Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

.” This would be a network or community of practice that freely shares and learns from one another about training and capacity building that is participatory , peer-learning , networked , makes use of design thinking , openly shared and a prelude to collective action. Lack of platforms/resources to facilitate innovations.

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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. Facilitation Methods and Techniques.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

This includes an optimized website that’s mobile-friendly and easy to navigate, strategic use of search engine optimization (SEO) to increase visibility during times of high public interest, and an established monthly giving program to facilitate the transition from one-time to recurring donations.

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Support Donor Community Retention 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. The short answer : One Fan Page with multiple languages using Facebook Targeting tools. . What are your thoughts?

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Review your site’s metrics such as time spent on each page, call to action (CTA) click-through rate, bounce rate, and conversion rates for pages such as your donation form or new patient registration page. Consider your own user pathways and design your site to facilitate a faster transfer of information. Use strategic calls to action.

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Websites Organization Tips Map 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I leave Romania early in the morning and I'm probably too tired to be writing something called a reflection, but I better do it now or risk loosing it. This particular training required multi-dimensional thinking on our toes because it was being done in another language with simultaneous translation. That's all for now.

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Romania Social Media Game Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

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. To reflect on how these modules might be used in their own trainings. Both language and what you’re teaching.

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Activities Active Activism Digital 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. It is also important to target the right level of authority. Many times, it means both the “doer” and the “decision maker.”. Your design is not just about content.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. 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 to do when a network is in trouble?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. One of the reflections. (Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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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. As a facilitator, you have to watch the participants body language and look for the “slump,” and if you notice people getting tired, interject some movement. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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Training Train Brain Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Since the NTEN Academy is a peer exchange program, I did more than simply chunk content and encourage interaction through polls, the backchannel chat, and people talking on the phone line every 12 minutes. I set up opportunities for people to apply what they just heard through reflective questions.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 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 using 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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Report Social Social Media DC 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. We knew what was coming.

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Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Then comes the difficult part – identifying what “associated” metrics from social, email, and your web site that you need to collect. What follows is a reflection from several workshops for nonprofits on how to do this. Step 7: Analyze your data, turn it into action, measure again.

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 97

fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

What if you had time to reflect, think and process between sessions? A well facilitated online strategic planning process has the opportunity to be the opposite of what is on the list above. Clearly you are missing out on a lot of body language and other non-verbal cues. Conversations meander in unconnected directions.

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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.

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Social Network Network Social Online 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. One-Click Advocacy: What is the call to action online? They revised the language to fit their organizational style. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. and storify.

Social Media 97

Social Media Training Train Network 97

Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

In January, as part of a series of place-making workshops facilitated by the Project for Public Spaces , we worked with a local dad to coordinate a workshop explicitly for kids (full writeup here ). They may also begin to cultivate a “language” of talking about this with others. Non-Participation 6.

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Design Participatory Children Museum 49

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. I feel that art is able to translate beyond language, and communicate a much larger vision of personal connection.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Amy Sample Ward shares her first reflections and critique of the platform and wonders what’s the point? Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. “We saw on the Obama campaign you’ve got to combine content and technology to facilitate action. What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin.

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New York Profile Argentina New York City 104

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Even worse, they don’t appear to be speaking the language and may work as isolated islands instead of finding ways to build bridges together to cultivate and engage supporters and do it with common values, culture, vocabulary, and practices. The morning ritual is a chance for all to reflect on the organization’s results and be inspired.

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Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This Black History Month, we reflect on the strategy work that our team does through our partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture —much of which centers around expanding access.

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History Accessibility Museum Award 73

Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 11, 2024

Conversion rate refers to the percentage of visitors who take an important action on your site that involves them further in your organization. How to Fix This Website Issue Create strong calls to action. Your calls to action should encourage visitors to get more involved with your cause. and directs them to your donation page.

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Websites Rate Nonprofit Mobile 64

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Second is to develop some action-oriented strategies to recruit and retain and engage diverse board members in fundraising activity broadly. And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. So the question I’m asked a lot is how can we turn this insight into action?

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Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 62

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

You see, your mission statement is your organization’s soul in the form of a strong action verb and few other carefully chosen words. Often people involved in an organization have different answers to these questions, and a long mission statement reflects a desire to include everyone’s perspective. What problem are we here to solve?

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Hunger Nonprofit Examples Process 105

sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

Rather than a single moment in time, ESG was born out of actions in the business community over several decades that culminated into our modern understanding of ESG today. As with the overarching concept of corporate social responsibility , the practice of ESG has a n overlapping history that can be traced back to several key events.

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History Vietnam United States South Africa 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

A Networked organization is more than just the electronic infrastructure and tools that facilitate communication. Annie talked about how networks focus on collaboration and action, rather than institution building. Inspiring Others To Take Action: Credit Free Zone. Source: Leadership for a New Era. It is about sharing.

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Story Network Examples Action 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I also had the opportunity to facilitate a large group session about whether CEOs should use social media or not and attended a tweet up with David Meerman Scott. You can find my materials and slides on the workshop wiki - CSR and NGO workshops, but always like to do a reflective wrap up post. No wonder I am still tired! Evaluation.

India 96

India NGO Social Media Reflection 96

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The things that I tell you will not stick unless you are able to reflect upon your own experience and go, “Ah, yes, I think this is what Julie is talking about. ” That reflection is really important. . We start to take action. . That is my goal, is for you to have a few actionable takeaways.

Community 78

Community Video Slides Survey 78

Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

So that is what we explore in depth in our certificate in philanthropic psychology at our institute, how can we, through fundraising in the charitable sector, facilitate the love that people can have, not only for those easily lovable, but also for the people that might be most difficult for us to love. This just feel way too manipulative.”

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Video Children Donor Survey 113

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I also use the five love languages, but we don’t have time for that today. maybe not training, comradery time, you know, some facilitated group time together where y’all get back your rhythm. And so their job is a reflection of that. .” Do you though? I think it’s important to be able to be used.

Management 90

Management Work Video Slides 90

Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

I was lucky enough to attend CityCamp Oakland earlier this month to see this collaboration in action. For example, a "voting tools" session facilitated by WeVote generated discussion among participants on the barriers to voting and how to reduce them. The answer is: something pretty amazing. Here's what I learned.

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Oakland PDF Literacy Government 36

Forum One

MARCH 26, 2024

Traditionally known for its unbridled enthusiasm for the cutting-edge, this year’s SXSW took a reflective turn, delving deep into the impacts of technology, not just its possibilities. Large language models are probability machines, and ultimately, we get to decide whether we have a Hunger Games or a Star Trek future.

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Impact Technology Austin YouTube 70

Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

This essay, written in 1991, reflects Elaine's experience on the planning staff for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) on the Mall as an "insider/outsider"--a "hired gun" with museum know-how facilitating the creation of someone else's museum. Will those styles just redefine another rigid set of rules for right action?

Culture 20

Culture Storytelling Challenge Museum 20

Qgiv

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Some aspects of nonprofit website design are complicated and require a deep understanding of coding languages. However, nearly all nonprofits share many core website design choices to help facilitate common user actions, such as making a donation. Clear calls-to-action. Indicators to make your donors feel secure.

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Design Websites Practice Site 59