Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. She calls it "joyful funeral" -- that you quickly say this didn't work, reflect on why, and move on. Ashely shared a mini case study about their Pacifier Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. The game has a strong communications lens. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. Peter Durand, Flickr Photo.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

We also ended the entire event with one of my favorite exercises, the Exquisite Corpse game, in which participants co-created comics of their craziest museum dreams. Facilitator bits. To remedy this error, here are four things I've learned about facilitating brainstorming sessions. You did great.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

For example, a movie-themed event or a gaming night can bring together a diverse audience. Offer customized swag: Create personalized swag bags or merchandise that reflect the values and interests of different age groups. Make it easy for them to share the event details and their enthusiasm for your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Among the noteworthy features included the ideal ecosystem are (i) the virtual events channel (reflecting the constraints newly imposed by COVID-19) and (ii) the increasingly feature-rich WhatsApp channel. Digital Storytelling Framework. WhatsApp is a useful tool with which to apply the elements of good storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. Some Reflections. Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. We chose the latter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The curriculum is based on the workshops I've been leading for the past five years and includes the Social Media Game , Strategy Principles , Experimentation , and the practical and tactical. . Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2008

Hawaii Social Media Game View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. I wanted to write some reflections about what worked and what could have been improved with the Social Media Game.  The Social Media Game takes into account ???shit tags: hawaii socialmediaclub ).   Use the right tool for the job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

I designed and facilitated one panel, I’ve Found My Free Agent, Now What? This year I not only facilitated a conversation in the room, but integrated visual facilitation techniques to spark insights and capture learnings. Also, the element of fun, more interaction, and opportunities for sharing in smaller groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I'm facilitating a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. The first is 90 minutes that is an introduction to strategic social media for nonprofits. The second session is the Kentucky Derby version of the Social Media Game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

” I attended a fantastic workshop facilitated by Michelle Gislason , Senior Project Director, CompassPoint, called “ How to Fail Spectacularly (and What You Can Learn from It) ” Here’s a few key takeaways and resources. Blame game or learning? On Monday, I attended Compasspoint’s Nonprofit Day 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Today I facilitated a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. Sometimes that first group isn't quite ready to play the game yes they could, but they need to see the tools in action to better understand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2009

The workshop, facilitated by the Monitor Institute, was focused on Network Effectiveness. Facilitating peer-learning and exchange. Social Media Game: Washington DC View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. On the second day, we did a half day session using the Social Media Strategy Simulation Game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. She recently took a deep dive into reflective practice and techniques. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. This is the actual delivery of the instruction and content. This is where you apply your presentation and facilitation skills. Development. I do this all the time.

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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. Program Design.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Remixing Social Media Strategy Game View more presentations from kanter. I learned a lot in terms of the content but also as a facilitator. Some reflections I had on the materials: Situation: This is the description of the organization or network the same group is developing a strategy for.

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Social Media Strategy Communication Remix 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

There would be plenty of activities that asked me to think hard, interact with colleagues, move around the room, and spend some time in personal reflection. It reflects best practices in adult learning and provides a framework that results in positive change. For ETR, that meant music, games, photos with colleagues and so much more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Note from Beth: Last week I was in New Orleans for the National Assembly of State Arts Councils meeting. I facilitated a peer session with Public Information Officers and a Mini-Workshop on managing and measuring a social media presence. We covered strategy, especially identifying audiences through personas and key objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Since the NTEN Academy is a peer exchange program, I did more than simply chunk content and encourage interaction through polls, the backchannel chat, and people talking on the phone line every 12 minutes. I set up opportunities for people to apply what they just heard through reflective questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. The term “continuous” that the organization has create a virtuous cycle of feedback that repeatedly inspires staff to reflect on what is working and what can be done differently to get better results. The term means learning culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Day 3 of the Train the Trainers session was devoted to Digital Activism and facilitated by Mary Joyce. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy. To reflect on how these modules might be used in their own trainings. It boils down to audience. Mary did a fabulous job!

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Reflect on this a minute and ask yourself, “How have I encouraged and supported the success of each volunteer?”. Facilitate relationships amongst your board members. Could you have a year-end celebration at a ball game with your volunteers? Nobody is doing anything and you feel like you’re in it all alone. Where did everyone go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? What worked? What didn't? What's the outcome?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be in New Zealand, leading a workshop on social media and I facilitated a module on mindful social media. It seemed very inappropriate given that my host, Stephen Blyth , collaborated with Peter Sykes, CEO & Founder at Mangere East Family Service Centre and we held the workshop on a Marae.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

I attended a session about OS Online Communities facilitated by the Joomla! The questions that emerged from this group were not different from those that are asked when we talk about online facilitation and online communities. These folks would be perfect participants for Nancy White's Online Facilitation Workhop.

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Generation Open Source Reflection Facilitation 50

DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A marketing strategy is essentially your game plan for reaching prospective donors and turning them into lifelong supporters. That’s because your site is a direct reflection of your brand. Payment facilitators. Now, let’s take a closer look at each one! Operating without a clear marketing strategy. Social media extensions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Half-Day Session : Social Media Strategy Game which included small group work for participants to come up with a strategy for both external communications and an internal learning network to share best practices. My reflections are here. Putting It Into Practice As a Facilitator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

In keeping with the theme of translation, I designed an icebreaker game called “Is There An Arabic Word for that?&# Shabakat Al Ordon trains young people in technical, professional and facilitation skills who then go out and create programs to train people in their communities.

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NGO Network Lebanon Yemen 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Tami Simon offered a self-reflection on her technology use, she's a blackberry user, sharing her inner feelings on why she grabs her blackberry on a Friday evening. She reaching for her blackberry facilitated "hyperthinking" with others. I just loved her approach to making a game out of not being always on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

James Nickerson, who has worked with the SFGMC and was a participant in a peer group learning exchange that I designed and facilitated for two years had the opportunity to share some lessons learned about social media with peer chorus organizations. Here’s his reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2017

A selected icebreaker game get your training off to a great start, but a poorly chosen and designed icebreaker can have the opposite effect, making people feel nervous and uncomfortable. Collect their sticky notes and cluster them on the wall into common themes. Reflect as a group on the common themes and unpack what they mean. (5)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

When they can give data in a report, when they can show a map that has detailed information, when they can show a photograph that produces evidence, it really changes the game for them." Local language content and locally relevant context has facilitated the transition into local ownership.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

Someone with an objective role in the organization, often a Project Manager, serves as a facilitator and helps the team discuss what went right, what could have been done better, and what they might do differently next time. One of the things that many successful teams and companies do at the end of a project is hold a Retrospective Meeting.

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