Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.) And I use hashtags in blog entries!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. Become Your Own Publishing Powerhouse with LightBox Collaborative’s 2014 Editorial Calendar guest post by Holly Minch.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Clubhouse—the invite-only, audio-based social application that’s been drawing in celebrities and expert thought leaders—facilitates widespread collaboration on global topics by allowing users to participate in different conversations on different topics in real-time. Provides free access to thought leadership and global collaboration.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Esther Press’s list of best Bible studies for women notes that these studies can facilitate collaboration and group discussions, making it a great way for you to get to know other team members’ values and perspectives. Be sure to promote these aspects of your nonprofit on all your communication channels, from Facebook to your website.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram offer a way to share stories, highlight volunteer experiences, and post opportunities. Collaborating with local businesses, schools, and other organizations can widen your reach and bring in volunteers who already have a vested interest in their community’s well-being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

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 also analyzes the skills – which are often misunderstand as the ability to use the social network platforms like Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Last year we were honored to facilitate an emerging leadership program for a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Conservation and Science portfolio of grantees. That’s why we’ve included a highly practical toolkit that consists of facilitator agendas and worksheets for nonprofits to apply the ideas and frameworks.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be co-hosting The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. Photo by Teddy Llovet.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

Event gamification elements, like a virtual scavenger hunt, can go a long way to facilitating networking at your virtual event. Facebook is perfect for this idea. Over time, group members will naturally start to connect with one another, reducing the need for major facilitation or oversight. Virtual Networking Ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

I want to thank the other 31 Facebook friends for their donations to the Sharing Foundation in honor of my Birthday Cause. This all works well for psychology of collective influence which is an important part of Facebook application design. We've raised $1, 206 to help children in Cambodia. Harry's First Fundraising Video 3.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

If you have ever asked your members to post photos on Facebook or asked for stories from your clients, you have tasted the abundance that user-generated content (UGC) can bring to your organization. She is also a blogger, facilitator, and trainer, having worked with groups and spoken at events in the US, UK, and around the world.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Just look at Facebook. Facebook is the noodgiest site on the Internet. New Facebook users are barraged by emails alerting them to activities taking place in and around their profile. Welcome back to Facebook" (after signing on after a period of inactivity). But these email messages are key to Facebook's success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. It was great to watch her in action facilitating the creative, interactive, and fun program. When I posted this on my Facebook wall, it prompted some discussion points.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Over the last few of years I’ve had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. During this time, I’ve help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. Click here to participate in the study.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Facebook: With live streaming and story capabilities, Facebook is ideal for spreading the word about your upcoming fundraisers and events. TikTok has always been about video, but platforms like Instagram and Facebook are now also prioritizing this interactive content—because it works! . Payment facilitators.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Structurally, these are collaborative/conversational sessions. Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. Steve Spiker and Steve Backman are facilitating this session with me. I love it. Are we in compliance?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

I will continue to practice and explore different ways to use visuals to aid reflection, including data visualization, visual thinking, structured frameworks, graphic facilitation, and more. Most of all, sensing requires discipline, a routine, systems, and being organized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Not too long ago, I submitted my chapter to BJ Fogg's Psychology of Facebook Applications. The chapter is an analysis of Facebook applications that help raise money or awareness or encourage people to take a social action. The winning application will receive $10,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. Maybe it takes the form of collaboratively interupting the results of the evaluation.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Structurally, these are collaborative/conversational sessions. Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. Steve Spiker and Steve Backman are facilitating this session with me. I love it. Are we in compliance?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Over the last few of years I've had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. Amy Sample Ward, Community Development Manager, TechSoup Global.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Facilitating peer-learning and exchange. Peer discussion on use of online tools for collaboration for bounded networks, exploring some of the concepts in Digital Habits (each participant got a copy). I was able to organize my high school reunion in a half hour because I was friends with everyone on Facebook.". "My

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. Trust me.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

There are tons of ideas that you can shop on Meta (Facebook) Ads Library. Collaboration with experienced digital fundraisers is invaluable to learn what resonates. Facilitate two-way dialogue to make supporters feel heard. Make digital appeals personal and highlight donor benefits. Use time-limited offers to create urgency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. The person who scolded us is not even on Facebook!) My initial reaction was one of anger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The Second C: Collaboration. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

An interactive map app was also collaboratively created by the community as a social experiment to facilitate user experience. Using Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Facebook, and WordPress, she cross-promoted The Nutcracker by offering special seats to contest winners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. I might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels. Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook. That can’t scale unless there is the technical capacity of a giant like Amazon or Facebook is involved. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. I learned an incredible amount from collaborating with arts teachers. Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

I shared this article on Facebook and it sparked an interesting discussion. Foundation Center has been partnering with CDP to provide up-to-date grants data and facilitate knowledge sharing (see report referenced above). That latter would have the organization move fast, rather than waiting for perfection and constantly create/refine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” The chapter suggests “Tearing down the silos” and that this will encourage more open leadership, and create a transparent environment. The idea is to go from a hierarchical structure (what Allison Fine and I described as Fortress in our book) to a more collaborative, team offer. Sometimes easier said than done!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. One of the things that I do before I teach this workshop is look at the participant's social media ant trails by looking at their web sites, twitter streams, Facebook and YouTube.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

Social video includes the sharing of videos across networks and channels along with the rise of video meetings, workshops, and collaboration sessions integrated with social media tools. In future NPLive sessions we will dig deeper with social video collaboration tools like. How Do I Collaborate with Others Using Video?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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. See if a well-connected board member or current volunteer can go with you to facilitate introductions to key community members. Try the following: Attending networking events.

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