Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your board can do much more than approve budgetary plans and make high-level decisions about your nonprofit’s direction; in fact, board members can play a substantial role in every aspect of your organization. Have your board identify prospects and facilitate introductions with your nonprofit’s staff so you can begin relationship-building.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In philanthropy, unlike democracy, there is often no way for people to participate–to share what they think or to influence decisions. 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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.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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Collaboration Digital Build Organization 44

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Local community fundraising has extended to incorporate online influencer communities of gamers. As fundraising programmes continue to become inherently digital, roles, skills, and ways of working are rapidly changing. The only ‘choice’ remaining is whether to facilitate agility, or to stand back and let opportunity pass us by.

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Change Marketing Fundraising Stream 75

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. Oversight—Will the organization’s staff facilitate committee meetings, or will the committee elect a chair/co-chairs? What are advisory committees?

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Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 92

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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Professional Develop Leadership Influence 91

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. Are the people donors want to connect with within your sphere of influence as the fundraiser?

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Experiment Donor Strategy Philanthropy 88

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.

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Leadership Develop Culture Structure 50

Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

If arts and cultural nonprofits fail to cultivate more diverse audiences, they risk decreased attendance and bankruptcy. In order to survive these changes and continue to support the community , arts and cultural nonprofits must become centers for cultural exchange and make three significant changes: Diversify leadership.

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Arts Culture Audience Wisconsin 39

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Nonprofits, education institutions, and corporations alike are recognizing their roles in creating a more sustainable future. We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Organization Massachusetts Org Africa 98

.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

The most challenging problems centered around culture. Strengthen Culture Emotional Intelligence, or the ability to manage our own emotions and understand the emotions of others, is a critical culture-building tool whether workers are outside or inside the office. Servers and software can be fixed fairly easily.

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Virtual Work Skills Culture 221

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. How are you nurturing and supporting your fundraising staff?

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2019

Your faculty and staff play a critical role in creating a culture of retention. n-ear) – noun: the architect, and engineer of retention strategies to facilitate the matriculation of students. Equip faculty and staff with tools that will facilitate and track every interaction, whether digital or face to face.

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Education Student Retention Facilitation 22

Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

On the most surface and performative level (thanks, social media influencers), it’s all about massages and candles. Someone with an objective role in the organization, often a Project Manager, serves as a facilitator and helps the team discuss what went right, what could have been done better, and what they might do differently next time.

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Nonprofit Team Goal Attention 59

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha.

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Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 61

BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

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. For more on the important role that board members can play in advocating for their missions, visit here. Celebrate success. Investments in board development are worth the effort.

Government 40

Government Leadership Nonprofit Facilitation 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

In her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha.

Collaboration 48

Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 48

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 44

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.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

Many of them, like the lightbulb , the phonograph , and the motion picture camera , were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. On Friday, I facilitated the final face-to-face workshop for the Social Media Lab for 25 arts organizations inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach.

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Social Media Media San Jose Social 99

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

posts called "Unusual Projects and Influences." The driver provides live facilitation. I've written before about the power of live facilitators. How can all of your staff become facilitators of people instead of devices? Even I, who never rode a school bus, can identify with that cultural experience.

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Participatory Design Museum Childhood 20

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

If it is the former, then you will want to identify ways in which you can transform the culture of your event from one of participation to one of fundraising. Who are the most likely people to send them, and what can be done to influence them? Use social media to connect and facilitate dialogue.

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Marketing Tips Online Analysis 55

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Daring to Lead found that many executives doubt they can influence their boards’ performance. The report’s writers emphasize only 4 calls-to-action at the end of the 2011 report, and “Recognition by executives of their own important role in helping to improve the performance of the board” is a recommended action.

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Question System Training Train 51

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It’s that distance from financial consequences that let communities put best interest and opportunity ahead of other influencers. Not only do you need to be listening and taking action, but as an organization, you need to have a culture that supports collaboration. What roles are needed? And I’m glad we do. Getting Started.

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Library Model Adopt Community 241

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Y’all don’t know this about Steve, but he has backed every harebrained scheme I’ve ever had since day one and continues to encourage me as a professional and thereby encouraging all of the communities that I influence as professionals in our sector to just show up and be ourselves and do the darn thing and do the best work we can.

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Management Work Video Slides 89

NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

Each organization plays a unique role in the sector, contributing our own solutions to the complex problem of helping nonprofits adopt and use technology to create more social change. Holly was recognized as one of the " NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50" three times, in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

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Collaboration Project Data Lesson 80

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

This year, the Yale Philanthropy Conference will explore the evolving role of philanthropy within this ecosystem of change. It’s an opportunity to unwind, slow down, take stock of the past year, learn how to use some of the influencing, leadership and coping tools and create a personal development plan for the year ahead. Apr 19 - 21.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And, as a philanthropy facilitator, you have an opportunity, I would say, a responsibility to help. This one simply encourages people to have a will and puts the charity in the role of being helpful in that regard. But it’s a little bit like building a culture of philanthropy. They don’t want to stop.

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Video Giving Gift Donor 130

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. One of their programs is the Reality Tours, where they bring groups of individuals to regions to look at the social justice issues and other pressing issues, that really color the experience and the culture of a place.

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Green Global Action Network 40

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

And this relates to one of Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence and persuasion: reciprocity. Positive acts of “ social proof ” influence additional giving. I talk a lot about the fundraiser’s role in facilitating the powerful pathway to passionate philanthropy. Giving will protect you your whole life long.”

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Giving Brain Philanthropy Oman 126

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When we look at environmental challenges, we can't avoid the question of women's role within designing the solutions. We had women who had expertise in community organizing, micro-finance, facilitation and leadership development. I had worked for a large development organization in East Africa that really influenced my path.

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Director Ghana Africa North America 40

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2017

The opportunity for nonprofits is to create campaigns that facilitate deeper engagement and keep the following new rules in mind: The game has changed: Citizen movements play an enormous role in leading social change. Citizen-powered movements play an enormous role in leading social change.

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Change Social Structure Advocacy 45

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In today’s connected and peer driven world, it’s not the quality of the idea alone that creates change, but how change makers coordinate the masses to tell their stories, cast votes, influence policies, and shape public opinion. Citizen movements play an enormous role in leading social change.

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People Mobile Structure Model 22