Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. Using the app, organizations can share educational content, tell their stories, and gather insights and feedback from their audiences. Key benefits.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

One of the newest resources, a free online guide called “ The Data Playbook ,” was recently published by the Schusterman Foundation and written by Rella Kaplowitz, Program Officer, Evaluation and Learning. The four key questions are: What data to collect? All measurement processes start with defining objectives or outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. The members of these networks are intentional about building, strengthening, and maintaining relationships with one another that generates collaborative activities together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). The messages or story is created and shared: Metrics are related to the process of producing or sharing the desired message or story.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. Collaboration with experienced digital fundraisers is invaluable to learn what resonates. Use time-limited offers to create urgency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. Your communication strategy should be a combination of both financial + social impact metrics, and should consider statistics and personal stories that convey your impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2023

Brian serves as the Founder of BPOZ Brand Leadership and is a Founding Partner of Curious Collaborations. If you uncover misalignment and/or a lack of clarity, consider holding a facilitated Leadership Alignment Intensive process , designed to get your team rowing in the same direction. Listen carefully and look for trends.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

So for me, the best part is the collaboration - getting to put our minds together and see what incredible experiences we can create for others. Collaborating with others to look into the abyss of the unknown and have faith in each other, and the process, and to emerge on the other side with something wondrous - you can’t beat that.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Social skills— along with empathy, help teams successfully collaborate to get work done. If you think EI is a soft skill, one of those activities that requires maximum effort for minimum results, these statistics tell a different story. A facilitated workshop will put the five EI competencies on everyone’s radar. Start slowly.

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.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

A technology assessment is a performance evaluation of your IT systems. The purpose of an IT assessment is to evaluate whether your systems’ functionality and efficiency are in alignment with organizational goals and strategy. Any of the following objectives and concerns might trigger an evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

The book is about self-care for individuals who work for nonprofits and how it scales within nonprofit organizations. If your organization has a story to share for our book, let us know. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. What is your theme for 2016?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And with a goal as ambitious and nebulous as elevating community well-being, how do we evaluate success? Collaborating with community-based organizations (CBOs) not only strengthens your collective efforts, but helps the community you serve to buy into your program and vision. Who should be involved in the planning process?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Take the time to assess your operations and evaluate any gaps that volunteer work could fill. You could even ask volunteers to facilitate a warm introduction for you instead of just giving you a list of names. Collaborate with local businesses. A coffee meet-up is perfect for this type of introduction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Companies like First West Credit Union are focusing on amplifying these employee acts of kindness by telling their stories. In a socially distanced world, virtual tours of non-profits, lunch and learns with community leaders, book clubs, or movies with facilitated discussion can strengthen that foundation. We’re here to help!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Microsoft researchers are collaborating with the academic community on environmental problems, such as aggregation and visualization of complex scientific data from many sources. One of the most inspiring stories is from John Wood , founder of Room-to-Read , who left Microsoft in 1998 to change the world. “ Unleashing Technology.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth has over 30 years working in the nonprofit sector in technology, training, capacity building, evaluation, fundraising and marketing. Beth is an expert in facilitating online and offline peer learning, curriculum development based on traditional adult learning theory and other instructional approaches.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

from pitching your cause to donors and funding agencies, to delivering services to members and clients; and from seeking public support and the ear of decision-makers, to collaborating with other organizations in projects of common interest. a slogan, perhaps, or a compelling human-interest story â?? Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Katie Salen Parsons (She co-wrote the book Rules of Play ) We're facilitating a process of games versus making games. Kids can go online an build stories. Kids are collaboratively working together to build a tale. Prototyping, evaluation, and learning lab - partnering with the games 4 change. How can we facilitate change?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Santa Cruz Collects is based on collections and stories from people throughout our county. We're involving visitor services and volunteers more intentionally in facilitation. We collaborated with community members to source content and develop the show. I hope there's something in here you can use.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I want to start, first, with a story…. That word change supports co-design, it encourages collaboration, and it ensures engagement. The community will see that you aren’t making changes, aren’t communicating, and aren’t collaborating and will disengage. Communities are flexible.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Telling engaging stories about your nonprofit requires more than just broadcasting an overview of your mission and history to the world. With this in mind, you could include stories in your auction marketing materials that illustrate how your programs have helped kids learn to read. Understand your audience. Social media.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2021

Technology can help connect disparate actors across geographies, share data to facilitate the identification of victims and traffickers, improve case management and survivor care, and raise awareness in at-risk communities. Collaborating for freedom is a complex and multifaceted process. How are you combating trafficking?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Nonprofits Assistance Fund for this fifth annual day-long conference will offer insights, strategies and tools for staff and board members looking at your organization’s financial sustainability from diverse perspectives – from strategy and oversight to implementation and evaluation. Mar 9 - 11.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Note from Beth: Since the concept of working in Networks is can be hard to explain to newcomers, learning from case studies, stories, and examples can be illuminating. Next, consultants helped facilitate an asynchronous process involving a wide set of stakeholders using an online wiki to write and edit sections of the plan.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NOS session is a chance for anyone interested in open data and APIs to connect and collaborate. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 8, 2006

This year, we will complete the development of the first two technologies—the recording mechanism and the collaborative mapping tools. We will engage volunteers to evaluate the technologies for how usable—and socially adaptable—they are. And we have a more collaborative way of defining our cultural process and identity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I’ve had the pleasure working with Diana Scearce , from Monitor Institute, who has been facilitating and weaving this network. Social media tools for engaging and capturing the work of crowds include: wikis, custom platforms or web sites that facilitate voting, rating, giving feedback, adding content, or funding.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. And that might involve collaboration, saying, “We acknowledge that there are others in the community that do this better or more effectively. So, obviously, going to be a really great presenter for you. Does that make sense?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2009

But now, I'm looking at the story of visitors pointing in Race in a different way: as a low-tech example of a socially networked platform. The Race exhibit served as a facilitation of potential dialogue based on a very simple finger-based exchange. Visitors see things that intrigue them, point at them, and other visitor look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

The Mobilisation Lab works with Greenpeace and its partners on the following services: Mobilisation Strategy and Design :: creative and collaborative workshops with multidisciplinary teams. Assessments and Review :: evaluating past performance to inform future mobilisation efforts. This one is for social media.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

A good framework to follow, especially if you want to show the impact your nonprofit makes , goes something like this: Give an example of a success story by highlighting results. It’s easy to get bogged down in the story such that you detract away from the key points you want your article to focus on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2009

Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail Note from Beth: In 1993, I worked as the "network weaver" for an online network for individual artists called "Arts Wire" where I facilitated online conversations, provided technology support and training. Collaborator. Their stories are the museum. Is it hubris to call us visionaries?

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