Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As leaders, we have a responsibility to model this behavior, demonstrating an authentic interest in our people as humans. Model and Celebrate Well-being Practices Creating a robust work culture that incorporates well-being is fundamental. Leaders should also model work-life harmony , recognizing that work and life is never balanced.

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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.

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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. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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Blue Fox

APRIL 13, 2022

We are a community of business leaders, business owners, and professionals with diverse backgrounds who will lead by example to create awareness and an environment that empowers positive change.” The Melbourne Regional Chamber is a representative, advocate, educator, and facilitator of connection dedicated to a thriving community.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2020

Your AMS solution should use the Salesforce Person Accounts data model. It’s important to select the data model for your Salesforce-based AMS that truly supports the way an association works. Associations need technology that facilitates business with both individuals and organizations. You need a full Salesforce sandbox.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

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. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To facilitate this process, your consultant will lead interviews with your stakeholders, including your board, to gather their unbiased feedback. Your strategic plan should include projects that will push forward your priorities, the board members that will help facilitate each task, key performance indicators and a timeline for completion.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

The pandemic has caused a re-thinking of how we live and work, while social justice movements have highlighted demands for liberation from models and methods that have upheld the status quo. Recent events have been disruptive on a global scale. Co-creative systems rely upon shared input for decision-making.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips. Tips for Good Openings.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

When our lives shifted around social distancing rules, our appreciation for the environment bloomed. WildAid uses a proven track record of success with a unique model that will support anti-wildlife consumption and anti-poaching in Asia and Africa, with the support of donations and awareness. Instagram: @energyleaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Bring your own device (BYOD) is a trend that is sweeping not only the nonprofit world by storm, but the for profit environment as well. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is an Internet Protocol (IP) that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks, and facilitates internet traffic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? Someone with a sense of humor who can see the big-picture to promote a positive environment and ground the experience. The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry. Create a written plan.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Creates an environment that facilitates fundraising Regardless of whether you do face-to-face fundraising, ensuring that the organization is prepared to fundraise is the development professional’s main priority. The forward-thinking development professional performs the following six practices: 1.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

Ignoring social justice issues that your workforce is dealing with outside of work can, in turn, affect productivity and morale in your work environment,” writes Christie Lindor. Leadership must model the kind of behavior that they seek in others and for their organization. Resources to Jump-Start Your Thinking.

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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. Their staff spent a day with a facilitator and came up with some strategies to change their way of working that balanced excellence without excessive work hours and stress.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Not too long ago, all the rage in our industry was shifting focus to the disruptive business model. Whenever there is a long-standing construct, it seems that someone comes out of nowhere and flips the model on its head. This is arguably the most immediate environment for an entrepreneurial mind.

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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? How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

Creating an environment for learning in public means that it is okay to say “I don’t know” about an issue or problem and to ask others what they think. How do create an environment where it is okay to learn in public? This environment can be a training workshop or it can be in an organization. And that can be fun too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The chapter suggests “Tearing down the silos” and that this will encourage more open leadership, and create a transparent environment. The idea is to go from a hierarchical structure (what Allison Fine and I described as Fortress in our book) to a more collaborative, team offer. Sometimes easier said than done!).

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Recruitment obstacles: Nonprofits tend to face a more challenging recruiting environment because they have tighter budgets. They’re taking notes from the nonprofit HR playbook to determine how they can foster a purpose-driven environment for employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

They wanted to strengthen connections with ETR’s Health Equity Framework, an evolving model that is essential to all of the work we do. Pre-assessment gathers a sense of participants’ current knowledge and skill so that facilitators can tailor training designs to “meet participants where they are.”. Taking Care of the R-Team.

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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. What are the different models? How to create environments that encourage and celebrate working with a network mindset within foundations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities. The model is called “SAVI” : Moving and doing (Somatic).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. The Beta model is taking its place. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Cara Matteliano, VP of Programs, gave a presentation about three different initiatives designed to create the environment for local news including GrowWNY.org. Modeling: CEO needs to model the change they want to see inside their organizations. This takes patience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

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. In Education. One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

In her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. The Beta model is taking its place. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged.

Collaboration 49

Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic). Development. Implementation.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Since upper leadership doesn’t spend much time interacting with lower-level employees, it’s important to ask them for their feedback about improving the organization’s culture and work environment. Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. Creating an environment for learning in public means that it is okay to say “I don’t know” about an issue or problem and to ask others what they think. Putting It Into Practice As a Facilitator.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. often leads the way towards that better tomorrow.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Meeting participants suggested that we invest in more accessible training and documentation – from video tutorials to more dynamic manuals – and facilitate users connecting to one another to meet capacity needs. I followed up the Chiang Mai gathering with other meetings with Thailand-based Martus users, and just touched down in New York.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. The Beta model is taking its place. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged.

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Collaboration Model Leadership Companies 45