Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). If participants are working through an exercise or set of discussion questions, create a google document with your prompts and include space for taking notes. The reflection questions might include: What resonated? The first rotation is a quiet reflection alone.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Those achievements reflect your organization’s quality and imply a standard of excellence. Preparing a board matrix is a learning experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

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. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

This post summarizes how you can use session documentation and reflective practice to improve the content and delivery of your session. The exercise was to describe a series of stages that nonprofits go through to get to a data-informed culture. For example, for the above exercise, I had the online audience take an online poll.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. You want to ensure all voices from the communities you serve are reflected throughout your organization, especially on your board.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. The in-country team participated as co-trainers and facilitators served as our eyes and ears when there were small group exercises to help keep everyone stay on task and help me read the room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

Maia Duerr recently published a book called “ Work that Matters: Create a Livelihood that Reflects Your Core Intention.” ” The steps and exercises in the book help you look inward, reflect, but also seek out help from others. The book focuses on six principles: Become intimate with your core intention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I always like to start with an icebreaker that allows participants to reflect and identify burning questions. Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes. This was part of an exercise to think through how a personal brand can support an organizational brand.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Design a program that reflects the customized service you want to deliver and the quality of outreach you want to produce. So, this exercise is also a marketing tool. My first bit of advice is, don’t treat recruiting these experts casually. They will be representing your organization. First, let’s make this distinction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Introduction to the series from Computer and Text Neck Stretching Exercises by Desk Yogi. This video by Dr. Baxter Bell offers some exercises to help relieve and prevent neck pain. Since the pandemic started and the shift to all virtual, I have found myself sitting in front of a screen for longer stretches.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 21, 2022

Taking time to reflect on our progress and missteps will help us navigate through challenges more quickly and effectively. Jessica Scheer, a nonprofit fundraising and management consultant, will share some of the ways that you and your organization can leverage this exercise for stronger management, professional growth, and communications.

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Analysis Goal Content Exercise 77

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Harold led an exercise that challenged us to find ways to be more intentional with our storytelling. Harold’s presentation and exercise set the tone (if you’ll forgive the pun) for a vibrant and insightful discussion among participants. Leaders must demonstrate leadership in the area of mental health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. This can be as simple as a poll or having participants type a reflective question in the chat at the beginning. Medium: Up to 50 people. The connection between participants is less intimate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

When I facilitate staff retreats or workshop on wellbeing in the workplace based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , we do some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment , identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan and addressing cultural norms. … Read More.

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Tips Exercise Brain Facilitation 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Each of us took on a different aspect of nonprofit technology design and incorporated some interactive exercises. As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” ” In that spirit, a few thoughts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil. Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions. Give this exercise a try.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The end of the calendar year is traditionally a time of reflection – looking back on the year’s achievements, challenges, joys, and losses. While 2020 is no different in that regard, our reflections are paired with an urgent desire to put this difficult year behind us.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 14, 2010

Longtime readers will remember that during the 40 days leading up to my 40th birthday last year, I created a 4-part daily practice of moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. I'd love your suggestions for how you make time to exercise, or to do whatever it is that is that nourishes you.

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Reflection Practice Music Exercise 70

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil. Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions. Give this exercise a try.

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Exercise Philadelphia Life Phone 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

This is a terrific write up of the session I presented on “ Learning in Public “ Bridge Building or Trust Busting – a Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? Otherwise, the whole exercise can end up being frustrating. – Guest post by Stefan Lanfer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

1: Make Time Everyday for Reflection: Keep a Journal. The first step is self-awareness and that happens through tracking and observing yourself in work situations that trigger stress. One way to do this is to build in some reflection time into your day and maintain a journal. There are also many other benefits to writing a journal.

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Professional Management Journal Reflection 113

Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

For staff, working in a start-up nonprofit is often an exercise in mindreading. But instead of giving in to paranoia, this is a time to take stock of the situation, giving yourself time for self-reflection. Wondering if you have outlived your usefulness is a healthy reflection. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. It is a well known fact that exercise helps you think better. (And But the best part was the chance to work with Ellie Schindelman , director of education, who is a dynamic trainer – on the design of the program. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

We treat learning as an individual exercise and neglect the important role played by others. Reflection and relaxation. We obsess about outcomes while neglecting to examine carefully the process through which we achieve them. We rush to answers instead of asking questions. Among them are : Valuing failure.

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Learning Knowledge Worker Exercise Problem 80

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil. Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions. Give this exercise a try.

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Exercise Philadelphia Life Phone 52

Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

Dig Deeper to Discover What’s Missing Running through this additional exercise may help you make the business case that a new or updated platform is necessary for the organization’s efficiency when mapping your ideal MarTech stack below.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. The Intersector Toolkit provides frameworks that reflect phases of the relationship and support conceptual design, monitoring program elements, and ongoing measurement of milestones or goals. Layer two begins with the implementation process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques. CCC: This stands for the “Covid-Chat-Check-In” and is based on an exercise from Liberating Structures Playbook. Some of these were inspired by this tweet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. Some Reflections. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session. The 2016 session took all of the trainers’ lessons learned from the previous session and improved upon the presentation and exercises. Incorporate the three learning styles: visual, audio, and somatic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Trainer Reflection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

These types of partnerships are reflections of the trust the organization has in the software company. Gaining alignment across multiple groups is an exercise in communication. Are they affiliated with any nonprofit professional organizations? Does the company have any certifications with other well-known companies?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

I had designed the leadership workshop on resilience to include a lot of solo and peer reflection time and small group work and some small amounts of presentation and context to do the exercises. I had requested 6 person rounds because part of the exercises included some fun brainstorming processes and exercises.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Deciding how to handle donor recognition on social media is a complex exercise. During certain moments – such as natural disasters – they quickly pivot planned content to be more contextual and reflect new priorities. And a plan for if, when and how you’ll thank donors on your social channels is an important part of that strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2015

This year I designed and facilitated a highly interactive session called “ Walking is Work: Don’t Call It A Break ” with Ritu Sharma. I also lead a conference networking walk following the session. This post summarizes some thoughts and reflections. The slides and resources from the session can be found here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2007

Next week I'm teaching a two-part online workshop that includes a Webinar, Action Learning Exercise, and A Reflection Discussiona for Extension professionals and how they can begin to use tagging for collaboration and knowledge shraing. The reflection exercise can be found here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

On the content side, I was surprised to hear the responses to the simplicity exercise - what could your organization do less of? Meetings was a big one, followed by worry! Pretty good for only being in the room together one time before and presenting together for the first time!

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