Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? Concept 5: New Power / Old Power Hybrid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

There have the been the well discussed successes like DonorsChoose and Lil Green Patch. We are asked to do it in controlled environments. I envision a time when people will gladly pay more for green technology, and they will consciously try to reduce their carbon footprint everyday. Yes, that difficult word, BUT.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to Ardi, the Beta environment functions like an orchestra – where the conductor plays a coordinating role, but each member’s input is distinct and critical, and a variety of musicians can have solos. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. The Beta model is taking its place.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

According to Ardi, the Beta environment functions like an orchestra – where the conductor plays a coordinating role, but each member’s input is distinct and critical, and a variety of musicians can have solos. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. The Beta model is taking its place.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job. It is now more of a community center that offers training and facilitates events. It also had bookshelves packed with books no one read.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

According to Ardi, the Beta environment functions like an orchestra – where the conductor plays a coordinating role, but each member’s input is distinct and critical, and a variety of musicians can have solos. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. The Beta model is taking its place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

The objective of the The Innovation Exchange is to facilitate rapid and widespread adoption of environmental innovation in business. They hope to improve both the environmental impact of business (improve operations) and the business impact of the environment (improve products).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

An easy example is green technology. pdf and a wiki with definitions of the lingo [link] Last week I gave a colleague a hard time about aspiring to “create an enabling environment” so I deserved to be surrounded by smart people who are making strides to create the infrastructure needed to drive capital to social change.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a career counseling session for a group of Stanford students who were spending their "alternative spring break" meeting with social entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. qualities of their ideal work environment, and c. They made 3 lists: a. issues and fields that interested them, b.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2006

It was at that time that she started the Green Belt Movement , which facilitated women planting trees in their communities to combat deforestation, soil erosion and lack of water. In 2002 she was elected to Kenya's Parliament and was appointed Assistant Minister in the Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

What's it like behind the firewall facilitating everyone in the organization to embrace social media? He is an active blogger, Twitterer and speaker at conferences and workshops related to the non profit tech environment. He is a member of the national CIO 4 Good and Green IT Consortium Groups in DC. I got curious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Note from Beth: As a trainer and someone who teachers other trainers, I’ve been obsessed with improving my facilitation skills and written a lot about it on this blog. I’m always up for a conversation with other facilitators about shop talk and getting tips for improving my practice.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

” In this world, philanthropic organisations need greater diplomatic skills to operate effectively because top-down governments will increasingly moderate the environment in which the philanthropists work. Green technology spurs mobile payments development in Africa. This will be sparked by pandemics.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Set the expectation with stakeholders that undocumented requirements won’t be considered to facilitate a thorough analysis of the actual business process and outcomes to be supported. Think Green. What about development environments and tools? Is there an impact on upgrades, either major or minor?

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Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

As a Certified B Corporation, we prioritize our stakeholder promise to empower nonprofits by offering an exceptional giving experience without sacrificing an inclusive work environment or a sustainable future in the process. Ben & Jerry’s. Levi Strauss works alongside Cotton Inc.’s and Canadian retail locations, along with all U.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I'm going to be green. I think one of the things that is missing from cities are policies that support the creation of an environment for a company to thrive and to grow. I think that government really should facilitate an environment that nurtures business development, and then get out of the way. It's a big challenge.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Golf – For those who like to spend their weekends out on the green, this golf basket has all the tools they need to up their game, whether they’re playing for fun or prepping for a tournament. Premium golf balls, a putting green, and a collection of tees are great gift options. Activity Auction Basket Ideas.

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MAY 6, 2021

This decade also saw the Black Power Movement, American Indian Movement, a further push for women’s rights , rights of farmworkers, and the Green Power Movement. A nti-war wasn’t the only movement that took place in the 1960s. 1970 – Milton Friedman introduces his Shareholder Value T heory.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

Instead of solely targeting generic keywords like “environmental conservation” or “green initiatives,” you might specifically go after educational keywords such as “impact of deforestation on ecosystems,” “benefits of sustainable agriculture,” or “carbon footprint reduction strategies.” Need support to strengthen your SEO strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Here's just three people/content connections on this topic that I found from Technorati search: A search on "tags" lead me directly to a YouTube channel from the Youth Health Alliance and a series of youth-created videos on nutrition, including the one above that explains why it is better to drink green tea versus software drinks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

Finding Green Businesses : The web has effectively replaced the paper Yellow Pages as a way to find local businesses and services. The Yelp and Around Me apps are popular ways to find restaurants, coffee shops, or hotels wherever you are, but what about green-rated businesses? The Elections app will soon be updated for 2010.).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community.

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