Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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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. . In one community in Indiana, three foundations teamed up to design a training program for local nonprofit leaders and staff.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Step 3: Advanced board recruitment strategies Elevate your board recruitment efforts with advanced strategies designed to identify and attract top talent who can bring valuable expertise, diverse perspectives, and a deep commitment to your organization’s mission. Let them lead projects that excite them and benefit the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2022

Then we set off down the mountain to learn more about the climate action that students at Davos Middle School had undertaken over the past few years as part of Davos Codes , a year-round program designed to engage youth in Davos through a series of STEM classes and workshops that promote the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

It includes our relationship with our physical environment and in the workplace that refers to the nonprofit’s physical office space. There are numerous reports, indices, and studies, such as Gensler’s Workplace Index , that explore the relationship between physical space design and business performance metrics.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Build an attractive volunteer program Designing a volunteer program that appeals to potential volunteers involves several elements. Encourage connection and communit y Lastly, building a community among your volunteers can create a supportive and motivating environment. Why should someone dedicate their time to your cause?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

After three days of exploring ideas, gathering feedback on projects and concepts, and thinking critically amongst nonprofit peers, the Idea Accelerator gave participants the chance to switch gears and think about how to put their ideas into action. Supported by teammates Zenzel Lewis, CSRA EOA Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

I’m just beginning a new crop of peer learning projects for nonprofits to learn the practice of being networked nonprofits and use social media effectively at Zoetica and through my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. How do create an environment where it is okay to learn in public? And that can be fun too!

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Keywords facilitate the connection between your website and a prospective donor. An essential step is starting with a specific digital advertising plan that accounts for assumptions, projected growth, budget, flight dates, targeting your ideal donor profile, design, analytics, and reporting.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program. Stay agile and be ready to adapt your strategies as needed based on new information or developments in the fundraising environment. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. Since we began developing Martus 10 years ago, we’ve been able to enhance it only incrementally as project specific funding allowed. For me personally, the meeting was a rare experience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

With a program specifically designed for volunteers and staff, this will help to create a healthy working environment and motivate volunteers to return. No matter how well designed or successful the program, it is essential to continually evaluate how you are doing. Who is Your Target Audience?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. And, the focus of MEL is generally on evaluating grantee projects or organizations, rather than on the grantmaker and its practices. Identify and challenge usual power relationships.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Keywords facilitate the connection between your website and a prospective donor. Start with a specific digital advertising plan that accounts for assumptions, projected growth, budget, flight dates, your ideal donor profile, design, analytics, and reporting. Prioritize SEO. subscribing to your newsletter).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Education.

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Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

This encourages active engagement because it facilitates a friendly, competitive environment. This user-friendly service includes drag-and-drop design tools, which means it eliminates the need for knowledge of CSS or HTML. Let’s take a look at some of Qgiv’s unique benefits: Game elements keep the participants engaged.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Mindful and creative development of this network of invested individuals and groups will create an environment of trust and mutual support that will lead to greater collective impact. This is accomplished by fostering an environment of transparency and openness within each organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Cara Matteliano, VP of Programs, gave a presentation about three different initiatives designed to create the environment for local news including GrowWNY.org. The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations.

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Forum One

JUNE 22, 2022

The first step is to facilitate ideation. Yet facilitating workshops, ideation sessions, or other conversations with the goal to encourage creativity and discourse can be challenging. Yet facilitating workshops, ideation sessions, or other conversations with the goal to encourage creativity and discourse can be challenging.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

Setting up such a project can require a team of designers, developers, and coders to bring it to life. Here are some highlights we'd like to share by using Silk projects as examples. Journalists can find resource articles and tip sheets on how to protect themselves in tough environments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Wondering how to organize and facilitate a meeting where everyone is on their feet instead of their devices? Karen Bloom, the CEO at Project Kesher, saves up problems that her staff is trying to address and bundles into a weekly problem solving walking meeting.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

When it comes to the following payment types, a payment processor is required in order to facilitate a secure transaction: Credit and debit cards: This is the most common digital payment method, allowing donors to use their cards for one-time or recurring donations. And there are some that don’t!

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Organizational readiness can be determined by looking at an organization’s internal staff and environment. From investing in upgraded LMS technology to creating a learning business plan to instructional design, each task involves a specific skill set that the average association professional may not have. Virtual event planning.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I met Julie almost ten years ago, when she was leading the Agents of Change project at the Ontario Science Center , and I have admired her ever since. The leadership environment Leaders (whether on a team, in a department or institution-wide) have to be open to taking risks, trying new things, evaluating and learning from failures.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 10, 2016

The Design and Implementation of Cross-Sector Collaborations". The Problems: Sector institutional logics: Each sector has a logic that affects the willingness of a sector to agree on a project. Financial resources are a catalyst, but this should not create an environment in which one partner is valued more than the others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Ann Wizer is an artist who uses design and education to protect the environment and reduce poverty. I want to design well made recycled bags. The shoppers won't go to the landfill, so I needed to get the designers there." The need for some experimentation before a program or project rolls out or scales.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. They are made up of shifting, project or process-based teams instead of rigid functional silos.” Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

But how do we get organizational mindsets to shift or at least create an environment where self-care is valued and becomes the norm? Recently, I had the opportunity to facilitate two design labs with nonprofit professionals. The most recent one was during the The National Arts Marketing Project Conference.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Because scenarios are immersive, learners can practice the application of skills in a no-consequence environment. For example, medical professionals completing CME credits via a CME LMS benefit greatly from this assessment type, as it allows them to practice medical skills in a risk-free environment before interacting with patients.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf She’s launched a policy project you can read about here. Role of Foundations in the movement.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

If your own site isn’t pulling its weight in our new virtual fundraising environment, it’s definitely time to make a few updates. Your fundraising goals encompass both in-person and virtual campaigns and projects alike, and so should your nonprofit’s public calendar of events and opportunities. Ready to begin? Let’s get started.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library’s resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff. Find the Future was the overarching theme of the projects. So much of the project was really about convening social groups and we see it continuing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. They are made up of shifting, project or process-based teams instead of rigid functional silos.” Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal. Check out his illustration of the panel). Trust me.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 29, 2014

This was a teachable environment relying on flexibility, trust and the professional qualities needed during changing times. Ramiah Jackson, Business Major "The aspects of leadership that I heard at the conference don’t only apply in a work environment, but they can also be applied to my personal life. Like this article?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. They are made up of shifting, project or process-based teams instead of rigid functional silos.” Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged.

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