VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Of course, there are auxiliaries that are adaptable, responsive, and truly collaborative. In recent years, we have conducted surveys and interviews at institutions with longstanding volunteer councils. So, how are these institutions addressing the challenges while also leveraging the strengths of the model? A Path to Change.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2022

The need for collaboration amongst a diverse array of community members has become a recognized focus within the nonprofit sector. In engaging in interviews with nonprofit agencies, there is a common trend among practitioners who have clients, volunteers, and staff who are of a primarily homogenous make-up. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. Not only does this provide powerful role models for attendees, but it can boost interest and attendance at your event. Others may prefer moderated discussions or interviews. Collaborate with AAPI leaders to ensure your programming is authentic and resonates well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? They include: attention, crap detection, collaboration, networks, and participation.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

So, you have decided you need a tool for collaboration or content management. Below I discuss some adoption strategies that you should consider if you plan to launch a collaborative platform or content management system. Every collaboration or content management site needs one. Model Wanted Behavior. Even better.

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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

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. She graciously did this interview with me to share more of her knowledge. She founded the firm to leverage my background in finance, education, and environmental areas.

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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. The photo shows us modeling “shoulder to shoulder&# learning. Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums. We saw kids and adults switch from English to Spanish not only mid-conversation but mid-sentence, both in the exhibition and in the interviews afterwards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Allan Gunn from Aspiration and his legendary facilitation skills and knowledge. Begin Connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I interviewed Joitske about her work way back in 2006. From the English book review : " In the third chapter, "Thinking about change in five different colors", Caluwé and Vermaak introduce their color model. being a tool for change facilitation - which it is. Joitske recommend Learning To Change. projects in organizations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. You started very young.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

The model balances content, learning design, and participants. I love David Sibbet, Rachel Smith, and everything Grove Consulting does. I had the pleasure of taking the visual facilitation workshop last fall (my write up is here ). The ideas, tips, and tricks are grounded in adult learning theory, but the book is very practical.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

More importantly, it means that we should be looking to their model to push ourselves in how we think about delivering the most engaging, powerful content possible. We are finally leaving behind the 18th century model of education where groups of students are expected to learn at a standard pace.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Scott Anderson from ClientTrack , a software solution aimed at increasing the impact of social benefit organizations and their work by “integrating people, processes, and technology.&# You can learn more about Scott and the work ClientTrack is doing in the interview below.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). I was particularly touched by my interview with Deron Beal, the Executive Director and founder of the Freecycle Network , so I thought I'd share it here.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2022

Although the board facilitates the programme, it is the young people themselves who run the weekly meetings and activities independently. This is where cloud technology can help: by removing geographical barriers to collaboration and making large volumes of knowledge easy to capture and share across vast networks of people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Gregg Swanson from HumaniNet picks out a few projects that are based on collaboration/partnership and a track of record of doing projects like the one proposed. " Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model. We interview the teams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

I was honored to design and facilitate a panel at SXSW on Sunday called " Crowd Sourcing Innovative Social Change." So, we decided to " eat our own dog food " that is model the use of crowd sourcing to design and implement the panel. Invisible People uses crowd sourcing to select the best stories and interviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. Source: Spitfire Twitter Feed. ” We kicked off the half-day training with a fun icebreaker.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And you all got to know Elizabeth because she’s all over the place speaking, she’s doing podcasts, she’s getting interviewed. They’re collaborative, they’re passionate about your mission. Our board members can facilitate personal introductions to our professional leadership. She works over at CCS.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Yes, community involvement is at the heart of our shifted, successful business model. But that business model requires experienced staff who know how to empower people, facilitate meaningful participation, respond to community issues and interests, and ignite learning. It''s not cheap. It''s not easy. I know these people exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Last week at the TechSoup Global Summit , I had an opportunity to meet Annie Leonard and do a quick interview about their lessons learned working as a networked. A Networked organization is more than just the electronic infrastructure and tools that facilitate communication. It is a collaborative way of working.

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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 look at the fact, are you creating and using an evidence-based program model?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

"To us, it's really about collaboration. This was a collaboration among several organizations, A Single Drop, Crabgrass, ProNet Accra, and Women's Earth Alliance. We had women who had expertise in community organizing, micro-finance, facilitation and leadership development. To us, it's really about collaboration.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 20, 2017

In an interview, Aaron Dorfman, President and CEO of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), commented on the mission of philanthropy as “contributing to the creation of a fair, just and democratic world. Interviewer) & Dorfman, A. OMG Center for Collaborative Learning. Brown, 2015). Retrieved from [link].

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. It's all about collaboration. I don't think we learn very much about collaboration in our culture. How to have better practices in communication, and I think one of the things we do at Art and Action is model collective leadership.

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