Twenty Hats

OCTOBER 19, 2020

If you want a fully engaged audience, spend time planning this part, too. Lucky you for facilitating an important session at the wrong time. What I’ve discovered over these last many months, though, is that volunteer managers (and anyone, really) can shift the mood of the group by focusing on one area of facilitation: The warm-up.

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MARCH 24, 2020

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. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 22, 2023

While donations and grants are traditional revenue streams, here’s a question to give some serious thought. A well-integrated system can facilitate these upselling opportunities seamlessly. Feedback and Engagement An online store provides another touchpoint to engage with your audience.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

Ask Questions About the Tools You Already Use When Media Cause helps a nonprofit audit their MarTech tools, the first thing to do is ask questions that are designed to start a fuller conversation about the technology used to make the work more manageable. Where is that information stored?

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MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” ” That is you step aside from the content delivery and shine a light into the process, including what the trainer is thinking as they are facilitating.

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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.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. 1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. I had a brave volunteer from the audience and we did a role play. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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JULY 23, 2014

While participants in each track will explore their topics in depth and in the context of a facilitated structure, there will be inspiring keynotes and opportunities for networking for all participants. One of our first design tasks as facilitators was for all of us to get clear on what we mean by “Impact Leadership.”

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JUNE 22, 2017

Before focusing on workplace strategies and culture change, participants go through some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment , identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan. 1: Make Time Everyday for Reflection: Keep a Journal. Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

The best blogs engage audiences by making personal connections with readers and sharing insider mission information. This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. She calls it "joyful funeral" -- that you quickly say this didn't work, reflect on why, and move on. How do you do it?

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Hosting a hybrid event can boost physical attendance and promote your brand and content to a wider and broader audience. . By having the option to streamline event planning and event facilitation, event planners experience less stress and are better equipped to provide services for each remote attendee as well as the event hosts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? That’s the questions I asked myself as I designed my panel for the NTEN’s annual conference, the NTC. Rob Cottingham. Photo by Devon Smith.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. The New Social Economy. Let’s start with a definition first.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. Digital fundraising is about using all the channels at your disposal in an integrated way to reach and expand your audience, spark engagement, and grow your giving opportunities.Be It’s important to determine the real amount of revenue needed.

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AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people? Some analysis questions: What points were the participants in the room tweeting? That is one reason why I always incorporate a reflection at the end that helps participates identify one small action step.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Hosting a hybrid event can boost physical attendance and promote your brand and content to a wider and broader audience. . By having the option to streamline event planning and event facilitation, event planners experience less stress and are better equipped to provide services for each remote attendee as well as the event hosts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. The downside to virtual presenting is that you don’t get to see your friends face-to-face !

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. How do they affect the relationship between those on the stage and the audience? One of the reflections.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Here’s some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I ask certain questions to help identify these individuals. . Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table. I select what I questions I do based on answers in an online pre-survey. Put Your Learners on the Stage and Hand Them the Mic!

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MAY 22, 2019

I am very grateful to Valerio Melandri who is the director of the festival for inviting me to participate as well as facilitate a maser class on modern wellbeing based on my book. Now to recap some thoughts about what we presented and insights generated upon reflection. And, also to Marcele Iniarra for his creativity. Fundraiser DNA.

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MAY 7, 2013

Here’s a few reflections about presenting remotely in locations outside of the US. This method was used because the facilitator needed to speak into the mic so I could hear the questions. Format: Our session was 90 minutes. Photo by Be Chandra. Training Design'

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I leave Romania early in the morning and I'm probably too tired to be writing something called a reflection, but I better do it now or risk loosing it. While it is one the spot translation (and it was fabulous), you have to gauge what the delay is vis a vis the audience reaction. This afternoon we played the Social Media Game.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. These nontraditional audience engagement techniques helped make complex goals and visions explicit and understandable to visitors. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Neon CRM is designed to help nonprofits grow, inspire their audience, and increase supporter engagement. NationBuilder NationBuilder offers “human-centric technology” for nonprofits to better understand their supporter audiences. The following questions should help: Research the features available from each nonprofit software solution.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. Customization: Changing the title, context, or revising some of the ideas to match your audience’s needs. Questions about Questions: Why is x important?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Assess your previous year-end campaign and ask yourself the following questions: Did we reach our campaign goal? If you find that your marketing efforts were misaligned with your audience, conduct more audience research to help understand your supporters better. Was the fundraising total more or less than what we expected?

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The four key questions are: What data to collect? How to collect data? Making meaning. Communicating Results. Between groups at the same time or at different points in time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Effective webinars need to have “processing&# or “interactivity&# breaks for participants to digest the material or else they not pay attention to the content. An easy way to do this is to pause or take a breath after ten minutes to answer questions or give participants something active to do rather than passively listen.

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JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. As a facilitator, you have to watch the participants body language and look for the “slump,” and if you notice people getting tired, interject some movement. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Icebreakers are discussion questions or activities used to help participants relax. Before deciding which activities to use, assess your audience for age, familiarity with one another, purpose of the group gathering, and potential considerations for physical abilities. Share your biggest current challenge you are experiencing at work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As part ongoing work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am designing, facilitating, and delivering workshops with Compasspoint. Last week, I had the great pleasure of presenting a one-day workshop with colleagues Holly Minch , JD Lasica , Janet Fouts , and Susan Tenby. Learns from experience and data.

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DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? What worked? What didn't? Before I went on Twittered.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Someone on the call had moderator access and was able to flip the slides (I had them memorized) and they also read any of the questions in the chat line to me. First, my preferred method of instruction is to be more interactive and facilitate discussion. But, there were great questions. Now, that has never happened.

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