.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There was a time when associations didn’t think of their members as customers. What has changed over time? Use Data as a Connector Integrated planning isn’t a one-time event. Confront problems quickly and openly using objective information. Meetings can seem superfluous and a drain on precious time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2013

I enjoy meetings when there has been a lot given to the design and you have expert facilitators in the room because I not only learn about the content, but also learn some new facilitation techniques. If you are curious about more techniques, I suggest David Staker’s “ Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. With a silent auction, bidding takes place before the event happens, giving people more time to get involved. 5) Silent auctions.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

If you represent the American Bankers Association, financial acumen probably isn’t a problem. This is a concept that bears repeating, so don’t hesitate to remind the group, from time to time, where the buck stops. Meeting new colleagues is easier when someone facilitates introductions. Be sure to allow time for questions.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

There was a time when associations didn’t think of their members as customers. What has changed over time? Use Data as a Connector Integrated planning isn’t a one-time event. Confront problems quickly and openly using objective information. Meetings can seem superfluous and a drain on precious time.

Collaboration 221

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. Anyone who works in the nonprofit sector knows it’s not for the faint of heart.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It turns out one of the most important strategies for our time is the ability to effectively generate, exchange, and adopt new ways of doing things. Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The problem might be something you’ve never considered. ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability. Maybe stale programming is stopping the love? Could the issue be trust?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

When performing a facilitated discovery in advance of a tech change, unknowns are surfaced, assumptions are validated, refined or debunked, and obstacles to adoption and long-term viability are removed. More times than not you will be richly rewarded (see innovation & growth below). Here are our top 3 reasons: 1. Trust them.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

BoardEffect states that an annual board self-assessment may help the board prevent problems leading to liability issues and that the results of an assessment can highlight topics for future board discussion and consideration. Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

That is the world nonprofits using large data platforms exist within, and it’s taking up needless time, money, and effort to maintain. The inherent collaboration of nonprofit organizations globally drives the need for structures that facilitate exchanging nonprofit data. So, we arrive at an impasse.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

In that event, you want to make the case to your boss for the best answer to your problem. If you do get a new full or even part-time hire approved, and want to use a consultant/coach to help train them, that’s a good use of outside expertise. The problem to be addressed is highly technical. When to hire a consultant 1.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

We often talk about the role of philanthropy and the ways in which it must grow and innovate, how it has changed and evolved with the times, reacting to crises, wars, economic downturns, and more. Leaders of grassroots organizations have a depth of knowledge of their communities and creative ideas and solutions to complex problems.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

We solved this problem with Storyraise , a solution for nonprofits to create digital annual, impact, and donor reports. By facilitating instant donations within the context of a story, Storyraise fundraising technology empowers audiences to translate their emotional response into tangible impact with just a few clicks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. A tech staff, with some time on their hands, could have an out-of-the-box AI interacting with your members fairly quickly. How hard is it to add a bot or two to your team?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the greatest it can be. But it won’t happen unless you facilitate it.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

This is a challenging time for associations. 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. Initiatives that seem more urgent.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

I write a LOT about the role of the fundraiser as “ philanthropy facilitator.” Philanthropy facilitators don’t do the work for donors, but with them — standing by their side along the journey. Except it’s not “fundraising” so much as what I like to call “ philanthropy facilitation.”. Because… money.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 29, 2023

What problems are you hoping to solve with new technology? Attempting this process independently can be time-consuming and challenging for your staff. They can also offer facilitation and decision-making tools to ensure your entire staff feels heard, helping you work towards organizational consensus.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Clarity refers to the nonprofit’s ability to concisely and effectively integrate the four storytelling framework elements referred to above (problem – solution – impact – ask), preferably in multiple formats such as audio, video, images, and text.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2022

The only problem? We are here to educate, facilitate and communicate,” he said. “We Cardwell said this ability is crucial, especially at peak times for donations, such as the end of the year. The process to complete the transaction took several phone calls, paperwork, and more than a week to complete. “It

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this piece, I aim to demystify how exactly Candid goes about collecting better and more timely data and numerous ways we offer data that will help nonprofits achieve their missions for free or at a discount. Add real-time data. The best data There’s a lot of data about nonprofits and giving out there, so what makes Candid different?

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Why You Should Run Your Nonprofit Like a Business. However, all corporations, whether “for profit” or not, need to solve a problem and create value for others. However, all corporations, whether “for profit” or not, need to solve a problem and create value for others.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2022

This culture can bring about the desired outcomes of staff, volunteers, and members who reflect the community, having a team possessing strong problem-solving skills, and leadership that embraces innovation. This takes time. Consider using a trained facilitator for this kind of training to address these concerns.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The message was clear: Dig into the potential of AI to solve some of the world’s pressing problems. More importantly it was about innovation and partnerships between those who are close to the problems and techies. The panel was facilitated by Di Dang, Google Developer Design Advocate.

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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2021

I’m trying to figure out how to share the extent of the problem with my boss, but I have no idea what will help us solve this nightmare. Here’s what I’d recommend: I’d like you to schedule a meeting with everyone who uses the database and facilitate a few fact-finding sessions. We don’t have any real data experts on our team.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). Ultimately, TBP is about facilitating community self-determination, helping partners envision and create the future that they want.

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

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Easy Unsubscription Process: To enhance user control, Gmail now mandates that large senders facilitate easy unsubscription for recipients. These changes are a positive initiative by Google to reduce email spam, a problem that affects Gmail users, including nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

When I facilitate staff retreats or workshop on wellbeing in the workplace based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , we do some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment , identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan and addressing cultural norms.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

That means now is the perfect time to take stock of where your organization stands, especially as we head into the always-busy year-end giving season. Integrations allow data to flow freely from one platform to another, making it easier to generate the performance insights you need to make strategic improvements over time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Clive Wilson My favorite part of the book is the " 10 Questions on Engagement," that all start out with, To what extent.does your organization facilitate opportunities for engagement within and between all stakeholder groups, so that they may share perspectives, learn and grow together in support of the organization's purpose?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I’ve been facilitating nonprofit workshops and staff retreats focused on creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. The conversation surfaced some interesting questions and ideas.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2022

Cody : Often it feels like my most important role is to facilitate conversations between different team members, and to provide context and translation when the conversation is between the tech team and other roles. Give us an example of what you’ve been working on lately? Deborah: It is helpful if you are a full-stack developer.

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