The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

This way of thinking is reflected in your actions and demeanor, modeling behavior for those around you. Take your own journey further through private reflection and public sharing, acknowledgement of failures without shame, and discussing openly how you are solving for challenges. You transcend what you already know.

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MARCH 23, 2011

Howard Gardner has dedicated his life work to this Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Yet, many conference panels are designed to accommodate only one or two styles of learning and go shallow instead of going deep. That’s the questions I asked myself as I designed my panel for the NTEN’s annual conference, the NTC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

Great conference @meansandrew and see at next years #DoGoodData2015 may the force be with us all @kanter pic.twitter.com/7pXQWjyyXH. I also was honored to facilitate a reflection exercise as part of the closing plenary session with data for good rock stars Bob Filbin, Jeffrey Blandt, and Jake Porway. Mark of a good conference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Reflection. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Now that we have close to two-years of zoom meetings under our belts, we are discovering that people are exhausted from video conference meetings – and engagement (and productivity) may be plumeeting. Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. And it may have implications for our health. “In

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

The above photo shows their conference room where they have staff meetings. The space creates a calm and reflective environment. In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

My goal for conference presenting moving forward is to be on panels that I have designed or co-designed and that design involves the audience beyond a 5 minute q/a at the end. I really think that it is much more effective for learning than talking heads or expert brain dump. Photo by Geoff Livingston. I realized that I.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Clients with conferences and tradeshows attended by high-level staff will probably do well in 2022, Conferences that are more education-focused and/or not attended by C-suite types will likely still have lower than normal numbers and it’s not clear what hybrid really looks like these days. What are you grateful for? Reading a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Today I facilitated a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. The conference was fun because I finally got a chance to meet Rosetta Thurman face-to-face! The first group wants to wrap their brains around it and gets overwhelmed quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. However, I don’t always have that opportunity because many times nonprofit workshops are hosted at conferences at hotels. What to do? Have you ever had to do a room hack?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. As many nonprofit professionals know too well, a hard-working but “tired” brain needs a few moments to “recharge.”

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MARCH 19, 2019

Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. We each tackled a different aspect of resilience. Rituals to Promote Growth and Learning.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The staples of Oz – courage, heart, and brains – are a good start. Not to mention the Munchkins and the flying monkeys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Now that we have close to two-years of Zoom meetings under our belts, we are discovering that people are exhausted from video conference meetings – and engagement (and productivity) may be plummeting. Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. And it may have implications for our health. “In

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

While we were busy catching up on sleep, we also spent a lot of time reflecting on the experience. The conference made me realize that we do not have to go from A to Z but instead we need to start with a well thought out plan. that panel on innovation really got the brain juice flowing. This was my "aha" moment.

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APRIL 14, 2022

Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’ Chicago 2022 was a brand-new opportunity for the Salesforce DevOps community to connect and share expertise at a designated conference. This reflects my own journey, and many also in attendance at the event, as my experience with DevOps has slowly matured alongside the emerging technology.

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MAY 3, 2021

Past conference and webinar recordings. LoveYourBrain is on a mission to improve the quality of life of people affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) through programs that build community and foster resilience. Have you registered for the can’t-miss nonprofit conference of the year ? Holistic management online course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

I will sometimes take notes on my laptop during a conference session or webinar if I am planning to do a write up. However, there are times when I do prefer my pens, markers, and paper notebooks. I prefer these tools when I’m capturing a discussion from a meeting that focused on a designing a program or a reflective conversation.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. Soren welcomed everyone and asked to be totally present and give full attention – which is becoming rarer and rarer at conferences.

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JULY 19, 2016

I recently submitted a proposal for NTEN’s 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference with colleagues Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon and Jeanne Allen called “ Supercharge Your Technology Training ,” so please take a minute to vote for it. . I’ve done walking reflections at the end of session as well.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I have done conference calls on my mobile phone while walking. At the end of the day, you reflect five minutes on what you accomplished. This can help you catch yourself when you procrastinate and establish better habits. It also takes some self-awareness of your procrastination methods and being able to set good productive habits.

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JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” I set a Fi.tt

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APRIL 12, 2013

I’m in Minnesota for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference where I am doing a plenary session on Saturday morning and two breakout sessions. To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. Takeaways.

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APRIL 30, 2013

This year at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating a session on “Content Curation for Nonprofits” with Will Coley. This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. Content curation takes focus and discipline — being “brains on.”

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JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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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! But disciplining yourself to reflect afterwards always gives the reward of improvement. Trainer Reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Sometimes you don’t have the ability to do a survey before, especially if it is an online webinar or a conference session. There are alternative ways to do research.

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JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On. We are working very closely with V.S. Monica Wahengbam.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

These socks were made for walkin'' The 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin, TX was a-mazing! Advice from #15NTC , Tessa Srebro, VolunteerMatch [2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference] Part 1 - How do I configure it? ChangeON Trendspotting: 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Debra Askanase, Community Organizer 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. Workshops, Keynotes, Webinars, and Conference Panels: This year I did over 75 speaking engagements and presentations. Year in Review. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. ” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The research indicates that the human brain, on average, has the capacity to pay attention for about 10-12 minutes within an hour. Here’s some reflections: 1.) Small Group Composition: How you select people to put into small groups may or may not be important to a small group exercise.

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