Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Discoveries are essentially risk mitigation exercises, and they should be a separate contract from the build phase whenever possible. Performing stakeholder interviews, alignment workshops, reviews of current workflows and data, explorations of goals, gaps and opportunities brings everyone impacted into the process.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Over the last 11 years, I’ve conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with people who experience chronic stress at a seven or above on a 10-point scale – that’s severe, very severe, or worst possible levels of stress – and they managed to avoid burnout. Why did you decide to include that material in the book?

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Classy

MAY 18, 2021

Zoom for remote interviewing. Calendly to schedule interviews more efficiently. Hackerrank to simulate whiteboard exercises virtually. It was important to meet with hiring managers on how to interview, hire, onboard, and manage in a remote environment. Revamped Our Interview and Onboarding Process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

It's like trying to get back into physical shape after you haven't been exercising for a while. . So, as part of getting back into my blogging routine or rather establishing a new one, I'd like to reflect a little on TWT20 interview experience. I first discovered him when he was interviewing David Armano.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

For example, if you are a health nonprofit, write a post about foods that help lower blood pressure, or provide tips on how to exercise at home. Whether it’s in the form of a guest post or an interview, featuring the people behind the online brand can add a human persona to your nonprofit and inspire others to get more involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Typically, the facilitator may come up with a few provocative statements in advance, based on a participant assessment, interviews, or survey. But in this gathering, the provocative questions were crowdsourced from participants and this was done in small groups with sticky notes. Participants volunteered their question for the spectragram.

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Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

They will also have people up and moving around doing thoughtful, interactive exercises, usually in small groups to facilitate discussion and collaboration. They incorporate engaging team-building exercises and icebreakers to break up the day with some laughs and to build relationships. They make the day fun.

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Candid

MARCH 2, 2022

They’re the ultimate testing ground for your donor stewardship tactics, as you’ll be asking for quite a lot — extra-large gifts, multi-year commitments, feasibility study interviews, and more. Here’s a quick exercise. And that’s on top of the increased asks you’ve likely made in these tumultuous recent years.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

Progress made over the past six weeks: Card sorting exercise at staff retreat. It was good for everyone to do this exercise in order to see and analyze the results, but also to refine the list of cards and approach when opening the exercise to the general community. Community card sorting exercise. Happy August!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

CCC: This stands for the “Covid-Chat-Check-In” and is based on an exercise from Liberating Structures Playbook. Then you interview people on different sides of the scale. Later in the meeting, I facilitated small group breakouts to do the first part of an exercise to develop NTEN’s theory of change. (I’ll

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Through this exercise, we quickly discovered a strong alignment in values and agreed to focus on co-creation, designing with empathy, and action-oriented thinking. Through in-depth interviews with V2I volunteers, charity partners, and corporate partners, we developed a deeper understanding of the problem and what was at stake.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Interview Experts. A 10-question blog interview with an expert in an area related to your nonprofit’s mission and programs can be interesting to your supporters. Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

This typically involves an assessment of the organization’s culture, which includes interviewing people, conducting surveys, and reviewing policies and collateral. They use readings, role-playing, videos, and small group exercises to engage those in the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

The workshop had 16 participants, mostly people who run innovation and research labs from corporations. Since we were spending two days together, working on collaborative exercises, a good opening where we could introduce ourselves and make connections was important. Train the Trainer: Must Incorporate Exercises that Use Simulations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

If yours is a health organization, give exercise or quitting smoking tips. Interview experts, volunteers, donors and board members. Do a 10-question-and-answer interview and then post it on your blog complete with a photo of the person being interviewed. Share resources. Expand your ideas about what you can write about.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Interview Experts. A 10-question blog interview with an expert in an area related to your nonprofit’s mission and programs can be interesting to your supporters. Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 254

