Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

The inability to create a variety of different contexts in our lives including different social roles, relationships, activities and goals. Social anxiety for some because we are opening up our homes, our personal spaces, in professional contexts (although this can be mitigated with the use of background images or being off camera) ( Axios ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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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. My New Year’s rituals help me let go of things in my professional work that can open the door to positive change and growth. I’ve taken up many new self-care activities during 2020 to cope with the pandemic stress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

This was the first 90 minutes of the workshop, and while content and interaction kept in active learning mode — the next step was a synthesis. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful. I thought the most helpful synthesis task would be a “design rationale.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. The key to successful evaluation lies in making a commitment to the process and sharing the findings openly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. But it isn’t impossible, if you follow best practices for virtual facilitation for meetings. These activities are called icebreakers.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

Organizations should consider “wrap-around events” that provide a seamless fundraising experience integrated with meaningful activities. Features like Activity Tracker & Reporting help identify major gift prospects to maximize fundraising potential.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 14, 2023

But, more specifically, project managers juggle various responsibilities and wear a multitude of hats—organizer, leader, motivator, facilitator, liaison, and driver—to ensure success. Projects have many components, such as team members, budget, timeframes, activities, tasks, and more.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Participate in mutually reinforcing activities: Harness strengths and mitigate weakness by pursuing complementary activity consistent with an organization’s mission and the common goal shared by all.

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

In order to facilitate the integration, we formed employee-led workstream groups, one of which, the Change Management and Culture (CMC) group, was initially tasked with formulating Candid’s values: we’re driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive. It requires us to be willing to learn with an open mind and a receptive heart.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Creative Power of Datamaking Focusing on the action of datamaking opens a world of possibilities for developing knowledge. Determine the best type of question, like multiple choice, Likert scale, open or closed ended, short text, or long text. Ensure consistent processes for collecting the most accurate data.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Wilson's book is packed with case studies and activities that help you put to practice in your organization the learnings from the book. is attention paid to establishing a positive culture for engagement, so that criticism is welcomed in a spirit of openness and shared learning without blaming or diminishing individuals?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

You’ll notice that the application they’re using allows them to pull out the moderator’s tweets on the side. A couple of Twitter moderator techniques I used to try to get some deeper insights from the discussion: I had a search open on #sm73 the whole time. I was watching for answers to the questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Older adults tend to be more actively engaged in charitable giving and are more likely to make substantial donations. Engage their family members and loved ones in your organization’s activities, events, and communication. Facilitate the process : Make it easy for donors to include your nonprofit in their estate plans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Most useful handouts and activities ever! Sunrise on Sacred Maori Land outside of Auckland, NZ. New Zealand Workshop: Burning Questions. Connecting Up Master Class. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. We asked participants to create a name tag comprised of key words of what they learned. 13CU #netnon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

How do you facilitate the hive? We're more focused on the our mission than our brand and so we're open to letting others shape our brand." He talked about the balance between "atom-based" work -- staffing, offline activities, showing up at hearings, etc and "bit-based work" their work online - Facebook pages, etc.

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

At least 20 minutes of the agenda should be dedicated to education and training, such as role-playing exercises, making calls to donors, or even guest facilitators. It’s also important to keep board members informed and engaged in the organization’s activities.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For staff, this often involves careful planning and facilitation, and playing a backend organizing role to ensure participants are easily able to engage in the tasks at hand. Inclusive and accessible practices for equitable participation in activities. Fair and just compensation for and appreciation of participant time.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. Displaying AAPI visual arts is another engaging activity. Their grassroots activism brings important perspectives. Effective promotion and marketing strategies should focus on engaging people of all backgrounds, not just those who already actively participate in AAPI communities.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In a departure from its usual format, the August session of the San Francisco Online Community Meetup was an open forum. The talk, facilitated by online community veteran Scott Moore , delved into various facets of online community. The topic questions and responses are outlined below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

While the demands of each activity may vary, the advancement is a step-by-step process. Creates an environment that facilitates fundraising Regardless of whether you do face-to-face fundraising, ensuring that the organization is prepared to fundraise is the development professional’s main priority.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

billion WhatsApp users exchanging more than 60 billion messages every day and that unlike other media, it has an astounding 99% open rate and 40%+ response rate. Also by Elizabeth Ngonzi: How NGOs Worldwide Can Use Digital Storytelling to Access, Attract and Activate U.S. Recent data indicates that there are in excess of 1.5

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I’ve been using social media to actively promote my new science fiction books. How about lowering the costs of software by using open source and collaboratively developing software?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Wilson's book is packed with case studies and activities that help you put to practice in your organization the learnings from the book. is attention paid to establishing a positive culture for engagement, so that criticism is welcomed in a spirit of openness and shared learning without blaming or diminishing individuals?

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Donor management allows organization leaders to be transparent with donors and volunteers within their network while simultaneously facilitating an environment for sustainable investment. Ultimately, every donor values and appreciates streamlined and consistent communication, often facilitated through monthly newsletters or periodic reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A timeline with activities, time commitments, and deadlines. You or the facilitators can ask participants to identify biases and point out any discrepancies or gaps that emerge as the group moves towards decision making. Be prepared to facilitate or bring on facilitators to lead these high-stakes group meetings.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this guide, we’ll review five game-changing strategies you can use to activate your marketing potential and bring in more supporters, let’s begin! For instance, you’ll want to track email open rates, social media likes, and click-through rates to gauge performance. Feature your auction items Your auction items are the main event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. In any of my instructions for any interactive activities, I always tell people that it isn’t required to move around or stand – do what they comfortable doing and modify. I make it okay to modify so no one feels excluded.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

Other key considerations for successfully planning out your capital campaign committee meetings to consider: Determining whether your meeting will include prospective donors , and thinking ahead about how you’ll actively engage them.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Why does your museum open its doors each day? For arts and culture organizations, brand purpose is often about facilitating learning and engaging visitors in unforgettable experiences that provide educational and social value. open rate, CTR. The purpose of a brand is a reason for the brand to exist beyond making money.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

The appointed Registered Agent must be physically located in the state and maintain an office that is open during regular business hours. At this meeting, you’ll approve the bylaws, adopt the conflict-of-interest policy, elect directors, appoint officers, and approve resolutions such as opening the organization’s bank account.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. This time on June 22 at King’s Place in London, ACTIVATE’s. " Alec Ross, Senior Adviser to US Secretary of State, speaking on Open Governance. On the core.

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