Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms. Program Design.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

I want to sustain that focus throughout the year and apply to what I do — from content curation to blogging to facilitating trainings and developing curriculum. Be more of a focusing lens versus a fire hydrant. I will be designing and facilitating capacity building programs in the Middle East, Africa, and India.

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Reflection Technique Journal Teach 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme. It also has a track that takes place in a large room with roundtables and a designated discussion topic and facilitator. I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?".

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Social Media Director India Media 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

But this takes a different kind of management approach , rather than organize them, nonprofits need to facilitate Millennials to organize themselves. (Cat Cat herding skills?). If nonprofits want to understand Millennials, they need to talk to them, put them on their board.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2009

Source: Social Visualization, Lecture Slides, Martin Wattenberg, IBM I've been reflecting on the Nancy White's SpiderGram activity that helps you visualize the orientation of your community as a prelude to selecting the right online collaboration tool. But, it's also valuable to do as a group exercise to spark discussion and reflection.

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Data Life Lecture Social 50