Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

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. That’s part of the reason why I developed the “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” framework because it gives participants practical, but strategic small steps.

Training 98

Training Train Reflection Design 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. (In I call it my “To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.“

Professional 89

Professional San Jose Journal Facilitation 89

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For the 40 days leading up to my birthday I created a 4-part daily practice of moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. For the 40 days leading up to my birthday, I picked one thing to do each day that engaged my body, mind, heart and soul: moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. No connection to my lengthy to-do list?

Reflection 57

Reflection Fun Practice Journal 57

EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here ! Learn more and get connected at MediaCause.com !

Advocacy 207

Advocacy Nonprofit Training Train 207

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

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. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Three Ways to Think About Content. Think Beyond Presenters.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design 50

sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

The following is an excerpt from How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back A Practical Guide for Taking Care of Yourself While Changing The World by Meico Marquette Whitlock and a foreword by Beth Kanter 3 Ways to Thrive When Your Work Doesn’t Love You Back You’re committed to making a positive difference in the world.

Work 90

Work Calendar Life Proposal 90

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.”

Professional 140

Professional Personal Croatia Build 140

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. I conduct a survey that collects information that I can analyze against a maturity of practice model I’ve created called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.&#. I got to learn a few new tricks and continued to polish approaches already in my toolbox.

Social Media 96

Social Media Reflection Leadership Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Join me on February 22nd at 9:00 am PT for a LinkedIn Live with Zoe Amar for a conversation about taking the first step for responsible AI adoption.We’ll discuss the challenges, tips, and practical resources available. Applying AI to basic collaboration workflows can offer a dividend of time (and brain space).

Adopt 79

Adopt People Nonprofit Skills 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. Cameras-off does not reflect disengagement, but helps improve attention and prevents burnout. What that means in practice is that norms are the ground rules for how a group of people communicate and collaborate with each other.

Camera 139

Camera Attention Virtual Collaboration 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism. 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. Here’s some examples.

Learning Theory 138

Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also 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. Rituals to Promote Growth and Learning. Designing and Implementing Workplace Rituals.

Build 126

Build Reflection Celebrate Nonprofit 126

Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

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. All of the sessions were educational, practical, and left me with a head full of new ideas to consider and apply once back in the (virtual) office. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

Chicago 59

Chicago Knowledge Practice Attitude 59

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.

Skills 96

Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

I know you understand, and practice, this philosophy. And for many donors, giving is a reflection of who they want to be. You, because you’re human, are driven to want to light up the pleasure center of your brain with “feel good” shots of dopamine. Alas, too many organizations lose sight of this culture.

Donor 100

Donor Philanthropy Charity Gift 100

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. Cameras-off does not reflect disengagement, but helps improve attention and prevents burnout. What that means in practice is that norms are the ground rules for how a group of people communicate and collaborate with each other.

Camera 96

Camera Collaboration Attention Research 96

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.”

Professional 114

Professional Build Journal Facilitation 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work.

Mind 100

Mind Social Media Wikispaces Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Participants design and launch a social media experiment that helps them improve their practice and share learning with one another. The curriculum is based on the workshops I've been leading for the past five years and includes the Social Media Game , Strategy Principles , Experimentation , and the practical and tactical. .

Social Media 94

Social Media Reflection Learning Social 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

I prefer these tools when I’m capturing a discussion from a meeting that focused on a designing a program or a reflective conversation. If the notes need to be in a digital format, the process of transcribing them gives me added reflection and thought time to digest the ideas.

Digital 102

Digital Tools Laptop Brain 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session. The session not only included training tips, but modeled them during the session so that the audience interacted and practiced skills directly. Incorporate the three learning styles: visual, audio, and somatic.

Training 59

Training Train Design Tech 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

We will, of course, share the tools in the context of best practices. My presentation will focus on personal productivity in an age of distraction, tools, skills, and best practices that staff members of nonprofits – large and small need. Here’s a guide to this useful productivity habit.

San Francisco 119

San Francisco Work Help Tips 119

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Different brains – visual vs words. As she started putting into practice some great listening practices, she realized that listening was the gateway drug for social media. Step 3: Reflection – where the greatest learning is. Reflection. —— [link]. Helpful guide tone vs colorful and wordy.

Network 173

Network Nonprofit Guidelines Social Media 173

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Here’s some things she mentioned that I thought were useful: The new digital literacy is not finding the information, but being able to make choices when you had enough information flood your brain and take the time to synthesize. Single tasking – Do one thing at a time. Multi-tasking is a myth, it is switching quickly.

Arts 50

Arts Literacy Brain Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The practices for self-care that we describe in the book are based on insights that we gleaned from putting the techniques into practice over the past few years. I also found walking was a great time to reflect on what the data means – a brief walk does wonders for improving your pattern analysis.

Data 125

Data Personal Support Exercise 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

hour chunk of work that is a very specific to do list. You start each day writing down the three most important tasks on your to do list and reflecting on it for 5 minutes. Capacity Reflection' Still, you have to get stuff done. How do you procrastinate? How do you get work done? What is your method?

Method 127

Method Technique Reflection Exercise 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

and Communities of Practice Online Conference. Dorine is currently involved a pilot project for KM4DEV where a community of practice is collaborating on sharing delicious feeds. In the comments, I prodded her to share some of her experience about using tagging as a tool to share resources in a community of practice context.

Tag 50

Tag Reflection Practice Community 50

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. As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Can participants apply the skills?”

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. Content curation takes focus and discipline — being “brains on.” 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.

Content 97

Content Brain Technique Lecture 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. I’ve done walking reflections at the end of session as well.

Training 50

Training Train Brain Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. This post shares some reflections from yesterday and a few nuggets that I learned from the presentations. I use pen and a note book to take notes!

Brain 104

Brain Mind Offline South Africa 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and approach problems in a different way from older generations. It raises the question (unanswered) whether this is a good or bad thing. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book.

Network 110

Network Work System Teen 110

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. Move your team away from the shiny object syndrome, and toward practical use.

Adopt 52

Adopt PDF Model API 52

NTEN

JUNE 16, 2014

She is a co-founder of The Brain Trust , a digital consulting firm that provides capacity building services to Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations in the social justice and advocacy space. She''s a proud graduate of the University of Iowa and spends her free time at dance class. You can follow Deepa on Twitter at @Deepa_K.

Facilitation 60

Facilitation Iowa Brain Digital 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

The first group wants to wrap their brains around it and gets overwhelmed quickly. This saved a lot of time during the report out on reflections and learning. You need to blend the best practices of marketing and social movement building? Thinking about it in terms of your time is a good way to impose limits.

Louisville 50

Louisville Reflection Conference Game 50