Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? Concept 5: New Power / Old Power Hybrid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. " Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. All the candidates. There's a nonprofit track.

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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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JUNE 21, 2015

We’ll also hear from Jonathan Neman, founder and co-CEO of sweetgreen, a culinary lifestyle brand dedicated to smartly sourced food and the balance between work, life, food and community. They’re facilitating Q&A sessions and panels, including the media panel with Matt Higginson from Medium and Sarah Harris from Incite.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The policy is designed to increase industrial capacity in electronics recycling, refurbishment, and remanufacturing to increase the number of US-based green jobs and the safe handling of discarded electronics. Electronics refurbishment has truly arrived on the big national stage as an important part of the electronics recycling industry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

There have the been the well discussed successes like DonorsChoose and Lil Green Patch. Our job as organizational communicators lies in trying to facilitate a larger conversation by providing the means for people to share, perhaps initiate conversations, and highlight the great work and thoughts of others. Never forget that, either.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. Moments of obligation are described as: "At certain moments in your life, you may find yourself pulled toward a path leading to work that will benefit others.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world.

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JUNE 17, 2015

We’ll also hear from Jonathan Neman , founder and co-CEO of sweetgreen, a culinary lifestyle brand dedicated to smartly sourced food and the balance between work, life, food and community. They’re facilitating Q&A sessions and panels, including the media panel with Matt Higginson from Medium and Sarah Harris from Incite.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 14, 2009

To promote and facilitate Americans being of service, the Obama team has launched usaservice.org. Living Your Best Life through the Journey of Service by Dr. Cheryl L. Dorsey, the President of Echoing Green. I didn't, until President-elect Barack Obama asked Americans to volunteer on MLK Day, and throughout the year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2006

Not a very peaceful life for a Nobel Peace Prize winner. It was at that time that she started the Green Belt Movement , which facilitated women planting trees in their communities to combat deforestation, soil erosion and lack of water. Wangari Maathai, Unbowed. She has been in jail four times and beaten on the head twice.

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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. Analytical? Compassionate?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a career counseling session for a group of Stanford students who were spending their "alternative spring break" meeting with social entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. During the two-hour session, we did a brainstorming exercise that I learned from Carol Lloyd, author of Creating a Life Worth Living.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

An easy way to support the Nature Conservancy if you're on Facebook is to install (Lil) Green Patch. Another option, is to sponsor a woman who wants to make a better life some place in the world. So, what better way to love the earth than contributing to a charity that works on environmental issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I just finished a presentation and later this afternoon will facilitate a workshop on strategy which will include the Romanian version of the Social Media Game. They want to improve their quality of life and confidence and lead an independent life. I am understanding this only because it is being translated through headphones.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Will you give now to deliver life-saving aid to puppies in need? Sharing stories about your volunteers, beneficiaries, staff members, and other stakeholders can introduce potential new supporters to what your mission is all about and facilitate a positive connection with your nonprofit. Consider donating to support our mission.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

This vastly improves the management and allocation of financial and environmental resources and facilitate technology-enabled breakthroughs on climate change and disease outbreaks. Green technology spurs mobile payments development in Africa. Systems thinking and knowledge management become critical skills for philanthropists.

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MARCH 29, 2021

From facilitating green commuting, to employee gift matching, to paid time off for volunteering, Google inspects nearly every part of their business with a social impact lens. s Blue Jeans Go Green to collect used clothing, and also sells pre-owned or restored vintage clothing items to reduce their carbon footprint. .

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Early in the life of this blog, I stumbled into a taxonomy of how social platforms work that I call the hierarchy of participation. Every few feet on the bench, there is a small box about the size of a lightswitch with two buttons on it, one red and one green. Green indicates yes, red, no. Why do you oppose flag-burning?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

10 Top Nonprofit CRM Solutions (Updated 2023) Neon CRM Bloomerang Network for Good Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT Virtuous EveryAction DonorPerfect GiveButter Little Green Light Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud The Pros and Cons of Spreadsheet CRMs Alright! Should My Nonprofit Choose Little Green Light? What is a CRM, Anyway?

