The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Americans today question the value of a college degree and mistrust the so-called “ivory tower” experts. They also distrust the media, calling bias and questioning facts. Higher education and the media have been hard hit with trust issues. This translates into the negative national narrative that college isn’t worth it.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the age of AI, “Leadership will be about setting the right questions, rather than just finding the right answers.” And, in an environment where every aspect of operations depends on digital capacity, leaders can’t remain isolated from these tools. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, made this comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

We now provide you with our new breakout room feature within Workshops to facilitate concentrated conversations. Getting to know everyone: The best kind of personal connection is specialized, and writing a list of questions for each breakout room will help foster that conversation! That is the primary vibe of our breakout room option.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2021

However, now the questions are: How do you keep it up? In this virtual seminar, a panel of experts will explore key topics about member engagement in today’s challenging environment, including maximizing touchpoint impact, reimagining member service, and more. The session will end with panelists answering your most pressing questions.

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Twenty Hats

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Lucky you for facilitating an important session at the wrong time. What I’ve discovered over these last many months, though, is that volunteer managers (and anyone, really) can shift the mood of the group by focusing on one area of facilitation: The warm-up. Use a warm-up question. Make your warm-up question funny.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. But it isn’t impossible, if you follow best practices for virtual facilitation for meetings. The next step is to facilitate a discussion. Icebreakers that Rock.

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BoardAssist

JULY 15, 2014

Do you feel you know the right questions to ask about your nonprofit’s strategy? This week, in her guest post for BoardAssist, she has provided six great strategy questions every board member should consider. How to Ask the Right Questions About Nonprofit Strategy. Here are some questions you might ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

These skills include self-awareness, adaptiveness, active listening, coaching with powerful questions, observing signs of burnout, giving and receiving feedback, facilitating inclusive meetings, and engaging in difficult conversations.

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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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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

We facilitate workshops and trainings, coach and develop teams and leaders, and consult and support systems-level change.”. At the same time, we support companies in their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by providing them with the knowledge, skills, and tools to create an inclusive environment, in a safe and welcoming space.”.

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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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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meetings with participants, staff or donors, to talk through strategic questions, or grantmaking rules and regulations. You or the facilitators can ask participants to identify biases and point out any discrepancies or gaps that emerge as the group moves towards decision making. We often find that bias is the bigger threat.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

Live chat tools at virtual booths allow attendees to ask questions related to products or services and have those questions answered in real-time. Facilitate Networking. When planning your trade show, be careful to include events and sessions that will actively facilitate networking.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Social media are tools that should be in everyone’s toolbox (not relegated to the “IT” person only), and the environment in which we are all doing our work is evolving quickly. Speaker: Lisa Colton, Darim Online. Adjusting job descriptions.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very make up of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. One way to do this is by having an impartial moderator or facilitator. Storytelling is another great way to invoke the senses.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

A virtual event means that those face-to-face interactions will not be possible but that does not mean that you can’t facilitate and encourage networking all the same. . Start a live feed with a video that talks about the opportunities at your event, ask the audience specific questions, and encourages them to respond in the comments.

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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. There are a lot of hard questions that must be asked, however. Questions like: What potential security hazards does a BYOD policy present?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Stay agile and be ready to adapt your strategies as needed based on new information or developments in the fundraising environment. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation?

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AccelEvents

JUNE 4, 2020

In your pre-event communications, make attendees aware of the feature and encourage them to ask questions during live speeches and presentations. Make sure the presenter or speaker knows that there might be questions from the audience so the can periodically check the chat. Program Networking Sessions.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But is this the right question? The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. For many grantmakers, the answer to these questions is our own institutions. Think about the donor role as facilitator and the community as owner of the results.

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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.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Weave the answers to these questions into your narrative fabric. Encourage connection and communit y Lastly, building a community among your volunteers can create a supportive and motivating environment. Make sure your story isn’t just about the what and the how—but also about the why. Why does your mission matter?

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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. Call or email funders with any questions about their interests and your eligibility.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 15, 2020

Live chat tools at virtual booths allow attendees to ask questions related to products or services and have those questions answered in real-time. Facilitate Networking. When planning your trade show, be careful to include events and sessions that will actively facilitate networking.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 23, 2018

How Measures of Market Structure Shape Nonprofit Fiscal Health,” a group of scholars set out to answer the question of whether or not there are too many nonprofits in the U.S.—or, In a new study titled “ A Field Too Crowded? In this case, small and large organizations actually have a symbiotic relationship. Fields are affected differently.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The good news is that facilitating networking in a virtual setting is quite simple. If you are thinking of hosting a virtual networking event, we have some tips that can help you with the planning and facilitation process. Here are our suggestions for navigating this virtual environment: . How to Host a Virtual Networking Event.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

A virtual event means that those face-to-face interactions will not be possible but that does not mean that you can’t facilitate and encourage networking all the same. . Start a live feed with a video that talks about the opportunities at your event, ask the audience specific questions, and encourages them to respond in the comments.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very makeup of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. One way to do this is by having an impartial moderator or facilitator. Storytelling is another great way to invoke the senses.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

By having the option to streamline event planning and event facilitation, event planners experience less stress and are better equipped to provide services for each remote attendee as well as the event hosts. Facilitate attendee engagement. Facilitate globalized networking. Better content management. Supportive integrations.

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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. Staff set out to answer questions like: • How can we create a safety net to support us when we feel overwhelmed by our values? •

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, the following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? People watch leaders very closely in a crisis.

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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. Talk to your team to see what questions people are asking. . Do this with a simple free survey or ask the question on your donation thank you landing page or in your thank you email.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Your AMS is the lifeblood of your operations, streamlining processes, managing member data, and facilitating communication. This mentorship can facilitate a smoother transition by offering guidance, answering questions, and sharing practical insights about using the AMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The guide is organized by four key questions and includes a mix of practical tips and case studies featuring Jewish organizations and others. The four key questions are: What data to collect? Refinable – adapt to rapidly changing environments. How to collect data? Making meaning. Communicating Results.

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