Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. Here they are: Rituals.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Kelly Buhles outlines some of the ways to structure participation in her article, “A Primer for Participatory Grantmaking,” and divides them into two main groupings: participatory committees and collective groups. Committees tend to be smaller groups of selected representatives who review and decide on grants.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX). To facilitate this journey, ensure your site is optimized for telling your organization’s story.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Emotionally intelligent: Your next leader should be self-aware and flexible and should regularly practice empathy and self-management. Up for challenges: Leaders face many challenges while running an organization, and a great leader will be persistent, motivated, and high-spirited in the face of a tough situation.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Every nonprofit website should include key features to optimize fundraising, promote brand awareness, and attract volunteers. Instead, a website is a space you can utilize to increase fundraising, promote brand awareness, and find volunteers. An online website isn’t just an advertisement for your organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. What gave me joy?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Planned Giving Is Accessible to All Planned giving flips the script on the traditional donation structure because it does not disrupt a supporter’s current cash flow. Once there is enough awareness of the program, launch a planned giving committee to review planned giving processes and fundraising policies.

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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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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

Some CRM providers have free or low-cost plans available for small nonprofits, but most CRMs will have a recurring cost structure. For example, some consultants will help facilitate your data migration process, be on call for assistance, and provide ongoing training support. The post What Type of CRM Does My Organization Need?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. One area we cover is social awareness, the ability to recognize and understand the moods of other individuals and teams that we collaborate with professionally. Flickr Photo by qwrrty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2012

A network weaver is someone who is aware of the networks around them and explicitly works to make them healthier. The book gives you the basics of networks and network building and moves on to more advanced topics such as scaling networks and transformation.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Facilitating these relationships is key to making your business feel more like a community. There are many facets of corporate giving that nonprofits should be aware of.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2018

A mutual communication calendar can even facilitate logistics like consistent verbiage or timing of messages. When the same strong patient testimonials are used by both teams, the organization enjoys increased awareness , engagement, and action. Share stories: Stories are the common currency between fundraising and marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Some points that particularly resonated and that I have been working on myself are: Mindfulness is about becoming aware of how you direct your attention – both online and offline. People who can bridge networks – fill structural holes – stand to benefit. Small talk nourishes trust. Trust lubricates transaction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. Leaders have more opportunities to do this than they often realize but it requires deep self-awareness, a willingness to listen and connect with empathy. A is about being aware of yourself and others.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

This format is structured the same as in-person conferences. Many brands host their event on a virtual event hosting platform that facilitates chat rooms during sessions, pre-recorded sessions, private messaging, social rooms, networking rooms, and more. . What is a Virtual Conference? Steps For Setting Up Your Virtual Conference.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Because, my friends, delivering happiness is the job of a true philanthropy (translated from the Greek as “love of humanity”) facilitator. Look at the following: (1) Does it have an intuitive navigation structure? (2) It’s good to be aware of them to adapt your messaging and evolve your tools. And that’s a shame.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. Leaders have more opportunities to do this than they often realize but it requires deep self-awareness, a willingness to listen and connect with empathy. A is about being aware of yourself and others.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The goal of this technology is to help companies structure valuable CSR programs to support the causes that are important to the business and its employees. By making these mindful actions more transparent, you can build positive brand awareness with customers, investors, and potential employees. Who Uses CSR Software?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. Leaders have more opportunities to do this than they often realize but it requires deep self-awareness, a willingness to listen and connect with empathy. A is about being aware of yourself and others.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. They discussed any common contacts, and if the two staff shared the same contact were aware of it, and if they have a coordinated “relationship strategy” for that contact ala a triad approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Planning is about using structure and rituals to keep organized. It is important for your team to have the right amount of structure in their workflow. Being aware of everyone’s energy flows and trying to plan out your collective work tasks to align with those cycles can make your team more productive.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2013

Whatever the structure and purpose, a clear statement in the bylaws or a resolution by the full board is needed to provide definition and guidance. Our Effective, Motivated, Board Governance - Facilitated Training program will help build the knowledge and skills of your entire board in just one day. 10-10-3825.E

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Types of fundraising software to consider When you think about fundraising software, you probably first think of online donation platforms that allow nonprofits to facilitate online gifts. This helps your nonprofit spread awareness of matching gifts and helps donors submit these gifts much faster than before. Accounting software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

Last week I wrote about Steve Shu's post about facilitating blog communities. I asked if there were a set of best practices or design principles in facilitating blog communities. Steve has shared his learnings on facilitating a blog community. Steve posted a comment with some tips.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. He's explicit about different project structures and their implications, listing five levels of participation and three of non-participation.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

Encourage awareness of working styles Getting to know colleagues in a remote environment is tough. To encourage awareness of working styles, consider using a personality assessment tool, like DiSC, Myers-Briggs, or Clifton Strengths. Here are five tips to build more engaged remote teams.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The purpose of the conference is to expose future social sector leaders to a vibrant learning experience that promotes best practices, innovative thinking and awareness of the full scope of the sector. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2018 / @NPL_Alliance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Focus 24 hour event with broadcasts and all local partners participating to raise awareness (a sort of Blog Action Day on steroids). I guess I look at it like this: if you give a hundred people tools to lay bricks, you'll likely get a hundred small structures. Seems like facilitative leadership is key.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

I’d encourage these decisions to be made with full awareness of the implications and downstream effects. Set the expectation with stakeholders that undocumented requirements won’t be considered to facilitate a thorough analysis of the actual business process and outcomes to be supported. Be Aware of Precedent.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

Header tags: Header tags contribute to both the logical structure of content, aiding search engines in understanding information hierarchy, and the readability of the page for users. Ensure optimized site performance and structure Ensuring the technical soundness of your website is a foundational aspect of effective SEO.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This can be challenging, but with the right support structure, nonprofits can thrive in this environment. Better inclusivity: Anyone with an Internet connection can attend a virtual gala — enabling nonprofits to increase awareness of their mission in other states and countries.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

You can structure donation tiers as impact-based or as recognition/reward based perks for your donors. These events not only raise funds but also serve as opportunities to engage with the community, build awareness, and strengthen the connection between the nonprofit and its supporters.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

Marketing Cloud – Create Engaging Student Journeys It has never been more important to reach students, parents, alumni, and donors where they are, and there’s never been a more versatile product to facilitate that need than Marketing Cloud. For over 160 years, St. Read More ».

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We spell poorly, and we know less grammar and sentence structure now than when we played tetherball. The objective was to write compelling collat­eral material to rebuild our brand, increase public awareness, raise money, and improve donor and volunteer relations. We suffer writer’s block. We struggle to organize thoughts.

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