sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

We envision a world where women understand and use their growing power and influence to support causes they care about, where grantmakers and nonprofit leaders take women seriously, and where both women and men are giving, giving more, and giving intentionally. Women give collectively. Giving circles are a prime example of this phenomenon.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

Each year, we speak with a group of customers who represent the diversity of region, size, and experience among our customers. Planning Ahead and Outlining Goals Facilitates Long-Term Success. Learn more about how your organization can get started with Nonprofit Cloud. About the Author. Julia Cosgrove.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. ” He went into details about how people consume or share content via mobile phones vs tablets. Ultimately, Ms. Bell was on networked TV apologizing.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Participatory evaluation is based on the premise that everyone has knowledge; everyone has biases; and the people closest to an issue know the most about it. See pages 47-48 of the report Grassroots Grantmaking : Embedding Participatory Approaches in Funding by Hannah Patterson, to learn more about the DRF/DRAF evaluation framework.]

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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. Do you have a preferred method?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

There are definitely times when community building and even campaigning or organizing feels just like that! It is a meeting place, or a cross roads for nonprofit, business and civil society groups to come together around improving the state. Community Managers provide key facilitation that empowers participation and engenders trust.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . The pioneering, pull-no-punches Simone Joyaux , who passed away too soon on Sunday May 2, 2021, understood this well before people were talking about it. If that’s your current or desired position, then you have to know enough about everything to act better and best. It takes a village.

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Culture Philanthropy Facilitation Job 124

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Subsequent action steps are grouped according to your level of fundraising development: Getting Started, Advancement (somewhere further along), and Going from Good to Great. Show appreciation for their contributions and keep them informed about the impact of their donations. The post starts off with general guidance. And that’s fine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

James pulled together a group of funding partners and Clay Lord from Theatre Bay Area. The space was large enough so we could have small group tables, space for food, and space to do full group and small group moving around exercises. The configuration of the physical space definitely enhances learning. I said yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Write a target audience definition. The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona. Get together staff for half hour or 60 minutes, and do a “brain dump” of everything they know about their audience. There are many ways to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Here are some examples of the questions you can ask adult learners to write down and then discuss in small groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. Your biggest insight about network leadership? After finishing the share pairs, we did a quick full group “popcorn” of the ideas that bubbled up. How do we get a telling the story about why this all important?

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In this session, the two cover the fundamentals (including definitions of important terms), provide examples of famous NFTs, provide examples of fundraising successes, and highlight voices from sector experts. About the presenters: Wendy Y. Rebecca is passionate about delivering impact in a wide range of areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Way back in 2009, when I first Peter and Madeline, we brainstormed some questions about the strategic use of social media to build a network. Generative Social-Impact Network.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

We refrained from taking photos, because we wanted to foster an atmosphere of candor and comfort as grantors and grantees engaged in conversation about a difficult topic. An advisory group and planning group gave crucial input about the strategy and tactics for this event. Both groups can help by: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2017

ETR Associates Staff Walking Group. Note from Beth: I recently facilitated a Happy Healthy Nonprofit workshop on bringing a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. No, I’m not talking about our new CEO (that would be me). I’m talking about walking. The group grew, and so did the number of steps logged.

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Colorado Culture Fun Group 81

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

The organization used to have a firm rule about the number of months a mother could receive services. Writing a story for their company newsletter about the organization. Assembling a group to travel to one of the organization’s work sites and volunteer. Think about why you want an Advisory Board.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Join me at Markets for Good on December 6 at 1 pm EST for a FREE roundtable discussion about the new Data Playbook. . There are more and more resources and opportunities for nonprofit professionals seeking to learn about how to use measurement and data. Here’s some thoughts about each section: What Data to Collect.

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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.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

We can learn a lot about reaching donors more effectively by keeping an eye on what our corporate retailing counter parts are doing to reach consumers. For starters, data is an indispensable part of the story-telling to your donors and constituents, facilitating the formation of longer term relationships. Definitely.

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Digital Data Marketing Org 138

NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This was my first experience with NTEN, a great organization that I think really “gets it,” both in terms of facilitating positive interactions with people and technology, and understanding challenges specific to the nonprofit world. A group of us that connected during the Digital Strategy track also still keep in touch!

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Donation Impact Share NTC 77

Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

These arrangements are starting-off points; they don’t originate from any definitive recording or performance. Beck talks about this in the context of learning to play music as a young artist. He noted: I started to think about what kind of songs have a quality that allows others to inhabit them and to make them their own.

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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.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

If a hospital is well known for their cardiac department and expertise, for example, they may decide to support a nonprofit that specializes in research, programs and services, education, and support group facilitation for survivors of major cardiac events.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

Online auction software for planning the event and facilitating bids is the primary expense associated with hosting your first virtual auction. Do you have the tools you’ll need to host the auction and facilitate bids? You’ll definitely need the right tools for the job. . Think about your average event attendee.

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Virtual Fundraising Registration Guidelines 98

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Those links are to definitions!) I think that my reflections about Tweetcamp are an excellent fit to answer this question! And I hope they help you think about the way your organization uses opportunities online and offline to create community. This past Saturday, I participated in an experiment: Tweetcamp ! What worked?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The Hatcher Group , a Maryland-based public affairs and communications firm, released a great report this past Fall called New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals (PDF). Social media is a prominent social gathering place where these goals can definitely be met.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Non profit groups struggle with funding and public support issues on a daily basis. Here's what she had to say about this role: Fine says that it is important to encourage individual activism and that social media has become the "extra organizational lifeblood" replacing memberships, the lifeblood of the pre-Internet activist world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I have a chance to reflect now on the data I've collected and think about the instructional design. Typically, I have two groups of participants and as the chart above indicates, this group is no different - except that I probably have a greater number of people in Group 2. (1) Comfort Levels. Also, the seating is fixed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2015

Yesterday, I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens. What I love most about taking a “we approach” to training is that I get to participate and learn.

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Mind Work Exercise Nashville 50

Gyrus

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

But the reminders definitely help. The same rings true for your learning program, whether it be within private social groups on LinkedIn or even a company’s Intranet, constant and persistent engaging reminders can make the difference between a low engagement of a learning object, and fully taking advantage of the learning itself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

I've mostly used wikis as a personal portfolio and have participated in community or collaborative wikis facilitated by others. I've been a participant in design discussions about wiki projects, but never the main architect. Been pausing over the purist definition slide from his slide deck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This workshop is mostly small group work and this time I experimented with smaller sized groups - 6 participants versus 8-10. My biggest problem as a facilitator was transitioning from the share pair back to full group. My biggest problem as a facilitator was transitioning from the share pair back to full group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

As a trainer, I was most interested in Chapter 7 about equipping your organization to do multi-channel campaigns. Use virtual tools to manage campaign internally (Yammer, Google Docs, Listening Dashboards, Private Facebook Groups, etc). So, I’ve been practicing by creating visual notes. Develop shared language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

.” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months. The New Social Economy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Last week, we launched the first session of the " Social Media Lab ," a social media peer group training with a small group of grantees from the Children, Families, Communities Program. If we can be more intentional and disciplined in our experimentation, that's how we gain insights about effective social media use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m working in Dubai this week and have lined up some guest posts from some colleagues. Daniel Ben-Horin from TechSoup Global wrote a thought provoking post over at the SSIR about generational differences in nonprofits when it comes to trying to scale social change strategies using social technologies.

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