Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. for my journal or my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” As the part of my monthly review, I reflect on my themes and habits to improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List. also use it as a reflection as the year progresses. Here they are: Rituals.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. Develop an interactive onboarding chatbot to help new members navigate the offerings. Build a mentorship program with ChatGPT as a matching assistant.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship. These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Workplaces are tapping into the power of ritual to create a sense of community, build relationships in the workplace and reduce stress. Of course, a raise or bonus is nice, but it is the public acknowledge that helps builds community. Rituals to Build Relationships.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2014

That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience. Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List. also use it as a reflection as the year progresses. Here they are: Rituals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

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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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Given that your organization needs to grab people’s attention quickly, it’s essential that you build an engaging website that will encourage users to stick around and explore your content. . To create a site that accurately represents your organization and stirs up passion for your cause, you’ll need to develop a web design strategy.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

From the beginning of her tenure at ENA, Nancy has made building a positive culture a priority. ENA developed its culture statements based on—People, Purpose, and Partnerships, the organization’s 3Ps. Could the decline in membership be a reflection of the decline in trust? Her recap will be available in the next few weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. Effective delivery of content and learning experiences takes both on and offline connection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0 just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. I always like to start with an icebreaker that allows participants to reflect and identify burning questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

At Cornershop Creative, we partner with nonprofit organizations to develop web solutions and build dynamic, easy-to-maintain websites. For instance, EveryAction’s unified CRM combines all of your digital and development tools for more efficient and effective fundraising. More comprehensive and standardized data in your CRM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips.

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Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

His statement resonated with me because it reflected all that PEAK Grantmaking worked to do last year: moving from scarcity mindsets to mindsets of abundance—putting possibilities at the center of our approach to our mission instead of limitations. “The mistakes you make, you make in front of the world.”

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . Fund development is, first, organizational development…. It’s a big job, serving as a development officer. Bigger than far too many development officers (or their bosses and boards) think. What can the fundraiser do to help build and instill this culture? You choose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

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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. It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Among the noteworthy features included the ideal ecosystem are (i) the virtual events channel (reflecting the constraints newly imposed by COVID-19) and (ii) the increasingly feature-rich WhatsApp channel. Digital Storytelling Framework. WhatsApp is a useful tool with which to apply the elements of good storytelling. 3) Business Profile.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Keep in mind that learning organizations are those that prioritize the development of – people – everyone comes to work every day in part to grow, and to support one another in doing so. Each of us can regularly reflect on how well the habits we’re engaged in are working and what adjustments we want to try.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

” This would be a network or community of practice that freely shares and learns from one another about training and capacity building that is participatory , peer-learning , networked , makes use of design thinking , openly shared and a prelude to collective action. Lack of platforms/resources to facilitate innovations.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

This initial reflection will help your nonprofit identify your strengths and weaknesses and determine how you can grow. To facilitate this process, your consultant will lead interviews with your stakeholders, including your board, to gather their unbiased feedback. Support your donor stewardship strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

Note from Beth: Last year I was honored to partner with Kari Dunn Saratovksy from Third Plateau to facilitate an emerging leadership program to a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Science and Conservation portfolio of grantees. Emerging Leaders Need More than Leadership Development.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees. What are advisory committees?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

The peer learning exchange offers one-on-one coaching for 16 state organizations that work on children’s health care insurance, monthly peer webinars, and a face-to-face workshop. This technical assistance design is a balance of expert support with peer learning and an intentional strategy for building the network’s capacity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report lays out some new metrics for movement building – that are paths to the more easily counted tangible results and where the unit of analysis is the movement or network, not an organization. Leadership development. Alliance building. Organizational Development. Movement Building. Civic engagement.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

A philanthropy insider once shared during a presentation that foundations develop guidelines so they know to whom to say “no.” Supporting organizing and movement-building efforts. . Takeaways and discussion questions conclude each section, providing a useful tool for facilitating dialogues for reflection and learning.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

We talked about me joining their development committee; maybe even their board. And for many donors, giving is a reflection of who they want to be. There’s nothing more important to building donor lifetime value, and charities attempting to cut corners will, sadly, pay the price. So far so good. You want to know they care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology. The curriculum is based on the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit and includes social media strategy development as well as practical skills training. Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut.

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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. Use this template to facilitate the persona creation process: This template offers space to add demographic and behavioral information about your personas and strategize your intended messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been designing curriculum and materials and facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot project supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Subsequent action steps are grouped according to your level of fundraising development: Getting Started, Advancement (somewhere further along), and Going from Good to Great. Prioritize donor stewardship : Focus attentively on donor stewardship and engagement to build strong, long-lasting relationships with your supporters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

It is not a time to reflect, it is a time to act. We need new policies, new technology, new strategies, and local support in order to build, implement, and sustain the kinds of solutions that will help us make progress on our goals. Earth Day reminds each and every one of us of our responsibility to the planet.

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