Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts.

Reflection 103

Reflection People Network Colorado 103

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Especially with the increased use of social media tools to help community building activity around causes or specific organizations. Think of it like this: In “Community-driven Social Impact,” the driving is up to the community; but you can act as the vehicle and event the map for those “drivers.” So, what is that opportunity?

Case Study 117

Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Forum One

APRIL 13, 2023

This is a good point to get representative members of different teams in a room together to map out the current service delivery. Some activities we like to do with our clients include stakeholder interviews and workshops, preliminary service blueprints, and an ecosystem map. Journey maps are a critical service design artifact.

Phase 46

Phase Design Service Storyboard 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners.

Reflection 56

Reflection Wiki Instruction Instructional 56

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Improving Business Process with Process Maps : Is it really an improvement if you can’t measure the impact? Consultant and nonprofit CFO Stephanie Skryzowski will guide you through effective strategies to help your leadership and board actually grasp your financial metrics.

Blackbaud 86

Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 86

Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Seattle, Washington: Help Nonprofits Upgrade to Windows 10. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. Baltimore, Maryland: Google AdWords and Free Tech Help. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media.

Netsquared 36

Netsquared Burkina Faso San Francisco United Kingdom 36

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This is a good point to get representative members of different teams in a room together to map out the current service delivery. Some activities we like to do with our clients include stakeholder interviews and workshops, preliminary service blueprints, and an ecosystem map. ? Need a primer?

Phase 46

Phase Design Service Storyboard 46

Forum One

APRIL 11, 2023

Service design can help by improving your audiences’ experience with your communication touchpoints and lead to higher engagement and more conversions with calls-to-action. Service design can help you increase internal efficiencies and reduce redundancies, thereby making a more efficient process for your team that saves you time and money.

Design 71

Design Service Social Chicago 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

I’ve been teaching workshops, training other trainers, and developing curriculum on “networked nonprofits,” literally around the world, and one of the first topics we address is understanding your network. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013.

Measure 105

Measure Social Media Media Map 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Then the project first launched, we invited the community to help us build the curriculum on a wiki. Together, NTEN members and other nonprofit techies/trainers, developed and delivered workshops and webinars based on the community-generated content.

Remix 93

Remix Help Wiki Social Media 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

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. There are two different lens to think about network mapping.

Professional 101

Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

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. Hike during staff retreat.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 19, 2012

Inspired by things I learned in Lisa Sonora Beam's visual journaling workshop a couple years ago, and by my recent interview with Christine Mason Miller for the Arts and Healing Podcast , I've been pasting at least one image a day in a big 'ole journal. What tools have you used to help you find your way during times of transition?

Images 62

Images Map Time Journal 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. 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.

Training 98

Training Train Reflection Design 98

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Here’s what the NTEN team said about voting: We received more than 400 ideas this year — a 75% increase over last year — and we need your help to narrow those down to the 100 or so that will make the 2011 NTC the best one yet. Workshop: Using Community Organizing for Effective Online Campaigns.

Proposal 134

Proposal Louisiana NTEN Map 134

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. We worked in small teams.

Facilitation 132

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2023

These tools can help organizations incorporate brand-new fundraising strategies or revamp their traditional events to make them much more engaging. These enhancements can also help you reach a larger audience. Fitness tracking also allows organizations to expand the reach of traditional walks, runs, rides, and other distance events.

Platform 77

Platform Charity Trend Badge 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2009

Last week, I had an opportunity to participate in a two-day workshop was designed for Packard Foundation grantees, from across the Foundation’s funding areas, who lead and manage networks or accomplish much of their work through networks. The workshop, facilitated by the Monitor Institute, was focused on Network Effectiveness.

Social Media 65

Social Media Map Foundation Network 65

Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Your One-Page Fundraising Road-map. In addition, she trains people with webinars, in-person workshops, and 10+ e-courses. Mazarine helps nonprofits grow better leaders. She’s trained over 12,000 people from 2011-2017 and helped nonprofits raise millions more. In this webinar you’ll learn: 1.Fundraising WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Fundraising 52

Fundraising New Jersey Empowerment Stream 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. More recent books on these methods include Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo and Visual Meetings by David Sibbet (I took David Sibbet’s workshop on visual meeting facilitation and wrote up some reflections here.). But wait, paper???

