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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

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Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the greatest it can be. But it won’t happen unless you facilitate it.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

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I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Should A Donor Do When They Don’t Feel Adequately Engaged?

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You, because you’re human, are driven to want to light up the pleasure center of your brain with “feel good” shots of dopamine. That assumption, most of the time, is just plain wrong.” – – Lisa Greer, author, donor, coach, Philanthropy 451 It’s a fundraiser’s job to facilitate philanthropy by energizing their donors.

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Walking While Working

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The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. “ In Silicon Valley,Steve Jobs was famous for it. And perhaps because of that, walking meetings are common in Silicon Valley as this article points out.

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How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery

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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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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

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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. Use Learning Theory.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

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Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

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