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.” There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. This also helped participants think about what small group they wanted to join during the breakout groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for facilitation and interactive processes. That’s why I’ve keep a good list of meeting facilitation playbooks such as Leading Systems Change handy for inspiration.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

An emergency campaign can help you raise the money you need to effectively deal with the problems at hand. Platforms like Amazon Smile , iGive.com, and ShopRaise help your donors passively donate to your organization every time they shop online. Micro-donation programs. Virtual wine + cheese-tasting. Online networking event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! The photo above is from a mini-workshop I did as part of Wake International’s “ Tech2EmpowerUSA.” Photo by Equal Rights Advocates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Visual Meeting Workshop by David Sibbet and Rachel Smith - Based on Sibbet's book Visual Meetings. One of the techniques that they used that I loved was to provide a graphic template for your personal learning journey to internalize these skills.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Don’t miss the Community Brands virtual workshop: New Year, New ME (Member Engagement) , on December 14 from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM, ET. This 3-hour virtual workshop includes four interactive break-out sessions to drive member engagement at your association in the new year. Learning program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” Needless to say, I learned a lot and wanted to capture some of it here as well as the Tweet transcript.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

Akilah workshop. After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional Networking workshop for second year students at the Akilah Institute for Women. I got an opportunity to do a workshop with second year students during their IT class.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For professional associations, these resources can help your members stay informed and up-to-date in their field. Think about the ways you can help your nonprofit’s members connect! Training and Workshops Your nonprofit can offer training programs and workshops where members enhance their skills and industry knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. 1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Recently, a nonprofit professional said to me, “I don’t have time to learn anything new because I have too much work to do.” Yet, we know that learning continuously in a complex world is critical because otherwise our skills are quickly outdated. That’s the future.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Bellevue, Washington: Microsoft Azure IoT Workshop. Monday, June 5, 2017.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In addition to the info-packed sessions and workshops, these conferences provide invaluable opportunities to connect with other fundraisers, share ideas, and encourage each other. We hope this will help you choose the conference that’s the best fit for you and your passions! Learn more about AFP ICON 2024. They’re the best!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

For over twenty-five years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Nonprofit conferences are a great opportunity for industry professionals to hone their skills, network with their peers, and learn innovative new strategies to help their organizations thrive. Report The Nonprofit Email Report Learn More 4. Here are 10 nonprofit conferences in 2023 and 2024 you shouldn’t miss!

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2024

Getting your CFRE certificate is a process through which you can learn even more critical skills to enhance your professional work. Passing the CFRE exam demonstrates you’ve done the work necessary and have the skills to develop relationships with donors, increase volunteer engagement, and lead a team of skilled fundraisers.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

To help start your year off strong, consider prioritizing these five fundraising ideas today. Consider showing your donors some love by: Calling new or recurring donors (or asking your board for help) to express your gratitude for their support. This multi-channel approach not only helps diversify your funding streams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

For over twenty-five years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. If you’re doing social media and you’re trying to be perfect, get over it – you won’t learn how to improve what you’re doing. Schoemaker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

It was a great learning experience from both a process and content perspective. The idea was that if they knew each other’s knowledge and skill related to the project, it can help everyone can be more effective in delivering the social media training because one person or team doesn’t need to know everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. Training Design.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

With 50 groups in 20 countries, there's probably a NetSquared group near you (but if there isn't, we'd love to help you start a new meetup ). :-). Or learn how to use Excel better? Need help finding the right WordPress plugin for your website? Toronto, Ontario: Tech Connect Workshop. Friday, February 6, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

I’m giving my support as well as sharing my teaching and technology skills with Women’s Rights organizations in Ukraine. We need to raise an additional $10,000 through this crowd funding campaign to help bring as many women’s organizations as we can to training in Kiev in October.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Last week, I was honored to do the keynote workshop at the Peel Leadership Center’s TimeOut Conference in Toronto, Canada. This conference is an opportunity for executive directors to build skills in resilience as part of a day-long seminar. Bringing Movement Into the Workshop. You can learn more about it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Of the 50 studies we reviewed just one started with the question – “ What skills, capacities are needed to help us achieve our mission? How will we build those skills and capabilities ” The rest of the studies we reviewed made the assumption that stronger organizations lead to increased impact.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When you work at a nonprofit or public library, it might feel like you constantly need to learn new skills to stay on top of emerging technology and adoption. Thankfully, there are many free or inexpensive training programs that can help you polish your technology skills. Register now for online training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they help me to gain focus and clarity. Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Year in Review.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2011

Successful technology training has less to do with technical knowledge than with other abilities such as communication skills, patience, interpersonal skills, flexibility, and empathy towards learners struggling with new technologies. There is not one right way, and no two workshops are ever exactly the same. read more.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 2, 2023

They contribute their time, skills, and passion to support the cause, all without expecting anything in return. Identifying Your Needs Before designing a volunteer engagement program, you’ll want to evaluate your organization’s needs and determine the specific tasks volunteers can help with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

About a year ago, Mario Marino reached out to me and several colleagues with some provocative questions about e-learning in the nonprofit sector. Mario and his colleague, Katie Paris explained that this was part of a landscape or mapping process that they were doing to get an understanding of the e-learning space.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Byte Back is a nonprofit computer skills and career training center located in Washington, D.C. Glenn taught himself the skills needed to maintain and repair computers. Byte Back works to fight low wages and ensure STAR (Skilled Through Alternative Routes) workers get the paychecks they deserve. Programs and Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

Keynote : Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Be Networked, Use Measurement, and Learn from Your Data – I shared some high level ideas from my book and discussion about the three big themes. Mini-Workshop: Content Curation for Professional Learning. How many of you take the time to do that with your groups?”

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2016

Now, I'm no Houdini, but I predict that your New Year's resolutions are noble, high-minded stuff like "find a mentor" or "learn a new skill every month." We'd love to help you start a new meetup. Las Vegas, Nevada: Office 365 for Nonprofit Workshop — FREE! Upcoming Events.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

Whether we’ve convened in-person or virtually during a global pandemic, our Salesforce.org nonprofit community never misses an opportunity to celebrate, learn, and imagine a better, more equal world — together. Now, keep reading for more details on our new learning opportunities…. Reason #3: Learning Labs & Hands-On Training.

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