Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The data model used by your association management software (AMS) matters. . take a look at these 10 reasons Nimble AMS clients love the Person Accounts data model. Data model” might seem like a techy concept that only your IT team needs to know about. The difference between Contacts/Accounts and Person Accounts data models.

Personal 129

Personal Model Associations Contact 129

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

Tips 173

Tips Online Facilitation Camera 173

.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

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. It’s about building relationships and trust between different players in the ecosystem, and it’s about creating a shared vision for the future.”

Leadership 170

Leadership Associations Skills Digital 170

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

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. How can we restore trust in our work, our organizations, and our leaders?

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 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

sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. But it is a different way of thinking for most grantmakers, so it can be difficult to know where to start. Is this you?

Participatory 112

Participatory Model Leadership Application 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

As trainers, Andrea and I both know the value of “modeling the model,” so we wanted to use and model best practices for designing effective meetings on their preferred platforms. Depending on the number of people in your group, there are different ways to facilitate the report out.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Virtual Arts Participatory 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

When nonprofits invest in creating physical spaces that inspire employees to show up for work, staff is more engaged, productive, happy, and healthy. The seating includes a variety of chairs and couches and the room can be configured in different ways depending on the type of meeting. Based on what I observed and heard, yes!

Open 107

Open Work Global Collaboration 107

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

No matter how hard we work, if we only do things as best we know how, trying to minimize mistakes, we get stuck at our current levels of understanding, skills, and capabilities.” Furthermore, he adds, “Working harder doesn’t always achieve better results. We need to make tweaks and try new ways of working.

Learning 94

Learning Free Reflection Model 94

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

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

VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

They go by many different names – volunteer councils, auxiliaries, “friends” groups, and more – but regardless of their varied titles, such groups share a great deal. So, how are these institutions addressing the challenges while also leveraging the strengths of the model? A Path to Change. Sustaining the Change.

Structure 98

Structure Volunteer Model Leadership 98

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Digital disruption : The rise of digital platforms and online advertising has disrupted traditional revenue models for local news, making it difficult for many outlets to adapt. Nonprofits are being asked to address these challenges and find sustainable models for local journalism.

Journal 89

Journal Local News Fund 89

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. Within just 10 days of folding, Foldit players helped decipher the structure of an AIDs-causing virus and produced an accurate 3D model of the enzyme, a problem that had eluded scientists and supercomputers for more than 10 years. In Philanthropy.

Difference 110

Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

Model 53

Model Fund Social United States 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work. Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading.

Technique 127

Technique Training Train Learning 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? The Back Channel.

Facilitation 98

Facilitation Channel Social Media Global 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2019

And during these weeks and months, your fundraisers are hard at work making sure they’re in top shape for their event. Posting about training sessions to their family and friends, educating their network about why they’re working so hard, and giving praise to their supporters are great ways to drive even more awareness and dollars raised.

Practice 257

Practice Fundraising Awareness Mobile 257

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When selecting a Salesforce-based AMS, be sure you’re choosing the one with the most adaptable and responsive data model. Here’s why you should choose one that uses the Salesforce Person Accounts data model. So, it’s important to select the data model for your Salesforce-based AMS that truly supports the way an association works.

Associations 78

Associations Personal Model Relationship 78

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The book is a guide about how to navigate and thrive in a connected world that has been increasingly been influenced and increasingly defined by two different forces, old and new power. New power is behind some of the most impactful movements (and business models) of the decade. It is a sector must read.

Participatory 116

Participatory Leadership Model Skills 116

Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

It’s not a business model. . Keep in mind that each state has different requirements; you must check with the Secretary of State for your state’s specific requirements. Establish your nonprofit’s values and the organizational approach to your work. . Develop an evaluation and performance model. . Why is that important?

Organization 128

Organization Files Nonprofit Grant 128

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. While the framework allows each entity to remain true to its institutional identity, it also provides the organizational model necessary to scale impact. Communicate openly and timely.

Impact 98

Impact Raleigh Arizona Collaboration 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. But whether you call it “networked” ways of working, “collaboration 2.0” Guest Post by Heather Grant-McLeod.

Build 112

Build Change Social Facilitation 112

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Whether the model your foundation is using to help its grantees is a one-day master class or extended program, in the end, success is about having participants apply what they’ve learned and make these new skills an organizational habit. The tactics can include workshops , master classes , coaching , expert consultants or peer learning.

Design 95

Design Communication Program Build 95

AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

With dropping revenue and antiquated sales models dying left and right, each industry must work toward a new way of doing business and doing it effectively enough during these unique circumstances. . Live chat can facilitate a presentation, a Q&A, a general chat, or polling questions. . live or pre-recorded).

Industry 98

Industry Virtual Stream Hosting 98

Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

Every meeting hosted as part of your capital campaign will look different depending on where you are at in the process, which specific committee is meeting, and what they’re aiming to accomplish. To ensure your success, think about following a specific meeting model or structure that’s best suited to the meeting’s purpose and your goals.

Campaign 98

Campaign Structure Phase Review 98

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Gen N began to emerge, shaped by constraints like mask-wearing, abrupt work from home transitions, and lifestyle and health traumas wrought by the pandemic. And the difference between “iteration” and “innovation.” And how did this work out? What did you keep doing, but differently? Did you raise more money or less?

Nonprofit 135

Nonprofit Digital Virtual International 135

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways.

Accessibility 135

Accessibility eBook People Copyright 135

AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This change in the standard practice may have you scrambling to come up with an event strategy that works best for your target audience. Hosting a hybrid event is a lot different than hosting a traditional event. Here are some things that attendees are looking for from a hybrid event model! Clear, high-quality video.

Virtual 98

Virtual Facilitation Audience Video 98

Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Let’s dive into the difference between these two roles: BA: This role is responsible for identifying functional requirements, maintaining technical documentation, building reports, and training and supporting end-users of multiple systems, including Salesforce. . Tier 2 Support. These two roles can broadly be defined as follows: .

Org 111

Org Support Skills Knowledge 111

.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. Understanding how other departments operate and empathizing with their needs is fundamental to making systems work effectively and creating buy-in.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Digital Build Organization 44

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

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! There are two different methods to evaluate your training. to define the four levels of training evaluation.

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Nimble AMS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Salesforce has furthered its commitment to a connected customer experience with Customer 360 , the new cross-cloud technology initiative that makes their B2C Marketing, Commerce, and Service products work better together. Clearly, every association needs to be able to facilitate business with both individuals and organizations.

Experiment 60

Experiment Associations Model Structure 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

That holds us back from embracing networked ways of working. Having a networked mindset as you approach your daily work can help you get better results. Think about your current work. June Holley, an expert in networks and facilitating a community of practice of network weavers , defines some of these techniques below.

Integration 96

Integration Network Work Linkedin 96