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Power in Solidarity: Reflections from AAPIP and NAP’s joint convening

Candid

On a personal level, this convening was special, as it was the first in-person conference I attended since the outbreak of COVID-19, and it was a wonderful space to be in! . Conferences are great places for connection and joint learning, but the wealth of rich, meaningful information can sometimes be overwhelming.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Leading Change Summit was drastically different from the Nonprofit Technology Conference, NTEN’s flagship event that has over 2,000 attendees, dozens of tracks and hundreds of panels, big parties, a trade show, and all the things you would expect from a traditional conference. Overnight Reflection.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. Justice over greatness: A new year’s reflection. Reflections on a Conference for Well-Intentioned Funders: We can do better.

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Ideation Conference Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charles Lee It's conference season and I will be on the road at various conferences this week and next. So expect some live blogging, and reflections. deation conference hosted by Charles Lee. deation Conference is intentionally formatted to create a rich learning and sharing experience. The description: The !deation

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice. For those of us who have been attending blogging and tech conferences, the backchannel is not new. How can we use back-channels as a progressive force at conferences?

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Explore Impact Leadership at NTEN’s Leading Change Summit: Free Registration Giveaway

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As you can see from the schedule overview , this is more of a participatory event versus the traditional conference with powerpoints and panelists. What great about this conference is that we will have creative immersion and change to “sleep on our ideas.” Conferences'