The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Organizations need a solid leadership succession plan in order to prevent potential crises resulting from life’s curveballs. Collaborate on a list of traits of an ideal executive. If possible, each task should be learned by at least two people in your organization. In less than a decade, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. Reflection.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

One of the participants was Ericha Hager, the Regional Collaborative Coordinator for Community Media Access Partnership. After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. 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.

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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. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. ” The members don’t necessarily develop powerful relationships and collaborations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

The summit will be an opportunity for deeper peer learning for nonprofit change makers in three theme areas: digital strategy , impact leadership , and the future of technology. I’m excited to be co-facilitating the Impact Leadership track with colleagues John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. So what to do?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

A comprehensive solution will require a collective effort, and creative collaboration across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. The result is a model for cross-sector partnerships that span the nonprofit, for-profit, and education sectors, and include the Numi Foundation , World Central Kitchen , and Eat.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

This is the final post in our series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we look at determining the value of creating a collaboration community. The second part explores challenges in facilitating collaboration. The world of collaboration platforms is a bit of a jungle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

She has tremendous knowledge on managing the day-to-day challenges of fundraising and enjoys facilitating the decision-making process with clients. Not sure your organization is going to experience these results? Here is a list of what successful campaigns have in common: 1. A Clearly Defined Project. A Prospective Donor Pool.

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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. Cross disciplinary teams.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. resulting in vastly higher levels of productivity, efficiency, and loyalty.” shared mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

In her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. The more collaborative opportunities a business offers, the more employees will feel a sense of ownership.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Already there are nearly 3 million BRIDGE numbers assigned worldwide, a result of synchronizing information from the databases of founding partners Foundation Center, GlobalGiving, GuideStar, and TechSoup. Funded by Google Inc., Ongoing synchronization makes it easier to share and compare data among databases. Expect More Innovation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. resulting in vastly higher levels of productivity, efficiency, and loyalty.” shared mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? Making: Ideation and Rapid Prototyping.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Leaders have had some great opportunities as a result of COVID-19. Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. And that boosts others’ ability to be resilient and open to new ideas and collaboration.” -- Ellen B. Take advantage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. 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. Flickr Photo by qwrrty.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Leaders have had some great opportunities as a result of COVID-19. Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. And that boosts others’ ability to be resilient and open to new ideas and collaboration.” -- Ellen B. Take advantage.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Leaders have had some great opportunities as a result of COVID-19. Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. And that boosts others’ ability to be resilient and open to new ideas and collaboration.” -- Ellen B. Take advantage.

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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. He's explicit about different project structures and their implications, listing five levels of participation and three of non-participation.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Collaborate with peers from across North America who understand your challenges.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. They understand that strong compensation structures are essential for building a scalable, sustainable organization that retains its talent and grows year over year. Top Nonprofit Consulting Firms by Specialty.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Collaboration difficulties: Collaborating on projects and campaigns can be challenging when team members are using different tools that don’t easily integrate. Using a ChMS alongside other disconnected systems like donor management software, email marketing platforms, and volunteer management systems , can hamper collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2009

The diagnostic tool includes 8 different areas: membership, leadership, governance, purpose, strategy/structure, assessment, communications/technology, and resource management. The session was expertly facilitated by the Monitor Team which included David Sawyer, Diana Scearce, and Heather McLeod Grant.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Collaboration difficulties: Collaborating on projects and campaigns can be challenging when team members use different tools that don’t integrate easily. Instant real-time insights facilitate donor relationship building. Data security and compliance Clean, up-to-date data is crucial for fundraising success.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

How can we facilitate digital experiences that empower more people to discover, engage, and contribute to the narratives and realities of race in America? Launched in 2020, the portal was an important, timely resource to facilitate conversations about race and racism in America following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

However, nonprofit leaders can combine operational and programmatic strategies through collaboration to combine resources and funding in order to increase social efforts. However, collaboration has the ability to strengthen the sector by combining weak nonprofits with strong nonprofits to assist in overall greater community impact.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Result: you learn more and connect with more people. Accounting / @nysscpa. Accounting. Jan 20 - 22. Fundraising. Technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

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 use a process that on your website was described as the, "collaborative project planning process." Now 26, Erickson is still FORGE's Executive Director.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

I wanted the details of the residency to be shaped by the people who got involved with it, so it needed a structure with an edge that could be pushed against in different directions. The Inspectors could contribute ideas about what that might happen as a result. What were the City Gallery goals for the project?

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The connections you make at conferences could lead to new partnerships, collaborations, and even funding opportunities. It uses special facilitation techniques to stimulate conversations among guests and unleash the potential for guests to emerge as leaders. The result is often greater leadership and innovation.

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