Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. Even if your team has experience with brainstorming, make sure everyone understands the ground rules for this current session : Brainstorming is about generating ideas, not solving problems or making decisions.

Generation 94

Generation Ideas Arts Share 94

.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. We believe that each United Way community member, donor, volunteer, advocate, and employee must have equal access to solving community problems. We commit to using these practices for our business and our communities.

Associations 221

Associations Reflection Leadership Training 221

Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. By recruiting not just skilled staff but also key prospects and external stakeholders, these committees and their meetings can serve double duty: driving the campaign forward logistically and unlocking further engagement and generosity from all those involved.

Campaign 98

Campaign Structure Phase Review 98

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. How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide.

Design 105

Design Course Leadership Network 105

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

These questions should help you make sure you are recruiting people with the right skill sets who can represent experiences and voices that you may not have on your staff. Look to the intersectional problems faced by the community you serve and backtrack from there. Create structure.

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Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 90

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Therefore, it’s imperative that as a business leader you have the essential meta-skill to navigate your business with a thorough understanding of your current situation, vision to see the future destination, and the ability to create the path to reach it,” explains Rich Horwath , author of the new book, Strategic.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. Flickr Photo by qwrrty. Ask Good Questions.

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Skills Build Technique Language 50

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. We had to understand the problem and the challenge we were working on.

Design 128

Design Strategy Digital Technique 128

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. Mission statement and values on the wall.

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Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. Most often these new experiments have grown out of frustration with the fact that, despite several decades of rapid growth in philanthropy and nonprofits, many of the same social and environmental problems persist, or are getting worse.

Build 112

Build Change Social Facilitation 112

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Evaluation Program Attitude Nonprofit 52

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. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. Here’s a few ideas, concepts, and insights from the book that resonated.

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 106

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. Games can also empower players to help solve seemingly impossible scientific problems. In Philanthropy. Around Gender.

Difference 110

Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Facilitator bits. I'd like to see larger conferences incorporating an element like this--a structured opportunity for people to brainstorm with those who are outside their own personal networks. That said, the phrase "structured opportunity" is where MuseumNext suffered most. You did great. Vary the activities.

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Facilitation Reflection Museum Participatory 32

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time.

Training 98

Training Train Reflection Design 98

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

Model 53

Model Fund Social United States 53

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. Development. Implementation.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, one of the areas of inquiry as been Network Effectiveness which is part of Organizational Effectiveness area. The question has come up: Does leading networks require a different a skill set than leading organizations? Being/Doing Structure: The first day offered more structure.

Global 100

Global Structure Model Network 100

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. Invest in their team's continued technical and influential (soft) skill development. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

Authoring 75

Authoring Leadership Environment Team 75

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 10, 2016

Collaboration is emerging as a popular vehicle to solve complicated problems that our communities face. So what are the problems? The Problems: Sector institutional logics: Each sector has a logic that affects the willingness of a sector to agree on a project. The Process: The problems listed above are preventable.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Training Train Impact 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

What I don’t love is the lack of data they face, lack of support in nailing down specific problems, and that they have to go back to school on Monday. ” — Chris Worman , Restart Romania. Totally different set of measurement tools and skills needed. Also, how we facilitate our networks and sharing control to solve complex problems. “

Generation 100

Generation Romania Technology Measure 100

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Empower people to expand their skill sets based on their individual needs, rather than on a prescribed syllabus Encourage people to confront and solve problems together, working collaboratively on the organization’s. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. shared mission.

Collaboration 61

Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 61

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. Invest in their team's continued technical and influential (soft) skill development. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

Leadership 52

Leadership Authoring Environment Team 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. Invest in their team's continued technical and influential (soft) skill development. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

Leadership 52

Leadership Authoring Environment Team 52

NTEN

JUNE 2, 2010

The problem with working as part of a virtual team is the "team" part: how do you work strategically with others when you can't talk to them face-to-face? We've long been able to work outside the office individually, but we're entering a new paradigm where the very concept of the office is being rewritten.

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Virtual Team Work Course 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? Making: Ideation and Rapid Prototyping.

Design 50

Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Empower people to expand their skill sets based on their individual needs, rather than on a prescribed syllabus Encourage people to confront and solve problems together, working collaboratively on the organization’s. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. shared mission.

Collaboration 48

Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 48

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

Empower people to expand their skill sets based on their individual needs, rather than on a prescribed syllabus Encourage people to confront and solve problems together, working collaboratively on the organization’s. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. shared mission.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 44

Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Management. Denver Nonprofit Institute.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

BoardAssist

APRIL 15, 2014

Look for ways to structure real discussions among board members that will elicit commitment and leadership. 3) Focus on problems, challenges, or broad issues. Discussions of this nature will activate your board members’ various backgrounds and skills sets, not to mention their interest. 1) Focus the agenda on results.

North Carolina 55

North Carolina Discussion Issue Picture 55

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016). Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

Leadership 40

Leadership Develop Retention Phoenix 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

This is a lively community, mostly because of the expertise of people like Maddie, Lindy, and Tony who are skillful community managers. It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. However, the platform offers some excellent social features.

Channel 87

Channel Instruction Instructional Instructional Design 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

A crowd made up of diverse people with as many perspectives as there are people can, when faced with a question, problem or idea, generate a coalescing of sense and thence a consensus. Jon Husbands is a Listener, watcher and facilitator. From yesteryear to tomorrow Enter social software. Change agent who's been around many blocks.

Aggregator 82

Aggregator Model Leadership Method 82

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally. They're walking away with skills.

Interview 40

Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Set the expectation with stakeholders that undocumented requirements won’t be considered to facilitate a thorough analysis of the actual business process and outcomes to be supported. Their offshore developers “just take care of it, no problem”? What about development environments and tools?

Build 32

Build API Evaluation Exercise 32

Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

I wanted the details of the residency to be shaped by the people who got involved with it, so it needed a structure with an edge that could be pushed against in different directions. positioning them as experts whose skills and assistance were urgently required. What were the City Gallery goals for the project?

Interview 37

Interview Museum Badge Game 37

VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Or said another way, your new system most likely has created a more effective or efficient way of managing data and if you force the new system to replicate all the data content and structure of your old system, then you may bring many of the problems with your old data into the new system unintentionally.

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Platform Software System Facilitation 186