Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. What is Human Centered Design?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 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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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The event, which was exclusive to.orgCommunity VIP members , took place on March 2 at the Rolling Green Country Club in Arlington Heights. When the group reimagined their office space, incorporating elements of culture into the new design was a priority. Our goal was to provide a great forum for networking and meaningful conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods. Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky. How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. The planners of this event offered some valuable lessons for any organization on how to design effective and engaging retreats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Yes, you’ll need an efficient way to process donations and facilitate the collection of food drive items. However, getting your supporters to show up and participate in your event is only possible with a well-devised branding and design strategy. Are branding and design really that vital to the success of a fundraiser?

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

Ask Questions About the Tools You Already Use When Media Cause helps a nonprofit audit their MarTech tools, the first thing to do is ask questions that are designed to start a fuller conversation about the technology used to make the work more manageable. As your nonprofit team begins that conversation, be sure to write down the answers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

When I facilitate meetings or workshops for nonprofits, not matter the topic, I incorporate many participatory approaches and design thinking methods. There are platforms that are designed to support design thinking methods such as Mural.Co. Examine the outliers, both with the most or least number of votes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2020

Communications and marketing materials simply direct players and sponsors to the event website, where they have all the information and direction they need and can submit not only a payment, but also small details like lunch orders and t-shirt size in one place. 2) Siloed Information & Duplicate Data Entry. 4) Scoring Challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. However, these days so many of my meetings take place online, typically on Zoom, and interactivity can be a challenge. The next step is to facilitate a discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2015

A part of my practice is around network design and facilitation and one of my most respected colleagues in this area is Eugene Eric Kim. So, for this conversation about the art and craft of network design and weaving, he started us off with a ritual he learned from another network designer, Curtis Ogden.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 30, 2015

"The challenge for the organizational architect is to systematically create the blueprint for an organization that consciously connects everything to purpose ," explains author Clive Wilson , in his new book, Designing the Purposeful Organization. The product of doing this are measurable results and, importantly, a felt sense of success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

"The challenge for the organizational architect is to systematically create the blueprint for an organization that consciously connects everything to purpose ," explains author Clive Wilson , in his book, Designing the Purposeful Organization. The product of doing this are measurable results and, importantly, a felt sense of success."

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. In fact, He encourages His followers to seek the welfare of the places in which they live (Jeremiah 29:7). Collective Impact is a place-based methodology conceived to affect large scale change.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture. Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged. Updating roles is a good place to begin promoting the flow of knowledge, ideas, and information across your association. Happiness is at the core of Zappos culture. Clarify Roles.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

While traditional events still have an important place in the fundraising calendar, activity-based fundraising events now encompass a diverse range of experiences, from yoga to pickleball to kayaking and more. Build the right-fit event and they will come. And they will donate.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. Use ChatGPT to design and conduct surveys and market research. This is also the right place to experiment with an MVP , or minimum viable product.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators. Without a culture of philanthropy in your organization, you simply won’t have all the pre-conditions in place to be truly effective at fundraising. It takes a village.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX). To facilitate this journey, ensure your site is optimized for telling your organization’s story.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 2, 2022

This service is designed to pull Salesforce and non-Salesforce data into an off-platform database and execute load-intensive queries for our nonprofit and higher education clients. I am excited to announce our newest line of business: Campaign Services. What is Direct Marketing?

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, integrating social media buttons on your nonprofit website signifies a commitment to fostering engagement, driving awareness, and facilitating convenient avenues for supporters to contribute. By placing the donation button on every page, you reinforce its presence in the minds of your website visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The most successful virtual formats invite players to participate in the golf outing over an extended period of time and/or at multiple courses, using the right technology to facilitate registration, live scoring, leaderboards, and digital sponsorships. 2) Launch an event website. Get Started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

And while illness isn’t the most energizing start of a new year, I kept replaying the words from the ballon song in the new Mary Poppins movie, “ there is no place to go but up.” I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

One of the strategies that make capital campaigns successful is that they are designed to involve many volunteers over the life of the campaign through ad-hoc committees. Capital campaign committees are designed to have a beginning, middle, and end. The nature of capital campaign committee structures.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Nonprofits with well-designed, highly functional websites will have a definite advantage when it comes to reaching, engaging, and retaining more donors in years to come. Donations are the most important example when it comes to securing support, but your website’s navigation and design play key roles, too. Let’s get started.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. The event hashtag will also be a great place to look for fellow attendees. What’s the best way to determine who to approach and how to spend your time?

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Integrated Constituent Management : With your own system, you have a clearer and more comprehensive overview of your donors, volunteers, and supporters all in one place. A Personalized Approach : Your own system permits you to develop and maintain your unique branding and voice, building genuine connections with your audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

"The challenge for the organizational architect is to systematically create the blueprint for an organization that consciously connects everything to purpose ," explains author Clive Wilson , in his book, Designing the Purposeful Organization. The product of doing this are measurable results and, importantly, a felt sense of success.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Smaller, place-based foundations are managed by individuals with deep ties to the community. Funder collaboration need not be burdensome, nor does it require perfect alignment.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. While Dr. Hart is focused on the design of public gardens, his overall message is broad: there is participation, and there is tokenism.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

No longer just inherent to explicitly tech-based conglomerates, tech fuels everything from banks and financial services to food-delivery services and traditional retail as it facilitates the rapid migration online to meet the needs of a world spending more time at home than ever before. Everything starts with leadership.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2021

Event registration and check-in are often the most crowded places at a live event. Have venue or event staff on hand to help enforce and facilitate this flow. But they should also know about any health and safety checks put in place. Design For Safety. Some design aspects to consider are : Event branded PPE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I facilitated two programs for grantees of the Packard Foundation based on my book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit and designed and currently facilitating a peer learning exchange for the Knight Foundation for its community foundation partners that are hosting Giving Days. Year in Review.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

One way of doing this is to create a ‘ skunkworks ’ --a real place and time carved out of the day to experiment – where people can get comfortable being creative. The idea environment Processes can get in the way of or can facilitate creativity. institutional change design guestpost' What happens when you take away the chairs?

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Before starting a nonprofit organization, you should understand that the 501(c)(3) designation is just that: a tax designation. Designate which member(s) have the power to sign checks. . You must have in place certain financial, cultural, and eligibility documents in place before applying for those grants.

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Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

The place for prospecting and tracking donations, grants, memberships, and volunteering. Integrate with other programs that facilitate donor communication, stewardship, and payment processing. That’s why we’re designing our software with organizations that do good at a grassroots level in mind.

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