Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Without trial and error, explorative iteration, and room for failure, nonprofit organizations often find themselves at a stagnant standstill. It’s no secret that the best leaders and most successful nonprofit organizations embrace failure as a learning opportunity. In short, they’re paralyzed by perfectionism.

Results 89

Results Nonprofit Adopt Environment 89

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

So, it’s hard to imagine cutting additional costs at a nonprofit. The best leaders understand two things must happen to sustain a nonprofit: SAVING money and RAISING money. Afterall, nonprofit is your tax status, it shouldn’t be your business model. Fact: there are currently over 2.7 Fact: there are currently over 2.7

Money 98

Money Nonprofit United States Fund 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. Train the Trainer: Must Incorporate Exercises that Use Simulations. Anyone can be a designer! We worked in small teams.

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Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I’m thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, “ Learn You Will.” I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition. There was a lot of snapping.

Learning 87

Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 87

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

We are witnessing the rise of a new generation of donors and nonprofit employees. This is a question I broached in “ What Will a Post-COVID Nonprofit Economy Reveal ? ” We’re living in a transformational – new and unprecedented – novel nonprofit economy. Pretend you are just in the stages of founding your nonprofit.

Nonprofit 135

Nonprofit Digital Virtual International 135

sgEngage

MARCH 14, 2023

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you’ve probably asked yourself whether artificial intelligence fits into your engagement strategy. I decided to put ChatGPT to the test using a fictitious nonprofit that builds community gardens in food deserts across Appalachia. What can we take away from this little exercise?

Tools 71

Tools Fundraising Donor Exercise 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

on personal and organizational resilience based on the ideas in my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces. However, I don’t always have that opportunity because many times nonprofit workshops are hosted at conferences at hotels.

Lecture 91

Lecture Classroom Experiment Learning 91

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There’s nothing more exciting than making the decision to start a nonprofit! But first, you need to build a solid foundation so your nonprofit will thrive, not struggle. Seriously, about half of all new nonprofits don’t make it through the first year or so. Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference.

Nonprofit 111

Nonprofit gMail Money Foundation 111

Byte Technology

JANUARY 15, 2016

Online resource EdSurge has even compiled a five-point list for educators to help understand and begin merging VR into their lectures and lab exercises as well as how to create their own custom-made videos as supplements to their normal teaching routines.

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Classroom Tech Lecture Student 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Training Train Design Classroom 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. Participants will do a real-time grantmaking process during which up to $100,000 of Learning By Giving Foundation capital will be allocated to student-selected nonprofits.

Giving 99

Giving Free Lecture Module 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US. The program teaches women how to build confidence with self-promotion. Here’s how Kanika facilitated the exercise.

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Peru Exercise Empowerment Local 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. The workshop was focused on personal resilience and self-care based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and was part of series of workshops on resilience. Just added these to my trainer kit). … Read More.

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Detroit Instruction Instructional PPT 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

Learning 84

Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

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. Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes.

Reflection 50

Reflection Network Mexico South America 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. New Zealand: Tables for Small Group Exercises. I have written about this in great detail here. Pass the Ugly Doll in Australia.

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New Zealand Arts Australia Open 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

” I first used this exercise in 2011 in Lebanon to kick off E-Mediat project that brought trainers and capacity builders from 5 countries in the Middle East to be trained on curriculum based on my book, the Networked Nonprofit , and interactive training techniques. .” What are the opportunities for reciprocity?

Professional 101

Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It wasn’t long after their civil war, and the program was working with child combatants, using sports to teach new skills. Sport, play, and physical exercise help these children overcome some of the stresses they carry with them. In 2005, a visit to Right to Play in Sierra Leone with skateboarding icon Tony Hawk changed my life.

Change 80

Change Sierra Leone South Africa Poland 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

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 I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The topic is “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation for Nonprofits.” I think adding value is also about using your critical thinking skills. It made me wonder whether there were some useful ideas in the literature about teaching critical thinking skills that could be applied to content curation. Content'

Content 123

Content San Francisco Technique Skills 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

The session provided strategy theory and a simulation exercise based on creating a digital activism campaign for the Story of Electronics film (that now has Arabic sub-titles ). Both language and what you’re teaching. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy.

Activities 92

Activities Active Activism Digital 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. The Feng Shui of Good Teaching. Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning.

Training 100

Training Train Reflection Resource 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the honor of teaching a master class at the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) on avoiding burnout for fundraisers with Corinne Aartman in Amsterdam. This afternoon, Beth guided us through much of the thinking, the learning and the practical tips contained in her book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit.

Fundraising 73

Fundraising Charity Exercise Consultant 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. That’s the theory at least.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2021

If you’re like many nonprofit executives and development staff, you’ve seen firsthand the challenges of inspiring your board to fundraise. Using this simple exercise , you can coach just about anyone to build a list of prospective donors. Post the opportunity on job search engines for nonprofits, like Idealist.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Goal Develop Donor 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Since were are on the Mediterranean Sea, I did the final reflective exercise as a walk on the beach. I got to perfect it when I taught master classes and workshops for NGOs and activists in New Zealand and Australia. I also designed and facilitated a nonprofit leadership institute at Pepperdine University. Year in Review.

Tunisia 124

Tunisia Facilitation New Zealand Technique 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use. It sounds like they have adapted the Khan Academy model.

Analytics 106

Analytics Google Digital Free 106

Candid

APRIL 22, 2021

When we went virtual, I worried so much about being able to keep connected and help the nonprofit staff members who attended our in-person trainings. and abroad had real-time information on how nonprofits and foundations responded to COVID-19.” Joey Guastella Data Discovery Analyst. Krista Berry Ortega Programs Manager, West. “I

Virtual 52

Virtual Time Camera Training 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

India 104

India Education Software Learning 104

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. Route 66 Route 66, our online platform for teaching reading, has officially launched thanks to support from the Peery Foundation.

Guatemala 159

Guatemala Literacy Qatar Open Source 159

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Howard Rheingold calls this process managing your attention or “ Infoattention ” and it is what he has been teaching in his courses. I’ve been trying to curate content that offers ideas, tips, and resources to get past that ugly feeling of “content fried.”

Content 139

Content Tips Help Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. Recently, I read about an exercise that you can do to intentionally improve the experience for all.

Virtual 50

Virtual Ukraine Exercise Poland 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Our charge was to teach back-to-back simultaneous workshops covering social media strategy for NGOs and social media tools. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. .

Social Media 95

Social Media Training Train Media 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. It starts with ideas and brainstorming. So having a few brainstorming facilitation techniques to use with your team, is useful.

Social Media 50

Social Media San Antonio Content Strategy 50

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kachuriak and the NextAfter team conducted a survey among 500 nonprofit executives, consultants, managers, and practitioners. Assessing core traits relating to behavior and motivation, the result s reveal three key insights that affect the hiring behavior of nonprofits: Nonprofits seem to be hiring at random.

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Team Data Retention Nonprofit 27