The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

In the face of humanitarian crises or natural disasters, the generosity of individuals often shines through, leading to a significant influx of donations. However, the real challenge begins when the initial urgency subsides and public attention shifts away.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

Much like the pandemic, it is likely that most grantee communities will in some way be impacted by increasing climate disasters. Takeaways and discussion questions conclude each section, providing a useful tool for facilitating dialogues for reflection and learning.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Lean funders join with each other, community foundations, United Way, and others to meet a specific need for a few months, such as providing relief during Covid-19 or in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Through deft facilitation, a funder coalition can achieve powerful unity without requiring perfect agreement. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2011

Together, they formed CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters. CARD leads and champions the “Use NO Fear” preparedness movement and they actively seek to end the use of fear and threat of disasters as the “motivation” for emergency preparedness. They have embraced a “Prepare to Prosper” curriculum and philosophy.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

What has been your biggest technology disaster this year? Not surprisingly, their perception was that the conversation had been poorly facilitated and had no structure! I am a member of the Technology of Participation network of facilitators. I’m sure we each have stories like this. Reading these comments, I felt terrible.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Beth Kanter, nonprofit thought leader, virtual facilitator, and author of the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, will deliver our Super Session this year on sustaining wellbeing for remainder of the pandemic & beyond. Highlighted bbcon Sessions for Nonprofits. For a dose of thought leadership and to learn about sector trends… .

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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. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

As a result, educators have an important opportunity to harness and facilitate this passion by connecting students to the global citizen science community. In recent years, the global youth climate action movement has risen up to demand that world leaders listen to science and mandate climate and environmental education.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

Using a tool like Accelevents , you can seamlessly manage all ticketing and registration while facilitating participation and networking across physical and virtual sessions. . They can get rid of any inappropriate comments and deliver posted questions to the facilitator. But it also means a virtual events platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

Colleague Brian Reich said he would like to see a networked approach to the disaster relief , “A few respond quickly and raise funds, others use the awareness that comes from a disaster to educate, over time you have others who focus on keeping people connected as new issues arrive. 49-51 (What Does Success Look Like?).”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Disaster work. The American Red Cross can’t be everywhere at the same time.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2022

Both Arctic Basecamp and Davos Codes share a passion for empowering young people to participate in creating a sustainable future—by facilitating their participation in global events like WEF to raise awareness of the climate crisis, but also by giving them the tools and skills to create a brighter future for themselves.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This blog post was authored by Dawn Krause, who will be facilitating this week's webinar. Disasters strike and organizations provide humanitarian aid - it's that simple. They're also currently involved in a very recent disaster relief effort from Hurricane Isaac. Read more and register today !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

As we have seen in natural disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the Chile Earthquake, people are using social media to reach out for help. And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations. This will facilitate a self-organized, community scrapbook of the event from attendees.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, a company based in an area that just experienced forest fires may create a disaster relief grant to assist nonprofits working with victims of the fires. Starbucks also contributes to nonprofits dedicated to workplace diversity, sustainability, and disaster relief through the Starbucks Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. Beth facilitated the calls, but the community foundations drove the content, creating a true peer exchange.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

I’m constantly amazed by how devoted the students are to this project,” says programme facilitator Su Adams. The system arrived completely smashed to pieces in transit, so they’ve been working to fix it since they’ve got it. Student participating in the Bangalore Climate Action Lab.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. How to Protect Your Pets in a Natural Disaster. Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Mastering online user experience and messaging. Arts and culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Ed Granger-Happ shows off his office server in a carry on bag that disaster relief workers can use to set up IT support in the field. “ Unleashing Technology. View more presentations from Akhtarbad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. Stay tuned for more conversations about topics ranging from microvolunteering to disaster response. Flickr Photo by Toddy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

The book’s co-authors, Beth Kanter and KD Paine will facilitate an updated of the original poetry-slam session with the same four nonprofit leaders about they have used networked strategies and measurement to improve results and transform failure into success. Social Engagement in Disasters [link] coordinated by Wendy Harman.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Facilitate virtual meetups, book clubs, and happy hours with special guests, like No Vet Alone is doing. HEALTH & DISASTER RESPONSE. Facilitate a virtual gathering for supporters to make masks together, with instructions on material to buy. Raise awareness of critical, life-saving COVID-19 measures. DISEASE FOUNDATIONS.

