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. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

It is really hard to maintain a balance of interaction and content delivery when you have 90 minutes and four people with subject-matter expertise. Our session was really about “train the trainer” which requires going beyond mere content delivery and do what I call “going meta.” The Feng Shui of Good Teaching.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

This information can be used in the future to provide more valuable content, improve marketing strategies, and appeal to the right sponsors. This will enable the virtual meeting participants to engage more deeply with the content and each other. Develop engaging content. The Main Features a Virtual Trade Show Should Have.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

They provide access to a wider audience, can allow for more diverse content, can create better sponsorship opportunities, keep attendees safe from coronavirus risks, and provide a much greater return on investment. Virtual events offer a lot of benefits to an event organizer. Hold Pre-event Sessions.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

She’s a creative content creator focusing on delivering information about the importance of volunteerism for nonprofit organizations. She is passionate about creating engaging content, writing, and graphic design to help viewers easily retain information. With this in mind, let’s dive in!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

You just lump a bunch of speakers together and hobble together some content. Who will facilitate? These are some of the best practices of planning a high quality session. Recently, Points of Light offered an instructional webinar on how to design a conference session. Be mindful of character limit (250, including spaces).

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

Keep in mind that your organization may be facing more than one of these challenges— but luckily, there are strong software solutions to help your association overcome them. It doesn’t empower you to create new content and keep up with the latest developments in your field. The content you share within the LMS is dull and unengaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

I also was honored to facilitate a reflection exercise as part of the closing plenary session with data for good rock stars Bob Filbin, Jeffrey Blandt, and Jake Porway. It has been a long time since I’ve attended a conference where great content and instructional design were so well integrated.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

This information can be used in the future to provide more valuable content, improve marketing strategies, and appeal to the right sponsors. This will enable the virtual meeting participants to engage more deeply with the content and each other. Develop engaging content. The Main Features a Virtual Trade Show Should Have.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

They provide access to a wider audience, can allow for more diverse content, can create better sponsorship opportunities, keep attendees safe from coronavirus risks, and provide a much greater return on investment. Virtual events offer a lot of benefits to an event organizer. Hold Pre-event Sessions.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Microlearning in particular caters towards reinforcing ideas, motivating students due to the brevity of the content, as well as creating an environment where the user feels like they have accomplished something within that same very short time span. This is arguably the most immediate environment for an entrepreneurial mind.

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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. We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. Mindful Listening: Master the Basics of Focused Conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. If two minds are better than one, what about 100? The wiki and our hashtag helps bring in other people into our learning and enrich it. Stay tuned for that!

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

What I Learned Part 1: Facilitation is Powerful When I taught this class the first time, I put a real premium on the idea of designing participatory activities that were visitor-driven and required minimal or no facilitation. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 25, 2024

Treatment: The healthcare system prescribes treatment and follow-up instructions. Post-visit behavioral and lifestyle adjustment: The patient follows treatment instructions and makes lifestyle adjustments to facilitate healing and well-being. Care: The patient is assessed by the medical faculty. Respond to negative feedback.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

A virtual conference, in many ways, is similar to a physical conference, but that does not mean the two should be planned or facilitated in the same way. It may be tempting to cram a ton of content into your conference to increase its value, but it is possible to offer too much of a good thing. Facilitate Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

There are many things in my life and work that I need to streamline, and an important skill to facilitate this is learn how to say no. I have years of blog content and resource collections. I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. I have a confession.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2008

The facilitator is functionally another visitor, one with whom the participant is not only willing but eager to speak. But Storycorps still requires facilitators, and it asks a lot of its participants. This week in the Mind exhibition at the Exploratorium, I met D.A.I.S.Y., Could a computer be a good conversationalist?

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

To draw a large audience, you need to provide content that makes sense for the industry or niche you are targeting. . By posting images and videos with trendy, relevant, and branded hashtags, you are providing your audience with another way to connect with your content. Do not be afraid to aim big! . Curate a virtual experience.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

A virtual conference, in many ways, is similar to a physical conference, but that does not mean the two should be planned or facilitated in the same way. It may be tempting to cram a ton of content into your conference to increase its value, but it is possible to offer too much of a good thing. Facilitate Networking.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

For instance, people working in creative fields might appreciate more visually-driven content, while those in the business or technical fields may prefer more data-backed content. With this in mind, you could include stories in your auction marketing materials that illustrate how your programs have helped kids learn to read.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 15, 2024

For your membership program to be successful, you must make it easy for people to become members and facilitate their ongoing engagement. Ensure that all of your nonprofit’s members can access and benefit from your website content. Create Members-Only Content You can create exclusive areas specifically for members on your website.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

To draw a large audience, you need to provide content that makes sense for the industry or niche you are targeting. . By posting images and videos with trendy, relevant, and branded hashtags, you are providing your audience with another way to connect with your content. Do not be afraid to aim big! . Curate a virtual experience.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Make sure you’re keeping your mission, audience, and goals in mind each step of the way. It’s easier to get sidetracked, and it’s harder to stay on topic as you share content across your different marketing channels. Keep your donor segments and persona in mind as you consider each of these options. Determine Your Goal.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Some were nonsensical, graffiti, or obscenities, but many were comments on the quality and content of the museum generally. In cases where the topic was controversial or the exhibition style risky, including a space for visitor talk-back ameliorated visitor anger about perceived biased portrayal of content. What were they about?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I familiarize people with what kinds of content are appropriate for the medium. For example, in certain circumstances I'd tell people to base their posts on three basic forms: short announcements, medium length excerpts from elsewhere with commentary and very occasional long posts of original content. That's very exciting, I think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. Objective. Social Strategies. Tools and Tactics.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Do you have a digital marketing process in place to manage your content, social, email, and engagement activities? In this article, I’m going to share a strategic marketing process that, when followed, will help you create content your audience will love. Structure Content With An Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs. The meeting and the workshop I facilitated took place in iHub, an open innovation space. I facilitated a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit, covering the concepts of social culture, simplicity, and transparency.

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