Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this guide, we’ll review the top nine credit card processing solutions for nonprofits and best practices for choosing the right platform. Look for a mobile-friendly payment processor that facilitates simple transactions on both mobile and desktop devices. 30 Best Practices to Optimize Your Nonprofit Donation Page.

Process 86

Process Paypal Method Nonprofit 86

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.

Arts 95

Arts Design Collaboration Analysis 95

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. Becky Hayes Boober described how the Maine Health Access Foundation provided $10 million investment for mental health integration initiative that integrated care in over 100 practice sites.

California 95

California Policy Seattle Texas 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

There were slightly less crossed-legs and arms and more curiosity and questions like, “What are the best practices? ” 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.”

Social Network 96

Social Network Network Social Online 96

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.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. The process is simple.

Review 97

Review Social Media Action Strategy 97

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. Before this case, I’m not aware that there had been an explicit discussion of the legality of the practice of granting individuals with disabilities access to images in alternate formats.

Accessibility 205

Accessibility Copyright Law Library 205

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.” ” I’ve gone back to his workbook based on his first book to practice and improve visualization skills and thinking as well as drawing.

Data 97

Data Chart PowerPoint Slides 97

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.

Social Media 96

Social Media Media Social DC 96

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

Teaching The Essential Blog Content Development Workshop I loved co-facilitating the Essential Blog Content Development Workshop with Elizabeth Soutter of Da Momma: Motherhood is Not for Wimps , and Julie Weckerlein of Julie and Martin. Having a ritual, practice, or totem can help you be more conscious about your online time.

Blogher 81

Blogher San Diego Green Conference 81

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. How to use learning to improve practice. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

Learning 92

Learning Seattle Knowledge Management Evaluation 92

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

For an organization trying to adopt lean practices, getting leadership on board and willing to support experimentation and indeed supporting opportunities that can lead to failures is critical. One of the primary goals of a lean framework is actually achieving that failure as quickly as possible in a way that facilitates learning.

Organization 64

Organization San Francisco Adopt Facilitation 64

Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Industry and policy leaders shared information on the current state of African electronics recycling and refurbishment policy and practice. The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya.

South Africa 50

South Africa Africa Conference Results 50

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.

Reflection 102

Reflection Technique Journal Teach 102

BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

Earlier this year, BoardSource launched Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices , which is a comprehensive scan of current nonprofit board practices, policies, and performance. 58 percent of chief executives say it is difficult to find people to serve on the board — up from 44 percent in 2012.

Government 40

Government Leadership Nonprofit Facilitation 40

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. It's why I felt the need to dive into visual facilitation and thinking techniques as a way to cope with getting "content fried.". By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

Content 62

Content Exercise Technique Journal 62

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

To address this need, we’ve been operating the DIAGRAM Center , a research and development hub working to set standards, generate best practices, and design tools to ensure that images found in digital content are accessible to everyone. One of our goals is to lower the cost of making an image accessible by at least a factor of ten.

Copyright 196

Copyright Law Accessibility Library 196

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The social enterprise model that connects marketing and financing has shown some success in addressing social problems with revenue not solely generated from donors and the government (Artz, Gramlich, & Porter, 2012). By meeting the levels of social responsibility set by B Lab, any entity can become a B Corp (Hiller, 2013).

Model 53

Model Fund Social United States 53

Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

A short competition also enabled participants to put what they learnt to practical use by conceptualizing business plans. It has facilitated the opening up of access to good quality raw data from statistical agencies in North Africa and the Middle East, which is being shared with individuals, institutions and the public at large.

Guinea-Bissau 52

Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Africa Data 52

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an internationally recognized trainer who has developed and implemented effective sector capacity building programs that help organizations integrate social media, network building and relationship marketing best practices. She has trained thousands of nonprofits around the world. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

Social 28

Social Nigeria Student Cancer 28

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

He aims to have an “opinion-free” practice. Beth has over 35 years working in the nonprofit sector in capacity building and has facilitated trainings for nonprofits on every continent in the world (except Antarctica). She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. It was hardcore. Results were all that mattered.

Causes 28

Causes Nebraska North Carolina Lecture 28

Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

In December of 2012, the rock musician Beck released his latest album, Song Reader. As Beck puts it: I think there’s something human in sheet music, something that doesn’t depend on technology to facilitate it—it’s a way of opening music up to what someone else is able to bring to it. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

Participatory 52

Participatory Arts Music Learning 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2022

Giving 150 local communities £1 million each with no strings attached: This is the leap of faith the National Lottery Community Fund took in 2012 when it established a nonprofit organisation called Local Trust to deliver Big Local, a programme that puts money directly into the hands of communities across the UK.

Place 98

Place Fund Tech Local 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

I’m speaking at three events as follows: Monday, April 2, 2012, 11:30 am. I will be facilitating a panel discussion with: Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. To understand why organizational culture and standard operating procedures are important to developing and maintaining data/infoviz practice.

San Francisco 89

San Francisco NTC Conference NPO 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

We wanted to equip users with the tools to choose organizations and projects that matched their criteria or decision set, and to facilitate that, we needed to be inclusive. Tell us about GuideStar’s role in helping NGOs get their messages to their audience and how does WhatsApp facilitate this?

India 93

India NGO South Africa Profit 93

CauseVox

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This annual “Global Day of Giving” event takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving (this year it’s Nov 30 which might feel late but is sneaking up fast) and has helped to amplify year-end fundraising efforts for nonprofits and charitable causes since 2012. On GivingTuesday 2020, over $2.47 You can get started for free here.

Campaign 87

Campaign Fundraising Social Media Case Study 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

The infographic also summarizes some best practices for nonprofits for crowd funding platforms: Tell engaging and personal stories to connect people to their fundraiser in an authentic way. The Knight Foundation has published a Giving Day playbook which is filled with best practices that nonprofits can use on crowd funding platforms.

Practice 129

Practice Data Statistics Meme 129

Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

Each one originated from a different source: reducing or eliminating the charitable tax deduction for some taxpayers (Congress); payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) being requested by state and local municipalities; and elimination of joint allocation of costs (an accepted accounting practice). Mittendorf, B. 2013a, April 23). Langley, A.,

Time 20

Time Donor Research Issue 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2012

By the time you read this post, I’ll be somewhere in the air between California and India to facilitate a “Networked NGO” training for NGOs in India that are Packard Foundation grantees. My article is the lead story in the June, 2012 NTEN Change Journal ! More about that later. But I have some exciting news!

Content 108

Content Benefit India Journal 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

I had the honor facilitating a session on measuring impact with Greg Baldwin and Jay Backstrand from VolunteerMatch discussing how their approach to measuring impact over the past decade. Fail Faire DC 2012 is a celebration of failure as a mark of innovation and risk-taking hosted by the World Bank.

Learning 115

Learning Impact DC Culture 115

sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Next up is to get carriers in other countries to adopt a similar practice. Processing a credit card transaction or facilitating a financial transaction will always have a cost. Smartphones are flying off the shelves and tablet sales are expected to boom by 2012. But that’s a blog post for another day. smaclaughlin Beth.

Trend 75

Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 75

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

New computer and internet technologies would facilitate direct connections between individual users anywhere in the world, using web- based platforms provided by companies like Craigslist, eBay, Airbnb, Uber, and Grubhub. Racist practices familiar within capitalism are also reproduced in the platform economy. A Capital Conundrum.

Platform 140

Platform Technology United States New York 140