Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. Next comes a lead gift committee and a campaign cabinet or steering committee, followed by a range of additional ad-hoc groups assembled to tackle other needs as they arise in the quiet, kickoff, and public phases of the campaign. Kicking off the conversation.

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Campaign Structure Phase Review 98

Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

Here are some ways to practice that effort: Active Listening Sessions I encourage structured listening sessions where team members take turns sharing their thoughts and concerns, while others actively listen without interruption. Focus Groups Don’t forget to talk to your fans directly! They can even be done virtually!

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Audience Design Exercise Test 79

The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

By Marie Webb We all woke up one morning to the possibility of chatting with our computers to access information, and generative AI suddenly seemed to be everywhere, ushering in a transformative experience. Do you want to understand the difference between a task force, a working group, and a project team? AI can assist.

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Language API Generation Structure 59

Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

This critical research informs many of our current practices. We encourage our smaller grantee partners to start by building strong relationships with their existing funders, who often can help facilitate introductions to other funders in their networks and may know about additional funding opportunities.

Relationship 93

Relationship Build Organization Philanthropy 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Facilitation Training Train International 50

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Often, this means conducting periodic focus groups, needs assessments, or surveys. Often, this means conducting periodic focus groups, needs assessments, or surveys. Create structure. Structure is crucial to developing and sustaining an effective advisory committee. However, structure does not have to mean rigidity.

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Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 90

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]. … Read More

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Practice Thailand Asia Reflection 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. This is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. A structured process has a number of benefits.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The good news is that facilitating networking in a virtual setting is quite simple. If you are thinking of hosting a virtual networking event, we have some tips that can help you with the planning and facilitation process. Some ways to provide value and structure: Bring in a popular industry figure or thought leader.

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Virtual Hosting Network Industry 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

Here is a write up about how the toolkit was designed and piloted, but of interest is how they framed the design challenge of designing the toolkit: How could they structure it so that people could dip in and out without having to wade through theory first? Learning Loop: Develops a clear plan based on what has been done before.

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Method Ideas Adopt Facilitation 116

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Throughout the session, we’d divide into smaller groups or pairs to learn from each other more collaboratively. Not surprisingly, their perception was that the conversation had been poorly facilitated and had no structure! I didn’t get the correct information, or perhaps my contact didn’t know. Keep calm and carry on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

Early bird registration ends on July 31 and scholarship information is here. While participants in each track will explore their topics in depth and in the context of a facilitated structure, there will be inspiring keynotes and opportunities for networking for all participants. I’ll pick a winner by July 3oth.

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Registration Leadership Impact Change 128

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Subsequent action steps are grouped according to your level of fundraising development: Getting Started, Advancement (somewhere further along), and Going from Good to Great. Segment your donor base : Use the information from the report to segment your donor base effectively. The post starts off with general guidance.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

At this time, you should also establish business contact information including location (can be a residential home) and email address. Develop a disclosure statement that communicates to donors that information about the nonprofit can be obtained from the state authority or the organization itself. . Get ready to start fundraising. .

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Organization Files Nonprofit Grant 130

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. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. I design and facilitate a day long, in person meeting every other month dedicated to one of these topics.

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Game Community Impact Media 195

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

An advisory group and planning group gave crucial input about the strategy and tactics for this event. As far as I can ascertain, this series was the first in which grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients came together in equal numbers and met as peers for reflective structured dialogue. Both groups can help by: .

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Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

Assembling a group to travel to one of the organization’s work sites and volunteer. This structured approach works well for busy members who want to make an impact but don’t have a lot of time and like to be plugged in exactly where they are needed. Advisory Boards Need Structure. How will communications with the group work?

Roles 111

Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Group Photo with Certificates. It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

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. Improve internal information systems.

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Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. ” This books updates their experiences and provides easily understandable, field-tested information on how to form and manage social-impact networks.

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 106

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Who owns the information collected? We define success, we decide what to measure, we collect the information, we own the data, and we don’t share the learning from the process. As Moukhtar Kocache described in Deciding Together , this challenges “a pre-established framework, which means we never really see what groups do and don’t do.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 85

AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The good news is that facilitating networking in a virtual setting is quite simple. If you are thinking of hosting a virtual networking event, we have some tips that can help you with the planning and facilitation process. Some ways to provide value and structure: Bring in a popular industry figure or thought leader.

Virtual 52

Virtual Hosting Network Industry 52

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It often includes powerful and well-connected people, and you’ll want to make sure that the meetings are well-planned and structured. Let the group know where the campaign stands. Present the name and offer simple information about their history with your organization (if they have one). How much money has been raised?

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Gift Volunteer Campaign Phase 52

Forum One

APRIL 27, 2021

Your content strategy should be used to inform content creation and migration planning, wireframing, and placement of content in the design and development stages. With a structure that allows for consistent and unified messaging, a website can create a compelling, immersive experience. Clear calls-to-action.

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Content Strategy Map Audience 47

Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Types of fundraising software to consider When you think about fundraising software, you probably first think of online donation platforms that allow nonprofits to facilitate online gifts. Crowdfunding involves raising many donations, typically small gifts, from a large group of people. Crowdfunding functionality. Donor profiles.

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Software Guide Fundraising Platform 90

Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Nonprofit database segmentation allows you to structure your data to support reporting, personalization, and overall engagement. What You Can Do With Nonprofit Database Segmentation Broadly, nonprofit database segmentation is the process of breaking your donors into specific categories based on the information you know about them.

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Database Guide Nonprofit Gift 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

When should you (and when shouldn’t you) consider starting a peer learning group? What role(s) might a funder play in initiating and implementing a peer learning group? How can insight generated by the learning group be made more broadly available? For many groups, meeting in-person is key, particularly in the early stages.

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Learning San Francisco Structure Knowledge Management 97

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. The Structure Lab is set up as a "game" in which you explore cards in various categories (values, assets, financing, etc.) to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept.

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Structure Model Social Profit 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The ways in which social networks are designed for interaction among the members of an organization can create a network of support to improve teamwork, as well as create the highest level of information flow to stimulate ideas. As part of a.

Research 90

Research Leadership Develop Peru 90

Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I can focus solely on the sessions that I want to go to for me , rather than feeling any pressure to go to sessions solely to bring information back to my colleagues. Structurally, these are collaborative/conversational sessions. Steve Spiker and Steve Backman are facilitating this session with me. I love it.

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Time NTC DC Org 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions. Around Gender.

Difference 110

Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

This format is structured the same as in-person conferences. When setting up an online event, you must first establish deliverables and key information. It should include your event schedule, detailed information about each session, participating vendors, and event sponsors. What is a Virtual Conference? panel discussions.

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Virtual Conference Hosting Library 98

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

What does the decision making and organizational structure look like? Then create an advisory group to steer the process. The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry. What level of interest and incentives to learn and implement evaluation are present?

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Instruction 52

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

information goods can be shared forever. repeat x 1,000 groups per year. but that coul emean imposing a structure. – don’t know if that’s true necessarily, could be determined by the partners putting on and participating in the event what kind of structure and context the event has. Absolutely.

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Gift Wikipedia Case Study Facilitation 108