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Golf – For those who like to spend their weekends out on the green, this golf basket has all the tools they need to up their game, whether they’re playing for fun or prepping for a tournament. Premium golf balls, a putting green, and a collection of tees are great gift options. Activity Auction Basket Ideas.

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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. The event took place on forums, webinars, Tweetchat, Second Life, flickr and YouTube. Thursday, April 8, 2010. When : 9:00 a.m.

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MAY 6, 2021

This decade also saw the Black Power Movement, American Indian Movement, a further push for women’s rights , rights of farmworkers, and the Green Power Movement. A nti-war wasn’t the only movement that took place in the 1960s. 1970 – Milton Friedman introduces his Shareholder Value T heory.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Instead of solely targeting generic keywords like “environmental conservation” or “green initiatives,” you might specifically go after educational keywords such as “impact of deforestation on ecosystems,” “benefits of sustainable agriculture,” or “carbon footprint reduction strategies.”

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And so how do you facilitate that discussion about 100% board giving? The other thing that you’re going to do to facilitate that conversation is you’re going to. It just suddenly means they got caught up in life and they’re busy and they need to be reminded. . That’s how we facilitate it. .

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ever since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, people all over the world have successfully shifted their way of living life and way of doing business. If, for example, you started to organize your event when your region was in green, then you wouldn’t need 9 feet of spacing between cars, and instead, you would need 6 feet.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 15, 2016

Your fundraising really takes off when you stop trying to make fundraising make sense for yourself and your colleagues and instead aim at real-life donors. Rory Green, Fundraiser Grrl. To talk about the cause on the donors’ terms — which means meeting your non-experts where they are, not trying to educate them first.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ever since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, people all over the world have successfully shifted their way of living life and way of doing business. If, for example, you started to organize your event when your region was in green, then you wouldn’t need 9 feet of spacing between cars, and instead, you would need 6 feet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Supporting these visionary leaders, raising the profile of their work and facilitating collaborations and sharing has allowed many to pursue a life of changemaking, scaling their impact and, in many instances, affecting national policy and changing the lives of thousands in their communities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

The Engage Network is a nonprofit social venture that facilitates the power of small community groups to create social change. inspired by Julia Butterfly Hill's tree-sit, Off the Mat Into the World , founded by yoga teacher Seane Corn, and Green for All , founded by Van Jones. You see somebody who inspires you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

EWF International provides professionally facilitated peer advisory groups for women business owners and executives. Something as simple as taking a different route to work or going someplace new for lunch makes life a little more interesting. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along. • Do something that you are afraid to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

followed by 20-30 minutes of discussion with the audience facilitated by the hosts. The context at Blogpotomac was the question, "Did turning your Twitter avatar green in support of the Iraniian protests" really mean anything. The format was ten minutes of speaking (no Powerpoint allowed!),

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Fact Sheet: Volunteering as a Vehicle for Social Support and Life Satisfaction , Public Health Agency of Canada) Volunteering can improve self-esteem, reduce heart rates and blood pressure, increase endorphin production, enhance immune systems, buffer the impact of stress, and combat social isolation. A Candy-Colored Life. Give blood.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

We had women who had expertise in community organizing, micro-finance, facilitation and leadership development. My whole life has just been about moving towards how can what I do uplift the lives of the people around me, and nature itself. These kinds of concepts are so not real, and so not what Women's Earth Alliance is about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

Finding Green Businesses : The web has effectively replaced the paper Yellow Pages as a way to find local businesses and services. The Yelp and Around Me apps are popular ways to find restaurants, coffee shops, or hotels wherever you are, but what about green-rated businesses? The Elections app will soon be updated for 2010.).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

The slogan is "Green Collar Jobs, not Jails" and what we're trying to promote a big vision which includes being able to employ formerly incarcerated people from the Oakland area, "at risk" -- quote unquote -- people from this area into jobs which don't hurt the environment, that actually help sustain us as a community.

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