Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a convening on “Data Informed Philanthropy” hosted by the Packard Foundation – not only was the content compelling (stay tuned for a post on that), but it was also a fantastic opportunity to observe one of the best facilitators I know, Allen Gunn from Aspiration.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

Leadership ColLAB strategies for your association Leverage these can’t miss methods at your organization: 1. Overall processes were stagnant, outdated, and lacked innovation. MacRae suggested following the “three P’s” and asking these vision-related questions to improve your association’s culture and sharpen your mission: People.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. We make information into data when we explicitly attach it to a question and explicitly or implicitly connect it to an approach for making sense of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

We are so focused on getting things done, checking it off the to do list and the forward momentum that it requires, that we miss an important opportunity to hit the pause button, reflect, and improve process. Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes – Guest Post by Kelcie Tacchi. Define your Call to Action.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you choose this route, you’ll need a transparent process for how you select from those who apply. Alternatively, you could forsake a participant application process in favor of shifting power immediately. Methods of participation that are easy, meaningful, and joyful. Address Potential Conflicts of Interest.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a nonprofit, you likely use a variety of methods to promote your services and gain more support—two of the most common being email and website marketing. That way, both methods can inform each other, taking your marketing efforts to the next level. Easily facilitate newsletter registration with a fully embedded form.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

The questions we hear often are about how organizations can identify and adapt designs to meet the evolving needs of their audiences and ensure that the mission resonates deeply. While understanding audience needs is the basis of all good strategy and user experience processes, end users often get lost or deprioritized in the design phase.

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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. Understanding: Methods for Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. We chose the latter.

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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. Reflection requires hitting the pause button and asking and answering questions. It is asking the simple question of how to improve a process, project, or even the meeting itself.

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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. Do you have a preferred method?

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 22, 2023

While donations and grants are traditional revenue streams, here’s a question to give some serious thought. One method is through launching an online store. A well-integrated system can facilitate these upselling opportunities seamlessly. Are you leveraging every possible revenue stream for your nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. The questions: What do you hope to learn today?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

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. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

The stark impossibility of maintaining the status quo, and the limitations of clunky manual processes were harshly brought to light. The 4th edition of the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Trends Report highlighted the positive impact nonprofits have experienced from investment in new payment methods, technologies, and skills.

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sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

Only when a gift officer starts talking to a prospect via the qualification and the cultivation process can you know how much someone will give to your organization. Here are three methods for fine-tuning your gift capacity estimates. When your gift officers know which relationships could be useful, they can facilitate an introduction.

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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. Does your organization incorporate a process for capturing informal learning that help improve what you’re doing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Take a look at any nonprofit dashboard and the most effective ones probably have an organizational process that lies beneath. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods.

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Neon CRM

MAY 12, 2023

You can jog your members’ memories of their interest in your organization by answering two general questions: What did the organization do for members this year? Let’s break these questions down a bit. Remove All Barriers Have you tested your membership renewal process? What did members do for the organization this year?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Weave the answers to these questions into your narrative fabric. Your recruitment strategy should be multifaceted, combining traditional methods with digital innovation. Incorporate compelling visuals, testimonials, and a seamless sign-up process. Why does your mission matter?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The four key questions are: What data to collect? All measurement processes start with defining objectives or outcomes. The Playbook includes a few examples and methods for doing this.

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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. Can participants apply the skills?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As we all know too well, making a lasting change in behavior is rarely an easy or straightforward process. If they do, they are typically “resistant” learners, often questioning the value of the technology. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion.

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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. I have read a lot about these methods , but you cannot really under it until you experience it.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

There are many types of technology and other management tools available to assist in this process, and now is the time to take stock of your technology and the tools you are going to use to track your data. Interviews and focus groups - The desired outcome of this type of method is to solicit data without any influence or bias.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

We’ll explore: Types of fundraising software to consider 7 essential fundraising software features to look for 5 steps to buy fundraising software 5 questions to ask when buying fundraising software It’s worth taking the time to research potential solutions, discuss options with your team, and deliberate before coming to a final decision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Tailor your fundraising messages and methods to specific donor categories based on their preferences and behavior. Funder assessments and donor feasibility studies are critical at this point, especially when advanced prospect research is integrated into the fundraising process. One size does not fit all. Do you have a fundraising plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

The workshop includes a facilitated process based on the “ World Cafe ” method where participants work in small groups to discuss the challenges in the workplace and how to address them. So, the big question, how do you prevent this or turn it around? Here’s a process that you can use at a staff meeting.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

For example, you might improve your follow-up methods for both first-time and experienced patients. Post-visit behavioral and lifestyle adjustment: The patient follows treatment instructions and makes lifestyle adjustments to facilitate healing and well-being. That said, let’s explore these tips in more detail.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

The process was a collaboration in itself, with TSNE MissionWorks , and Essential Partners serving as co-hosts. World class facilitation and guidance was provided by Essential Partners, with the revered Dave Joseph serving as facilitator-in-chief. Talking about and planning the evaluation process well before the grant begins.

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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 ). Here’s a blog post by Rachel Dearborn describing the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Day 4 of the Train the Trainers E-Mediat was designed and facilitated by the capable SMEXbeirut Team – including Jessica Dheere , Mohamad Najem , and Naeema Zarif.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Use your CRM and fundraising software to compile reports that include data like how users found your donation form, their giving method and amount, and if they engaged with you online or in person. This way, you can note which engagement methods were most successful and focus your energies accordingly in the future!

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

We’re going to cover types of eLearning assessments through the following questions: What is an eLearning assessment? Multiple-choice assessments are those that pose a question with three to five accompanying responses. Learners are asked to choose the one correct answer that aligns with the question asked.

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