Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

She helps brands grow engagement and build relationships with their audience. The pandemic has drastically altered the ways nonprofits interact with their supporters. By interacting with your nonprofit’s posts on social media, supporters are amplifying your message beyond their social clique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

We have shifted to digital-mediated interactions for almost everything in our lives. Hyper self-awareness occurs when we are forced to view our own faces while we are interacting with others. We are not used to conversations with another person while we are staring in a mirror. Why Remote Work Is Exhausting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

orgCommunity event featured interactive conversations led by engaging speakers , with decades of leadership experience in the association sphere. We spent our time in round table discussion with association leadership professionals , learning and sharing our own experiences. Who can strategically help your association?

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

When analyzing the full scope and value of attendee engagement, we at Accelevents try to think in terms of both large and small-scale interactions. We now provide you with our new breakout room feature within Workshops to facilitate concentrated conversations. That is the primary vibe of our breakout room option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Our interactive session at the Fall 2013 Communications Network Conference in New Orleans was a blend of content delivery and peer learning – a conversation about the value, different approaches and models, and best practices. The tactics can include workshops , master classes , coaching , expert consultants or peer learning.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. You can then prepare a list ahead of time of people you’re hoping to interact with or learn from and prioritize accordingly. Be an Active, Intentional Participant .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Building knowledge is a social process where we make meaning together. It can contribute to exchanges and interactions that are at the heart of nonprofit network building. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. However, to have data requires intention.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

This is the first in a four-part blog series, Building Trust and Credibility Through Design, based on a webinar led by Forum One’s Vice President of Design. Build internal trust first: A soccer lesson I wasn’t an amazing soccer player, but I did enjoy playing on soccer teams throughout my childhood. Watch the webinar.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector. >>Read

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators. Organizations are complex systems that interact constantly and significantly with a host of other equally complex systems. Shape the Conversation . It takes a village.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

One of the most important steps in building a productive blogging strategy is creating content that engages and appeals to your audience. For instance, you could create personas based on how individuals interact with your mission, whether as volunteers, donors, or beneficiaries. Create engaging and interactive content.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Are there connections we can facilitate? Ultimately, we wanted to build a community of trust that CDOs can turn to for answers they can’t find anywhere else, on issues related to innovation, impact, fundraising trends, and change management. Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.”

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Last week, I had a fun time moderating the June #4Change Twitter Chat on Online Community Building. Thanks to all those who participated or followed along, and to those who will join the conversation now! What makes a Twitter chat different than a blog post, for example, is that the conversation is 1. real time, and 2.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

With the right mobile-first strategy, nonprofits can transform peer-to-peer fundraising into an interactive social experience that drives results. Report progress – Broadcast achievements to build momentum and prompt peers to give. This allows organizations to quickly build strong fundraiser teams and tap into new donor bases.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A conversion-optimized donation page. Choose images that show interactions between people, whether it’s your volunteers and constituents or your donors mingling at previous fundraising events. A/B testing involves creating two different versions of a webpage and assessing which drives more engagement and conversions.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Build an attractive volunteer program Designing a volunteer program that appeals to potential volunteers involves several elements. The experience and interactions you create from the very first point of contact lay the groundwork for retaining those volunteers. Start a conversation ; effective communications are interactive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. Pay close attention to interactions with other people. Mindful Listening: Master the Basics of Focused Conversation. ” This builds trust and establishes your objectivity.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

vaccination rate in UVM students, opening eyes, and doors, for internal personnel to build off that success and adopt a new CRM solution. We’ve achieved a model for success that we can now use as a foundation to build from. Centralizing Communications + Connections in the Community.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Then, once you understand your audience members and which strategies resonate with them, you can build a strategy. Craft a conversion journey. When the entire donor journey is addressed in your plan, conversion rates for donor acquisition are much stronger. Let’s get started! How did these individuals hear about your nonprofit?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Build personal relationships : Cultivate personal connections with your aging donors. Facilitate the process : Make it easy for donors to include your nonprofit in their estate plans. Look for natural opportunities to broach the topic, ensuring that the donor feels comfortable and receptive to the conversation.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. Furthermore, the speed at which your donation page loads plays a significant role in maximizing conversion rates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. A good facilitator knows how to shift or tweak the lesson plan in real time if it isn’t working as planned.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

Event gamification elements, like a virtual scavenger hunt, can go a long way to facilitating networking at your virtual event. By creating private groups and inviting attendees, you can keep the conversations (and networking!) Tips For Making Your Virtual Event More Interactive. Engage and Interact in Discussions.

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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. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction. You can build your resilience by listening to a lecture! What to do?

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

No longer just inherent to explicitly tech-based conglomerates, tech fuels everything from banks and financial services to food-delivery services and traditional retail as it facilitates the rapid migration online to meet the needs of a world spending more time at home than ever before. Understanding Ethical Responsibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2013

We were part of an email thread with a small group of individuals offered input on community management systems and facilitator recruiting resources. The discussion thread reminded me of an AdMarketing conversation we had a long time ago. I thought it might be fun (and useful) to take a look back at this AdMarketing conversation.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

Use Patient Journey Mapping Patient journey mapping exercise helps healthcare leaders understand how patients interact with their providers by outlining each communication touchpoint. Post-visit behavioral and lifestyle adjustment: The patient follows treatment instructions and makes lifestyle adjustments to facilitate healing and well-being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

Holly Ross wrote a good reflection piece about public conversations on blogs and how to get your audience ready for that conversation. She makes the point: What I am saying is that your audience may not be ready to have the conversation that social media enables. That's because social media does not just enable conversations.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

If it won’t create a joyful memory or build together with other joyful moments, then subtract this from your strategy. . Which means all staff, not just “development professionals,” should be held to account for building a positive donor experience. . Who do you need to build relationships with?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

Last week, I participated in three very intense days of project, curriculum, and online community planning for a new project, E-Mediat , a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. Build the capacity of these NGOs and CSOs to use new media effectively through mentoring and coaching.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Tip: Post interactive content that encourages engagement. . Interactivity significantly increases shares and conversions. Mastering online appeals, user experience and messaging.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Most donors only make major gifts to a nonprofit after multiple interactions with that organization—very few people will make a $5,000 gift right away! Others may be more comfortable in a one-on-one conversation over coffee or lunch. Why Implement It? Without a leader for your major gift fundraising efforts, your program will flounder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. They have built an authentic community through cultivated conversations and events designed to build trust, deepen relationships and set the stage for collective impact. I make it okay to modify so no one feels excluded.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Esther Press’s list of best Bible studies for women notes that these studies can facilitate collaboration and group discussions, making it a great way for you to get to know other team members’ values and perspectives. Or, you can openly talk about your faith in conversations with people outside your organization.

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