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

She has tremendous knowledge on managing the day-to-day challenges of fundraising and enjoys facilitating the decision-making process with clients. Adding a capital fundraising campaign to the already challenging annual goal without increasing staffing capacity is a recipe for disaster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2010

When a disaster of this magnitude strikes, our impulse is to help in some way. People work on projects based on their skills and interests to create technological tools and resources for responders to use in mitigating disasters and crises around the world. Tweet from kateatyrownrisk.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The goal of these activities is to help form strong relationships to help facilitate honest and impactful decisions in the board room. . According to the latest report by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy , i n the first half of 2020 more than $11.9 As veteran organizational strategist and author Nanette R.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

But remember, masks can be difficult for people with disabilities or hearing impairments so make sure you have an interpreter in place or some way to facilitate easy communication when voices are muffled and mouths are covered. What Does This Mean for Event Professionals?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

No matter what happens in the economy or world, be it war, recession or natural disaster, people who can help DO. Because, my friends, delivering happiness is the job of a true philanthropy (translated from the Greek as “love of humanity”) facilitator. Giving in the U.S. Some say humans are wired this way. And that’s a shame.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Here, the combination of crisis management and improvisation skills are important, not unlike disaster relief fundraisers. Organizations need to lead with humility not control. Top down control culture won’t be agile enough to nurture a potential a viral campaign.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

Its award-winning apps help underserved youth find meals and a safe space, facilitate safe shelter for abuse and trafficking survivors, and deploy volunteers to time-sensitive community needs. Topics include disaster preparedness and relief, and how to choose and use tools for crowdfunding to advance social causes.

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Qgiv

JULY 25, 2022

While they do allow individuals to fundraise on behalf of a nonprofit organization, they primarily help personal fundraisers raise money for things like medical expenses, emergency disaster relief, memorial services, mission trips, and more. Nonprofits everywhere use DonorPerfect to better engage their supporters and facilitate growth.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Whether by leveraging employee match, deploying disaster assistance funds or investing in local non-profits through our local grants program, we leverage our resources to contribute to society. PIMCO Gives invests in high performing non-profit partners to support innovative opportunities around the globe. The Values That Drive US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

According to the Twitter Fan Wiki , hashtags were popularized during the San Diego forest fires in 2007 when Nate Ritter used the hashtag "#sandiegofire" to identify his updates related to the disaster. blogchat which is facilitated by @mackcollier and uses wthashtag to aggregate the conversation. This takes some facilitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

But remember, masks can be difficult for people with disabilities or hearing impairments so make sure you have an interpreter in place or some way to facilitate easy communication when voices are muffled and mouths are covered. What Does This Mean for Event Professionals?

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Since its founding, Fashion Project has expanded to serve over 500 nonprofits, helping provide valuable funding for disease research, humanitarian aid, sustainability initiatives and disaster relief. They’re facilitating Q&A sessions and panels, including the media panel with Matt Higginson from Medium and Sarah Harris from Incite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

I met Mazarine Treyz 3 years ago in Portland, Oregon when I facilitated a one-day social media and nonprofit workshop for the Meyer Memorial Trust. Technology at the Margins: How IT Meets The Needs of Emerging Markets by Salesh Chutani, Jessica Rothenberg AAlami, and Akhtar Badshah. The book is available on Amazon.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

At tightly facilitated events called Generators, leaders with a range of expertise from the nonprofit and library communities discuss their daily work. 4Bells helps organizations manage time-sensitive volunteer tasks, such as bringing a rescued dog to a vet, delivering a donation to a food bank, or deploying volunteers after a disaster.

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