Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

I’ve been working in my pajamas since the early 1990s, during the early years of the Web. My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. Here’s a few ideas.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2020

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. In doing so, the Nimble AMS team can easily adapt the solution to meet nearly every membership structure.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C org is an international movement of people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. From nonprofits like 350.org

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I participated in a meeting today at the Packard Foundation facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute to reflect on the work they've been doing over the past 18 months on network effectiveness. Working in an institutional setting is far more structured, formal, more face-to-face meetings, slower paced, and less porosity.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Your work behind the scenes is to establish a structure—plans, systems and processes—by which the nonprofit may reach its advancement goals.

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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. What do you want to learn from working together?

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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. This step provides a golden opportunity to include the finance director in your work and create an important ally. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? What does the decision making and organizational structure look like? Identify champions and people to work with. Someone with a sense of humor who can see the big-picture to promote a positive environment and ground the experience.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Work with community participants to identify roles and set parameters around what they do and don’t want to do as part of MEL. But is this the right question?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And you’re far from the only one; studies report that 85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work. Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Unhealthy work-life balance. Remote work challenges.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Let’s break down why: How digital conferences work. These conferences might have a similar structure when compared to a traditional conference but the event is hosted in an entirely online format. . While COVID-19 facilitated the transition to virtual, things were already slowly headed in that direction.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Let’s break down why: How digital conferences work. These conferences might have a similar structure when compared to a traditional conference but the event is hosted in an entirely online format. . While COVID-19 facilitated the transition to virtual, things were already slowly headed in that direction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The world just gave permission to have people working remotely. Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. Remember to take your work seriously but not yourself too seriously.

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2010

Flickr photo by Giorgio Montersino You probably already know many of the advantages of working virtually: no commute (saving money, time, and the environment), fewer office space requirements, improved morale, or maybe even an office on the beach.

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

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By understanding the role of HR in your nonprofit, you can determine the best way to structure your HR approach to meet your organization’s needs. Recruitment obstacles: Nonprofits tend to face a more challenging recruiting environment because they have tighter budgets. Let’s dive in!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The world just gave permission to have people working remotely. Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. Remember to take your work seriously but not yourself too seriously.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The world just gave permission to have people working remotely. Second, you must establish a protocol for maintaining high-structure, high-substance 1:1 dialogues with the individuals on your team. and author of, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. Remember to take your work seriously but not yourself too seriously.

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Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

These core steps will give your event planning team a solid structure upon which you can build your auction strategies. Online auction software for planning the event and facilitating bids is the primary expense associated with hosting your first virtual auction. In today’s environment, procuring auction items can take a bit more work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Sometimes easier said than done!).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

Those effective passages of information are vital to teams working together as well as leadership development within an organization. The ideal social network structure, as well as organizational structure, would contain a mixture of both types of ties between individuals in the network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working? 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. Why Use One?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

How do you create trusted spaces and trusted information in an environment that is working very hard to amplify fear and distrust? Casey Foundation, works as director of partnerships, innovation and evaluation at LCW. Sense of reciprocity: Strive to allow and facilitate give/get relationships.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

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. In the Jewish community, we’re starting to see “program director” positions start to take on “community facilitator” characteristics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m working in Dubai this week and have lined up some guest posts from some colleagues. Daniel Ben-Horin from TechSoup Global wrote a thought provoking post over at the SSIR about generational differences in nonprofits when it comes to trying to scale social change strategies using social technologies.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

In the broadest sense, employee retention depends on a combination of factors, including work-life balance, benefits, compensation, development and learning opportunities , and more. These factors also affect your recruitment rates, as a company that values its employees enough for them to stay is also one that others want to work for.

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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. shared mission.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

Structure yourself for success. Leading with Intent found that boards do well at functions related to compliance and oversight, but face challenges with their strategic and external work. For step-by-step guidance on strategic board recruitment, check out BoardSource’s Board Recruitment Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

We are asked to do it in controlled environments. Creating open communities with old siloed corporate structures. And yes nonprofits mimic their corporate brethren with siloed structures. Instead, how can you use your Facebook group to engage your fellows, change your work environment, and spark your movement.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Through that work, we’ve seen the common questions that associations face when it comes to hiring an eLearning consultant— and now, we’re here to answer them: What is an eLearning consultant? Organizational readiness can be determined by looking at an organization’s internal staff and environment. Virtual event planning.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Though the resulting structures can be complex, social enterprises are increasingly transforming traditional nonprofits and corporate philanthropy into new hybrid organizations (Billitteri, 2007).

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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. shared mission.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. Let’s see if we can get to work. Hopefully it’ll work. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences.

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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. shared mission.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

to support our work. How will CSR practitioners uphold the values inherent in our social responsibility and community engagement work regardless of which way the winds may blow? And when it's exceptional, it has the biggest reach of all. Nonprofit Management / @usdsoles. Nonprofit Management. Denver Nonprofit Institute. Feb 11 - 14.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

As of March 2020, I had never worked from home—not for a single day. Employers, including Candid, pivoted by shipping equipment to staff, adjusting remote work policies, and reconsidering how work gets done. Three years later, we are finding better ways to work in remote environments.

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