Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. Research has found that negatives narrow our vision. By contrast, positive emotions and experiences broaden our perspectives and build up our mental resources, facilitating increased innovation, social connection, and solutions.

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MAY 29, 2023

Do the research. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. We strive to include diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work. We commit to using these practices for our business and our communities. Adopt a pay equity policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

5) Send Myself A FutureMe Email: I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. Year in Review.

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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. Moments in which best practices, know-how, and insights are exchanged, streamlined stories are high leverage strategies to make knowledge memorable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2020

This paper is the culmination of nearly two years of research including literature and landscape reviews and dozens of interviews with experts around the world. The field of AI4Giving is just beginning to take shape with promising new technology platforms helping nonprofits scale and improve their fundraising practices.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Write A FutureMe Email: I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post-dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. Year in Review During the first two months of 2020, I taught workshops and facilitated digital transformation innovation labs in London and Warsaw.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

As equity emerges as the lynchpin of decades of investment for generations of impact, Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) is clear on its role to facilitate the shift from discussion to tangible action and offers deep data to affect the course of racial equity as a relevant lens for environmental philanthropy.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

Exploring the Growing Power of Women in Philanthropy The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) aims to increase understanding of women’s philanthropy through rigorous research and education, interpreting and sharing our insights broadly to improve philanthropy. Our research shows that 70% of giving circles have a majority-women membership.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After you’ve considered your foundation’s readiness and decided this approach makes sense, here are some practical, actionable ideas for developing participatory grantmaking in your funding institution. Or you might invite a broad group of people to participate, including applicants, residents, donors, researchers, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

That’s why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation – and these days it is an important leadership skill. In preparation, I’ve been studying the research and best practices for productive meetings.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Members from organizations like the National Governor''s Association , Community College Research Center at Columbia University , and the National Conference of State Legislatures , served as content experts who guided the team planning using best practices from the field. Ann Duffy, Facilitator, Education First.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

MRIs are not an IRS-recognized class of investments but a publicly stated practice of aligning profit-making investments with broad organizational goals. To ensure that their values-aligned investments also generate profit, foundations often turn to mission-related investments (MRIs).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. The researchers at Stanford have offered up some simple fixes for reducing zoom fatigue.

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Candid

MARCH 7, 2024

Technology facilitates our ability to work from home. Research has shown that detaching at the end of each workday mood, sleep, stress levels, and workplace attitudes. It may take some practice to see what strategy works best for you. But when you’re working from home, it’s too easy to simply keep working.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. Research, Research, Research . Register for the 2021 Collaborative to put your conference networking tips into practice. Leave Room for Serendipity .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

The OneCause guide to awareness campaigns recommends researching local businesses in your area that have similar values and missions, as they are more likely to understand the issue your organization is working to solve and how it’s affecting the community.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively. Research and advocacy: Conduct research on the state of local journalism, produce reports, and advocate for policies that support the industry.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 4, 2022

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on best practices around sharing tax information with donors. Dear Not a Tax Lawyer, While it’s not your job to be your donor’s financial or legal advisor, it is your job to be their philanthropy facilitator. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. His research focuses on nonprofit governance, strategy, and organizational effectiveness.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Community leadership, based on my research and consulting with foundations, combines the defined concepts of collective leadership, civic leadership, and community engagement into a comprehensive approach that seeks to work alongside communities—geographic, identity-based, or faith-based—to create a positive change.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2022

Ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is a focus and priority for any organization takes intentional effort, hard work and practice. Consider using a trained facilitator for this kind of training to address these concerns. Research on organizations deemed innovative have found repeatedly that diversity improves these outcomes.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. The researchers at Stanford have offered up some simple fixes for reducing zoom fatigue.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Research show’s that the level of giving in the United States has remained static over the past 40 years. Adrian Sargeant and Dr. Fund the development of a website to facilitate peer-to-peer evaluations of nonprofits. Encourage and promote best practices in social media. Improve the quality of bequest fundraising practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Capacity building includes both money (grants), consultants/technical assistance, peer learning/communities of practice, and collaboration. As a trainer and facilitator, the work I do with organizations and networks, often on behalf of a foundation for its grantees, is capacity building.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

To meet needs, they co-fund professional development in areas like fundraising, strategic planning, facilitation, evaluation, racial equity work, marketing and communications, storytelling, and more. . Funder coalitions working at the city or state level can pool their resources to support data and research that backs policy change.

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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. This past year was my 5th year (and last) as an adjunct professor at Middlebury College.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Click here to read Brian Spicker's "Research Friday: The Real Impact of Collective Impact". posted by Annalise Parady , Director of Development. for Vive Peru.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 15, 2024

By taking advantage of more traditional methods as well as leveraging social media and peer-to-peer fundraising best practices, you’ll be on your way to hosting a winning event! Research local companies who share similar values as your organization and have a corporate philanthropy program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

2: Practice Mental Distancing. It is also important to practice information hygiene and consume news from trusted sources, especially medical information. Here’s some more tips on how to practice mental distancing. #3 There are lots of useful resources created by nonprofits to help facilitate kindness and mutual aid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. Above all, silence facilitates clear and creative thinking and quiets negative thoughts. One practical technique comes author Don Altman ( 101 Mindful Ways To Build Resilience ) calls the “three-minute mental vacation break.”

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the top five best practices to enhance your healthcare organization’s website: Optimize the user journey. Or, you might group website visitors based on their user intent, such as those who are visiting your website to schedule an appointment, find a doctor, or research medical information.

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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. Now that we know what the research says about the benefits of rituals, nonprofit leaders should view the creation and fostering of rituals as essential, whether for the entire organization, your department, or team. Having a workplace flexibility policy can facilitate it.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Development professionals employ six practices to be successful in their role. Embracing a long-term view of these practices not only unlocks your nonprofit’s growth potential, but also builds and reveals your own professional aptitude for organizational leadership. Your proposals serve to gain their interest and “buy-in.”

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

Post-visit behavioral and lifestyle adjustment: The patient follows treatment instructions and makes lifestyle adjustments to facilitate healing and well-being. Insightful, keyword-targeted content: Perform keyword research to get an idea of what your audience is searching for.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX). Incorporate accessibility best practices as you design or update your website to ensure you offer a positive user experience for all users, no matter their age, ability, or device. Intuitive user experience. Accessible content.

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