Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. I have discovered first-hand the benefits of incorporating rituals into the way I work. My New Year’s rituals help me let go of things in my professional work that can open the door to positive change and growth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I am thrilled to be presenting with my colleague, Ananda Leeke in Boston next week at the Resilience at Work Conference. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. I also use them a lot when I doing full-day trainings. This technique is simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

For over thirty years, I have integrated “reflection rituals” in my professional work on a daily, weekly, quarterly, and annually basis. There is a whole book devoted to the topic, “ Rituals at Work.”) Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Conduct staff training. For instance, your marketing team may use AI to come up with new, creative ideas for blog content, but they should still be in charge of writing it themselves. Conduct staff training. This includes providing them with educational resources and hands-on training. Encourage experimentation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. is successful for the simplest of reasons: it works. For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! There are two different methods to evaluate your training. to define the four levels of training evaluation.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 5, 2023

Read our blog for five employee empowerment strategies you can adopt at your organization today. 5 techniques association leaders can leverage for employee empowerment When you take steps to empower your association’s staff, you’ll notice an improved experience for both employees and members. Offer training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

2) Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. 3) Update & Review My Personal Resilience Plan: In my workshops on resilience, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance and self-care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic). Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Here they are: Rituals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. 8 Tips for Designing Powerful Nonprofit Training Workshops. Fishbowl .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 20, 2019

Whether you are in a new customer service role or simply need some customer service refresher tips, Customer Service Training 101 , is the book for you. My favorite parts of the book include Evenson’s techniques for effective customer service via the phone and for properly responding to customer complaints. What are you doing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic). Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Here they are: Rituals.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

What Business Application Training Accomplishes. In corporate training programs, often the focus is strictly on compliance. One of the most annoying things about communication in this digital age is that people ramble out their work numbers so rapidly, often you have to listen to the message five to ten times just to decipher the call.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 20, 2018

Whether you are in a new customer service role or simply need some customer service refresher tips, Customer Service Training 101 , is the book for you. My favorite parts of the book include Evenson’s techniques for effective customer service via the phone and for properly responding to customer complaints. What are you doing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic) For over twenty-five years, I have implemented a number of rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2018

Whether you are in a new customer service role or simply need some customer service refresher tips, Customer Service Training 101 , is the book for you. My favorite parts of the book include Evenson’s techniques for effective customer service via the phone and for properly responding to customer complaints. What are you doing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 20, 2024

Off-the-shelf AI tools are being touted as the solution to all our content woes, promising to churn out blog posts, social media updates, and newsletters at lightning speed. We are watching ‘AI Microwaves’ get added to every writing ‘kitchen’ we work with.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 14, 2016

How to Gamify Compliance Training. In September we explored ways in which to make compliance training more fun, with our article entitled “ Fun Compliance Training – A Real Phrase ” However, we did not fully dive into the depths of manners in which such fun could be accomplished.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. You can find all resources materials here. Does #14ntc give an award for best slides?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. She said the workshop gave her the time to get started working on it and was confident that she’d be putting it into practice immediately. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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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. I want to share a few of my favorite techniques for making sure that you’re identifying and adapting to the evolving needs of your audience while designing. Watch the webinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The group will working together over the next three years, meeting regularly face-to-face in the different countries as well as work together online. The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2012

They work in collaboration with health care providers, policy, and decision makers, industry experts, advocates, and individuals in communities across Colorado. Sarah supports other staff members who tweet to support their communications objectives. She provides training and encourages staff members to get into a regular Twitter habit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). It was before we did anything else.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. There are many creative ways to engage participants at a training - both face-to-face and online. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout provides a practical roadmap for getting better results from mission-based, social change work by paying closer attention to individual and organizational well-being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I think we need also what Howard Rheingold calls “ Infotention Skills or training our attention and developing productivity habits in a networked age should go hand-in-hand with the use of these tools. However, if you have to do “work” on Facebook, here’s some work flow tips for avoiding distraction.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. With any kind of work, management has a huge effect on staffing, and your supporters are less likely to offer their help if you seem disorganized.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2024. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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See3

APRIL 9, 2024

Additionally, since these personas are created based on information about your real constituents, you already know things about them – like what they read, where they work, what they like to learn about from your organization and what kinds of communications work best for them. Get your team on board.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

How to Stop Complaining : To feel better more of the time, train yourself to stop complaining. The Negativity Fast is an inspiring new approach to improving your outlook, leadership techniques, resilience, and productivity. How to Live with Political Divisiveness : Politics makes a lot of people miserable.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

We tie our videos to our blog posts. This can mean creating a video that gets expanded into a blog or shortening a blog into a video script. We later expanded it into a blog post. From script writing to editing videos to moderating comments, it’s a lot of work. It started as a 90-second video script.

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