.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

When you cultivate the zeal for discovery and use innovation like an entrepreneur, your example ignites that excitement across the organization. Marc Benioff, Co-Founder and CEO of SalesForce, describes the goal like this, “A digital ecology is a network of interconnected digital systems that work together to create value.

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Leadership Associations Skills Digital 170

.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

That comment isn’t meant to cast shade; just to point out that although the bots are fun, there are still some hurdles involved in really putting them to work. Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences.

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Las Vegas Language Interaction Associations 221

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, that model is being challenged. What matters most in this model are values–and one in particular: equity. Who knows better than the people who are living the issues what will work best to address them? Those at the top decide. Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking. But what is it?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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Participatory Model Leadership Application 112

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. Horwath : Killing meetings.

Leadership 92

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 92

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue?

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Model Fund Social United States 53

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

No matter how hard we work, if we only do things as best we know how, trying to minimize mistakes, we get stuck at our current levels of understanding, skills, and capabilities.” Furthermore, he adds, “Working harder doesn’t always achieve better results. We need to make tweaks and try new ways of working.

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Learning Free Reflection Model 94

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Here are common trends and examples of areas where local news coverage has waned: Rural areas: Many local newspapers and broadcast stations in rural areas have closed or reduced their coverage due to declining readership and advertising revenue. This can include internships, research partnerships, and educational initiatives.

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Journal Local News Fund 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate.

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Facilitation Tips Camera Nonprofit 180

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

” It is the work flow documented and visualized that answers the question, “What if we get a negative comment? The product is a diagram or a series of diagrams like the one above for a large nonprofit facilitated by Steve Heye that outlines the steps. Does your organization have a social media work flow?

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Social Media Taxonomy Work Media 105

Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To reenergize your board and refocus their attention on your nonprofit’s priorities, use these best practices: Engage your board members in nonprofit strategic planning Empower board members to help with fundraising Create productive working relationships Your board is a powerful resource for your organization.

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Facilitation Consultant Relationship Roles 52

Blue Fox

APRIL 13, 2022

DEI work is about recognizing that our unique individual circumstances factor into our ability to succeed. It is also crazy hard work. But advancing equity and inclusion in ourselves and our community requires hard work and courage at the individual level.

Environment 78

Environment Professional Business Facilitation 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? I feel it stifles learning.

Facilitation 98

Facilitation Channel Social Media Global 98

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Have you ever heard the phrase “herding cats&# used for our work? I wanted to share the short “defense&# of Community Managers that I wrote to get your feedback as well as to gather your ideas, examples and so on of why Community Managers are important to our work! Do you have examples to share?

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Community Management Proposal Roles 198

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

Connectivity helps facilitate highly distributed groups of people to work on a campaign, project, or share ideas that spread with unprecedented velocity and reach. New power is behind some of the most impactful movements (and business models) of the decade. Examples: #BlackLivesMatter leaders, Candidate Obama, and Beth Comstock.

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Participatory Leadership Model Skills 116

Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2018

They make lighter work of big questions like this and can help inform decisions about organizational focus, resources, and strategies. To explain why, let’s consider the two most frequently used tools: wealth screening and custom modeling. How about some examples to illustrate these options?

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Model Organization Summary Facilitation 25

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Here are some examples: Rituals to Celebrate Success. Having a formal and consistent way to recognize staff who work hard can motivate others. Recognize Birthdays and Work Anniversaries: Look for a fun way to celebrate birthdays and work anniversaries.

Build 126

Build Reflection Celebrate Nonprofit 126

Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Some SUs might already work in their sandboxes and have limited admin privileges. Your Tier 2 staffing model will typically include both Salesforce Administrators (SA) and Developers. Tier 2 Support. These two roles can broadly be defined as follows: . SA: Typically, SAs are the owner(s) of the declarative solutions built in?

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Org Support Skills Knowledge 111

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. Horwath : Killing meetings.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

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! Sometimes at first you feel like – oh crap – this didn’t work and don’t even want to look at it again.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

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. Two oft-cited examples are the Strive network in Cincinnati, and the ReAmp network in the Midwest.

Build 112

Build Change Social Facilitation 112

AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This change in the standard practice may have you scrambling to come up with an event strategy that works best for your target audience. Here are some things that attendees are looking for from a hybrid event model! Well, yes, it may seem surprising but your hybrid event needs to facilitate networking opportunities !

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Virtual Facilitation Audience Video 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post called “ Why the Nonprofit Work Ethic Is Outdated and Needs Change ,” about why nonprofit professionals need to pay attention to self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. (The Gabriela says that senior leaders at her nonprofit model self-care.

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Culture Work Nonprofit Policy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

That holds us back from embracing networked ways of working. Having a networked mindset as you approach your daily work can help you get better results. Think about your current work. June Holley, an expert in networks and facilitating a community of practice of network weavers , defines some of these techniques below.

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Integration Network Work Linkedin 96

Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

Confirm that everyone is on the same page by restating the meeting’s purpose, expected outcomes, agenda items, and the roles that individuals will play (such as facilitator or note-taker). To ensure your success, think about following a specific meeting model or structure that’s best suited to the meeting’s purpose and your goals.

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Campaign Structure Phase Review 98

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. Remote working policy with flexibility.

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Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

Paypal is probably the most common online donation processor and it works, though it may not have all the bells and whistles of some other tools. It lets you choose from Stripe or Moolah to facilitate online transactions, monthly gifts, or EFT donations. It’s definitely not a “build it and they will come” model.

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Tools Online Giving Tips 75

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations.

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Accessibility eBook People Copyright 135

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ensuring your nonprofit’s technology is in working order should be one of the top items on your checklist. For example, DNL OmniMedia’s guide to the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) highlights the platform’s scalability. It is a key piece of your organization’s strategy and should support your mission and goals.

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Organization Consultant Application Integration 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. Model the Model. Connect Your Online Social Activity To Your Work. Don’t say you have notimetotweet. Lean on Your Staff.

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Social Media Adopt Time Media 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Gen N began to emerge, shaped by constraints like mask-wearing, abrupt work from home transitions, and lifestyle and health traumas wrought by the pandemic. And how did this work out? Whatever you did, evaluation is in order to assess what worked, what didn’t and why. What values will underlie your work?

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Nonprofit Digital Virtual International 135

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. Here’s some examples.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, if a nonprofit organization operates health clinics inside public schools, the Advisory Board might be made up of pediatricians, family physicians, and nurses, who could advise the Governing Board on how the model could best operate to meet families’ needs. Advisory members submit a pledge for what they can commit to do.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

I worked with Alexandra and her company to design a study that gather insights about social media usage and charitable giving. I will be taking my dream workshop – a workshop on methods for facilitating innovation using human-centered design principles from the masters at Luma Institute. LUMA Institute: March 19-20th.

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Conference San Diego New York City Social Media 113

Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

You’ll find their mission statements, creative fundraising examples , and how to connect with each of them below. Earth Day is a great time to support these initiatives, in addition to the year-round work that nonprofit organizations commit their mission to achieve for us all. When Is Earth Day? Clean Energy Leadership Institute.

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San Diego San Francisco California Conservancy 126

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

Project objectives: • To develop a transferable model for amplifying a diverse city’s grassroots innovation capacity through connecting diverse communities through key individuals. • To provide practical examples of how collaborative technologies can be exploited in a city context. You Examples. Presentation. Technology cards.

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