sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Funder collaboration need not be burdensome, nor does it require perfect alignment. These informal collaborations usually consist of two to six foundations but can encompass a dozen or more.

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Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 96

.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

To become a digital business everyone in the organization must use their IT tools to collaborate. It may be challenging for “buttoned-up” organizations, where people are in the habit of “following rules,” to introduce a more casual attitude. Integrating IT into the organization’s strategy and culture should be the new reality.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Digital Build Organization 44

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? Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. There are two basic ways to facilitate a group brainstorming session. Basic Approaches.

Facilitation 106

Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

However, in the dynamic landscape of contemporary social change, there is a growing recognition of the need to evolve from this conventional approach toward a more collaborative and inclusive model—one grounded in partnership. The nonprofit governance orthodoxy Nonprofit governance operates within a framework of three legal duties.

Government 59

Government Collaboration Nonprofit Evaluation 59

Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

I write a LOT about the role of the fundraiser as “ philanthropy facilitator.” Philanthropy facilitators don’t do the work for donors, but with them — standing by their side along the journey. Except it’s not “fundraising” so much as what I like to call “ philanthropy facilitation.”.

Roles 122

Roles Philanthropy Strategy Facilitation 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring. Model and Celebrate Well-being Practices Creating a robust work culture that incorporates well-being is fundamental.

Leadership 118

Leadership Organization Culture Skills 118

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

The combined disruptions of these phenomena are affecting business structures, organizational cultures, and processes. Hierarchies are becoming flatter, work more collaborative and co-location less relevant. Facades of professionalism and efforts at contrived camaraderie in the name of culture building will be viewed as disingenuous.

Leadership 98

Leadership Impact San Diego Structure 98

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They didn’t shy away from challenges; they offered stakeholders meaningful ways to engage with the swiftly evolving issues of the day. Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Generation 97

Generation Ideas Arts Share 97

VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As the field of volunteer engagement has become more professionalized and as organizations grow and mature, many that historically benefited from auxiliaries now recognize some of the challenges inherent in these relationships. Of course, there are auxiliaries that are adaptable, responsive, and truly collaborative. A Path to Change.

Structure 98

Structure Volunteer Model Leadership 98

Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

By continuing to understand the challenges, desires, and aspirations of your audiences, you can tailor your designs to resonate on a deeper level. This fosters a culture of open communication and empathy within the team. Crazy 8s is a fast-sketching exercise that challenges people to sketch eight distinct ideas in eight minutes.

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Audience Design Exercise Test 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it? What is Collaborative Overload? While there are many positive aspects to increased collaboration, there is also downside.

Collaboration 120

Collaboration Tips Tech Nonprofit 120

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. Horwath : Killing meetings.

Leadership 91

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 91

sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspired by more than 40 years of collaboration with private school leaders, Blackbaud has created a track of sessions for ATLIS 2024 , the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools’ annual conference. Can we spread this work beyond our departments and be catalysts for vibrant cultures of belonging? Where do you start?

Blackbaud 89

Blackbaud API Empowerment Nevada 89

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, that model is being challenged. Participants can benefit from leadership development, knowledge sharing, network building, collaborations or partnerships, and/or compensation. . People impacted by the grants typically have no say in who gets the funding, for what, how much, and for how long. Those at the top decide.

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Participatory Model Grant Fund 133

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It’s been nearly two months since bbcon 2019 in Nashville, and I’m still thinking about the live music, inspiring mainstage content, and incredible sessions delivered in the Arts & Cultural track. It’s also the reason so many of us have such positive associations with a specific cultural organization (or cultural institutions in general).

Culture 26

Culture Arts Nashville Seattle 26

Candid

MAY 15, 2024

TBP aims to address this sector-wide challenge by centering reciprocal relationships and balancing transparency and accountability. By collaborating on what we measure, we make sure that the information helps all stakeholders and tells the story of both expected and emergent impacts.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Proposal Application Metrics 52

Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Together, participants collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. If this resonates with you, join us for this session which confirms the biggest challenges, but also explores some pretty great opportunities and success stories. That’s a whole other challenge. Not Loving GA4? That’s one puzzle.

Voice 72

Voice Social Media Portland Technique 72

Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

From their website : “Nova is a black-owned, women-owned company devoted to transforming organizational cultures. We facilitate workshops and trainings, coach and develop teams and leaders, and consult and support systems-level change.”. The Nova Collective. Website : [link]. true north EDI. true north EDI. Website : [link].

