Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Here's what I found, and I'll show you the steps I took in Tableau Desktop , available at TechSoup, to make the following map. As with many data sets, SF OpenData maps the data by default, which allows you to quickly view the data if you don't need to do further analysis or layering. Gathering the Data. What the Data Shows.

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Map San Francisco Headline Learning 36

Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore key tips to increase your patient acquisition rate: Use Patient Journey Mapping Keep a Pulse on Reviews Optimize for SEO Partner with a Digital Marketing Keep in mind that patient outreach is directly tied to patient outcomes. That said, let’s explore these tips in more detail.

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Goal Tips Review Map 52

Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2022

If you have a lot of campaigns that can sometimes feel disjointed, the funnel exercise is a great way to unify them. Everyone’s funnel will be a bit different, but it’s a helpful exercise to map your existing activities in the funnel. Talking to people at the different stages is how you really build trust.

Marketing 98

Marketing Impact Strategy Exercise 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Staff members were at the core of the map. They reorganized the map into clusters. Observations.

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Network Map Exercise Nonprofit 124

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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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

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. Ecosystem map visually representing Venture2Impact, the system it operates within and value exchanges between key partners. Adopt A Project.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Impact Support Gambia 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Gunner also facilitated a brainstorming and affinity mapping exercise to unpack all the possible topics for deep dives in small groups in the afternoon. These techniques are based on human-centered design principles. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise.

Facilitation 101

Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone. I know some colleagues prefer not to use paper , but go all digital.

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Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. And, as the facilitator, you have to be good at improvising and skilled at coaching some participants to adapt exercise so it meets their need.

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Training Train Reflection Design 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

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. As part of the set-up to the exercise, I share some examples from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I liked this map so much that I printed it out and keep at my desk. The mindmap offers a lot of good suggestions for rituals – from decluttering your workspace to healthy habits like sleep and exercise. What are your tips to help you focus in an age of distraction? Are there tips not on the mind map?

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Content Tips Help Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. Once we mapped the network on the wall before our eyes, we reflected on the following questions: * What are the points of connection? Network Mapping Exercise.

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Network Build Exercise Map 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Who is the lead singer, guitarist, bass, and drums. Here’s how that translates to team facilitation: Facilitator Lead: The person who is facilitating the discussion or exercise. These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance. Peer Self-Assessment and Peer Coaching Exercises.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Byte Technology

JANUARY 15, 2016

Imagine this scenario: instead of staring at a wall map of foreign lands, students can don some hi-tech headgear and be transported to those places in a 360-degree virtual world of images. —it makes sense that, finally, designers would begin to look past the frivolous and fun aspects of their gear and towards truly worthwhile applications.

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Classroom Tech Lecture Student 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

I wanted to do a TedX talk because I knew that I would have to go through a creative process of mapping out my talk, practicing it, and deliver it in a huge auditorium to a large audience. While like many other speakers who have done this, I was nervous right before but once I get out there is an amazing experience.

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Social Map Camera Awareness 135

Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Use the thought exercise below to discuss your audiences and your nonprofit’s relationship with each of them: How will you surprise and delight your donors this year? Have you mapped out distinct user journeys and opportunities for engagement for every step of the marketing funnel?

Communication 59

Communication Support Calendar Advocacy 59

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. There are six strategic recommendations as noted in La Piana ’s consultation map to ensure your nonprofit’s cross-sector collaboration efforts get a strong start. Recommendations. The key ingredient throughout is undoubtedly trust.

Collaboration 98

Collaboration Los Angeles Strategy Indiana 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

As part of the face-to-face training, we spent a day introducing participants to the different platforms and because we had wifi at the training, integrated using it as part of the exercise report outs. We are also using a Facebook group for daily communication. There is also an self-assessment exercise. We did this on Day 1.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo. They have to do a network map and analysis as well as strategy for a development organization in their area of student. I use this design checklist to identify interactive exercises. I ask them to generate a list of keep, tweak, and delete.

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Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

This situation usually occurs after you’ve completed the data map from the old to new CRM database, and initial testing is underway. You stop and review your map again. A data migration is not an exercise in maintaining bad data practices. Make a list of all fields that aren’t readily translating to the new.

