Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Workplace Wellbeing: I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman a few years ago. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing.

Professional 96

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. Articulate the Vision Writing the diversity statement can be a co-creative activity. A professional DEI training program can help people identify blind spots and biases while maintaining a safe and supportive atmosphere.

Associations 221

Associations Reflection Leadership Training 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Workplace Wellbeing : I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman a few years ago. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing.

Professional 89

Professional San Jose Journal Facilitation 89

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Then we’ll give you the strategies you need to find volunteers who can truly make a difference to your organization’s work. Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies. Let’s dive into some strategies for doing so! Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies. Here are 15+ strategies to get you started.

Volunteer 98

Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

BoardAssist

JULY 15, 2014

Do you feel you know the right questions to ask about your nonprofit’s strategy? Do you know what that strategy is? Molly Penn of Penn Flood Consulting spends her day advising nonprofits on strategy and governance. How to Ask the Right Questions About Nonprofit Strategy. Do you know what that strategy is?

Question 84

Question Strategy New Jersey Government 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic.

Professional 114

Professional Build Journal Facilitation 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I look for patterns. Year in Review.

Professional 103

Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

A strong brand is important because it facilitates opportunities, resources and results. A strong brand requires a clear mission with identity, values, strategy, relationships, impact and image. Build an effective strategy to achieve a strong brand. The brand should be focused on positioning. Branding positive cycle.

Effective 75

Effective Help Americorp Nonprofit 75

Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators. He is the one to whom the “ culture eats strategy for breakfast ” quote is attributed. Inside-Out Fundraising , Sea Change Strategies . It’s in your job description.

Culture 124

Culture Philanthropy Facilitation Job 124

DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

They can also facilitate easy membership renewal Communication tools. Before starting a new membership drive, make sure your organization has these key retention strategies down: Member experience. A good nonprofit website provides information about your organization’s mission and successes. It should also list your membership tiers!

FAQ 52

FAQ Program Guide Arkansas 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. 2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.”

Professional 0

Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

A strong brand is important because it facilitates opportunities, resources and results. A strong brand requires a clear mission with identity, values, strategy, relationships, impact and image. Build an effective strategy to achieve a strong brand. The brand should be focused on positioning. Branding positive cycle.

Effective 40

Effective Help Americorp Nonprofit 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Can you offer any advice for finding, gathering, or sourcing good data to inform their strategies? nonprofits and other service providers) can then bid on the opportunity using standard metrics that transparently articulate their cost per unit of “impact." And check out the full lineup of #14LCS speakers and facilitators !

Measure 96

Measure Impact Chicago Metrics 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful. It can be the first campaign strategy session. The learning objectives for the workshop were two fold: Participants understand best practices and how to apply.

Activities 105

Activities Active Activism Integration 105

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Your organization is the facilitator of the relationship between the donor and the recipient. Janet thoroughly enjoys coaching executive directors, development staff, and board members as they analyze their reality, articulate their vision, and create a strategy to bring that vision to reality. Isn’t once enough?

Attitude 64

Attitude Create Gift Childhood 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Sharing information about performance assessment, diversity, compensation, strategy-all give most foundations pause. Foundation Center President Bradford Smith started off with a very clear articulation about why transparency is important. Where do you draw the line? Required for foundations, the right thing to do.

Philanthropy 96

Philanthropy Effective Chapter Measure 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I have embraced this approach myself and I make it clear to my team that I would rather not get a pre-dawn email , but instead get a more fully articulated idea after they have had time to contemplate it and strategize on how to make it effective.”. Gabriela says that senior leaders at her nonprofit model self-care.

Culture 50

Culture Work Nonprofit Policy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 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. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

Create a Staff Engagement Strategy. Once your call to action is defined, allow it to strategically take root within your organizations strategy and culture by engaging your staff throughout the entire process, increasing the capacity for buy-in. Be aware that “knowledge hoarding” is often a common practice.

Knowledge 100

Knowledge Process Share Organization 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I just finished the first day of a training on Network Effectiveness for Packard Grantees facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute. It's clear where openness belongs in the context of an external communications strategy that embraces social media. If community guidelines are formally articulated, they need to be enforced.

Guidelines 80

Guidelines Articulate Social Media Conversation 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. Over the past five years, we’ve stumbled our way into social media.

Ning 92

Ning Community Social Media Culture 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions.

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

And before even getting to the meat of the metrics, conceptual models, and ideas, the introduction provides a powerful case for using social media that is well articulated: For the first time in history, technology has reached a point where everyone has a voice.

Social Media 50

Social Media Influence Meme Media 50

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. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Qgiv

MAY 31, 2022

Whether I’m participating as a board member or facilitating a retreat for others, I’m lit up with anticipation as I get ready to attend a retreat. During the retreat, the board and other key leaders work together to articulate a shared vision for the future of the organization. What strategies will they use? Clear Path Forward.

Articulate 52

Articulate Exercise Nonprofit Picture 52

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Second is to develop some action-oriented strategies to recruit and retain and engage diverse board members in fundraising activity broadly.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

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.

Culture 47

Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2015

I was thrilled to attend the Peer to Peer Professional Forum to swap stories and strategies with some of the finest minds in fundraising and P2P. When we say things like this, what we’re really saying is, “I personally don’t believe in this mission enough” or “We don’t do a good enough job articulating how important this cause is.”

Attitude 20

Attitude Conference Social Media Registration 20

Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

By clearly articulating your membership tiers and benefits across multiple marketing channels, you can connect with potential new members who would be a good fit for your program. Make sure the platform will fill a gap in your current tech strategy and make member management more convenient. Pricing Pricing starts at $2,500 per year.

Software 80

Software Tools Associations API 80

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept. I didn't feel like I had the pre-knowledge needed to make useful decisions about how to line up various kinds of legal structures or financing strategies to my goals.

Structure 31

Structure Model Social Profit 31

Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

These graphics can highlight key points like registration, bidding strategies, and payment options, providing a quick way for participants to grasp how everything works. To effectively evaluate and adjust your marketing strategies, track specific metrics on each platform you use. Send an eCard to invite friends and family.

Storytelling 52

Storytelling Marketing Create Tips 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

How do you devise a future strategy for a diffuse Internet-based global movement? Next, consultants helped facilitate an asynchronous process involving a wide set of stakeholders using an online wiki to write and edit sections of the plan. Guest post by Paul Connolly. ” Paul Connolly. ” Paul Connolly.

Open Source 92

Open Source Open Case Study Wikipedia 92

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Here is a strategy for writing a mission statement for the first time or revising the mission statement you already have. Consider hiring a consultant to facilitate the process. A vision statement articulates where you are headed, your future, the target in the distance that you are aiming for in everything that you do.

Hunger 105

Hunger Nonprofit Examples Process 105

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And then you also need to be able to articulate that, without fundraising or without a steady income from which to draw upon, you could cease to exist. So it’s a really good investment strategy and it spills over to annual giving. And, as a philanthropy facilitator, you have an opportunity, I would say, a responsibility to help.

Video 130

Video Giving Gift Donor 130

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. One of the things that I've found in working with women and hearing how women articulate environmental and social justice challenges is the holistic aspect of the conversation, that these issues are related and that there is no separation.

Green 40

Green Global Action Network 40