Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your board can do much more than approve budgetary plans and make high-level decisions about your nonprofit’s direction; in fact, board members can play a substantial role in every aspect of your organization. This means rallying not only your staff and volunteers around your nonprofit’s mission, but also your board. Let’s begin.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

While not every organization has a specific project manager labeled role on their team, every project should have a main point of contact or dedicated member in charge of seeing the project to completion. Every facet of the organization benefits from a project management role team member and communicating in the most effective way possible.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Ensuring a smooth user experience is especially critical for complex virtual campaigns like peer-to-peer fundraising, which relies heavily on your website to facilitate a number of different interactions between donors, their networks, and your organization. Integrated functionality is critical for nonprofit virtual engagement.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

A well-designed awareness campaign can bring attention to your nonprofit’s cause, educate the public about a significant issue, and drive more donations to fuel your mission. To ensure your campaign’s success and reach diverse audiences , tap into the reach and brand visibility of like-minded businesses through a corporate partnership.

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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. The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) played a significant role in promoting and organizing National Philanthropy Day activities. In the U.S.,

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Celebrate National Philanthropy Time 81

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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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. 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.

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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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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

Confirm that everyone is on the same page by restating the meeting’s purpose, expected outcomes, agenda items, and the roles that individuals will play (such as facilitator or note-taker). Review any specific policies in place, especially for longer meetings where members’ attention spans are more likely to dip or wander.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Prioritize donor stewardship : Focus attentively on donor stewardship and engagement to build strong, long-lasting relationships with your supporters. Have you brought this to the attention of your CEO and board? Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Every individual within your nonprofit, from staff to volunteers, plays a crucial role in maintaining cybersecurity. You can also outline the roles and responsibilities of each team member during a cybersecurity crisis to ensure everyone is ready. Why are nonprofits vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks? Updated training.

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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. Because we are not in full view of each other compared to face-to-face meetings, it is harder to pay attention because we are tempted to multi-task (reply to emails, etc) ( Theory of Zoom Fatigue ).

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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. Everyone has a role in the reengineering of your donor experience. . And it’s the best way I know to convey to non-development staff how important their role is in facilitating philanthropy. It’s Key to Sustainability.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. Furthermore, the speed at which your donation page loads plays a significant role in maximizing conversion rates.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

Online auction software for planning the event and facilitating bids is the primary expense associated with hosting your first virtual auction. Do you have the tools you’ll need to host the auction and facilitate bids? For your virtual auction, try to recruit staff and volunteers to serve these crucial roles: . Social media.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This means more than just losing your employees’ attention at your All Hands meetings. Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them.

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By launching a distracting attack against a nonprofit, hackers can divert attention and resources away from their true target, which may be another organization or entity. Use role-based permissions to ensure that staff can only access what they absolutely need. This reduces the risk of accidental exposure or internal threats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” We did a little role play showing good listening techniques and bad listening techniques.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

No nonprofit fundraising plan is complete without specific attention paid to online fundraising. Events like 5Ks, Giving Day challenges, auctions, peer-to-peer fundraisers, and galas should play a role in your fundraising strategy. Assign roles and responsibilities. Online fundraising. Strategic partnerships. Make giving easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

If you are responsible for planning and facilitating virtual meetings, here are some tips that’ll help you make your meetings more productive. Virtual Meetings Require Iron Fist Facilitation. Appoint a facilitator to function as traffic cop, spelling out the rules of engagement and calling on people when it’s their turn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

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 is the role of facilitators, consultants and intermediaries in these networks? What kind of frameworks/ tools/ approaches do these consultants need?

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Environmental sustainability is an ongoing movement, and Earth Day is an excellent reminder of our role. Because We Love Where We Live allows donors to play a vital role in the fundraising efforts that provide environmental education to thousands of students. Instagram: @energyleaders. California State Parks Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I’m facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation. It includes design and facilitation – and these days those are important leadership skills. There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

My role in the project is to the facilitate the training sessions, design the overall training, facilitate openers and closings, help prep the curriculum, and deliver modules on digital strategy and social media. The challenge is getting people’s attention when time is up because the noise level goes up.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Planning early allows you to minimize the negative effects of unexpected circumstances and gives your team members enough time to understand their roles and responsibilities. Also, make sure to follow writing best practices by keeping your paragraphs short and using bolded text strategically to draw attention. Start planning early.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

The workshop includes a facilitated process based on the “ World Cafe ” method where participants work in small groups to discuss the challenges in the workplace and how to address them. Roles become murky. When a fire pops up, the reaction is a flurry of unplanned activity that usurps everyone’s attention and time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Day 4 of the Train the Trainers E-Mediat was designed and facilitated by the capable SMEXbeirut Team – including Jessica Dheere , Mohamad Najem , and Naeema Zarif.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

If a hospital is well known for their cardiac department and expertise, for example, they may decide to support a nonprofit that specializes in research, programs and services, education, and support group facilitation for survivors of major cardiac events. Hospital Foundation Fundraising Ideas. Scrub in and Suit Up for a Black Tie Event.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

Someone with an objective role in the organization, often a Project Manager, serves as a facilitator and helps the team discuss what went right, what could have been done better, and what they might do differently next time. But the second ring of his concentric circle, the HOW, isn’t given nearly as much attention. .

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. You should pay careful attention to where the points of friction are that may cause a would-be donor to abandon their donation. Mastering online appeals, user experience and messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

What role(s) might a funder play in initiating and implementing a peer learning group? What role would you play in starting and running a peer learning group? How do you set up a peer learning community that can prove valuable to a wide range of participants? If you are a funder, when would you invest in peer learning?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Reach out to role models Children are more likely to do something when they see others doing it, including volunteer work! Reach out to role models Children are more likely to do something when they see others doing it, including volunteer work! You should also think about the roles you need volunteers to fill.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

If you attend, be ready to pay attention and take good notes. The conference favors networking opportunities over speaker-led sessions and utilizes the “Liberating Structures” facilitation technique to spark conversation and empower innovation. Cost: General admission is free.

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