ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

the number of individuals receiving the services, number of trainings provided, number of animals rescued, etc.). However, increasingly nonprofits are moving to the practice of outcome evaluation. Program outcomes are defined as the expected and/or actual benefits that program participants will receive.

Research 82

Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

This is the first in a four-part blog series, Building Trust and Credibility Through Design, based on a webinar led by Forum One’s Vice President of Design. Passing the design ball” on projects similarly builds skills amongst team members. Watch the webinar. Understanding audience needs is the core of good design.

Audience 79

Audience Design Exercise Test 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. Movement can also incorporate what you’re training on. I was in India this past summer to facilitate an intensive four-day training for Packard Foundation grantees working on family-planning issues.

Training 103

Training Train Audience Activities 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

These can help you predict whether participants will act on the training after the workshop: More than one person from an organization should participate so the ideas can be transferred to the whole organization. Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time. Design for Participants To Apply. Flip It!

Training 98

Training Train Reflection Design 98

sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

Their inception was centered on the premise that by increasing access to technical training, vocational skills, and post-secondary courses, the local, state, and national economy would be strengthened, thanks to the resulting increase of skilled and trained workers. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

Student 74

Student Measure Illinois Education 74

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the concept of community leadership in foundations and discuss how they can support their grantees beyond the dollar. Foundations can play a pivotal role in enhancing the capacity of their grantees by providing technical assistance, training programs, and mentorship opportunities.

Roles 75

Roles Foundation Leadership Community 75

Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

Corporate sponsorship is a mutually beneficial relationship wherein a company offers direct financial support, in-kind donations , or skilled volunteer services to support a nonprofit in meeting its fundraising event goals. Introduce yourself, your nonprofit’s mission, programs, and the real-world outcomes your organization drives.

Sponsor 98

Sponsor Fundraising Companies Demonstration 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

Skills 96

Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Becoming certified as an orange hat is recognition of commitment and skill–it’s a real accomplishment. More than a hundred hand-selected volunteers are highly trained in interview techniques, media relations and public speaking to become Greenpeace spokespeople. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

Volunteer 76

Volunteer Germany Washington Interview 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The people with skills are out there.

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

TechImpact

DECEMBER 9, 2013

When asked what ITWorks is, Tech Impact CEO, Patrick Calihan said, “It’s a sixteen-week program and they go through training for the first eleven weeks and after that we actually work to get them in a work environment.”. Here, the students get to flaunt their new skills in a professional environment. Join our rally and donate $25 !

Grant 114

Grant Tech Liberia Impact 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Developed by ETR in 2014, this is a research-based approach for designing and delivering skill-building trainings. Now, our staff retreat was not actually intended as a skill building training. The first step in the DLP is identifying projected outcomes: what do you want learners to achieve?

Design 90

Design Lesson Effective Life 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress. Training Design.

Network 97

Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

By recruiting not just skilled staff but also key prospects and external stakeholders, these committees and their meetings can serve double duty: driving the campaign forward logistically and unlocking further engagement and generosity from all those involved.

Campaign 98

Campaign Structure Phase Review 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

One of the reasons cited in the report and also from participants on the webina: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data – so we don’t look at it.” The skills are out there. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. from MIT in rocket science.

Data 109

Data Help Measure Analysis 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

And, it isn’t just San Francisco, it looks like many nonprofits are beginning to understand that it is a waste of time to measure vanity metrics and it essential to focus on outcomes-based measurement as this high level overview from Froggy Loop Blog implies.

Attitude 97

Attitude Social Media Measure San Francisco 97

Qgiv

JUNE 13, 2023

The business case for diverse boards includes having better business outcomes, increased operating efficiency, and organizational growth. Disaggregate your board stats What skill sets and industries are missing? Second, appoint people of color to advisory boards to build their skills and experience.

Culture 52

Culture United States Stats Homeless 52

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. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ). Fluency in social media skills.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Technique Tunisia 93

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

You are someone who dreams about using your management and leadership skills and love of technology for social impact, exceeding the bounds of what a regular for-profit business can do. This post originally appeared on Benetech's Blog. You’ve come to the right place: Benetech. Check out our job postings and apply now !