Facilitation 139

Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. New Zealand Workshop: Burning Questions.

New Zealand 96

New Zealand Arts Australia Open 96

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

." Interactive: How America Gives – How America Gives – The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas – The Chronicle of Philanthropy has launched a great new tool: an interactive map of giving data in the US.

Web 137

Web New York City Bookmarking Contest 137

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Staff members were at the core of the map. They reorganized the map into clusters. Observations.

Network 124

Network Map Exercise Nonprofit 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

I feel the learning is richer and more sticky. Peer exchanges help participants not only form good habits, but they also naturally start to collaborate and work in a networked way. Even more importantly, the practice of connecting measurement and decision-making will help organizations improve practice and results, and document value.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The right software and tools can help you clear that plate and find a wide range of benefits for your association. These tools can help you minimize busywork, grow your membership with intelligent tech, straighten up your finances and much more. Some high-tech resources are available to help you grow and empower your membership.

Associations 140

Associations Professional Software Tools 140

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Today in Beirut there were peaceful protests , but in another part of the city the E-Mediat project participants gathered for the first day of the Train the Trainers eight-day workshop. Once we mapped the network on the wall before our eyes, we reflected on the following questions: * What are the points of connection?

Network 99

Network Build Exercise Map 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. He told a story that someone in one of his workshops to teach these methods asked him, “So what are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

Design 128

Design Strategy Digital Technique 128

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! It gives me the opportunity to impart what might help someone else be successful.

Generation 80

Generation Arizona Phoenix Philanthropy 80

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Before they officially launched the competition, the TechSoup Europe team members mapped out Warsaw technology-for-good communities and groups — some they had already worked with and some they hadn't. The winners will participate in a series of workshops to help them develop their go-to-market strategies.

Data 36

Data Europe Romania Map 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Each day we’ll be sharing tips, resources, and nonprofit success stories that will should save you time and help you get better results. Come join us. It also help you analyze your content strategy beyond posts on the wall posted by the admin of the page. My LinkedIn Network Map – a set on Flickr.

Social Media 95

Social Media Practice Media Social 95

Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

Get hands-on help at a social media surgery, or learn about databases at a meetup or discover the top tech trends of 2014 at one of our panel discussions. Melbourne, Australia: “Purpose driven profit” workshop. Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits Workshop: The Essential Elements of Storytelling. January Events.

Netsquared 47

Netsquared United Kingdom Kenya Ecuador 47

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Although they are not an IRS requirement, compelling annual reports can sway potential donors and show current donors how their money is helping your organization to make an impact. 2) It makes it easier for the user to interact with the report, which can save space and help keep things concise. Donate Life America.

Report 85

Report Template Org Nonprofit 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

Analysis 95

Analysis Social Network America Network 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Even more importantly, the practice of connecting measurement and decision-making will help organizations improve practice and results, and document value. Having this network map on the wall during the whole training, let us as the trainers acknowledge the expertise and knowledge in the room. 3. Create A World Fusion Curriculum.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. In addition to bringing clean energy to buildings, BlocPower also stepped in during the COVID-19 crisis to bring free Wi-Fi to the South Bronx and help mitigate the impacts of the digital divide that COVID-19 has so clearly brought to light.

Organization 98

Organization Massachusetts Org Africa 98

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Last month was a monster for NetSquared - we held 48 events during Social Media September , including 14 workshops and nine social media surgeries. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Cambridge, UK: Social Media Surgery - hands on help with social media. We’d love to help you start a new meetup.

Netsquared 57

Netsquared Guatemala San Francisco Kenya 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

Mini-Workshop: Content Curation for Professional Learning. Knowledge mapping: By working closely together, colleagues build an understanding of each person’s particular knowledge and skills. The number one thing we can do to help groups learn is to create space and time for reflection. How do we do that? Accountability Buddies.

Conference 110

Conference Grant Network Learning 110