Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2017

When there is time for an investment in professional development for younger leaders, there is the added challenge of reaching “ distracted learners.” The Emerging Leaders Playbook was curated with this in mind. Explore the Emerging Leaders Playbook and learn the practical application it can have on your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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MARCH 12, 2024

You have all that you need to be successful,” civic leader and advisor to foundations and nonprofits Susan Hairston said when I confided in her on an internal issue that was weighing my soul down. With that mindset, PEAK is challenging our member community to be fearless emergent learners and change agents for equity.

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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. Emerging Leaders Need More than Leadership Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

That’s why I’ve keep a good list of meeting facilitation playbooks handy for inspiration. When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for design and processes. Here’s my curated list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2017

” Another intervention that emerged was a solution to “techno-interference” at meetings where people are not giving full attention to the meeting because they were on their devices. This is a common challenge for many nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we launched the Playbook Web Site that offers grab and go leadership development and culture change activities for nonprofit and emerging leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been designing curriculum and materials and facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot project supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

As I was writing today’s post on how to support the next generation of leaders based on great advice from The Emerging Leaders Playbook , co-authored by Beth Kanter, I can’t but help but reflect on the leadership, passion, and out of the box thinker that Jake Brewer was in the nonprofit and civic democracy space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

During the summer, I’ve been designing workshops based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and Emerging Leaders Playbook. A great training always start with a great opening or icebreaker. Here’s a few Icebreaker recipes from my playbook. (1) 1) Meet and Greet: Throw the Ball. Mindtools: Icebreakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

As part of the Emerging Leaders Playbook Toolkit, you can find an easy 30-60 minute recipe for conducting an After Action Review at your organization. This process can be particularly useful for debriefing after a major event or strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. If your organization has a story to share for our book, let us know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. Ask Good Questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

” While the specific topics will emerge from the people in the room, impact leadership is focusing within, people, processes and plans to help the org reach it’s mission. Today’s nonprofit leaders embrace collective creativity. What are the points of pain, strengths, and opportunities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I know that might seem old fashioned, but being a trainer and facilitator and in the room with social change leaders is what inspires and energizes me. This past year was my 5th year (and last) as an adjunct professor at Middlebury College. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications and blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2017

These are based on my work on the Emerging Leaders Playbook , launched last month. You can download your FREE copy of the #NPExperts e-book here. It’s not secret to nonprofits that fundraising is critical to the success of your mission.

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JUNE 12, 2017

For the past six months, I’ve been collaborating with Third Plateau Social Impact on the “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Creating a culture of philanthropy begins with paying attention to it, and it has to start from the top! Business guru Peter F.

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JULY 13, 2021

These industry experts, thought leaders, and changemakers shared a plethora of resources that have been influential in their careers, so we rounded up their top recommendations in an easy-to-digest list to inspire your next read. . Free Download: A Leader’s Guide to Motivating Employees. By Alison Green and Jerry Hauser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2015

I am a huge fan of Playbooks in the nonprofit sector as a capacity building tool. A playbook is an online resource that is basically knowledge capture around a specific practice or type of program. Using the Playbook, participants were able to get up to speed quickly and not waste time or resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

For the leadership development, there were four guiding questions that we explored throughout our journey – and now as I’m back I will continue to reflect and take action based on these: What does it mean to be a leader in the face of complex challenges. What core values drive leaders to fight for social change?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

These volunteers have creative and powerful ideas for how they want to make a difference, but they aren’t waiting for permission or a playbook. It’s the individual—the everyday influencer—who is emerging as the new star and trusted source of information that can offer powerful endorsement of your cause to their social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

I shared some tips and examples about how nonprofits use this way of working to their advantage in this blog post, The Secret Every Successful Nonprofit Leader Knows About Being Productive. What do you think are the most important skills that nonprofit professionals and leaders need to manage their attention and be productive?

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