Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Pivots can make the difference between a successful session and disaster. Later, these questions were organized into categories so we had a concept map of issues people wanted to explore and these categories were also used in different activities. Overnight Reflection. Taking in New Ideas: Facilitated Listening.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Notably, both of these advisory committees have different foci (that should absolutely be defined in advance). My organization itself has eight established advisory committees, each focusing on a different area of expertise and aspect of sexual violence prevention and response. Create structure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

These rituals also help me set-up systems for consistent reflection and positive habit change throughout the new year. My journal is not only an annual planning and goal-setting tool but also supports daily reflection as the year progresses. It isn’t just about the tools, but about how people need to work and think differently.

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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. Lessons from the Field. In recent years, we have conducted surveys and interviews at institutions with longstanding volunteer councils.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels. Update your supporters on how their contributions are making a difference and achieving your organization’s goals.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. Indeed, if we commit to shifting power, we need to see and understand things differently. Other participatory grantmakers have developed new MEL tools to better reflect a power shift to grantee perspective on impact. But is this the right question?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The networking conference was an opportunity for participants from different countries to share their lessons learned and network with one another. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. And, indeed we had journalists present.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. Learning, we do naturally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. Reflection. That’s part of the reason why I developed the “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” framework because it gives participants practical, but strategic small steps.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

The book is structured into 15 insightful chapters, each focusing on a unique aspect of power and influence. Analyze why it happened, how you could improve, and what you'd do differently next time. Don't dwell on the mistake but reflect on it - then move forward smarter. Share the lessons with your team.

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Influence Build Lesson Chapter 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Practice Thailand Asia Reflection 105

EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Ensuring a smooth user experience is especially critical for complex virtual campaigns like peer-to-peer fundraising, which relies heavily on your website to facilitate a number of different interactions between donors, their networks, and your organization. Integrated functionality is critical for nonprofit virtual engagement.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Step 1: Understand story structure. Effective stories are told in a three-act structure. All well-crafted stories fit a three-act story structure. Since childhood, we have been taught to expect a certain structure for stories to follow. See the difference? Be sure to keep your call to action clear and limited.

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Storytelling Guide Structure Audience 109

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Could the decline in membership be a reflection of the decline in trust? The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question.

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Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2022

As you examine your organization, reflect upon these questions and consider the following factors of an innovative association: . Like those innovative giants from Silicon Valley, your association can strive to do things differently. How would adopting innovative technology help your association thrive? Be a trailblazer.

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Our members were privileged to hear their reflections on a unique time in their organizations’ history and how the pandemic’s impact reshaped their future. But knowing that we were making a difference became a strong rallying cry.” I wonder how your vision has changed and what you are doing differently today?” Sharon asked.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

and learns not only about the content of that data but also how the words and phrases in it have been structured. Content or Outline When asking ChatGPT to generate an outline, it helps to direct the structure. It then takes these learnings and produces a response to your prompt in natural language.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

How do I determine the best structure for my program? Here are some factors to consider when structuring your membership program: Your organization’s goals. Do you have enough benefits to offer multiple tiers, or is a flat structure right for you? Are you trying to reach a certain fundraising target? Dues and tiers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Ironically, it was my post “ Reflection on Networked Professional Learning &# where I linked to a post on Social Networks from Stephen Downes. It is less structured and more free form than browsing traditional hierarchies. Neylon’s answer was one of the links in Brian Kelly’s article on Quora.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here are seven different elements that any association strategy—including yours—should include. Strategic storytelling, media engagement, social media campaigns, and community collaborations are some of the different ways that your association might want to share its mission and values with the wider world. Don’t stop there!

Associations 52

Associations Practice Strategy Leadership 52

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2021

These programs need to be comprehensive and highlight different aspects that typically contribute to employee burnout or dissatisfaction. Leadership strategies and changes: It is critical to recognize that changes to basic leadership structures can have a significant impact on employee satisfaction.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Diversity highlights all the ways in which people differ; equity is the fair treatment, access, opportunity and advancement for all individuals; and inclusion is the act of creating environments where all individuals and groups can feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued to fully participate. Why does DEI matter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” I also use it as a reflection as the year progresses.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

Staff feel like they are supposed to be able to anticipate the founder’s thoughts, adapt to different working styles, and mimic the founder’s professional instincts. But instead of giving in to paranoia, this is a time to take stock of the situation, giving yourself time for self-reflection. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

I believe that social networking can do better by thinking about network structures, understanding roles of people, making organizations more sociable and blending social media. That we need to understand our individual behavior in this and have empathy for different points of view and not just hang out in networked silos.

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Tunisia Reflection NGO Libya 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. A conversational panel or keynote does some blending of learning modalities – it includes some content-delivery and structured small group and full group conversations. There is a lead facilitator – in the panel or keynote model – it’s the Oprah with the mic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. ” The point was that nonprofits can expect to have competition from these different entities for dollars. [ And those that don't already have business plans, should probably go read this book by David LaPiana].

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Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofits are often justified in their confusion about indirect costs because government agencies and foundations have different policies and rules around indirect costs, so there is more than one way to calculate a cost. Not sure if your organization’s stakeholders are ready to incorporate indirect costs into your planning?

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Rate Question Government Fund 83

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2015

Branding and marketing are as different as my birthday and Christmas. Both situations may be close, but they serve a different purpose. It’s a little different in the nonprofit sector because you typically have two to three points of view because of your audience and the way your organization is structured.

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NPO Difference Marketing Blended 28

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

The post-emergency phase sees many organizations grappling with a decline in donations, a critical period where strategic donor engagement can make a difference. Use email subject lines that speak to the donor’s desire to help, such as “Continue making a difference” or “Your ongoing support is needed.”

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Support Donor Community Retention 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions. Year in Review.

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Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In the past I have been guilty of launching into end of year fundraising without reflecting upon the previous year. It is true, the way individuals gave last year was a different, with online giving growing by 21% year over year ( 2020 Charitable Giving Report, Blackbaud ). Your donor should and will look different.

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Lesson Fundraising Attitude Celebrate 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. for my journal or my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” As the part of my monthly review, I reflect on my themes and habits to improve.

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Professional Build Journal Facilitation 114

Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

That said, it’s important to understand that the type of content that performs best on LinkedIn is a bit different than Facebook and more similar to Twitter. Every action you take in LinkedIn Groups reflects your personal brand and the brand of your nonprofit. Keep that in mind! Should your nonprofit create a LinkedIn Group?

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CauseVox

JUNE 16, 2023

Luckily, we live in a digital age where using the right fundraising platform can make a world of difference. You know, a place that reflects who you are, where lifelong memories will be made, and where your bond as brothers and sisters will grow even stronger.

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Pledge Fundraising Chapter Classes 74

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Partnering together, we collaborate to help people fulfill their passion to make a difference for others. Q: What makes The Alford Group different? TAG: We have a vision of a world where possibilities are endless and reflect the best of who we are as humans. TAG: Here is what differentiates us from others.

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