Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

It also has been fun to reflect back on training sessions I’ve designed and facilitated over the past 2 decades as working as trainer in the nonprofit technology area. Over the last few years, I’ve used my blog as a transparent reflection tool. Group Polling Techniques and Tools. Small Group – Making Posters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

I’ll also be attending Penguin Day. There are also lots of fun social events, like NTCBeer. I’ll be doing a session designing and delivering effective training with John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard on March 14th at 10:30 am. More about the session here. Grant Managers Network Conference: March 18th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2011

And that can be fun too! One answer comes from Eugene Eric Kim in a presentation he did about networks, “Be the Change You Want To See&# – it’s about modeling. Peer Learning: The wiki is used a platform to capture group knowledge about practice. Certainly less exhausting than having to know everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The opening plenary was both fun and informative – an improv company “performed” the results of GEO’s latest research on the relationship between grantmaking practices and grantee success. Teri Behrens, formerly the director of evaluation at the W. The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

They should be role models who inspire colleagues to see from a different perspective. Recreational activities allow groups to practice working together in a fun setting and celebrate accomplishments. Test and evaluate as you move ahead.” They sweep away old thinking and stimulate curiosity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had a very fun time presenting with my friend and colleague Debra Askanase at the 2 011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. Here are the slides! Transparency. Case Studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I later became a member of the GIGI group ( girl geeks of the World Cafe ). The world cafe technique is where participants learn through conversation in small groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The next morning participants gathered to make individual and collective sense of the ideas that were shared by experts. The techniques that help you get at understanding are not always fun or easy to do. It requires stepping back and seeing the big picture. How might we create a funding model that nourishes flexibility and innovation?

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.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

Groups that share these traits work well together and produce amazing work. The passion that takes a job beyond work into fulfillment and fun. Trust isn’t just about modeling good behavior or making people like you. I promised the group that I would make our vision a reality. I called a staff meeting.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. Big initiatives to big corporations – what can small groups do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. Radio Bilingue.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 2, 2022

Also, look into young professional groups and after-hours networking events. Even if you don’t join a civic organization, reach out to offer to do a presentation about your organization and needs since these groups are typically always on the hunt for program speakers! Make a point to attend networking events in your area.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

You should, because it’s awesome fun. Not sure if hosting a NetSquared group is for you? There’s probably a NetSquared group by you , but if there isn’t, we’ll help you start your own. Naples, FL: How to Evaluate your Social Media Campaigns. Check out one of our events! Check out one of our events!

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

I’m glad to see more organizations approaching group dynamics as an essential component of outstanding performance. Helping the group become skilled culture builders is one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve been privileged to support. Having fun is one tenant we identified as part of our organizational DNA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

It was great to have a co-trainer who knew the subject matter, fluent in English, and who understood group facilitation skills and training approaches. This was very helpful because traditional translation does not help you read the group or adjust on the spot. We came up with some really practical and useful models.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . This is kind of fun for you, I imagine, Lindsay, because you’re usually in my shoes listening to a guest speaker, but … – [Lindsay] I am. . That’s just a quick fun fact for you. So do you feel that you have found a community in any or all of these groups? . I love that.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

The needs and goals of the larger community are listened to by someone or a group of people and they create opportunities for action, service, and change. From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on. The first step: Who’s your community?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

For instance, you’ll create a sustainable fundraising model and have reliable funding coming in throughout the year that you can put toward various budgeting needs. Many types of organizations can benefit from product fundraisers—such as schools, community groups, and sports teams —in addition to traditional 501(c)(3) nonprofits. .

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 17, 2017

days of fun, fellowship, and active learning. We're proud that MuseumCamp brings together a very diverse group by design--campers are 50% people of color, and 50% people from outside museums/visual arts institutions. The Dialogue Catalyst will be part of a new exhibition model that connects art to social action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. You can also send fun cards using Felt. help to evaluate resumes of kids).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Half-Day Session : Social Media Strategy Game which included small group work for participants to come up with a strategy for both external communications and an internal learning network to share best practices. And that can be fun too! Thanks to Jeris to sending me the link). Putting It Into Practice As a Facilitator.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

HR constantly reaches out to this important group and can provide excellent guidance on the best way to engage them. Try to get as much understanding as you can from those that participate and those that do not, you could conduct two surveys, asking tailored questions of each group, examine the data and integrate what you have learned.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. how do you evaluate the health significance of "one glass of rice wine per day" in China vs. Japan?).

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

They can't build the schools and they can't train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills - change their behaviors through games. How do you evaluate organizations that you invest in that develop games to support learning?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. All those people and groups have just as many different goals, small and large. Some of the goals your organizations has for the community and the future are shared by that same community and other groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

However, there was also a plea not to make evaluation painful, collecting huges amount of data and not using it to improve a program. Ben Rattray mentioned: The vast majority of social good platforms have failed because they have modeled social good platforms on commercial applications. They don't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Evaluating Next-Gen Volunteer Opportunity Platforms: Forget about the high school community service club : The next generation of volunteering platforms is here -- from Google's All for Good to the President's Serve.gov.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Evaluating Next-Gen Volunteer Opportunity Platforms: Forget about the high school community service club : The next generation of volunteering platforms is here -- from Google's All for Good to the President's Serve.gov.

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M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

The causes seemed mixed: Some groups saw a return to a baseline after a few years of outstanding revenue growth influenced by the pandemic. The playlist also looked different for different types of nonprofits — every single environmental group that reported data in our sample experienced a decrease in year-over-year overall revenue.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! Evaluating Next-Gen Volunteer Opportunity Platforms: Forget about the high school community service club : The next generation of volunteering platforms is here -- from Google's All for Good to the President's Serve.gov.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

You think about the various models that are out there, the templates, the timelines, the job descriptions, the consultants. And that’s a group of organizations, nonprofits who are relatively new in their fundraising and really new to the capital campaign landscape. That’s our internal evaluation of are they even ready?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

In reading through this amazing outpouring of posts, people have been very transparent if they are nominating their own project as well as their criteria and evaluation thought process. Holden not only shared his recommendations, but gave us a detailed description of his evaluation process. Here's Steve Wright modeling his ).

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. Instead, he encourages nonprofit groups to produce documentary-style videos that show their work and cast their workers as real people.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. Instead, he encourages nonprofit groups to produce documentary-style videos that show their work and cast their workers as real people.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But we’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so, for sure. Are you going to use this to evaluate your internal operations so that you can become more efficient, more effective. So look at the fact, are you creating and using an evidence-based program model? ” What are the things donors want to see?

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Qgiv

MAY 11, 2021

Unfortunately, hospital/medical group nonprofits, government entities, and schools, universities, and academic institutions are not eligible. This model is referred to as pay-per-click (or “PPC”). A Google Ads campaign is a collection of one or more ad groups that share settings, such as a budget. Campaigns. Turn linking on.

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