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Data Donor Database Map 178

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2013

Having a productive convening when bringing people who may not know each other together for the first time, but have a common interest is to provide time for participants to get know each other. The “ice breaker” exercise was for us to draw a map of a network we’re currently working with it.

Facilitation 99

Facilitation Technique Map Case Study 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

It has been a pleasure to co-design this session with knowledgeable and smart colleagues who are as obsessed with instructional design and interactive exercises as I am. Incorporating Movement Into Exercises. Interactive Exercises. Full Group Interactive Exercises. Icebreakers Tips and Tricks. The Art of Good Closers.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Analysis Social Network America Network 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

After Jane’s keynote, Harold lead a master class with practical exercises on how to “learn the new” or manage/design and use a professional learning network. He asked to reflect on our network map. He asked us to list them. Then asked us to do analysis based on: Age. Organization. Hierarchical Position.

Learning 98

Learning Work Knowledge Management Knowledge 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

New Zealand: Tables for Small Group Exercises. I had my ideal set ups in Australia and New Zealand – rooms with circle seating or round tables and space in the room to move around or work on interactive exercises such as creating your organization’s networking map. This is an exercise I used in Tunisia.

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New Zealand Arts Australia Open 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Participants create a poster of their networks, view other the network maps of others, and then do a debrief. The exercise usually takes 90-120 minutes in the afternoon, but participants were so engaged they didn’t want to stop for tea. We devote an entire chapter to it and the workshop exercise is based on this chapter.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

Visualize On Paper: Over the past 10 months, I've made a return to paper and markers and using mind maps or visualization techniques to reflect, and plan my week or day. I use this as a pre-writing exercise as well as a reflection exercise. Establish Rituals: Rituals in your work life are valuable.

Content 62

Content Exercise Technique Journal 62

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Community Mapping. Community Mapping helps you identify not just the various segments of your audience, but also create a clear picture of which tools/platforms are associated with those groups and which messages are best to target where. You can see an example of a dashboard by visiting my public Nonprofit Tech Dashboard.

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Apple’s top apps of 2018 were YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger, Facebook, Bitmoji, Netflix, Google Maps, and Gmail. This mobile-first approach to turning exercise into donations for charity had good reason for becoming an app. This works out to roughly one-third of the apps that most users have installed on their smartphones.

Mobile 96

Mobile Build Benchmark Rate 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes. They also created network maps for each country as well sharing examples using online networks using technology tools. The workshop was a tango dance between English and Spanish — and it worked!

Reflection 50

Reflection Network Mexico South America 50

Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Understanding the goals and objectives, and the potential data that could serve these goals, Forum One helped develop a system to aggregate payroll and advancement data from employers, then map it to internal data attached to members who had matriculated through the professional development program.

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Trend Digital Data Storytelling 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. These are brief, introductory exercises that help participants to get know each other, get connected to the topic, and their own learning outcomes. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Join us to examine where your community resides online using a mapping exercise, think about cross-channel best practices, and talk about examples of successful cross-platform community building. We’ll invite three participants to serve as case studies, break up into small groups and collectively map out an online strategy.

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Proposal Louisiana Map NTEN 134

sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

This exercise can be done individually or as a small group. Here are a few additional questions that be helpful as you map out your vision: How do our organization’s current mission, vision, and values connect to employee and grantee-well-being? Create an organizational well-being vision statement.

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Culture Consultant Calendar Team 75

NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s an exercise that a technology leader can do to help identify where process is working, and where it isn’t: first, step away from the computer. Map out on paper (or use OmniGraffle or Visio like I did) how each of your audiences move through your organization, from first contact to the desired action they should take.

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Org Leadership Technology Organization 77

NTEN

APRIL 3, 2012

Thanks in advance for enjoying a little extra exercise and fresh air as you walk between our 2 venues, the Hilton San Francisco & Parc 55. We’ll have plenty of maps and people showing you the way (but we especially like the one Mimi drew for you ).

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San Francisco NTC Exercise Blackbaud 47