The Storytelling Non-profit

MAY 3, 2022

Here’s an example of the chart that I created: Tasks Start Date Completion Date Who is Responsible? But don’t worry, planning ahead of time will prepare you for any contingency Step #5: Document your fundraising campaign plan to succeed The best way to learn is by reflecting on experience. And then what actually happened?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. More recent books on these methods include Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo and Visual Meetings by David Sibbet (I took David Sibbet’s workshop on visual meeting facilitation and wrote up some reflections here.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

The ideas can be captured on a flip chart or participants can write them down on sticky notes and post them on a wall. Then you reflect on the difference in creative energy – typically yes and has more of it. Write them on a flip chart, white board, or slide so everyone can see it. Say the ground rules for brainstorming.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

You fill flip chart after flip chart with ideas. What if you had time to reflect, think and process between sessions? You will need to make sure everyone is able to access the documents you will be referring to during the meeting, the files or system you will be using to capture notes and brainstorms, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Reflective Practice. Writing people’s ideas on a flip chart or white board helps with the group memory and knowledge capture. The chart writer’s role is to captures the groups ideas. Whenever possible, the chart writer writes down the speaker’s exact words. Here’s just a few: Instructional.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them. A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Keep in mind that 990s are considered to be public documents. This one reflects a moment in time rather than a period of time. . It also fills in the gaps of what can’t be understood from public documents like annual reports or 990s. Think of this in terms of a pie chart, not a donor list. Endowments and designated gifts.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Diversify fundraising channel s: The report documents shifts in donor behavior and preferences. Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

You’re looking at your predecessor’s documents for tracking prospective major donors and you’re faced with an endless number of spreadsheets. In EveryAction, we’ve built Moves Management reports to reflect the way that Development teams actually think about their major donor pipeline. Sounds horrible, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2011

So, in honor our collective Twitter birthdays in October and Halloween, I thought I’d share a few Twitter tools for tracking and learning that are real treats and a few that make your work flow on Twitter efficient for documenting events. Twitter history is useful for documentation and presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. Each facilitator’s “corner” has two pieces of flip chart paper on the wall which was divided into a two x two grid and a stack of colored sticky notes. Or discuss and document on the sticky notes as you go. Reflection and Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

A good CRM will help you track your donors’ giving history, document their engagement with your organization, and help you identify opportunities to build strong donor relationships that will last for years. Gift range chart. Base this on your documented research, and follow it carefully! . Budget for expenses.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

For example, if you know you want to conduct more effective advocacy outreach in 2020, that should be reflected in your tech plan. Developing a detailed TCO (total cost of ownership) chart will help ensure your team understands both the short- and long-term costs of any new tools or tech changes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

The photograph above documents a creative stretch break from a recent Leadership Training I designed and co-facilitated at the Americans for the Arts Conference. I’ve done walking reflections at the end of session as well. Here’s the video if you want to see it in action). You have people pair up and go out for a walk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. Here’s a chart that may help you figure out what type is best for your next project. I've purchase a two copies, one for me and one to give away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

When Maddie Grant at Social Fish invited me to do a FREE webinar over at the 365 Engage Community, I was thrilled to have an opportunity to reflect the practice of incorporating social media into instruction. Use A Wiki For Electronic Handouts, Electronic Flip Chart, and Leave Behind. Share Your PowerPoint Deck with SlideShare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface. 4) There isn't a place inside of the virtual world where you can easily post the agenda and I haven't found a virtual flip chart yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking. Document on the fly.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

In the nonprofit sector, the annual report is often viewed as a necessary document to fulfill financial reporting obligations. Utilizing infographics, charts, and other visual tools can help break down your nonprofit’s achievements and impact into digestible bits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The next exercise participants worked in small groups using a low-tech method to "doodle out" their networks (magic markers and flip chart paper.) This exercise reminded me of an exercise I used to do in workshops 12 years ago with nonprofits to introduce the Internet, " Draw A Picture of the Intern et ". The Micro-Sociology of Networks.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

CTOs and CIOs began appearing in nonprofit org charts in the early 2000s as well, a few years after those roles became commonplace in for-profit organizations. As consumers in general become comfortable with different technologies, they will want to see those technologies reflected in the organizations they support.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

CTOs and CIOs began appearing in nonprofit org charts in the early 2000s as well, a few years after those roles became commonplace in for-profit organizations. As consumers in general become comfortable with different technologies, they will want to see those technologies reflected in the organizations they support.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

We candidly share frontline experiences, reflect deeply on our impact and find the network and meaning we need to do transformational work. It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). Web of Change / Big Sur, CA / By invitation. 11/28/2016. 12/31/2017. *

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits , we’re reminded that a key step to improvement is having an accurate retrospective view. Nonprofit Hub documents the 7 Steps to Compelling Staff Bios On Your Nonprofit Website . So get out your journals and start taking note.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This growing trend, often described as telecommuting or e-commuting, reflects a fundamental change from the traditional concept of work (performed in an office, on a nine-to-five schedule) to a more adaptive, results-based one. This chart is from Learning from a Natural Environment: Study a Corporate Work-Time Policy Initiative.

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