NTEN

JUNE 9, 2014

That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience. Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. A fun way to bring in a few extra donations is to start a range of cute merchandise sporting your nonprofit’s logo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the pandemic, interested soared in learning how facilitate better virtual meetings. I’ve also facilitated many nonprofit staff retreats and convening and provided training for other facilitators.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2014

All this summer weve been introducing you to the facilitators who will make the three tracks so memorable. Lisa is an internationally renowned facilitator and educator known for her use of Open Space Technology and other participant-driven dialogic and interactive methods for engaging deeper reflection, learning, and interchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the pandemic, interested soared in learning how facilitate better virtual meetings. I’ve also facilitated many nonprofit staff retreats and convening and provided training for other facilitators.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

.” — Alex Osborn, How to Think Up , 1942 seminal book on concept off brainstorming The process of getting a group to generate and build on others’ ideas depends on how you facilitate openness in the group. Today, Claire will be the facilitator. The primary roles are idea generators and facilitators. Give everybody a turn.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Teri Carden, Founder and CEO of 100 Reviews , facilitated a panel discussion on how to turn your next great idea into gold. Sharon will facilitate a 360-degree discussion about trust. The “fun stuff” at Solutions Day. Non-dues revenue is a hot topic in any business climate. Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the past few years, interest soared in learning how to facilitate better virtual meetings has soared. I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings. Joyfulness : This was my theme in 2022, but I’m repeating it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 9, 2012

The third blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the wonderfully wise, Christine Egger. Christine is a facilitator, network weaver, and catalyst. How do I have fun and do good? But I’ve found the most-fun-and-most-good-doing kind aligns best with the word’s origins. I create conversations.

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.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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. But it isn’t impossible, if you follow best practices for virtual facilitation for meetings. The next step is to facilitate a discussion. And it was fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips. There is always lots of laughing!

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

We now provide you with our new breakout room feature within Workshops to facilitate concentrated conversations. Further networking for attendees who are not already acquainted is so much easier when they remember distinct, fun facts about each other. We love putting like-minded individuals together in a brainstorming space!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

When I facilitate meetings or workshops for nonprofits, not matter the topic, I incorporate many participatory approaches and design thinking methods. Sometimes I give participants red dots to use for voting, other times I might use fun stickers like those above. To make fun, you can use emojis.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

The challenge is part of the fun, right? Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity. “Stuff” is coming your way. I don’t know exactly what your “Stuff” will be, but I promise surprises are part of the package. No leader expects an easy ride.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2023

Facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising. For example, you might plan and host a fun run to help fund your animal shelter’s increased veterinary needs and to hire a new vet tech. You might: Plan fun activities, such as a live concert or free luncheon. Facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising. Plan kickoff and wrapping up events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

This year my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation includes training, coaching, and facilitating peer learning sessions for grantees on using social media effectively, becoming a Networked Nonprofit. It has been incredible laboratory to put the big ideas in the book in practice. Techniques for More Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

It is a fun activity that gets a few laughs, people moving, and replenishes energy. Adding some music makes it more fun. The pandemic has inspire a new breed of online collaboration apps that facilitate drop in video chatting for serendipitous conversations that your team might want to test. That is the dance floor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

As the facilitator or meeting host, you can also judge whether you have allowed for enough time by watching the note-taking process in the google document. A more fun way to do a meeting icebreaker or check-in, is to use breakout rooms. For fun, here’s a pandemic bingo card. You put 2-4 people into each breakout room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I’ve been facilitating nonprofit workshops and staff retreats focused on creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 7, 2011

Here are 5 have fun, do good letter writing ideas: 1. Emailing and texting may increase the frequency of communication, but nothing can replace the subtle messages, and beauty, of individual handwriting, the color of ink and the weight of paper. Make your own cards! I love Strathmore's collection of blank cards. Be a do-good pen pal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

It’s time to up your virtual facilitation and convening skills. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 24, 2021

You might also need to have one of your event managers monitoring the online forums in each session to monitor and facilitate the gamification. Fun things to include in your in-person event are public shout-outs! Those are fun, and you will be able to mix and match the treasure hunt to include physical and online items!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2019

Facilitate this natural phenomenon by encouraging team fundraising within your event. Either way, putting an element of gamification in place creates more engagement and an element of fun that is sure to make a difference in your event. Encourage team fundraising. Add social fundraising to your event.

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DipJar

JUNE 23, 2022

PITTSBURGH, June 23, 2022 – DipJar, a giving technology platform, today announced the Early Access release of DipJar Online, which will enable nonprofit organizations to create goal-driven, campaign-based fundraising initiatives that facilitate multi-channel donor engagement. New and existing customers can sign up for early access here.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

Particularly for peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising, mobile capabilities have become crucial in meeting donors where they are, providing a simple, fun donor experience that results in higher turnout, increased revenue, and better year-over-year retention of event participants, donors, and P2P fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

So often, nonprofit fundraising efforts are facilitated and driven by staff members. Make it easy and fun for them, touch their hearts, and give them some love. Is your staff prepared to make the asks, attend the events, mail the collateral and try some Facebook fundraising ads? What’s wrong with that? Happy fundraising season!

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

The key is making participation fun and frictionless. It empowers participants by giving them something fun and social to invite friends and family to. Tools that allow participants to create individual or team fundraising pages and share updates on social media facilitate this. Events also help tell the story behind the cause.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

Event gamification elements, like a virtual scavenger hunt, can go a long way to facilitating networking at your virtual event. . Mix things up by adding a fun session or two. . Over time, group members will naturally start to connect with one another, reducing the need for major facilitation or oversight. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2020

Live scoring also makes the round more fun and competitive because golfers can easily see where they stack up against other teams during the event. Sponsorships are often a key piece of fundraising revenue for golf events and technology can facilitate a number of sleek, high-end exposure opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Recognize Birthdays and Work Anniversaries: Look for a fun way to celebrate birthdays and work anniversaries. This could be over a meal, or might involve doing a fun activity together outside of work, such as a hike. Rituals to Build Relationships.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When you’re planning your end-of-year fundraising campaigns, you really won’t want to miss out on all the fun the holidays provide. And if you commit to joining in on the spooky festivities, you can also develop some frighteningly fun fundraiser ideas your horror buff donors will love. Fall carnival.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

I'm an alumnus mentor of Nancy White's Online Facilitation Workshop. I have never learned so much in my whole life and had fun doing it! Even better, the other people I met through the workshop -- other professionals who do online facilitation, support communities of practice, and work with web2.0

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This is the foundation of your event’s digital presence, so use your software to build a branded event landing page that makes learning about your event—and signing up—fun and easy. The right software can facilitate changes to your event registration process that might otherwise be daunting or intimidating. Where will it take place?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Through carefully curated programs hosted by trained volunteer facilitators at various schools and community centers, they’re able to create a curriculum that features courses on common issues many girls face. Fundraising should be fun, that’s why it’s called FUNdraising, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

Lots of fun to show off our neighborhoods or our dogs. Here’s a fun process to establish meeting norms during a pandemic that can be done online. There are lots of useful resources created by nonprofits to help facilitate kindness and mutual aid. I’ve been using FaceTime or Zoom to go on virtual walks with people.

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