Consultant 124

Consultant Companies Help Culture 124

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Often, this leads to large audit adjustments, budget vs actual reporting difficulties, and other funding challenges. This could prevent timely responses to financial challenges. It automates and facilitates these comparisons, allowing for more efficient monitoring and decision-making.

Activities 83

Activities Active Activism Comparison 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , my co-author Aliza Sherman and I share a framework to think more broadly about creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. Such spaces offer great benefits for collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, learning, creativity, and team building.

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Open Work Global Collaboration 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

The subject matter, of course, the effective use of digital and networks that is holistic and that incorporates on culture change, innovation, and collaboration skills. Lack of platforms/resources to facilitate innovations. Dearth of resources/cultural practices around curriculum sharing.

Global 91

Global Network Change Create 91

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. This gets to the heart of the best practices that are needed to create a culture of philanthropy within anonprofit organization. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time.

Culture 47

Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Getting to zero hunger will require unprecedented collaboration and a multi-pronged approach that gets to the numerous causes. Prioritizing a more dignified experience in food service means that every person can both access food, and access the right food to meet their nutritional, medical, religious, or cultural needs.

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Hunger Impact Puerto Rico Arkansas 93

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. Horwath : Killing meetings.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

To optimize donor experience, nonprofits must challenge clunky manual processes that can be replaced with integrated payments and platforms and donor-centric, cross-functional collaboration. But are emerging digital income streams viewed as separate, or even a challenge to traditional ones, or merely an evolution of the traditional?

Change 75

Change Marketing Fundraising Stream 75

Greater Giving

JUNE 15, 2023

Event Budgeting : Collaborating with the committee and nonprofit leadership to establish a realistic budget that encompasses all necessary expenses, while maximizing revenue generation. Factors include the complexity of the event, committee size, and the organization’s culture. Typically, chairs serve for one to three years.

Roles 40

Roles Evaluation Collaboration Audio 40

Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s Crisis Challenges + Shifts. Harold Grinspoon Foundation organizes many programs, including summer camp funding, facilitating end-of-life giving, and distributing over half a million educational books a month across 32 countries through the PJ Library. Zero to Three’s Crisis Challenges + Shifts.

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Foundation Jordan Technology Help 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges.

Collaboration 93

Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Wendy has worked with senior executives of global organizations to transform their leadership, culture, and organizations. Wendy is collaborative, inclusive, and positive. Her client solutions often challenge convention and create new pathways that deliver results and exceed expectations. How to get started, in under an hour.

Tanzania 52

Tanzania Fundraising New York City Cameroon 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

The summit will be an opportunity for deeper peer learning for nonprofit change makers in three theme areas: digital strategy , impact leadership , and the future of technology. I’m excited to be co-facilitating the Impact Leadership track with colleagues John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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Registration Leadership Impact Change 128

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

There will be opportunities to collaborate with your nonprofit peers from across the U.S. Beth Kanter, nonprofit thought leader, virtual facilitator, and author of the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, will deliver our Super Session this year on sustaining wellbeing for remainder of the pandemic & beyond. You don’t want to miss it!

Virtual 105

Virtual Guide Houston Philanthropy 105

The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Reinforce roles, foster a culture of collaboration and alignment towards campaign objectives. Optimizing Channels of Communication Each communication medium—be it Email, Social media, Direct mail—has a unique potential to engage your audience and facilitate fundraising.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Synchronous Platform Campaign 59

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Fundraising Planning and Climate Report ’s findings show the following: Adjust fundraising strategies : Based on the report’s predictions, consider adjusting your fundraising strategies to align with the current socioeconomic and cultural climate, and donor preferences. How are you nurturing and supporting your fundraising staff?

Action 75

Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

This live session rounded out our Online Storytelling Bootcamp webinar series with a focus on how to create a culture of storytelling within one's organization. By telling over 1,000 personal stories of the challenges faced by people who don't have clean drinking water, they are using people's stories to compel action and donations.

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Storytelling Culture Haiti Camera 66

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. Flickr Image – ImageGroup. Today, this view is fundamentally changing.

Leadership 50

Leadership Develop Culture Structure 50

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

A strong brand is important because it facilitates opportunities, resources and results. The leadership style recommended is collaboration, which includes a wide participation from the members. Branding is not exclusive to large organizations and is available for any nonprofits interested in taking on the challenge.

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Effective Help Americorp Nonprofit 75