Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

If we lack the skills to avoid collaborative overload, manage difficult conversations, learn from failure, the resulting physical, emotional, and mental strain gets in the way of a nonprofit organization’s success. Then, I have participants work in small groups, using a structured brainstorming process. Responsive tech support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are a lot different styles, philosophies, and techniques for facilitating groups of people. Check out the International Association of Facilitator’s Method database which contains more than 500 entries. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Disclaimer Thursday, February 17, 2011 $250,000 Collaboration Prize Finalists Announced posted by Jill Watts , Director of Capacity Building Initiatives ASU Lodestar Center Today the Lodestar Foundation announced the eight Finalists for the 2011 Collaboration Prize. However, we still have much to learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing. (I I may be wrong, let me know in the comments). Why this resource?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 17, 2011 American Humanics: An Elite Group posted by Lyn McDonough , American Humanics Program Coordinator Senior, ASU Lodestar Center "The few, the proud." American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Marine Corps.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. It was also the first in-person event I’ve had a chance to attend in two years.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Forum One was a sponsor, and several of my colleagues from our user experience and design team lead sessions on topics ranging from tips on quick and simple audience analysis to learning from design mistakes and making client engagement fun in a group setting.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people and enrich more people’s lives. If you’re doing anything worth doing, you can collaborate with business, government and other nonprofits in consortium efforts to address complex problems holistically. — Seth Godin.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Originally launched by a group of amazing philanthropic collaborators, led by Henry Timms of the 92 nd Street Y , the movement aimed to widen who was participating in the world of giving while providing an antidote to the consumer frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Join the fun. It’s one month until #GivingTuesday.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

For Team MPhasis, its important to not only teach kids through sports, but to also incorporate our religious beliefs into our work. Having Godly principles embedded in our program is the most important concept that we teach, and we make that a clear focus right up front. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? All You Need is Love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. Spectra Gram: This is a full group exercise that you can use to bring out ideas or different views on the topic. I learned this one from “Gunner” from Aspiration. It takes time and good to do with a smaller group.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. They offer an opportunity to convene locally to share ideas, learn from one another, and collaborate on projects for real world impact. Check out our map of events to find your closest group. New Groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It was great to watch her in action facilitating the creative, interactive, and fun program. The culminating project was for teams of campers to design and create a “ zine ,” on change making topics. Before the workshops, they facilitated a brainstorming and collaborative voting process to identify topics and teams.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

" Teach Parents Tech – I'm having so much fun playing with this new template from Google – it filters videos and other resources and pulls them together for the person you want to help get tailored tech support. And it's fun! Check it out – anyone you want to share it with?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. I later became a member of the GIGI group ( girl geeks of the World Cafe ).

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Her nerdy, entertaining videos about math evoke the power of free choice learning while poking gentle fun at the drudgery of how math is often taught in school. She was a free agent for a long time, until the beginning of 2012, when she joined the teaching staff of Khan Academy. We are reminded of how much fun learning can be.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

I hope to teach my own children, someday, all that I’ve learned about service and citizenship. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 22, 2011

The Forum, which was presented by the ASU Lodestar Center and the Arizona Grantmakers Forum , enabled the two groups to meet on equal grounds and see things from a different perspective. It was also fun for me to meet some other students who attended. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. You can also send fun cards using Felt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The next morning participants gathered to make individual and collective sense of the ideas that were shared by experts. The techniques that help you get at understanding are not always fun or easy to do. It requires stepping back and seeing the big picture. Sometimes the enemy of innovation is not solving the right problem.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2011

American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

In my training work with emerging nonprofit leaders , teaching how to ask powerful questions and hone your listening skills is part of the leadership development curriculum and workshops. They use a variety of methods including focus groups, surveys, and one-on-one conversations. Fund for Shared Insight is trying to change that.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Karaoke Karaoke is more than a fun bar night activity—it can be a nonprofit event with multiple revenue streams. Comedy Nights Comedy nights are a good way to bring some lighthearted fun to your organization. Yard Sales A yard sale is a fun way to get to know your supporters while also raising funds for a cause.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

By collaborating, you could fulfill your own desires as well as help the existing nonprofit in fulfilling its mission. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

As Senior Program Manager of Paths of HOPE at Catholic Charities, I am preparing to lead my team and a group of cross-functional, internal stakeholders, along with our CEO and Senior Management, through a two-day program planning session. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

My early experience in doing technology training was collaborating with teachers to deliver professional development on how to integrate technology. I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2011

American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

In fact, it ought to be a fun, exhilarating, rewarding experience for both members of this important leadership team. Thirty-two CEOs responded, and the results were extremely informative, leading to the greater question of how often this relationship is fun, exhilarating, and rewarding. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause. Themed Costume Party A Themed Costume Party is an opportunity for supporters to dress up according to a chosen theme and enjoy a fun night out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. This is something that nonprofit professionals are just beginning to explore.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

In addition, they are interested in learning about foundation grant making, marketing and social media, building collaboration, and managing faith-based organizations. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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