Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

In 2010, I launched the Networked Nonprofit with a flurry of speaking and training gigs literally around the world, while also designing and facilitating many workshops, peer learning groups, and coaching grantees as Visiting Scholar.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Date :October 24-25, 2012. Through a facilitated training, participants will work independently and in small groups to develop and share project plans for using social media to engage supporters. Location : Lexington, KY. Topic : Community-Driven Planning: Creating a Social Media Strategy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

RM: We started with a dozen leaders who responded to the call to join our first Outdoor Afro Leadership Team in 2012. I hope we can continue to deepen our community engagement while facilitating high-quality experiences. How have you scaled the organization to encompass more than 100 leaders in 56 cities across the U.S.?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It was updated in 2012, and the Office of the U.S. The organization facilitates support groups and conducts education programs to increase understanding and awareness of mental health issues, encourage treatment, and advocate for better mental health services for everyone. Donate to support their mission here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. Flickr Photo by Toddy. The word is ringing in the ears of nonprofit fundraisers and executive directors this year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2012

Juicy Blogging Circle: Grow Your Blogging Habit May 16-June 6, 2012 Virtual A fun group blog coaching experience! Receive ideas, tips, resources, and cheerleading from the Juicy Blogging Circle’s facilitator (me!). Hello Have Fun * Do Gooders! I wanted to let you know about 4 blogging workshops coming up, in case you're interested.

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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. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). What is the role of facilitators, consultants and intermediaries in these networks? What kind of frameworks/ tools/ approaches do these consultants need?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

After taking a break, I felt a lot like Hank – I just wanted to keep on resting. But in the quiet and last days of 2012 and the reflective moments in the new year, it was time to face the new year! It was a time to focus on family and health (I had my gallbladder removed).

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Tunisia NGO Facilitation Calendar 99

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2013

Last year, for her work on NTEN's Change journal, she received the 2012 Publishing Trendsetter Award. Basically, Annaliese brings a whole lot of awesome to the game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The primary function of a Content Management System—making it easy for non-technical staff to update content—helps facilitate constituent interaction by helping your nonprofit better attract and engage visitors to its website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2012

As someone who has facilitated panel featuring “poetry slam case studies” in Iambic pentameter , how could I refuse? The CTK Foundation has just launched the 2012/2013 Heart & Soul Grants , with over $55,000 to assist nonprofits like yours in accomplishing your mission.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2012

On May 24, I had the pleasure of facilitating our first webinar in our Microsoft Tips and Tricks Series, Creating Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint. You can now register for the next webinars in this series at the following registration pages: June 14, 2012 at 11 a.m. June 21, 2012 at 11 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. I had the opportunity to facilitate a table conversation about capacity building in transition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March, 2012 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. For the past four years, I’ve designed and facilitated panels on social media and nonprofit topics that were fun learning experiences and well documented. Hope you’ll consider a vote for our session.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2012

It's so powerful I wanted to bring it back again this year as 2012 comes to a close. EWF International provides professionally facilitated peer advisory groups for women business owners and executives. Two years ago, Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in her business' newsletter. Take a personal risk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

You can watch a facilitator give the group engaging ways to interact with one another and co-create content, but it’s often hard to see in the moment how those reflect intentional design choices, and understand how to use their approach in designing your own convenings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Funders develop service delivery projects, in this case around behavioral health, and used the efforts to facilitate policy change. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The final phase is to design and facilitate in-country bootcamps with participants. (I’ll The curriculum is based on the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit and includes social media strategy development as well as practical skills training. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

I delivered a keynote for Social Good Brasil in 2012 and for a conference on volunteering hosted by Fundação Telefônica in 2014. My co-presenter for the plenary was the amazing Marcelo Iniarra , who is a digital mobilization pioneer and fantastic presenter/facilitator. This was my third visit to the country.

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Learning Donor Online Fundraising 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

One person in the group facilitates and the rest of the groups participates. Last week, I participated in a free agent campaign called #takebackthepink – was launched shortly after January 31, 2012 when the AP reported that the Susan G. It can also be used in the middle of a project or strategy to learn while doing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

A federal district court ruled against the Authors Guild in October 2012, finding that HathiTrust’s process was fair use under U.S. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. – Guest post by Gale Berkowitz. Yesterday I attended the GEO session Learning in Public.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In its 2012 State of Inbound Marketing report , Hubspot notes that with inbound leads, the cost per lead is 61% less than outbound leads. The report also mentions that in 2012, small businesses plan to allocate a significant percentage of their budget (43%) towards inbound marketing ventures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

In 2012, Howard Rheingold facilitated the production of the “ Peeragogy Handbook ,” a practical how-to. This form of peer learning is at the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Look for a mobile-friendly payment processor that facilitates simple transactions on both mobile and desktop devices. Donors should be able to turn their gift into a recurring payment with just the click of a button. Mobile-friendly interface. 57% of nonprofit website traffic comes from mobile devices. Online and in-person payments.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

We were excited to have our first 2012 NTC Community Call last Tuesday! We’ve also added a couple new session types for the 2012 NTC educational sessions. In order to be better budget for the conference, we’ll make 750 tickets available at the Early Bird rate for the 2012 NTC.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated. Second, model out and scenario plan for revenue declines of 5, 10 and 15 percent. Do this with your senior leadership team and your board finance committee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” In 2012, while I still encounter a few skeptics, there is more often curiosity and questions about “How can we use a networked approach with more impact.” Low-technology settings require high-touch network facilitation. I noticed a big change in 2010, the year the book was published.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

Learning 92

Learning Seattle Knowledge Management Evaluation 92

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

One of the primary goals of a lean framework is actually achieving that failure as quickly as possible in a way that facilitates learning. " Former GuideStar USA CEO Bob Ottenhoff wrote about adopting lean at GuideStar before he moved on from the organization in late 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The day ended with a curated conversation on “ Data, Transparency, and Impact ” facilitated by the amazing Erica Mills and with Jane Meseck (Microsoft), Paul Shoemaker (Social Venture Partners) and Eric Stowe (Splash). kanter twitter.com/PreventionGeek… — Raye Shilen (@PreventionGeek) February 12, 2013. Funding Measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

He was the keynote speaker at the 2012 NTC this year talking about the ideas in his recent book, “ Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don’t Work.” From SXSW Session: Shut Up and Draw. I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

I want to sustain that focus throughout the year and apply to what I do — from content curation to blogging to facilitating trainings and developing curriculum. Be more of a focusing lens versus a fire hydrant. Networked NGO : I’ll be combing the two above in all my training work during 2012.

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