Candid

MARCH 7, 2024

One reason many people prefer to work from home is the potential for better work-life balance. Technology facilitates our ability to work from home. Working from home also means that we have twice as many demands on our attention at the same time. One study found that U.S. to let the dog out). It also exacerbates this issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

magnitude quake killed more than 5,000 people, with many thousands more impacted. Let’s continue to pay attention and support this effort. Foundation Center has been partnering with CDP to provide up-to-date grants data and facilitate knowledge sharing (see report referenced above). According to the Guardian , the 7.8-magnitude

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

The burgeoning field of positive psychology suggests that humans have a default “negativity bias”—we disproportionately pay attention to and remember what goes wrong. It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. Even on bad days, most people can think of three good things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It helps avoid burnout and improves attention. Now that we have close to two-years of zoom meetings under our belts, we are discovering that people are exhausted from video conference meetings – and engagement (and productivity) may be plumeeting. Cameras off does not mean meeting participants are disengaged.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 3, 2023

Check out our new Transforming Disruption to Impact Book Group Facilitation Guide ! For more information, visit our Disruption to Impact website. Interested in continuing the conversation with your own community? The post Rethinking Service Days – Join our Conversation first appeared on VQ Strategies.

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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. Adaptability + Flexibility Projects and people are both dynamic; therefore, project managers must be flexible and adaptable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

Social media is powerful because it leverages social influence – people trust information from those within their networks. They are more likely to donate to a cause, attend a virtual event, or volunteer when they are invited by people they know and trust.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Clive Wilson My favorite part of the book is the " 10 Questions on Engagement," that all start out with, To what extent.does your organization facilitate opportunities for engagement within and between all stakeholder groups, so that they may share perspectives, learn and grow together in support of the organization's purpose?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Now that we have close to two-years of Zoom meetings under our belts, we are discovering that people are exhausted from video conference meetings – and engagement (and productivity) may be plummeting. Cameras-off does not reflect disengagement, but helps improve attention and prevents burnout. It may become your new norm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

This makes people perceive that the other person is less friendly or focused. When these aspects are reduced, people feel more vulnerable to negative feelings. ( Self-Complexity Theory – BBC – Gianpiero Petriglieri ). It is a fun activity that gets a few laughs, people moving, and replenishes energy. second delay.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

The more people know about your cause, the wider your net. As much as possible, take advantage of technology and digital platforms to facilitate communication, collaboration, and information-sharing among board members, wherever they’re located. Use board development programs. Promote continuous learning.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2024

Huge instability in the development director role is just one symptom of a larger problem: lack of basic fundraising systems and inadequate attention to fund development across the board. To solve pressing problems, people must come together. To empower people to be the change they want to see, one must facilitate philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

His idea was to bring attention to the positive impact philanthropy has on society and to encourage people to become more involved in charitable activities. It also encourages more people to get involved in philanthropic activities and make a positive impact on their communities and the world. In the U.S.,

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

If people enjoy participating in meetings and find them to be productive, they may want to become even more invested in and give generously to your capital campaign. Review any specific policies in place, especially for longer meetings where members’ attention spans are more likely to dip or wander. Meeting participation.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

Crazy 8s is a fast-sketching exercise that challenges people to sketch eight distinct ideas in eight minutes. By facilitating discussions around specific topics or features, you’re allowing participants to share their opinions, experiences, and suggestions to improve and guide those designs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Clive Wilson My favorite part of the book is the " 10 Questions on Engagement," that all start out with, To what extent.does your organization facilitate opportunities for engagement within and between all stakeholder groups, so that they may share perspectives, learn and grow together in support of the organization's purpose?

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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 nonprofit governance orthodoxy Nonprofit governance operates within a framework of three legal duties.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. We chose the latter.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

In the planning process, be sure to put the online event elements away for a second and pay very close attention to the set up for the physical event details. . Using a tool like Accelevents , you can seamlessly manage all ticketing and registration while facilitating participation and networking across physical and virtual sessions. .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Are you especially nice to major donors but not particularly attentive to mid- or lower-level supporters? . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Build goodwill.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

However, the real challenge begins when the initial urgency subsides and public attention shifts away. Having these elements in place not only positions you to capitalize on the increased attention during emergencies but also provides a clear pathway for donors to continue their support.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Give people one extremely good reason to care. You don’t need a laundry list of reasons for people to give. This is all about helping people see why they should donate now instead of next week, next month, or next year. Help them understand the change their donation will facilitate and why it’s urgent.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

My co-presenter for the plenary was the amazing Marcelo Iniarra , who is a digital mobilization pioneer and fantastic presenter/facilitator. Some things have not changed: Time and attention are finite. Stories need to be compelling, immersive, human, funny, or provocative to capture attention. Everyone loves a good story.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For arts and culture organizations, brand purpose is often about facilitating learning and engaging visitors in unforgettable experiences that provide educational and social value. Patron personas also allow you to more effectively segment the highest-impact supporters who need your team’s individualized time and attention the most.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 5, 2022

You’ll also want to strategically use bolding or italics to call extra attention to key points in your letter. We want to make sure people know why we're writing to them, what's in it for them, and why they should continue to read. And in fact, sometimes my paragraphs may just only be one sentence that stands out the main point across.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

When discussing the ideas in The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , people in Finland have figured out keeping calm versus fire drill culture. How many of us pay attention to the relationship between physical space and our productivity ? The space creates a calm and reflective environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

The practices are intended to balance the energies of any given space to assure health and good fortune for people inhabiting it. I designed and facilitated a peer learning workshop at SXSW last week. Certain room set ups encourage interaction between the participants and the workshop leader, others do not.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 31, 2017

Clive Wilson One of my favorite parts of the book is the " 10 Questions on Engagement," that all start out with, To what extent.does your organization facilitate opportunities for engagement within and between all stakeholder groups, so that they may share perspectives, learn and grow together in support of the organization's purpose?

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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Given that your organization needs to grab people’s attention quickly, it’s essential that you build an engaging website that will encourage users to stick around and explore your content. . The best nonprofit websites make their content accessible to people of all abilities. 05 seconds ! Add accessibility features.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

Carolyn, Ben, and I each did a brief presentation on the topic and then we sat down for a discussion facilitated by Darian and Ritu using questions from the several thousand people in the audience. Get Their Attention: “Camp outside their door.” Get Their Attention: “Camp outside their door.”

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The first thing you can try is adding a little bit of copy on your donation form that draws attention to your recurring options. That copy can take lots of forms—you can include a call for recurring gifts at the top of your donation page, for example, or you can use design to draw attention to your recurring options.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Deciphering Key Questions It is equally as important to determine what to collect as it is to identify what we can stop giving our attention. Now add a layer in your mind showing the people represented in those circles and lines. When we ask our colleagues, board, and partners what questions they have, there are often quite a few.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The research indicates that the human brain, on average, has the capacity to pay attention for about 10-12 minutes within an hour. The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

If you want to keep your donors, you need to pay significant attention to the donor experience. To quote Dr. Maya Angelou, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” . How can you get to know these people better?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

One question I'm wondering myself - what does effective wiki facilitation really look like - literally. I know there are many wiki patterns - how they evolve, are they are facilitated, what works, what doesn't -- just read Stewart Mader's book. I didn't facilitate it, but I participated. Leave a comment and point to them.

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