Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

But while many nonprofit organizations are attracted to promises of free licenses and a seemingly endless library of widgets, even more find themselves hopelessly tangled in fields of data and needlessly complex reporting mechanisms. Salesforce.com is a San Francisco company that makes an online database available to nonprofits.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

And, it isn’t just San Francisco, it looks like many nonprofits are beginning to understand that it is a waste of time to measure vanity metrics and it essential to focus on outcomes-based measurement as this high level overview from Froggy Loop Blog implies. How do we measure and track engagement to results?

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JULY 23, 2014

NTEN is hosting the “ Leading Change Summit ” in San Francisco from September 3-6th. 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.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Though Eric Ries makes it clear in The Lean Startup that a lean framework can and should be applied to existing organizations – in particular social enterprises – examples of longstanding organizations in the nonprofit sector wholly adopting the framework are difficult to come across. Not Just for Startups.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Its mission is carried out by more than one nonprofit organization. Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly San Francisco facilitates more than 4,000 friendly visits a year. Volunteers are matched with elders in San Francisco, and they form and build a relationship through home visits, outings, or common interests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This week I was honored to facilitate a mini-workshop, “ The Happy Healthy Woman Leader, at the Women Funded 2019 conference in San Francisco. Set aside 10 minutes when I first arrive in the morning to organize my day vs jumping in answering emails. Here’s a few examples: Take 10 minute walk everyday at lunch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

Gold Medaling in Social Media and Arts Organizations, guest post by James Nickerson. I have been a singer with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus for 10 years, and its social media manager for the last three. Above all, the Olympic sized theme we walked away with is Arts organizations lead the way in social media innovation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 And while you're there, be sure to give your event organizer a hug for me! San Francisco, California.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

The room was full, and participants came up with some terrific examples and options for their organizations. 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.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Part of the job of being a true philanthropy facilitator is showing donors how they might benefit from being a little more generous. Philanthropy” – aka “love of humanity” – works best when everyone wins – your organization, the donor and the community. Fundamentally, you are not your donor’s lawyer or CPA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It and Sean Waugh, San Francisco Opera.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. 5 Ways to Organize. Mastering relevant content marketing. In this post, I’ll explore the third strategy. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The program is specially design to leverage the power of technology in supporting women’s rights and social justice leaders and organizations to advance their work and impact. The participants represent a diverse cohort of 41 women’s rights and social justice leaders from 18 organizations from 11 states across the country.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

We love Know Your Own Bone because it uses data to help cultural organizations stay relevant in today’s ever-changing world. H er thoughts on personal facilitated experiences (PFEs) being the most remarkable way to connect with an audience are still influencing us. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Last week, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating the ultimate social media practitioner panel at the Social Media on Purpose Conference hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review. James Nickerson , Social Media Strategist, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Matt Fitzgerald , Attention Lab Director, Upwell.

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MAY 27, 2010

Listening can help your organization craft conversation starters , figure out how to best start engaging , identify social content that you can incorporate into your content strategy , identify potential brand ambassadors , or address a potential crisis early in the game. That is, you gain insight, can make a decision, or do something.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2013

Every month, TechSoup staff get together in San Francisco, Warsaw, and London to discuss projects and progress in one collaborative all-staff meeting. To facilitate these meetings, we use WebEx video conferencing solutions. At TechSoup, we also use ReadyTalk to facilitate our collaboration in smaller meetings.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more organizations are embracing the idea that collecting and measuring data and acting on what they learn from it can improve their work and better their services. Five years ago, the city of Portland, Oregon followed the precedent set by San Francisco and Chicago when it opened its data to developers. Here in the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. Social Impact Through Digital Games. Conferences'

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In a departure from its usual format, the August session of the San Francisco Online Community Meetup was an open forum. The talk, facilitated by online community veteran Scott Moore , delved into various facets of online community. The topic questions and responses are outlined below. It is the end of the age of one channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

The book is about self-care for individuals who work for nonprofits and how it scales within nonprofit organizations. If your organization has a story to share for our book, let us know. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. ” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. That’s where I met Kim Kastorff who is the founder of Kimpacto , a San Francisco-based advisory & consulting firm working across the U.S., Europe and Latin America.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

I've organized them into sections: creative ladies, yummy food, nonprofits/do-gooding, blogging/social media, and events, so that you can peruse the ones that fit your interests. December 8 (San Francisco): The Power of Women Leading from the Heart with Nina Simons * What posts, articles and events inspired you this week?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Field-wide capacity is never going to be built one organization at a time. Plus, it makes intuitive sense for funders to take advantage of their visibility into many organizations and look for opportunities to bring leaders together around a common cause. The model has a natural appeal. It’s a form of network building.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

API stands for Application Program Interface, and has become known for, in large part, facilitating the Web 2.0 Focus on the word “interface”, which means facilitating communication between two different applications. Twitter Twitter has long been a tool for organizing and bringing people together around topics of interest.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

SF New Deal began with a vision of San Francisco as a world class city that provides an abundance of support, opportunity, dignity, respect, and appreciation for small businesses and neighbors in need. SF New Deal launched in March 2020 as a rapid response to the COVID pandemic in San Francisco.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2010

Kami Griffiths, my co-worker and training facilitator par excellence organized a Meetup last Friday at the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind , which I was fortunate enough to attend. The presenters, Patty Quinonez and Shen Kuan were both power users of assistive technology themselves and experts at training others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The final phase is to design and facilitate in-country bootcamps with participants. (I’ll This year during Ramadan, Tunisia Telecom launched an initiative to support 14 charity organizations. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011). You can read more about it on the Tunisia Team’s blog.

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MARCH 19, 2015

Last evening, I attended an innovation lab or “idea jam” hosted by Greenpeace Innovation Labs and expertly facilitated by Michael Silberman. The campaign directors from around the world has converged in San Francisco for an annual staff retreat.

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APRIL 15, 2015

We were discussing the potential for cultural organizations to have significant impact across communities: on planning, health, education, and quality of life. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (which she directs) teamed up with the San Francisco Planning Department and the Knight Foundation to host the Market Street Prototyping Festival.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? From @amoration: I find we’re always both global & local, so many of us travel frequently that virtual organizing tools are essential even for “local&# endeavors. Inspire, empower and facilitate to take action.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In what ways are the two organizations similar? In a technical merger, both nonprofit boards agree to dissolve and then form a new organization. More common is when one board of directors votes to dissolve and transfer its assets to another organization. A neutral third-party facilitator is essential to the process.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

I attended a Knight News Challenge kickoff event in San Francisco recently. They'll be providing $3 million in grants to individuals and organizations working on civic participation. Facilitate these activities at either the local, state, or national level. The Kickoff Event: Getting the Scoop. Be brief and be visual.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. 2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. The program provides focused attention on key compliance issues for both private foundations and charitable organizations, plus practical walk-throughs of an IRS audit and an Attorney General Investigation. Fundraising & Grants. Jan 17 - 19.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Provide digital infrastructure to the 150 – 250 organizations through a public-private partnership with Microsoft. Establish local networks of individuals and organizations using social media to help build stronger organizations and more participatory societies. We created a network map.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 27, 2006

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders--I've started posting over at WorldChanging: San Francisco about local WorldChanging happenings. Shop Local First is a program sponsored by San Francisco's Small Business Commission and is being facilitated nationally by the San Francisco-based BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.

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