.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. We strive to include diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work. Attaching benchmarks to your statement provides structure and something for people to work toward. Adopt a pay equity policy.

Associations 221

Associations Reflection Leadership Training 221

.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

And, in an environment where every aspect of operations depends on digital capacity, leaders can’t remain isolated from these tools. Marc Benioff, Co-Founder and CEO of SalesForce, describes the goal like this, “A digital ecology is a network of interconnected digital systems that work together to create value.

Leadership 170

Leadership Associations Skills Digital 170

Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

Candid’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) commitment statement provides general guidelines and insights as to how the organization supports, prioritizes, and maintains an inclusive work environment that fosters a sense of belonging and trust. We incorporate equity, inclusion, and respect for diverse perspectives in all our work.

Environment 52

Environment Culture Celebrate Guidelines 52

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

ENA’s commitment to bring culture to life is even expressed in the organization’s physical environment. Images of the association’s founders, history, and current activities are displayed throughout the facility, and spaces were created to accommodate a variety of work styles. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. I have discovered first-hand the benefits of incorporating rituals into the way I work. My New Year’s rituals help me let go of things in my professional work that can open the door to positive change and growth.

Journal 148

Journal Reflection Facilitation Technique 148

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the greatest it can be. But it won’t happen unless you facilitate it.

People 110

People Community Facilitation Philanthropy 110

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. When nonprofits invest in creating physical spaces that inspire employees to show up for work, staff is more engaged, productive, happy, and healthy. Based on what I observed and heard, yes!

Open 107

Open Work Global Collaboration 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design 50

The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

At a time when higher education is facing public funding cuts, changing demographics and a challenging student debt environment, institutions are facing an uphill battle to sustain enrollments and stay relevant. Members report having to work doubly and triply hard to shore up their credibility.

Associations 130

Associations Industry Government Education 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play – guest post by Meghan Ventura. GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. She previously worked with the Washington, D.C.,

Difference 110

Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Emotional – harness the energy and passion of the team working to achieve them. Refinable – adapt to rapidly changing environments. The Playbook also discusses the skillsets that a nonprofit needs to use data successfully, both for staff and for hiring consultants or working with skilled volunteers. Communicating Results.

Resource 105

Resource Practice Data Work 105

.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Relationships that had been tenuous in the office became untenable in the remote environment. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

Virtual 221

Virtual Work Skills Culture 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

From our previous conversations, we’ve realized that empathy is not just a warm and fuzzy “soft skill,” but an essential leadership skill to ensure that your nonprofit’s work survives and thrives in the future. Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring.

Leadership 118

Leadership Organization Culture Skills 118

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. 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.

Facilitation 180

Facilitation Tips Camera Nonprofit 180

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

What would you do differently? Many nonprofit organizations have made the transition to working remotely due to COVID-19 health concerns. Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. Work with Existing Partners In New Ways.

Survey 337

Survey Virtual Nonprofit Sponsor 337

sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

But it is a different way of thinking for most grantmakers, so it can be difficult to know where to start. Your champion can come from any level of your organization, but they will need to be comfortable working with your leadership and have a strong passion for your community. Is this you? Leadership support is essential.

Participatory 112

Participatory Model Leadership Application 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

I’ve been working in my pajamas since the early 1990s, during the early years of the Web. My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. Here’s a few ideas.

Virtual 130

Virtual Facilitation Exercise Training 130

sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Donor management allows organization leaders to be transparent with donors and volunteers within their network while simultaneously facilitating an environment for sustainable investment. Donor context allows organizations to develop customized action plans for different donors.

Management 52

Management Donor Blackbaud Retention 52

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Nonprofits are critically different from corporations because they are driven by a mission and aim to provide for society’s needs. From the donor’s perspective, their “purchase” of investment in a nonprofit’s work results in the gratification of being a part of the solution to a societal problem.

Business 105

Business ROI Nonprofit Profit 105

AccelEvents

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Where real estate agents are hosting virtual walkthroughs, others in the industry can also take advantage of the capabilities of virtual components to promote their business, listed houses, and rental properties to different audiences. . Therefore, a real estate agent might have to do a lot more work at the outset to close the deal.

