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. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. Reflect : Once a week, take some time to reflect on your progress and make any necessary adjustments to your system. Instead, we should capture all of our tasks and ideas in a system, and then process them at a later time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. A second process is used to evaluate the ideas – clustering the ideas into themes and identifying the best ones. Then you reflect on the difference in creative energy – typically yes and has more of it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

The brain needs a break from the barrage and needs to reset itself to normal operating mode. You should also regularly evaluate your physical and mental health. Finally, mobile and social media burnout is compounded when compensation does not reflect your new media manager’s skill set and time investment.

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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. I will be exploring and writing about assessment, curriculum development, facilitation, evaluation, and documentation. Year in Review. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

My colleague, Marshall Kirkpatrick , who works with Read/Write Web, had invited me to participate, but I was at another convening about network strategy and evaluation scheduled at the same time. I could have sat in the convening on network strategy and evaluation, but also have dipped into Real Time Web Summit live stream.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

We view the new year as a period of both reflection and preparation for what’s to come. It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. These templates come with a number of tips that we’ve pulled together to help you through the process of planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The session was about transparency and conducting evaluations. One of the takeaways was that in order to pursue this type of learning, organizational culture was the key indicator to success. Peter’s post shares some ideas about cultivating a learning culture and while written for funders, these are applicable to nonprofits.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

When evaluating the effectiveness of eLearnings it is vital that we keep in mind exactly what we are trying to accomplish; then craft exceedingly mindful learning experiences to ensure the highest possible return on our investment. Elearnings as a whole are very attractive, as they offer an inexpensive alternative to classroom training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

We also discussed the whole issue of network evaluation and the difficulty of measuring those relationships versus a specific impact. Also, the idea of faster tools like social network analysis that give us real time information and the need for someone who is embedded in the network as a real time evaluator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

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. It is about making it possible for participants to capture, share, and reflect on what they have learned. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The participants were consultants who worked with nonprofits on organizational strategic planning, financial planning, evaluation, and other organizational capacity areas. Last week, I did at workshop for the Kellogg Action Lab College of Consultants. Unfortunately, I did not have my laptop accessible in that moment.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. Also, perhaps you’re interested in the podcast and reflections that I’ve learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

The reality is that our brains only have the capacity to manage a limited number of relationships ??? The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2008

But I'm not planning to shift all of my writing to this kind of personal self-reflection nor to the hyper-provocative content of the Zombies post. At ASTC in October, museum evaluation rockstar Randi Korn gave a great talk about the role of self-reflection in museum practice. It's awesome. I'm grateful. I hope it happens again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. Pause for reflection time before next reiteration: How to improve results? The hardest part of putting this presentation together was using the template because it reminds me why I think powerpoint is evil ! Document on the fly. Test and tweak.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

ETR is a non-profit that develops and evaluates health education programs. Brain science and the science of learning are dynamic fields with constant advances being made. If you’re going to “go beyond” in getting to know your participants, you’ll need to make room for discussion and put some reflective listening to use.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2011

NetSquared needs your brain! As we shared previously , we're re-evaluating our strategy and goals for the NetSquared program. This post was authored by NetSquared Community Evangelist Marc Manashil and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. No, we're not zombies. the future of NetSquared. can do to serve you better.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. First, I want to say a few words about my enthusiastic support for the critique of closed licensing offered by Michelle by reflecting a bit on my past actions in this regard.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. So fundamentally, I think for major donor conversations what you want to be doing is asking questions, then you reflect back what they’ve said.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here are some questions your team can ask to help you reflect on last year’s results: What was our goal last year, and did we meet it? Here are some questions your team can ask to evaluate your campaign’s success: Did we meet our goal? How did the funds raised last year help us this year? Do we still have more to do?

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The board’s mindset should reflect current business dynamics and its demographics should mirror the social and cultural landscape. There is a welcome post-pandemic trend to make demographic diversity a top priority and to think of the board as a brain trust that represents the members’ boldest ideas and vision. is a heavy lift.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. And just my brain just explodes five minutes into any talk of hers. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Rachel, I got 2:00 Eastern. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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