems vary in functionality and integration capabilities to any given general ledger system. Keep Your Goal in Sight.

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United States System Sound Software 80

Kindful

JUNE 22, 2021

To begin the process of donor acquisition, complete a sphere of influence exercise with your Board of Directors. This exercise will give them the opportunity to document their network of folks so you can begin to build relationships with donors. Starting the donor cultivation process .

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Relationship Donor Build Exercise 62

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In recent years, the international humanitarian community has responded with a number of data protection guidance documents, such as those from USAID , ICRC , OCHA , and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Read more about Threat Detection Overview in this help document Note: This requires Event Monitoring. Learn more.

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Practice Data Afghanistan Environment 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Group Idea Generation: After laying out the ground rules and a simple warm up exercise, participants are encouraged to share their ideas verbally. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise. To get everyone into a brainstorming mindset, you can facilitate a simple icebreaker called “Yes And” based on improvisation exercises. “Yes,

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch. Then I block out 90 minute and 75 minute modules with 15 minute breaks in between.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

The workshop had 16 participants, mostly people who run innovation and research labs from corporations. Since we were spending two days together, working on collaborative exercises, a good opening where we could introduce ourselves and make connections was important. Train the Trainer: Must Incorporate Exercises that Use Simulations.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Even more importantly, the practice of connecting measurement and decision-making will help organizations improve practice and results, and document value. 3. This mixture was embedded in every aspect from the instructional design – from icebreakers to reflection exercises to presentation content, examples, and frameworks.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. Gunner also facilitated a brainstorming and affinity mapping exercise to unpack all the possible topics for deep dives in small groups in the afternoon. These techniques are based on human-centered design principles.

Facilitation 101

Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. Document and share positive and negative lessons learned, both internally and externally. Implement a model that aligns most closely with the partners’ mission, capacity, and vision. Measure and share impact.

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Collaboration Los Angeles Strategy Indiana 98

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Repeat this exercise for every line item in your nonprofit’s first budget. Document your assumptions and calculations about where the numbers come from. Whether you’re creating your budget with pen and paper or using an Excel document, double-check the math. Put that number in your budget. Estimate revenue.

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Create Track Program Money 98

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This could include a quick cognitive exercise or a series of short quizzes. Whether you use a video series, short informational document, or one-on-one training, it’s essential to provide new hires with the resources they need to be successful. Offer a skills testing assessment to measure a candidate’s capabilities.

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Strategy Interview Skills Retention 52

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This could include a quick cognitive exercise or a series of short quizzes. Whether you use a video series, short informational document, or one-on-one training, it’s essential to provide new hires with the resources they need to be successful. Offer a skills testing assessment to measure a candidate’s capabilities.

Strategy 52

Strategy Interview Skills Retention 52

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

So, I thought I’d take the time to document my recommended processes here! But more than that, this exercise helps identify where you should concentrate efforts, where to distribute messages, and where you have the best chance of successfully engaging the community to support your work. A note about DIY. Community Map.

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Map Content Community Howto 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

While I love using magic markers and sticky notes or tossing a ball in icebreakers and exercises, don’t only use activities that require having materials or equipment on hand. Here’s an excellent resource with tons of great icebreakers and exercises that can be adapted for staff training. (3) You can always adapt or improvise.

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Training Train Exercise Fun 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. We did a classic brainstorming/SWOT analysis exercise related to our topics.

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Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

To model and practice integrating the use of social media tools and networked approaches to document, deliver, and share learning. Since modeling the use of social media to document and share learning, we began with a discussion about our rules about live tweeting and posting photos. Network Mapping Exercise.

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Network Build Exercise Map 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. The 2014 version – new and improved has arrived! You can download it here. How do I use it?

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Calendar Measure Strategy Digital 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

The photograph above documents a creative stretch break from a recent Leadership Training I designed and co-facilitated at the Americans for the Arts Conference. Incorporating movement isn’t just about stretch breaks, think about ways that participants can do discussions and small group exercises while moving or walking around.

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Training Train Brain Exercise 50

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One of the most important lessons a nonprofit practitioner can learn in their career is that budgets are moral documents. What does that mean? It means that where your organization puts its time, energy, and resources is a direct expression of the things it values.

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Analysis Project Donor Retention 52

Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Documents To Go for Microsoft Office documents. It also calculates calories burned by exercise. PDF Viewer to look at PDF documents and also eBooks. PDF Viewer to look at PDF documents and also eBooks. Kid Mode - fun, educational games for kids. eight and under. It also brings up other peoples' product reviews.

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Webex PDF Phone Mexico 69

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Route 66 pairs this reading content with teaching tools and learning exercises, effectively empowering any literate person to become an early reading instructor. with the tools to teach reading to adolescent and adult beginning readers, such as those with developmental disabilities. This is a huge legal victory!

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Guatemala Literacy Qatar Open Source 159

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

With the entire network engaged, the leaders worked together to create a report to document the lessons they were learning from implementing leadership programs for reproductive health, through a new wiki. The instructions for the exercise are: Get in a circle. ask each member of the circle to pick two people, but don't tell them.

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Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 24, 2021

However, grant funding is an exercise in patience. Consequently, these are some of the first required documents on the list. Grantors can often be long-term relationships that have lasting impacts on organizations and the communities they serve. Applications often require that these be submitted directly to the grantor for review.

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Grant Fund Proposal Exercise 48

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. To determine if a nonprofit virtual assistant is right for you, try this exercise: Write down all the tasks you will need to do in the coming month. Start small.

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Virtual Work Calendar Nonprofit 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

We had an incredible team of women tech advisers from Silicon Valley, all experts, and who taught classes on how to use various tools such as Google, Canva, and Indiegogo, complete with detailed work books with exercises. And don’t cough or sneeze into the mic as your voice is in their headsets at all time.

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Facilitation Training Train International 50