The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

With the right mindset and techniques, fundraisers can transform what feels like a burden into a rewarding experience of community, purpose, and achievement. Organizations should consider “wrap-around events” that provide a seamless fundraising experience integrated with meaningful activities.

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Challenge Donation Tips Fundraising 59

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

More specifically, datamaking is an action whereby we transform information into data so that data can contribute to knowledge. The Creative Power of Datamaking Focusing on the action of datamaking opens a world of possibilities for developing knowledge. The key force in the formula is that data is actually a decision.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Mary Joyce leads a session on digital activism using the Story of Electronics. Day 3 of the Train the Trainers session was devoted to Digital Activism and facilitated by Mary Joyce. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy. Mary did a fabulous job!

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Activities Active Activism Digital 92

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. Technique #1: Rose, Bud, Thorn (Understanding).

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Design Strategy Digital Technique 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Co-Designing and Working with Other Facilitators and Trainers. Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action. Group Polling Techniques and Tools.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

Use A Structured Process like “After Action Review”: One easy way to incorporate team reflection is to integrate a review process at the end of a project and include others from your organization not directly involved in the project. This is known as an “ After Action Review ” or “AAR.” What works?

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Reflection Structure Journal Technique 94

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If your organization maintains an active presence on social media platforms , include social media links on your website. This repetition not only increases the likelihood of individuals taking action but also reinforces the importance of your cause and the urgency of their support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

It’s time to up your virtual facilitation and convening skills. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned.

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Facilitation Virtual Effective Technique 163

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among the many techniques Briceño teaches, the book also offers four tips for helping your team continuously advance their skills, even when it feels like there’s no time to problem solve: Why most managers often misuse praise—and what you should do instead to help your team improve. a focus on what you have mastered to "we don’t know."

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Learning Free Reflection Model 94

sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This guide will delve into actionable strategies to help organizations like yours elevate their fundraising with employee giving. or gamification techniques (e.g., Plus, it can be as easy as leaving a collection box at a corporate office or store and facilitating pick-up after the drive has run its course.

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Impact Giving Strategy Gift 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

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. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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Training Train Reflection Design 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. Here’s the video if you want to see it in action).

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Training Train Brain Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Effective learning that creates results and transfers to action over time starts with unleashing people’s existing knowledge – they need to pull forward pre-existing information. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. Having a formal closing to your training helps extend the learning to action.

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New Zealand Arts Australia Open 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. This is one of my favorite books about instructional design, especially if you are designing professional development activities for nonprofit staff or other trainers. By Vicki Halsey.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

This week I was in Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive Festival where I presented or facilitated at several social good sessions or events. ” One method that some nonprofits engage in to improve an event or campaign is an “ After Action Review.,” How can we improve the activity the next time we do it?

Global 98

Global Social Artist Technique 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Support national partner Facebook chats, blog carnivals, and other networked advocacy activities. Key influencers take action, including media. intense days of meetings. The design incorporate many interactive learning techniques to ensure that participants were actively learning and sharing, and not falling asleep!

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Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Synchronous Facilitation Practice Second Life 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Effective webinars need to have “processing&# or “interactivity&# breaks for participants to digest the material or else they not pay attention to the content. An easy way to do this is to pause or take a breath after ten minutes to answer questions or give participants something active to do rather than passively listen.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Learning Network Organization Classroom 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. It is also important to target the right level of authority. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Sparking action in a community encourages advocates for community engagement; it can be a “potential catalyst, seeking to fan an initial flame.” This is connecting and interacting with others, building relationships, cultivating awareness and ensuring these actions are purposeful. Outreach leads to an action.

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Arizona Method Nonprofit Relationship 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

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 ). Which profiles are you most active on?

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

Data visualization techniques are used not only to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data. The report also includes a reference to this excellent tool for evaluating an organization’s capacity to do evaluation activities. delivered). one to five years) and what success will look like.

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Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Workplace flexibility creates a need for better skills in facilitating virtual meetings and hybrid meetings where some participants are in the room and others participate are using audio-only or video conferencing platform. That’s why I’ve added a new workshop on running and facilitating effective virtual meetings.

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Facilitation Virtual Effective Practice 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

That’s why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation – and these days it is an important leadership skill. It forces us to do better active listening. But many meetings end up being a complete waste of time. A Table Stack for Cell Phones.

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Product Research Laptop Summary 50

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

Here are 5 strategies to activate and sustain Brand Leadership in your organization: 1) Start with Leadership Obviously, Brand Leadership must start with leaders. When leaders lead, they are constantly sending signals to everyone through behaviors, messages, decisions, and actions to positive or negative effect. How do we do it?

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Leadership Strategy Nonprofit Collaboration 220

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

The Packard Foundation has recently published a report commissioned from the Monitor Group called “ Ideas Into Action: Reflecting on Three Years of Building Network Effectiveness.” Low-technology settings require high-touch network facilitation. For consultants, networks expertise is an addition to standard skills.

Social Network 96

Social Network Network Social Online 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

Today, we had an amazing conversation and interview with Cecile Richards and Tom Subak to learn more about Planned Parenthood 's Social Media Strategy and their movement building techniques. And, yes the whole balancing act of how you facilitate that without controlling it.

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Story Platform Build Organization 90

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

The Playbook features a highly practical toolkit that consists of facilitator agendas and worksheets for nonprofit staff to apply the ideas and frameworks. This activity helps you articulate why a culture of philanthropy is important, your values, and the way you work. One useful technique is called “walk-a-mile-immersion.”

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Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Think carefully about the cost of your fundraising activities and the long-term impact your nonprofit potentially has on your community. Don’t risk accidentally spending more on your fundraising activities than you raise. . Your nonprofit’s fundraising team should be consistently using your data to improve your techniques!

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Our charge was to teach back-to-back simultaneous workshops covering social media strategy for NGOs and social media tools. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. . Tactics is doing, moving, and acting.

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Social Media Training Train Media 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2015

This year I designed and facilitated a highly interactive session called “ Walking is Work: Don’t Call It A Break ” with Ritu Sharma. I also lead a conference networking walk following the session. This post summarizes some thoughts and reflections. .” Photo by Jim Nickerson.

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Reflection Work Exercise Culture 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2007

The first part was a presentation , the second part an action learning exercise over two weeks, and the final part a discussion to reflect on what was learned and putting tagging into practice. I gained some valuable insights about participants approach and reflections about tagging.

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Exercise Reflection Tag Beginner 50

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2011

Online advocacy doesn't work in a vacuum - it works best when it's part of a thoughtful integrated campaign that combines offline and online actions. Congress wants to know who is facilitating the messages and what side of the issue you're on. Otherwise it looks like your campaign is simply there to build your list. DO go local.

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Advocacy Sample Facilitation Local 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. Use an excel spreadsheet to look at events, fundraisers, programs, web site content, performances, and other activities to socialize. 2: Use listening techniques to develop a deep understanding of the audience.

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Social Media Media Social San Jose 115