Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! There are two different methods to evaluate your training. to define the four levels of training evaluation.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. What you see here are a few notes that reflect my individual experience. What is the heart of the matter for grantors and grantees?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned. All of these work well with small groups and inside of organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Practice Thailand Asia Reflection 105

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

You need to constantly evaluate the data and analyze progress. The police, healthcare organizations, religious groups, financial institutions, and news outlets are all subject to greater scrutiny and skepticism. Could the decline in membership be a reflection of the decline in trust? Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. Mission and vision alignment: Ensure alignment on the organization’s mission, vision, and values.

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Government Collaboration Nonprofit Evaluation 59

Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s been a one-hour weekly chat on Twitter for the past 10 months organized and hosted by Marc Meyer and Jason Breed. The way it works is they invite a “host&# to ask 3 compelling questions, 20 minutes each, that revolve around a topical subject within the business of social media, but that play to their strengths or backgrounds.

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Technique Twitter Facilitation Reflection 99

Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

If you want to know why every nonprofit organization should have a MarTech stack, read the second blog here. But, how does an organization begin to piece one together? A few questions to consider include: How do we organize information about our donors, volunteers, members, and constituents? Where is that information stored?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

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Evaluation Learning Foundation Reflection 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. I always like to start with an icebreaker that allows participants to reflect and identify burning questions.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

Beyond financial donations, what type of engagement opportunities does your organization offer donors? These are groups in which individuals pool their resources to support organizations or projects of mutual interest. These are groups in which individuals pool their resources to support organizations or projects of mutual interest.

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Honduras Philanthropy Iran Michigan 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

We framed the session as what to think about before, during, and after a training , using the “ADDIE” model as an organizing device. As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session.

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Training Train Reflection Resource 100

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

This past year’s social justice movement has caused many organizations to take a leap and highlight their key values for society to take notice of and support. This act of solidarity is a starting point, but not valid unless the organization takes intentional actions to progress their mission to commit to DEI. Where to start?

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Arizona Strategy Facilitation Phoenix 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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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.” I thought I’d take this opportunity to organize some of those posts into a resource list. Co-Designing and Working with Other Facilitators and Trainers.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The importance of cybersecurity for nonprofits can’t be overstated, and your organization is not immune to the constantly evolving cyber threats that come with sharing information through the internet. Because nonprofits run off of donations, many organizations also have limited access to IT support. That’s phishing!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

What I absolutely love, is that the book has a companion web site with worksheets and checklists from every chapter. As someone who designs and facilitates professional development projects for nonprofits, this is a trainer’s dream! Evaluation. Trained mentors who can support on the job learning. Agreed upon plan. Is it worth it?

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Develop People Change Mentoring 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

One of the newest resources, a free online guide called “ The Data Playbook ,” was recently published by the Schusterman Foundation and written by Rella Kaplowitz, Program Officer, Evaluation and Learning. I would describe less of a handbook on how to use data, and more of a recipe to become a learning organization.

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Resource Practice Data Work 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

International Training Work: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world. This past year I had the honor of facilitating an intense training in Tunisia in January for Women Entrepreneurs that included leadership, entrepreneurship, business planning, and communications.

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Tunisia Facilitation New Zealand Technique 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

I was most interested in Part 2 (pages 17-21) because I think the advice is applicable to organizations beyond those managing head start programs. It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture.

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Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful. First, if the participant takes their poster, notes, and worksheets, they can go back to their organization and share their ideas with others.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. Or they can be maps of networks of organizations and communities. Or they can be maps of networks of organizations and communities. Reflect on the diversity of your network. Organization.

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Technique Network Tools Map 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My sessions were integrated into the various leadership, visioning process for women’s rights, curriculum development, and evaluation methods modules throughout the week as networked and social media skills were not the main focus. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Collaborate with peers : Engage with other fundraisers and organizations to share insights and best practices. Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation? Do you have a fundraising plan?

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

It is less about the tools and more about the new mindsets you need to be successful. There are two excellent books that talk about this in the context of running an organization and addressing social issues – and I plan to review these in more depth next week. Michael Quinn Patton is the godfather of evaluation.

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Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). How do these networks evolve over time?

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Build Change Social Facilitation 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). The story is shared via an intermediary – journalists, bloggers, or influencers: Metrics reflecting the sharing of the message with the target audience.

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Measure Social Media Media Metrics 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. To complement the Playbook, we organized a Peer Learning Exchange where participants could gather, share ideas and ask questions.

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Knowledge Goal Share Giving 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

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Case Study Social Media Conversation Studies 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. ” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network.

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Content San Francisco Technique Skills 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

ImpactRising.org helps to make standards of practice explicit, so that social sector organizations like nonprofits, NGOs and foundations don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Dan believed that “just a little financial help and encouragement” could facilitate our ability to do extraordinary things with our lives. I think he’d be proud.

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Consultant Resource Build Laptop 102

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. It is about making it possible for participants to capture, share, and reflect on what they have learned. Year in Review. 2015 will be another year of learning for me.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

The exact dollar amount that’s considered a major gift varies from organization to organization. For some organizations—especially those that are small or are just getting started—a major gift may be $1,000. Next, you should look at past giving patterns—both to your organization and to other nonprofits as well.

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Gift Strategy Raise Database 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Brand and reputation monitoring for a nonprofit or foundation. Disaster work.

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