Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Is there a lead facilitator who is responsible for the final decision or is the team to work collaboratively making decisions? When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. Overnight Reflection.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

DEI in nonprofit organizations has been at the forefront of conversations, and many have taken heightened interest in self-exploration to build organizational values of diversity, equity and inclusion into their operations. This is a positive and important step for nonprofits, but it isn’t enough.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

We refrained from taking photos, because we wanted to foster an atmosphere of candor and comfort as grantors and grantees engaged in conversation about a difficult topic. The process was a collaboration in itself, with TSNE MissionWorks , and Essential Partners serving as co-hosts. This is not actually a photo from the dialogue series.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Collaborative Partnerships and Community Support (5 percent). Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. We adapted.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Can you describe a time when you had to work with a team to secure a major gift, and how did you manage the collaborative process? Did they engage you in the conversation by asking questions to understand your needs better or launch immediately into a pitch? Did they try to sell the features or cast a vision?)

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Conversions. On social media, a conversion might be a donation, a sign-up for a newsletter, or attendance at an event.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Each student signed in to the collaborative Google document to indicate that they were in attendance. Collaborative technology is incredible. Throughout the session, we’d divide into smaller groups or pairs to learn from each other more collaboratively. So I started using collaborative Google documents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

While participants in each track will explore their topics in depth and in the context of a facilitated structure, there will be inspiring keynotes and opportunities for networking for all participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

The nature of today’s nonprofit workplace – fast paced and heavy workloads – makes it nearly impossible to find the reflective time to put together a learning plan and implement it. For decades, even centuries, our view of leadership has been defined by top-down, hierarchical structures.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Collaborate with peers : Engage with other fundraisers and organizations to share insights and best practices. Collaborative efforts can lead to innovative solutions and improved fundraising results. Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. Do you have a fundraising plan?

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan. How have things been coming along?

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Care2

OCTOBER 26, 2011

What we’ve seen across all organizations, regardless of size, is that digital teams—their structure, leadership, and how they are affected by the culture of the institutions where they work—are the biggest predictor of online effectiveness.

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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. But whether you call it “networked” ways of working, “collaboration 2.0” Photo by Beth Kanter. So what to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

One area we cover is social awareness, the ability to recognize and understand the moods of other individuals and teams that we collaborate with professionally. Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. Emerging nonprofit leaders who engage in reflective listening are more likely to succeed.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. Their ideas were delightful, and their contributions shifted the conversation about what family-friendly really looks like.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

And companies like Unilever are not only focused on their supply chain, but re-structuring their advertising practices to better support and promote gender equality. The collaboration and innovative thinking around building a better world I saw at Davos this year encouraged me.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It is important to establish a clear direction as to what you want these new structures to accomplish. Establish perceived importance and shape an approach to continue the conversation well beyond the initial formal learning. Assign work that can only be achieved in a collaborative setting. Clear Direction. Assign Group Work.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

It has some of the same feel as the disconnected affection of people wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook, with professional reflection baked in. Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

In 2003, collaborator Stephanie Sherman and I “re-discovered,” the former store, declared nothing for sale, and began inviting artists to create works using the set, or collection of objects. Successful” artworks draw out qualities in the collection, reflect material histories, and show the artists’ process and conceptualization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

On the side, by personal email I was sharing interesting links, articles, and conversations with people who I thought might be interested. The reason I think this is a classic Internet story is that 90% of the ongoing cost of publishing that blog is my own cost of staying informed and reflecting on what I learn. It hones my thinking.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. Also, perhaps you’re interested in the podcast and reflections that I’ve learned.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2016

They raise money by crafting documents that reflect the terms of those who give it. Over many years, my colleagues and I at The Rensselaerville Institute have learned that proposals based on process, structure, and beliefs are needlessly long. Collaboration is essential. If the funder calls it a benchmark, so will we.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This Black History Month, we reflect on the strategy work that our team does through our partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture —much of which centers around expanding access. It was a lovely evening that inspired a rich conversation. But then, As we all know, the world shut down.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

And these conversations weren't exclusive to the program events. Early in the document, the declaration proclaims, "[Science centers] are safe places for difficult conversations." We need to create some collaborative structures (probably on the web) for continued dialogue and mutual support. I don't think that's yet true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In this approach, the Brainerd Foundation would focus on fostering sharing and innovation by thinking differently, funding differently, collaborating with other funders differently, and sharing differently—all starting tomorrow. We finished with a group photo and fun co-creation reflection. Making: Ideation and Rapid Prototyping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In the past year, I''ve seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

Jane McGonigal and the folks from IFTF have released a new future-casting game/collaborative experience called Signtific Lab. What excites me is that Signtific provides a very deliberate framework that prioritizes collaborative thinking and dialogue. Signtific is not an open mushy conversation about the future.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation. So we have three key goals for our conversation this afternoon or morning depending on where you are. So with that, what we wanted to do is start our conversation by understanding your understanding of key trends in philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs track blog conversations and respond. Social Interaction - People can have conversations and create content together. Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In the past year, I've seen the conversation shift to talking about impact and sustainability of these projects--how we evaluate audience participation and how we can shift from experimental pilots to more day-to-day implementation.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Think of it this way: if someone notices an untrustworthy organization promoting unsavory content through the program, it could reflect poorly on Google. Set goals like these, then structure your campaigns around them. On the other hand, an effective design will encourage users to explore your site, resulting in more conversions (e.g.,

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

We have different conversations on the phone than we do in person or in internet chat rooms. The outcome of our conversations is dependent on the diversity of designed environments in which they occur. If someone asks you a question on Twitter, you can only respond with 140 characters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. D) is to going. whenever i???

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Our essential intention is to cultivate partnerships of grassroots women who are working at the community level on issues of environmental sustainability and social justice, so that they can really find opportunities to collaborate and to exchange best practices, exchange resources, and really build a collective agenda.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration / Cancún Yucatán, (Int.) Participants will network and learn about other areas of practice, discuss a range of opportunities and challenges faced by different sectors, and work collaboratively to improve impact measurement. Oct 9 - 14.

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Classy

APRIL 5, 2021

Even if a visitor hits your donation page with the original intent to donate, an underwhelming first impression, or a poorly structured or distracting page, can leave your nonprofit with a missed opportunity. Follow these 10 best practices to optimize your main donation page for conversion: .

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