Industry 98

Industry Virtual Benefit Hosting 98

Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

When our lives shifted around social distancing rules, our appreciation for the environment bloomed. Earth Day is a great time to support these initiatives, in addition to the year-round work that nonprofit organizations commit their mission to achieve for us all. Kick Start Your Movement With Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

San Diego 126

San Diego San Francisco California Conservancy 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I participated in a meeting today at the Packard Foundation facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute to reflect on the work they've been doing over the past 18 months on network effectiveness. Working in an institutional setting is far more structured, formal, more face-to-face meetings, slower paced, and less porosity.

Network 84

Network Work Facilitation Social Media 84

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. Coordinate efforts through a backbone support organization: Facilitate, convene, coordinate, mobilize. By design, the Church thrives in this environment. Communicate openly and timely.

Impact 98

Impact Raleigh Arizona Collaboration 98

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Still, many foundations shy away from working together, assuming it will require considerable time and a loss of independence. . 2) Offering Networking and Education .

Collaboration 92

Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 92

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

As I looked a little deeper into social justice issues that companies try to address with their programs, I found that these initiatives can look vastly different around the globe. Different countries face different challenges when it comes to social justice. But making progress always happens step-by-step.

Government 96

Government Social Blackbaud Companies 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

Over the past 18 months, I’ve been participating in The Network of Networked Funders , a community of practice for grantmakers facilitated by the Monitor Institute. These grantmakers are supporting and working through networks to pool their learning and increase the impact of their respective grantmaking practices.

Network 99

Network Conversation San Francisco Support 99

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They range from retirees looking to give back, to busy professionals seeking purpose, and to young students wanting to make a difference. A one-size-fits-all approach won’t work. A compelling narrative that resonates emotionally and highlights the impact of your work can be a powerful magnet. Why does your mission matter?

Arts 60

Arts Volunteer Retention Skills 60

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. Pivots can make the difference between a successful session and disaster. Photo by Trav Williams.

Reflection 124

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Indeed, if we commit to shifting power, we need to see and understand things differently. But is this the right question? To look is an act of choice.”

Participatory 82

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 82

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Your work behind the scenes is to establish a structure—plans, systems and processes—by which the nonprofit may reach its advancement goals.

Professional 70

Professional Leadership Develop Proposal 70

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively. John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation, calls the philanthropic funding “seed money,” not charity.

Journal 89

Journal Local News Fund 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. The space creates a calm and reflective environment. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well.

Finland 97

Finland Learning Classroom Brain 97

Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In essence, it’s not just about acquiring software; it’s about fostering an ongoing partnership that facilitates the achievement of the nonprofit’s mission through efficient volunteer management. It ensures that your organization can navigate the complexities of software with confidence.

Software 85

Software Experiment Volunteer Management 85

TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

It works by decoupling the two network systems that decides where traffic is sent, and the systems that forward traffic to a defined destination. These are all different options for cloud computing services that your nonprofit can take advantage of. Who will know how to fix it if everyone has a different device?

Trend 209

Trend Tech Internet Virtual 209

AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

In many ways, the aims and motivations of virtual trade shows are the same as those held in-person and the primary difference will be in how you plan the event. Facilitate Networking. When planning your trade show, be careful to include events and sessions that will actively facilitate networking.

Virtual 96

Virtual Practice Avatar Registration 96

AccelEvents

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Where real estate agents are hosting virtual walkthroughs, others in the industry can also take advantage of the capabilities of virtual components to promote their business, listed houses, and rental properties to different audiences. . Therefore, a real estate agent might have to do a lot more work at the outset to close the deal.

Industry 52

Industry Virtual Benefit Hosting 52

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Maybe your nonprofit is still redefining their goals in light of changing social and professional environments. How are these social fundraising tools different to peer-to-peer fundraising platforms? Can Facebook fundraising and Peer-to-Peer Platforms work together? . Did you hit or miss the mark in 2021?

Platform 91

Platform Facebook Tips Social Media 91