Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches. Before the Session.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

Focus on your association’s culture to sharpen your mission and values Nancy MacRae, the CEO of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA,) led a session titled “Connecting Culture, Vision and Values.” MacRae highlighted ENA’s internal Culture Journey, sharing about the years of numerous leadership transitions. Partnerships.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

APIs and the Art of the Possible (Panel) Panelists include Nick Marchese of Emma Willard School, Shandor Simon of Beaver Country Day School, and Stephen Boyle of Blackbaud The power of APIs lies in their ability to seamlessly connect disparate systems, unlock data silos, and facilitate the exchange of information in real-time.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. In my role at the National Council of Nonprofits , I’ve had the opportunity to observe the day-to-day operations of numerous nonprofits through our network.

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

Zonta International, where Allison served as Executive Director* and Chief Staff Executive, was honored with the 2021 ASAE Summit Award for the UNFPA-UNICEFF Global Program to End Child Marriage. When each board member is a different nationality, everyone arrives at the table with their own cultural expectations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

First up is Colleen Dilenschneider, the Chief Market Engagement Officer for IMPACTS, a global leader in predictive market intelligence and related technologies, and the publisher of one of our team’s favorite websites, Know Your Own Bone , which shares data and analysis about how cultural audiences think and behave. Robert Gilmor , Jr.”

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Donors, Boards of directors or trustees, and staff at foundations are letting go of some of the power to make decisions about grantmaking strategy and grants. For staff, this often involves careful planning and facilitation, and playing a backend organizing role to ensure participants are easily able to engage in the tasks at hand.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Recruit incorporators and an initial director. . You must have your founding Board of Directors and officers selected prior to filing your Articles of Formation or Articles of Incorporation with the state. Hold an organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. . Designate which member(s) have the power to sign checks. .

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. Integrating IT into the organization’s strategy and culture should be the new reality. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers. It’s a choice.”

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Composable Architecture: A Catalyst for Nonprofit Innovation Speaker(s): Jenn Johnson, Managing Director of Client Services; Andrew Howell, Technology Manager What if you could use the best parts of your favorite CMS alongside the most innovative interactive design technologies? Vote for this session! Vote for this session!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2021

For example, if annual giving staff have one fundraising plan, the planned giving department has another, and the executive director hires capital campaign counsel to develop still another, you’re likely going to be stepping on each other’s feet. A culture of philanthropy: In a culture of philanthropy , everyone has everybody’s back.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When these foundations work together, even briefly, they can leverage these assets to amplify each other’s efforts and meet priority needs that fit their community’s particular culture and environment. . Through deft facilitation, a funder coalition can achieve powerful unity without requiring perfect agreement. .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Everyone has a role in the reengineering of your donor experience. . We give it labels like “culture of philanthropy” and “donor-centered fundraising.” As the fundraiser, you must lead the way in developing a culture that supports this. Let’s continue to break these priorities down, moving to pillar #2. . Donor Experience .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. The team included the director, board chair, administrative marketing and communication staff and a community engagement consultant.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

As CEO, Chris will build upon the foundation laid over the past 10 years, seven of which he served as advisor, investor, board director , and, most recently, as Classy’s chief operating officer. Tell us about that journey and why you are able to step into this new role now.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

ECB involves a series of steps taken by an evaluator (internal or external) to build evaluative knowledge and skills, create a culture of continuous learning and accountability, and make resources readily available. Consider using your executive director. Staff who know the program, the people, and the culture well.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In much of our culture, we glorify opinions over facts. At one place I worked, the executive director gleefully presented everyone on the management team with a sweatshirt as a team-building gift. In our culture, mavens are celebrated. I’d like you to consider putting the “director” back into “director of development.”

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

At their core, advisory committees are groups of individuals who are stakeholders in your nonprofit’s work and who want to play a role in ensuring you achieve maximum impact. Unlike the board of directors, which has oversight of the organization, advisory committees don’t have any oversight of the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Last year we were honored to facilitate an emerging leadership program for a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Conservation and Science portfolio of grantees. That’s why we’ve included a highly practical toolkit that consists of facilitator agendas and worksheets for nonprofits to apply the ideas and frameworks.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You were the executive director, development officer, marketing manager, and HR department, all rolled into one. By understanding the role of HR in your nonprofit, you can determine the best way to structure your HR approach to meet your organization’s needs. As a smaller organization, perhaps your nonprofit started with just you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

Note from Beth: Last year I was honored to partner with Kari Dunn Saratovksy from Third Plateau to facilitate an emerging leadership program to a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Science and Conservation portfolio of grantees. Flickr Image – ImageGroup. This takes buy-in from the top down.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. I use CEO, executive director, and founder interchangeably.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Use transformational leadership traits such as being a role model for the use of new technology, survey organization staff to identify training needs, familiarize themselves with the tools they are already using, and get comfortable with and create policies and procedures that include the use of technology. Gain staff buy-in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Co-authored by the Institute’s Executive Director John Esterle, Malka Kopell and Palma Strand, the article discusses a new project named “The Civity Networks Project,” a collaborative effort between the institute and the Silicon Valley Community. And fourth and finally, relationships take time, yet our culture focuses on the short term.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Fundraising Planning and Climate Report ’s findings show the following: Adjust fundraising strategies : Based on the report’s predictions, consider adjusting your fundraising strategies to align with the current socioeconomic and cultural climate, and donor preferences. Determine the capacity to give of your donors and funders.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We need to foster an attitude of gratitude and create a culture of thanking our donors. Thank them first and recognize their gifts and role as huge supporters of your organization. Your organization is the facilitator of the relationship between the donor and the recipient. We thank our donors and move on to the next task.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing their programs in these areas: workforce development , employee giving , environment , online safety , and the role of technology in the non-profit community. Microsoft has the culture and resources to support and encourage these social ventures.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

This week’s guest blogger Anne Wallestead, Executive Director of Boardsource, shares all the details on where we are and how to change where we are going. . When talking to current and potential board members, be clear about the important external role that board members need to play in supporting your mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica for this project where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as a sort of meta network weaver. Multi-stakeholder projects with many organizations, people, and roles are complex. Some Connection Points: Learning. Efficiency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2009

Today I attended an informative lunchtime presentation by Chad Nelsen who is the Environmental Director at the Surfrider Foundation where he has worked since 1998. I wonder, though, what the coordination role across Facebook groups or other social media outposts might like look? How do you facilitate the hive?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. First is to understand the role of the board specifically in elevating an organization’s fundraising program. Elizabeth: Yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Trish Tchume, executive director of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) writes in the book’s foreword, that YNPN’s research revealed that fewer 60% of nonprofits were implementing Talent Development strategies. This book is one of the central resources for the emerging leadership development project I’m currently working on.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to Ardi, the Beta environment functions like an orchestra – where the conductor plays a coordinating role, but each member’s input is distinct and critical, and a variety of musicians can have solos. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

Photo of Iavor Ivanov , Web Experience, United Way (national) Meet Iavor Ivanov, the Director of Web Experience for the United Way (National). So, I interviewed Iavor Ivanov, United Way's director of Web Experience to learn more about their approach. Wondering where he got that awesome T-shirt? Qui Diaz, Live United: A Big Target.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

According to Ardi, the Beta environment functions like an orchestra – where the conductor plays a coordinating role, but each member’s input is distinct and critical, and a variety of musicians can have solos. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical.

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