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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. It also improves overall staff engagement because it gives everyone a voice. Write them on a flip chart, white board, or slide so everyone can see it. Basic Approaches. Overall, the process takes less than hour.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. They shared a slide (see above) about new models we’ll see that combine both – especially the “not invented yet.” Let’s start with a definition first.

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Igniting the 15NTC stage at lightning speed

NTEN

20 slides. 1 slide every 15 seconds. Day 3 Plenary: Ignite with Ideas, Part 2 : You Can Change Your Story Speaker: Debra Askanase, Digital Engagement Strategist, National Brain Tumor Society. If you''ve never seen an Ignite presentation before, let me break it down for you: 5 minutes. Is it time for a change of clothes?

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

And just a couple of real quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and we’ll be sending out that recording as well as the slides later on. Well, let me take down my slides because they want to hear from you, not me. So are you ready for me to present my slides? .

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Designing for Good: Pratima Mani + Josh Tabb

Connection Cafe

Pratima: Designing the collateral for our MNM’s International Honors in November was a pretty intensive project because it covered everything from the invite collateral, appeals material, web-promo-content, slides, program book, banners. It was nice to design the whole package. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS?

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. It almost always naturally leads to discussion about how to amplify each other’s voices using social media.

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A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People in Philadelphia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right away, I introduce them to Twitter as a resource - the collaborative brain. I do the interactive lecture technique - and invite other voices into the mix as much as possible and encourage questions. Next, I added screen captures of their social media presence or tactic in the slide show. Why It is Important ???