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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. Facilitation'

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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The days when board members holed up in a conference room and mapped the organization’s future based on anecdotal evidence, political expediency, and personal experience should be over. Be ready to seize opportunities when they arise or set a new course to avert disruption. Make successful collaboration part of performance standards.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

.orgSource

The days when board members holed up in a conference room and mapped the organization’s future based on anecdotal evidence, political expediency, and personal experience should be over. Be ready to seize opportunities when they arise or set a new course to avert disruption. Effective strategy begins with an integrated plan.

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How To: DIY Community & Content Mapping

Amy Sample Ward

Over the last few of years I’ve had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. During this time, I’ve help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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In working with a nonprofit intermediary, we brought together a knowledge team that met monthly over the course of nine months. Visualizing Where Meaning Making Can Happen “Mapping” activities are often the starting point of identifying data collection opportunities. These are opportunities for meaning making.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Customer Journey Mapping

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Over the course of the year, your organization develops hundreds of opportunities to connect with your supporters. Historically, customer journeys have mapped someone’s purchase behavior for a product in the marketplace. Map-Making 101. BigDoor also has their own Quick Guide to Customer Journey Mapping.

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How-to: DIY Community and Content Mapping

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Over the last few of years I've had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. During this time, I've help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. Community Map.

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