Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

If we want people to be innovative, we must discover what is important to them, and we must engage them in meaningful issues.” — Margaret Wheatley Uncertain times call for certain strategies The pandemic underscored the importance of innovation during times of uncertainty. Today, Claire will be the facilitator.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This is all the more reason to hire a high-quality nonprofit board retreat facilitator. And though you may feel it’s risky to hire a facilitator from outside your region, they may also provide a unique perspective and even greater results. More than 80 percent of board retreat facilitators have never run an organization.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly. If positive interpersonal dynamics characterize your group, the right ingredients are in place. You’ll want to enlist directors with influence to champion the idea.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Innovation was a “need right now” rather than a “maybe later,” and nonprofits were forced to join the twenty-first century — breeding all kinds of virtual solutions. That brings us to the state of nonprofit fundraising today. 9 Modern Nonprofit Fundraising Methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Our article, “ 8 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Adopt AI Responsibly, ” published in the Stanford Innovation Review was listed as the ten top most popular articles of 2023. Training & Facilitation: I have maintained an active schedule of leading workshops, facilitating retreats, and presenting.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That steep trajectory isn’t a good fit with the speed of innovation required to navigate digital markets. However, there are takeaways from the holacracy that can help any organization become more nimble, innovative, and customer/employee-centric—all traits associated with digital transformation and success in digital markets.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

A healthy balance sheet is the source of innovation, impact, and engagement. Meeting new colleagues is easier when someone facilitates introductions. So how do you make the financial report a bingeable presentation? Is that even possible? Yes, you can get people to put down their phones and pay attention.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 13, 2023

When we first conceived of the book, Transforming Disruption to Impact , our goal was to spark conversation about the innovations and adaptations that have been vital to sustaining the power of volunteers despite the many disruptions we have all experienced in recent years. The post Introducing our Book Group Facilitation Guide!

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 29, 2023

They know all there is to know about the latest technology offerings from the most innovative AMS vendors. They can also offer facilitation and decision-making tools to ensure your entire staff feels heard, helping you work towards organizational consensus. Offer industry insights into the best software. Download now

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2017

The design lab was facilitated by Pete Maher, founder of Luma Institute. I learned so much about the taxonomy of innovation and really practical techniques, that I took the facilitation training. I started incorporating facilitating design labs as well as the techniques into my training practice ever since.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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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. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

It’s easy to demonstrate the correlation between diversity, innovation, engagement, and increased revenue. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. Set clear expectations, and then allow creativity, innovation, and enthusiasm to flow. Do the research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

” It is a social innovation toolkit for those who work in the development sector. The overarching objective of the toolkit is to increase the innovation capacity of development practitioners. How could they present easy-to-use worksheets but avoid an overtly ‘design & innovation’ identity?

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

Overall processes were stagnant, outdated, and lacked innovation. How to build and maintain trust at your organization Sharon Rice, Managing Director of.orgSource , facilitated a session on trust building during disruptive times. Growth was occurring at ENA, but at a significantly declining rate.

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF) and Challenge Factory are proud to be teaming up with Scotiabank to facilitate the Veterans and Small Business Community Challenge (VSBCC).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Year in Review During the first two months of 2020, I taught workshops and facilitated digital transformation innovation labs in London and Warsaw. Training & Facilitation: I have been facilitating online meetings for many years and when the pandemic hit, I was very busy teaching these techniques to nonprofits around the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This enables organizations to maintain an integrated view of their interactions with each individual, facilitating personalized outreach efforts. The nonprofit CRM as a lever for fundraising innovation Integrating a nonprofit CRM system like Bloomerang can redefine fundraising efforts.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Are there connections we can facilitate? Ultimately, we wanted to build a community of trust that CDOs can turn to for answers they can’t find anywhere else, on issues related to innovation, impact, fundraising trends, and change management. Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.”

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. By contrast, positive emotions and experiences broaden our perspectives and build up our mental resources, facilitating increased innovation, social connection, and solutions. However, our task as a sector is about more than survival.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? Take for example my colleague Eugene Eric Kim who shares his facilitation toolkit which includes links to his favorite Post It notes and markers. When I facilitate training, I use analog and digital tools and materials.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2022

This culture can bring about the desired outcomes of staff, volunteers, and members who reflect the community, having a team possessing strong problem-solving skills, and leadership that embraces innovation. Consider using a trained facilitator for this kind of training to address these concerns. This is what impedes innovation.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Together, participants collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. To raise the bar in digital innovation, nonprofits can explore new ways to drive more engaging, impressive, and effective digital experiences by coupling modern tools to work together through composable architecture. Not Loving GA4?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Innovating fundraising with CRM integration Implementing a nonprofit CRM system like Bloomerang is about more than just managing donor data. This led to more innovative, tailored fundraising initiatives. Efficient communication: Integrated communication tools in CRM solutions facilitate personalized and effective donor outreach.

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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. Facilitator Guide: [link]. The Process Steps in Detail.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“Trust in companies from global companies is in decline, worry over societal threats and establishment leaders misleading us is growing, while peers are as trusted as scientists for information on new innovations.” – 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer A couple of weeks ago, I facilitated a discussion through UST Education about trust and associations with (..)

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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. Nonprofit leaders understand the importance of continuously innovating, so what is holding them back? Organizational learning. Decision-making.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Before impact investing became a buzzword for innovation in philanthropy, foundations were looking for ways to use assets to do more than generate profit for grantmaking. How does impact investing differ from program-related and mission-related investing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The panel discussions were focused on Responsible AI, Human-Centered AI, and Scaling Innovation. More importantly it was about innovation and partnerships between those who are close to the problems and techies. The panel was facilitated by Di Dang, Google Developer Design Advocate.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

We often talk about the role of philanthropy and the ways in which it must grow and innovate, how it has changed and evolved with the times, reacting to crises, wars, economic downturns, and more. At its very root, derived from the Greek word philathropia , philanthropy means “to love people.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

The summit will be an opportunity for deeper peer learning for nonprofit change makers in three theme areas: digital strategy , impact leadership , and the future of technology. I’m excited to be co-facilitating the Impact Leadership track with colleagues John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Identify staffers who can be your IT ambassadors and fill these significant roles: Strategists Strategists are the visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity throughout the organization. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers. Fear of failure keeps employees from innovating.

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

As the executive director, you facilitate an International group that is service-oriented and driven by women. Deliver Delight Allison’s podcast, Disruptive CEO Nation is a place where her curiosity and questions connect listeners to innovative company founders and thought leaders. Women who join Zonta are doers.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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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. Making: Methods for Envisioning Future Possibilities.

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