Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

If you are responsible for planning and facilitating virtual meetings, here are some tips that’ll help you make your meetings more productive. Virtual Meetings Require Iron Fist Facilitation. Appoint a facilitator to function as traffic cop, spelling out the rules of engagement and calling on people when it’s their turn.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2012

Dear #12NTC - The NTC concluded last night, and then began the fun (and I am not being sarcastic here) of answering the question, "How'd it go?" Working Internet and a hotel staff that actually like you were our biggest measures of success. This is the most fun I have had at the NTC!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

The audience had very good English skills so no translation was needed. During the presentation, we had participants jot down questions on index cards and those were used by the facilitators to lead the discussion. This method was used because the facilitator needed to speak into the mic so I could hear the questions.

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OneCause

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

And in this modern age of the internet, this list gets more complex still. While choosing your stage’s theme might be the fun part, don’t forget to consider the logistical items that your auction can’t do without. TV, Cameras, and WiFi: To facilitate a remote auction experience for everyone around the world! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. This year I facilitated several labs, including one for the Brainerd Foundation to rethink 21 st Century Advocacy. How about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. Beth facilitated the calls, but the community foundations drove the content, creating a true peer exchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Lately, I have been working in far flung places which means long, very long airplane rides without Internet access! To say that social media facilitates distraction is not to say that social media has to control your awareness – you can take control back and through repeated conscious efforts.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

In-person event fundraisers are fun! Bidders can live and be anywhere there is internet access. HOWEVER Do you have staff that can improve on the fun factor and get people out? You may even get additional donations through this process and also facilitate pledge payments. Bidding and rebidding can be instantaneous.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2010

Host Ian Rhett of Civic Actions was joined by his coworker Jenn Sramek and Tom Heck of the International Association of Teamwork Facilitators. But with the fun of introducing the tech goodies out of the way, Ian began by explicitly laying out that the session wouldn't focus on online collaboration and communications tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. An emcee can also help your nonprofit facilitate smoother transitions with the technology, as that person can remind your audience about important features for engaging during the sessions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

Teaching The Essential Blog Content Development Workshop I loved co-facilitating the Essential Blog Content Development Workshop with Elizabeth Soutter of Da Momma: Motherhood is Not for Wimps , and Julie Weckerlein of Julie and Martin. Sometimes BlogHer syndicates posts from Have Fun, Do Good. Photo by Green LA Girl ) 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. It is also important to target the right level of authority. I do this all the time. Implementation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. The event itself has been fab. It is actually pretty mind-boggling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

As one social media strategist told me over a year ago, "I facilitated social media guidelines as a first doable step because there was so much fear about encouraging staff to use social media at organization. Internet Use Policy. with "just for fun." The conversation is the first step. Confidentiality of information.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We see it all the time in this modern internet age. Imagine a comprehensive approach to facilitating once a day training within a short time window. The future is incredibly bright, and always very fun to ponder. Not too long ago, all the rage in our industry was shifting focus to the disruptive business model. Conclusion.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

We know it can be hard to be the new gal or guy at a big event, but please trust us when we say that the NTEN community is the one of the friendliest and most fun out there! On March 17, conference attendees will head to the Capitol to lobby their Members of Congress to protect Internet freedom and net neutrality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

During the next two days, I will be facilitating a two-day social media bootcamp for NGOs from Jordan and Lebanon that have been through the program in their respective countries. It is also fun to re-mix presentations for an audience outside of the US. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

There is major emphasis on what is possible when ingenuity, 11K gb internet connections and collaborative teams intersect. Like Spring Break , it’s young, libidinous and fun. (In Mexico, donated and branded by Movistar). Like Maker’s Faires , people…create. And like Bar Camps , people hack. billion to date.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

“15% of the UK population hasn’t experienced the Internet even once.” we like to buy mobile phones to have fun, talk to friends, listen to music, tweet and connect on Facebook. we like to buy mobile phones to have fun, talk to friends, listen to music, tweet and connect on Facebook.” projects.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

Before the event we used the Knowledge Garage to share document resources with participants, promote discussions and idea sharing, and to facilitate online connections so participants could better connect with each other when the Summit began. Just because an event is a professional activity doesn't mean it can't be fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. What fun is that for me or them? 1: Social media must be integrated with internet communications or program strategy. Conversational Key Note. These ideas are illustrated in the slides below.

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Forum One

JULY 1, 2009

s lock picking session was fun for everyone wanting to try their hand in thievery, it presented Privacy Camp attendees with a lesson in security that is invaluable for anyone working with agencies hosting sensitive data. Privacy Camp 09 Though learning how to pick a lock was fun, Privacy Camp 09 had a lot more to offer. While Deviant?s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There’s something really nice about catching up with fellow donors during a luncheon or participating in a fun run to raise money for a nonprofit. Better inclusivity: Anyone with an Internet connection can attend a virtual gala — enabling nonprofits to increase awareness of their mission in other states and countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2009

The session was expertly facilitated by the Monitor Team which included David Sawyer, Diana Scearce, and Heather McLeod Grant. If this is their first foray into social media tools, they should seek out low-risk, simple experiments that are fun. . Outward Facing. Are there best practices? Inward Facing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

As Louis Sullivan, HHS Secretary in 1989-93 and famous for walking meetings, notes, “For me, walking has proved to be a great way to promote a healthy lifestyle, while facilitating my communications skills and leadership efforts.” Walking meetings in high heels are not much fun.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

fun by thinking about choice, interactivity, causes to support, humor, and spotlighting perspectives in stories that would never otherwise be. cloud-based tools that facilitate group process around mapping, making. Make it easy to. share your stories by using common platforms and encourage meaningful. Collaboration. We will focus.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2007

According to their manifesto , Big Games are human-powered software for cities, life-size collaborative hallucinations, and serious fun. And fun they are. The game allowed for casual drop-in players of all types: on the internet, phone, local media, and on the streets. and neighborhood-based.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

" I did manage to get Internet access on my nokia N95 and couldn't resist Twittering his quip. How to make it work: Popular, Easy, Rewarding, Fun, Cultivate, Tangible. Using Facebook and Linked but in the basic stages Gave an overview of some statistics of Internet usage/access of the world's population.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Consider how you might use the interactive possibilities of the Internet and Web 2.0 Find a spokesperson or facilitator who is familiar to your audience; ideally, someone who is perceived as a colleague or fellow member of the community. Have Fun â?¢ tools, to get past some of those communication barriers â?? Beths Blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

And, of course, there are some other situations where Linux also shines: kiosks, internet cafes, computer labs and email/web workstations. As Linus said: Have a lot of fun. Adding a new printer is facilitated by a few different things hplip, cups, ghostscript, and gutenprint/gimpprint. This is where Linux will shine.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

On October 13th Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank, which provides credit to the rural poor of Bangladesh.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Facilitating and moderating discussions, forums, and other online interaction. Give them a fun title that gets them excited about their role and the project, and offer some simple incentives and rewards for participation. Usually, we recommend full-time until the site becomes more self-sustaining.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. What : Relax, or join the fun – it’s up to you! Activities include: - Human Bingo: A fun and easy way to network with other attendees.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Virtual events have skyrocketed in popularity, with more and more nonprofits moving to the digital space to facilitate traditional face-to-face engagement efforts like auctions, galas, and walkathons. The new venue is just the internet! As mentioned earlier, there are two mobile bidding types—web-based and app-based. Web-based bidding.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m really interested in the work Community Shares is doing and the direction they are headed with this project as it seems very aligned with many of my own feelings: technology should be used to help, facilitate, and empower the change communities already want to be making. Wow – that doesn’t sound like fun!

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