Technology 100

Technology Literacy Social Uganda 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. The first day focused on networks and strategic use of social media along with some practical skills in content creation and measurement.

Reflection 50

Reflection Network Mexico South America 50

Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

This includes skills-based (turning to the skills that would benefit a learner based on their goals) and usage-based (turning to the past courses completed by a learner and their peers) recommendations. On one hand, LMSs are: Focused on administering training and assessments. Driven by the organization itself.

Platform 36

Platform Experiment eLearning Learning 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. But doing that extra work to figure out how to engage your students improves learning outcomes or your results. Allan Gunn from Aspiration and his legendary facilitation skills and knowledge.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

It requires having both “hard skills” (technology, network mapping, analytic tools, strategic thinking, understanding of complexity and dynamic systems) and “soft skills” (group dynamics, crossing boundaries, ability to create alignment, relationship building, networking/ connecting people, conflict resolution, etc.) So what to do?

Build 112

Build Change Social Facilitation 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 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. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. February 27, 2011. This first day’s three learning objectives: 1.

Network 99

Network Build Exercise Map 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2015

The DoGoodData community understands that good data practice is a balance of both the human side and the technical skills. It is like yin and yang, because these seeming contrary skills sets are interdependent. Always Be Inspired By Social Change Outcomes. So, no more excuses!

Conference 50

Conference Data Chart Interview 50

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

i As I discussed in my last blog post , with SIBs, money is paid up front to a nonprofit organization, which in return commits to predetermined benchmarks. What if the organization only received payment if the outcome was achieved? Source: i Refer to ASU Lodestar Center Blog post titled “ Social Impact Bonds: A New Tool for Scaling. ”.

Research 84

Research Minnesota San Francisco Work 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

I decided to go offline and take a break from blogging, pinning, Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest. I will also facilitate a two-day TOT on Social Media for Women Entrepreneurs where WES trainers will learn how to provide technical skills and best practices to support women entrepreneurs as they design and expand businesses.

Tunisia 99

Tunisia NGO Facilitation Calendar 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Anupam Shukla and Ms. Monica Wahengbam. Program Design. Participants Own Their Learning.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 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. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. We also covered some of the basic techniques for listening and engaging.

NGO 105

NGO Network Lebanon Yemen 105

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This post was authored by Lori Harnick, General Manager of Microsoft Citizenship & Public Affairs, and originally appeared on the Microsoft Corporate Citizenship Blog. outcome is the same everywhere. There are new skills and experiences. graduate without having acquired basic skills. We've created Microsoft.

Chapter 52

Chapter Asia Europe Africa 52

Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

Why does this matter to those of us in the Training, Learning, and Development field? Each time a request for this particular item comes in; I panic and it takes me 3 weeks to produce the required outcome.” The skills of individuals you have been paired with.

Learning 54

Learning Social Learning Environment Classroom 54

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2. Know yourself 54.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Leadership Policy Technique 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

So, it is important for the host to hold a call with the facilitation team to clarify expectations for the session outcomes and team authority/decision-making roles. Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on?

Reflection 124

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

They are both incredibly talented, attempting to improve themselves, and they just need help realizing their full potential; in order to develop the necessary skills to climb up all the way to the next level. Be sure not to stop there, coaching involves so much more than instruction towards a positive outcome.

Develop 63

Develop Program Learning Comparison 63

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2. Know yourself 54.

Mentoring 84

Mentoring Leadership Policy Technique 84

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2. Know yourself 54.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Leadership Policy Technique 40

Forj

JULY 25, 2017

Titled Continuing Professional Development in Medicine and Health Care , this edited collection reinforces the proposition that better education of health care professionals contributes to better patient outcomes. Mary Turco envisions instructors assigning chapters in a curriculum for training CPD professionals. Turco comments: [link].

Education 0

Education Review Chapter Blended Learning 0