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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. We opted for the latter.

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Is “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). They also tag and analyze responses.

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The Nonprofit Book We’ve Been Waiting Four Years To Read Is Finally Here: New Power

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. The goal is not to hoard it but to channel it. Connectivity helps facilitate highly distributed groups of people to work on a campaign, project, or share ideas that spread with unprecedented velocity and reach. It is closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven. New power is made by many.

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Vote for the sessions you want at 11NTC

Amy Sample Ward

In this session, we will explore the meaning of community across channels and how to choose and manage the strategic direction of multi-channel community building. This participatory workshop will help you answer the question: What does old-school community organizing have to teach the wired activist?

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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. Community bulletin boards at libraries, colleges, and coffee shops are great outreach channels. Aim to create an inclusive, welcoming atmosphere that brings together diverse AAPI communities and builds bonds. Ensure your call to action and messaging speaks to a wide audience.

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Successful Social Media Content Strategy Is A Continuous Improvement for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. So having a few brainstorming facilitation techniques to use with your team, is useful. It starts with ideas and brainstorming.

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SXSW: Using Social Media to Accelerate Sustainability

Amy Sample Ward

Publishing plust interactivity, participatory. Many channels, both personal and professional. Sustainability depends on knowledge; social media facilitate knowledge production, processing and distribution. Low barrier to entry. Emergent, peer to peer conversations and sharing of knowledge. How are the two related? -