Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Leadership skills are only just about our inner-selves, it is also how we relate to other people and manage those relationships, especially in the workplace. One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? If you’ve outgrown your current learning management system, a consultant can help you research solutions, evaluate them against your needs, and make a plan for implementing the new tech into your strategy. What does a learning consultant do? Organizational Readiness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia. My three words for the year are: Attention: Living a world that is connected and where sacred space and deep thinking is becoming extinct, I’m focusing on my attention skills.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 9, 2023

Members represent the most engaged supporters of your organization. The biggest benefit they provide is more than financial—it’s continued support that drives awareness and outreach activities for your cause. There are lots of ways to communicate the impact members make possible by supporting your organization.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At fusionSpan, we’ve been supporting non-profits to take full advantage of this. Where relevant, you can also train Salesforce Einstein to recognize images and classify them, so you can quickly discover more insights about your leads and members. Automate aspects of your member journey. Automate aspects of your member journey.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. The finance discussion could be your most important ever in your new board member training.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

In the case of social and political upheaval, these might include coming together with others to advocate, share music and art, create and offer support (sometimes virtually). Whatever you did, evaluation is in order to assess what worked, what didn’t and why. Ask your supporters directly. Pick the top 3 – 5].

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. The first day focused on networks and strategic use of social media along with some practical skills in content creation and measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

It also helps participants take risks in trying new techniques because they have the support of their peers. In addition, I presented a webinar on training design and facilitated a session on nonprofit technology training design at NTC. My Theme for the Year: Learning. But, it isn’t just about learning new techniques.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. You may be seeking funds for technology, training, capital improvements, planning, research, materials or other support. Evaluation Plan. Evaluation Plan.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Volunteers are 66% more likely to make financial contributions to the organization they support than those who do not volunteer. These volunteers should have the time, skills, and interests to help you provide programming and services to your beneficiaries. This will influence how many volunteers you’ll need to recruit and train.

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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 have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. (Here’s the posts from Day 1 and Day 2 ). Fluency in social media skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Support a fun icebreake r. Help participants self-assess their skills or attitudes by seeing aggregate data on the screen together and have it be catalyst for reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Note from Beth: I’ve just returned from an amazing training project in Cambodia and will be sharing more about that this coming week. But for now, Listening and feedback loops are important skills for nonprofit leaders and for organizations to get better results. More is Not Always Better—Evaluate Frequency.

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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. That’s teaching. So how do you do that?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

" That blog entry came about because she and I had a long conversation about what kinds of skills nonprofit technology providers needed, and what we felt was missing. It’s that there is a lack of really good support – responsive, empowering, educational, integrative, and knowledgeable about, and invested in, the sector.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

A privacy policy can help your nonprofit gain your constituents' trust and shows that you care about protecting those who support your cause. TechSoup has resources on evaluating cloud security and advice for selecting software that helps you comply with HIPAA. What do your constituents get from providing that data?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

A privacy policy can help your nonprofit gain your constituents' trust and shows that you care about protecting those who support your cause. TechSoup has resources on evaluating cloud security and advice for selecting software that helps you comply with HIPAA. What do your constituents get from providing that data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2006

The Toolkit is a set of resources that supports face-to-face training for residents and community leaders. The computer-based component (the game) is used to introduce concepts, prompt discussion, and allow residents to practice skills in a safe, non-threatening environment. Here's the beta launch of the game.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We we use the “with” instead of the “for” perspective, we are able to see skills and contributions the community can make, opportunities for growth outside of your programs or your walls; we are able to see that we are part of a solution and not responsible for engineering the entire fix. How do you evaluate your programs and services?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Since this is Research Friday, I’ll point out that he summarizes years of research studies in support of this phenomenon.) The more a person’s job includes the following elements, the harder it is to fairly evaluate (and reward) individual performance: 1. It's no surprise when employees perceive job performance evaluations as unfair.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

[2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Works with measurement consultants or specialists to improve skills and capacity. DoSomething.Org: A Data-Driven Nonprofit In Action.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. Evaluation. See for yourself how affordable and easy it is to use: - Take a tour! Effective communication â??

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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. That's teaching. Fundamentally that's what teaching should be.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support. In other cases, the organization and the donors want to send a message to other donors that this organization has broad and deep support. A dedicated blog post about a donor’s journey toward supporting the organization. Mention the donor on the event web page.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

What do your nonprofit training efforts look like right now? Why not use it to train your team as well? Let’s walk through the benefits of using technology in your training strategy and how you can create e-learning courses that make an impact. What are the benefits of a tech-fueled approach to nonprofit training? “If

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. One of the first major to-dos the staff tackled after I took the helm at SVAS was evaluating corporate documents and marketing literature. That won’t cut it. That won’t cut it.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

She couldn’t stand the focus on metrics as the reference point against which her work was evaluated. It begins with (1) becoming aware of and honoring another’s perspective, then (2) sitting with and thinking about that person’s feelings, and ultimately (3) taking supportive action. Alas, it’s not something most of us are taught.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Riley Hospital is recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the US and donations to the Foundation help sustain critical programs at the hospital, including Pediatric Research and Patient Care, Maternity and Newborn Health, Family Support Programs, such as Child Life and Social Work, and so much more.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Public Allies advises prospective participants to carefully evaluate their other commitments before joining the 10-month program, so planning, planning and more planning has been the only way to make all this work. I used my communication skills and mantra to make sure “first things first” stayed a rule.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences and forums, informal trainings, and more that will be taking place all over the world, focusing on essential topics like: Nonprofit management. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Fundraising.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2019

And yet, according to that April 2019 HBR study, Educating the Next Generation of Leaders , “the most difficult skills to teach, measure, or even articulate are leading, communicating, relating, and energizing groups,” all of which require collaborative learning environments, individual coaching and personalized learning plans.

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