sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration. This input led them to adopt an Emergent Learning framework and feminist evaluation principles , which recognize evaluation as a political act and the information generated as key to advocacy.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

Referencing relevant, older campaign data can help you get a sense of which strategies or channels seem to generate the most engagement. Supplement this post with engaging language like “Cook a mouth-watering five-star meal with celebrity chef, Suzanne Jones.” Demographics.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Building relationships with potential planned donors is an important preliminary step to generate interest. Realistic Revenue Goals: A well-run planned giving program can facilitate long-term growth. Community Support: Begin by pitching the planned giving program to all nonprofit board members and major donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” ” So I set up a series of photos depicting different body language and different situations.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

A virtual event means that those face-to-face interactions will not be possible but that does not mean that you can’t facilitate and encourage networking all the same. . Telling people you are providing networking opportunities may not be enough to actually generate audience engagement. Advertise the Opportunities. Show Them How.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For most people in most situations, the greatest opportunity for improvement is in shifting the way we engage in the Performance Zone so that most of the time we are executing not with a sole focus on task completion, but with a dual goal of getting things done while generating insights along the way.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

And once the United States Senate ratifies the treaty, it will be possible for libraries like Bookshare to get more content for Americans from sources outside of the United States and in more languages. I’m excited to report: they did just that.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

Did you know that roughly $84 trillion in assets is expected to be donated, spent, and inherited in the coming decades as the large Baby Boomer generation ages? Try using this language on your Ways to Give page or planned giving microsite—here’s an example from the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. Be aware of what they say, how they say it and body language. Observe and Understand Body Language. According to research, 55% of the message you convey comes from your body language.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

By bringing together the expertise of leaders from across sectors with the power of Salesforce technology and pro bono talent, this Impact Lab will aim to generate shareable insights and create a solution that will contribute to improving access to nutritious food for all with dignity. Why Food Insecurity in the U.S.?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

A virtual event means that those face-to-face interactions will not be possible but that does not mean that you can’t facilitate and encourage networking all the same. . Telling people you are providing networking opportunities may not be enough to actually generate audience engagement. Advertise the Opportunities. Show Them How.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

On-Demand Video: Beyond language considerations, a global audience can mean multiple time zones. Lead generation? Post about the event and generate some buzz to drum up ticket sales. It is important to take steps to facilitate networking and elevate the attendee experience. Will your event focus on new product launches?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

On-Demand Video: Beyond language considerations, a global audience can mean multiple time zones. Lead generation? Post about the event and generate some buzz to drum up ticket sales. It is important to take steps to facilitate networking and elevate the attendee experience. Will your event focus on new product launches?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

As one of those monolingual American types, I’m learning a huge amount about what it takes to create open content in different languages. at 2:31 pm There was an effort by some folks from Debian (not officially Debian) to work on a distro for Bhutan which uses a language similar to Tibetan. It is actually pretty mind-boggling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

So, I demonstrated how to tag a person in a wall post and posted the question: Manny Hernadez : Should an organization that serves both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking audience (and some only speak one language) have two different Fan Pages in the native language? What are your thoughts? How do you do it? Stay tuned for that!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” I often used the video at social media workshops back then to generate discussion about how our world is changing. Low-technology settings require high-touch network facilitation. Looking forward, we expect there will be a point when specialized support, specialized consultants and specialized language won’t be needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. This post follows yesterday’s post about networked leadership skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

I feel that art is able to translate beyond language, and communicate a much larger vision of personal connection. Expressing their emotions so openly was a new and uneasy task, but with the help of a wonderful facilitator, Conso Buzabo , they intuitively shared their compassionate connections through simple art making.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

C3-ers generated great and useful ideas, but they were functionally an assembly of creative individuals, efficiently giving us input. We asked people to make a voluntary donation of up to $150 to help support the facilitation of C3, and snacks. But there was a problem: it wasn''t a consistent body. Low on friction. Low on depth.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

A virtual conference, in many ways, is similar to a physical conference, but that does not mean the two should be planned or facilitated in the same way. Facilitate Networking. The good news is that facilitating networking at your virtual event is not that difficult. Use clear language and large, easy to read fonts.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

Had the campaign known how to talk about the issue using the same frame as its audience, they would likely generate much more engagement. Social listening take place in real-time and facilitates developing rapid response messages. Both are valuable, but they are different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Note from Beth: As a trainer and someone who teachers other trainers, I’ve been obsessed with improving my facilitation skills and written a lot about it on this blog. I’m always up for a conversation with other facilitators about shop talk and getting tips for improving my practice. Are you funny? Analytical?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

If you know whom you want to consume your infographic, you’re able to tailor the language, imagery, focus, and key points used to appeal to this target audience. I recently forgot to consider the platforms I wanted the latest Blackbaud Next Generation of American Giving infographic to work on. 7) Facilitate Sharing.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

In January, as part of a series of place-making workshops facilitated by the Project for Public Spaces , we worked with a local dad to coordinate a workshop explicitly for kids (full writeup here ). What should we do with the ideas the kids had generated? They may also begin to cultivate a “language” of talking about this with others.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

When I've talked with those same folks in bridged groups, they use more circumspect language (i.e. The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. There's a big difference between a meeting that feels like a chore and one that generates energy.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Even worse, they don’t appear to be speaking the language and may work as isolated islands instead of finding ways to build bridges together to cultivate and engage supporters and do it with common values, culture, vocabulary, and practices.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

A virtual conference, in many ways, is similar to a physical conference, but that does not mean the two should be planned or facilitated in the same way. Facilitate Networking. The good news is that facilitating networking at your virtual event is not that difficult. Use clear language and large, easy to read fonts.

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Virtual Conference Practice Facilitation 52

Candid

JULY 5, 2023

A big pro of using the same tool is having shared language. To get on the same page, consider using virtual-friendly activities like The Center for Creative Leadership’s 10 Steps for Establishing Team Norms , which outlines a straightforward activity that can be facilitated remotely.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

With the most recent onset of generative AI-powered tools becoming mainstream and accessible to all organizations, SEO is discussed more and more. How effective can it be alongside generative AI? Create quality long-form content Consistently generating new and high-quality content is fundamental for effective SEO.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

Organizations using multiple scripts can create phone banks that can target different scripts to different people and allow phone bankers to toggle between scripts and even toggle between different languages—all of which will help them connect with and activate more support for your mission or goal.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

From providing accessible content for people with disabilities, to creating fully usable functionality, to support for multiple languages, we wanted to learn about the benefits people are creating using web and mobile technology. But in dealing with software issues and the visually impaired, it can be a challenge. Next Steps?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

What does the next generation of learning environments look like? How to find the right funding mechanism to facilitate collaborative teams? Translate what gamers do into the language of "normal traditional education" and out of school time learning? Working on a series of research studies on the benefits of games.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

Trust me; it will come out in the tone of your voice or your body language. Final thoughts: How empathy can save the world Success in fundraising today—what I prefer to call philanthropy facilitation —relies on being able to forge meaningful, radical connections with supporters. [T]o I know you just took a very expensive vacation!

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