Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation. Or, have them fold 8 x 11.5

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? Recognizing and rewarding mutually supportive activities and behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

Reflection is a critical step in assessing individual and team performance at your nonprofit. A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. Reflection requires hitting the pause button and asking and answering questions.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Once you know who is needed, you must explain exactly what the organization expects from their service both in terms of activities and culture.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

64% of organisations actively raise funds online. Consider your key online goals and make sure that your website reflects these. Have a long hard brainstorm away from your website, and then go back to it and question if your priorities are being reflected through the content and architecture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

This can be accomplished with creative use of the Zoom Breakout Rooms for activities to support the meeting objectives. . Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here are some questions that can help you measure volunteer impact: Did you have enough qualified and engaged volunteers? Run a report on how many volunteers are involved in your day-to-day activities. Evaluate which opportunities you notice the most volunteer activity in, and consider why. Is it the type of activity?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Below are five frequently asked questions related to indirect costs to help organizations identify how to calculate and allocate indirect costs. This is a question that does not have a simple answer because each organization’s indirect cost will be reflective of its mission and structure.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? Recognizing and rewarding mutually supportive activities and behavior.

Collaboration 221

Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Since then it has grown from 106 million active monthly users to 310 million active monthly users. The reach, impression, and even engagement metrics provided by the top social networks on organic posts are often inflated and not a true reflection of the power (or lack of power) of your pages and profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

That’s hard if deadlines are looming, but essential to have a session to explore questions such as: What is your facilitation style and philosophy? When you have four facilitators, you want to make sure that you choreograph each activity. Do you have a preferred method? Defining Roles. I like to use a rock band metaphor.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Create a personalized chatbot to interact with members, answer questions, and offer customized recommendations. This information is worth a read whether you are actively shopping or just interested in understanding the possibilities. Then, define the primary user questions and corresponding answers. This is Chat’s contribution.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

It’s a fun and enlightening activity that puts self-awareness at the top of the agenda. Provide recognition and compensation that reflect its importance. Ask questions that invite self-evaluation. Questions like these probe below the surface: If you started your own company what would its top values be?

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

The answers to straightforward questions will typically indicate whether an applicant is technically qualified. There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. Your results can shine a flashlight into areas you may not have considered and be a mirror that reflects how your behavior impacts others.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. Question: I am preparing to take on a leadership role in DEI for a large organization. Question: Should we be striving to achieve diversity among our individual donor pool? Best of luck!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sadly, many current change efforts that try to incorporate knowledge work for social good end up with disjointed or burdensome lists of isolated activities that really aren’t very engaging or valuable. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. We can learn through direct experience. Data requires intention.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But is this the right question? On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. Where does the learning go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Rituals are routine and intentional activities that carry meaning. These rituals also help me set-up systems for consistent reflection and positive habit change throughout the new year. My journal is not only an annual planning and goal-setting tool but also supports daily reflection as the year progresses.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing. Leaders inspire their staff to ask questions, share creative ideas that may seem unconventional, and discover different ways of seeing the world—and they lead the way. Are you stuck in chronic performance?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List. also use it as a reflection as the year progresses.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 111

EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

The answer to that last question is almost certainly your website. Answering these questions will be a great way to get started making UX improvements across your website. If your blog hasn’t seen much activity in recent months (or if you don’t have complete blogging functionality), add creating content to the top of your to-do list.

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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Your engagement should reflect that. Donor signals that create direct feedback from your donors are typically communications that you actively solicit. Examples of indirect donor signals include: Social Media influence of your supporters Geo-Targeting Social and Wealth scoring data Website activity How do you track Donor Signals?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 4, 2021

This will give your team time to clear the schedule and set the expectation that everyone will attend this activity. If you’re not prepared to do this, you can hire a team-building coach to talk your team through these activities and learnings. Team-building activities come in four types: Communication focused. Building trust.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Essential Details for every gala invitation Headline: Captivate with a catchy title that reflects your event’s theme and purpose. Call to Action with Contact Information : Provide ways for guests to reach you for reservations, questions, or clarifications. Let’s dive in! Digital or Physical?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. Scientists design the test questions, steer the data collection, and analyze the results. This question is impossible to answer, and for good reason.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List. also use it as a reflection as the year progresses.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Centering humans begins with expanding the definition of productivity—as the ability to both complete existing tasks (or learn new tasks) faster and better and reallocate time from transactional activities to activities that deepen relationships.

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Adopt Strategy Skills Job 98

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. You can start creating these messages by asking these five questions internally: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Expert: This is content and information that is delivered by listening and questioning a subject matter expert.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? easibey @ kanter actions that r easy/doable.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

—– I recently posted about Jumo with reflections, notes from my experience using the new platform, and questions – this post has also generated a great deal of valuable conversation in the comments (over 70 thoughtful comments so far). On & Offline Engagement. Online is great for organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I call it my “To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.“ also use it as a reflection as the year progresses.

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Professional San Jose Journal Facilitation 89

Forum One

JANUARY 20, 2022

Now is the time to celebrate what all your organization achieved, reflect upon what you didn’t, and learn from that data to make 2022 your best year yet. So the big question is: how did you do? To answer that question, you want to be sure you’re pulling up the right data.

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Metrics Digital Strategy Rate 74

The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Consider which learning activities would lead to the desired change. An activity where learners must demonstrate understanding of the steps followed by feedback about their choices can help change a practice. Examples, questions, and scenarios that reflect what the learner will encounter. Decide how that change happens.

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Effective Learning Strategy Course 162

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Strategy #1: Board diversity - Continually analyze your board demographics and ask the questions of if it is representative of the community and clients you serve. Audit your organizations printed materials, online activity and physical environment in relation to your clients and community.

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