Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2012

Receive ideas, tips, resources, and cheerleading from the Juicy Blogging Circle’s facilitator (me!). Blogging for Nonprofits E-Clinic June 4-14, 2012 Virtual I'll be teaching with the fabulous Kivi Leroux Miller, author of The Nonprofit Marketing Guide. Support other Circle members with their successes and challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2015

Note from Beth: For the past two years, I’ve had the honor of facilitating a peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees who are hosting Giving Days. What Sesame Street Can Teach Us About the Giving Challenge – Guest Post by Susie Bowie. Flickr Image from Carlos ZGZ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. In early 2017, we completed a two week book tour.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Micro-learning online courses consist of a video, an info-graphic or list of tips, and a set of instructional or assessment questions that help us think differently about the topic and find something bite size to apply immediately. Course objectives: Understand the harmful effects of prolonged sitting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

International Training Work: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world. This past year I had the honor of facilitating an intense training in Tunisia in January for Women Entrepreneurs that included leadership, entrepreneurship, business planning, and communications.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . Welcome to the real world of “more than a great fundraising technician”—and that holds true for pretty much any senior-level position, e.g., program director, finance officer, and of course the ED/CEO.”. It’s in your job description. And it’s not an individual sport. It takes a village.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. I wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I was invited to teach an interactive workshop based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit on how to link self-care with well being in the workplace. I learned this from ETR’s facilitator tips. Source: Sitkicker. Bringing Movement Into the Workshop. All in all a great experience at the Peel Leadership Centre in Toronto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

I strongly believe that a course, workshop, panel, master class, and even a keynote that is interactive is more engaging, people pay attention, they make connections to what they already know and are far more likely to apply it. Research about the physical space can impact learning, can be found here. I most often have to hack the space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. by Eric Jensen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. Of course, this would be optional for everyone. You will learn as you go, sometimes by making mistakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I’m headed to New Zealand and Australia to facilitate workshops in both countries and to keynote the ConnectingUp Conference (Australia’s version of the Nonprofit Technology Conference). This training will be the kick off for a peer learning group that Stephen will facilitate over the next few months. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Google has launched Analytics Academy , a three-week online course t three-week course offers the basics for those seeking to understand the how to improve results through better digital measurement. In 2012, Howard Rheingold facilitated the production of the “ Peeragogy Handbook ,” a practical how-to.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Of course, most development staff have known this for a while now. And it’s the best way I know to convey to non-development staff how important their role is in facilitating philanthropy. Your job is to facilitate philanthropy , and you know donors require honesty, transparency, and relevance before they give. Brian Solis .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. Why are you passionate about teaching young people? Ideablob.com of course!

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. The experience for the user should be seamless, of course, but this is the bare minimum. Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Mastering relevant content marketing.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

For example, they could assist with the search for a learning management system or consult on the pricing of your courses. Converting courses to new formats. After all, you wouldn’t want to create courses or invest in tools that your members are simply not interested in engaging with! Final Report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. The exercise teaches empathy. Second, assign someone in the room to be the “bridge facilitator.”

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

However, if your LMS doesn’t make it easy to author new modules and market these new courses, it will be a challenge to release new credits for your members. It could even lead to dangerous situations if members are completing courses teaching outdated practices that are no longer widely accepted.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Because, my friends, delivering happiness is the job of a true philanthropy (translated from the Greek as “love of humanity”) facilitator. Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. People Yearn to Express their Love . Your job is to help them do so.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We’ll also be referring folks to resources for more formal learning and peer connections, like NTEN , the Nonprofit Technology Network and host of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference and Netsquared and TechSoup Global – and of course sharing resources from our colleagues in the nonprofit/social media field.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2012

A couple weekends ago I facilitated a 3-hour Tea, Cupcakes and Creative Bloggers workshop at Teahouse Studio. It was so much fun, I want to teach it again soon. P.S. The Juicy Blogging E-Course starts Wednesday, Jan. Thanks again for the class yesterday. It was really invigorating!"

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Facilitate virtual meetups, book clubs, and happy hours with special guests, like No Vet Alone is doing. – Plan a weekly “teach in” series about COVID facts and advice. Facilitate a virtual gathering for supporters to make masks together, with instructions on material to buy. Shortage of medical supplies and resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Who will facilitate? And of course, how will translate all this into a succinct description that participants will immediately understand if it matches their needs? We see seasoned experts and first-time presenters eager to share their knowledge with others. What will the audience walk away being inspired to do or know about?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

That expedited route includes fostering entrepreneurship by facilitating the introduction of product and service “ rough drafts ” to customers, and then, based on feedback, swiftly adjusting—or dumping—them. He also teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity courses. Schroeder calls this The LeanModel Framework.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . Plan, design, and build a new community playground, multi-sport court, or adventure course by working with KaBoom! and their partners. . Area served: US (specific cities).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. It was great to watch her in action facilitating the creative, interactive, and fun program. And, of course, asking for or receiving help from family and friends. A mature employee knows how to manage up.

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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? Of course, there were some prizes involved!). Why Use One?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Organizations are helping to facilitate these conversations and learnings globally. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. utilize technology to develop solutions to social challenges.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Do you have necessary facilitating internal systems, policies and procedures and controls? Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. It may be time for an update or refresh.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

This framework works like a charm, whether it is a one-hour webinar or 7 day intensive International training or college graduate course or year long peer learning program. Recently, I was on a call with colleagues to plan our NTC session on training , and co-presenter Cindy Leonard said to me, “You are using ADDIE !

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