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Incorporating movement isn’t just about stretch breaks, think about ways that participants can do discussions and small group exercises while moving or walking around. I’ve also done this during a session as part of a small group exercise. Movement is better than sitting. It might include standing or walking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). I have used online polling mostly on Webinars to learn more about audience characteristics at the beginning of the session and as reflection exercises in between sections of content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo. Since many of the guests are from time zones that are far away, to make it convenient, I will pre-record a video interview for students. I use this design checklist to identify interactive exercises. They can follow up with questions on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 23, 2021

Their book is based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives. Each chapter includes quick and easy exercises, tips and self-reflections that will help you train your mind to achieve different goals ranging from more focus to self-awareness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 26, 2020

Their book is based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives. Each chapter includes quick and easy exercises, tips and self-reflections that will help you train your mind to achieve different goals ranging from more focus to self-awareness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Their book is based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives. Each chapter includes quick and easy exercises, tips and self-reflections that will help you train your mind to achieve different goals ranging from more focus to self-awareness.

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Mind Leadership Exercise Chapter 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve. To prepare, come up with statements based on a participant assessment, interviews, or survey and that are related to your training topic. The statements should express a point of view.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

To walk you through a mindfulness exercise, our very own Product Content Specialist, Kimber Wiggs, has created a guided meditation especially for fundraisers! To collect this content and reconnect with the feel-good impact your nonprofit has, schedule interviews with your volunteers or those who have received your organization’s services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

So far, what I like a lot of about the first week is reflective exercises that help you apply the content to your own situation – in this case – how to decide what you want to give to – and reflecting on effective giving and not so effective from your own personal experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

3. This mixture was embedded in every aspect from the instructional design – from icebreakers to reflection exercises to presentation content, examples, and frameworks. There is also an self-assessment exercise. It is also important clarify these expectations with participants. We did this on Day 1.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This mobile-first approach to turning exercise into donations for charity had good reason for becoming an app. Listen to our podcast interview below. Here are 2 nonprofit apps that worked — and why. Full disclosure, both are former Whole Whale clients.). Charity Miles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

(I always design to have the visuals be simple, and adjust my verbal presentation in real time to match audience level). The value of doing an exercise like this is that helps the participants connect with what they already know so they can take in new ideas more easily. Many in the audience identified with the “data delight stage.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I have been using this technique for the past couple of months to incorporate walking and exercise into my day. The benefit of moving around helps with concentration. Workstation popcorn is probably best suited for remote workers and people who work at home, but you can do it in an office setting.

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Method Technique Reflection Exercise 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Another tip that the translators suggested that worked really well was to repeat exercise directions twice. In addition, we had the in-country team leader from Morocco, Widad, translate the instructions a third time. Chema Gargouri, In Country Director, Tunisia being interviewed by the local radio station in Fez, Morocco.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 10, 2011

Miranda interviewed mothers about how they found time to create. One of the 6 things she found in common was that they all exercised regularly. I'm inspired to start sewing more this summer after watching Kimberly Wilson's DIY Sewing interview and demonstration with Allison Lince-Bentley of Bits of Thread Sewing Studio.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 17, 2019

Their book is based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives. Each chapter includes quick and easy exercises, tips and self-reflections that will help you train your mind to achieve different goals ranging from more focus to self-awareness.

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Mind Leadership Exercise Chapter 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Interview Experts. A 10-question blog interview with an expert in an area related to your nonprofit’s mission and programs can be interesting to your supporters. Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

I’ve been busy interviewing people who work for nonprofits for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , with Aliza Sherman. Creativity is a muscle that needs to be exercised like anything else. Flickr Photo by AstridWestvang. Motivations and barriers for individuals to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Idea Three: Recovering Cognitive Function The final session of TED included an interview on stage with former Representative Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly , by Pat Mitchell. The human brain is an extremely complex organ, but it should be getting easier to tune up different exercises for different recovery needs.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2021

Using this simple exercise , you can coach just about anyone to build a list of prospective donors. From your job description to your interviews and, finally, to the contract you ask your board members to sign, you want to be clear that you expect board members to fundraise. What matters most is their passion.

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