Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? I feel it stifles learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. The notes are here. You can do a whole network analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I liked this map so much that I printed it out and keep at my desk. 4.) Reflection: Reflection doesn’t have to be a huge amount of time to be effective. ” At the end of the day, I look at it, reflect on what I did – and plan for tomorrow. When I’m feeling most overwhelmed, I take a break.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To reenergize your board and refocus their attention on your nonprofit’s priorities, use these best practices: Engage your board members in nonprofit strategic planning Empower board members to help with fundraising Create productive working relationships Your board is a powerful resource for your organization.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

With individuals increasingly turning to search engines to help them understand health issues, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. A professionally designed website can help establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Follow these steps to map user journeys: Create audience personas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. This was very helpful because traditional translation does not help you read the group or adjust on the spot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

These five actions will get your nonprofit started, or help to transition into DEI work. This will help shape your conversations, strategies, and goals. Working with a professional will help facilitate discussions, allow everyone to participate in the dialogue, and shape a process to create a plan of action.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Evolving organizational priorities ( such as a commitment to having a staff and volunteer corps that reflects the communities being served ), volunteer engagement trends (such as increased desire for short-term and flexible volunteer roles), and challenges filling leadership positions go a long way to establish a need for change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

One of my favorites was this terrific warm up from John Kenyon to help you when you are about to present. 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. Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning.

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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. Specifically, the workshop goals were: Introducing and applying network tools, frameworks, and case studies that can help network leaders assess their effectiveness and increase their impact. Facilitating peer-learning and exchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” My colleague Cindy Leonard has used her photoshop magic to help each of the speakers transform into a character. Creating a Network Map. Design Labs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. They have to do a network map and analysis as well as strategy for a development organization in their area of student.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. Takeaways. He will teach us some drawing techniques for those of us who are not Picassos.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Use this template to facilitate the persona creation process: This template offers space to add demographic and behavioral information about your personas and strategize your intended messaging. Longer posts that provide comprehensive, credible information about a specific topic also help improve your blog’s search engine rankings.

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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. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. I appreciated the facilitation provided by Mukara Meredith who integrates universal principles of healing into a new model of leadership called Matrixworks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. A conversational panel or keynote does some blending of learning modalities – it includes some content-delivery and structured small group and full group conversations. There is a lead facilitator – in the panel or keynote model – it’s the Oprah with the mic.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

Data that helps you make a decision, refine your strategy, or optimize a channel. The Washington State Wine Commission facilitates an annual report completed by member winery or vineyards to collect data on the amount of grapes grown and wine produced to further report on grape cultivation and wine production in the State.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). Call this “social change 2.0”.

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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. He expects students to read the assignment before they come to class so that instructional time can be spent helping them make sense of it and apply to their work. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Staff members were at the core of the map. They reorganized the map into clusters. Observations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

I couldn’t have asked for a more authentic, culturally appropriate start to a workshop. The spiritual nature of the welcoming ceremony set the tone for a day of reflective practice for participants. When learners enter the room, I ask them to reflect on their “burning question” or why did they want to take this workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

The NTEN project is an excellent learning laboratory for reflection and learning about this topic. provocative questions, offers an alternative view, and helps facilitate fresh insights or alternative sources of information or expertise." When do you as the wiki facilitator get out of the way?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

Knowledge mapping: By working closely together, colleagues build an understanding of each person’s particular knowledge and skills. The number one thing we can do to help groups learn is to create space and time for reflection. What if we incentivised time spent in reflection and with each other? How do we do that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Having a networked mindset as you approach your daily work can help you get better results. For example, turning to your professional online networks can help save you time because you don’t need to know everything about a topic area. Share Learning: To share learning, you have to intentionally hit the pause button and reflect.

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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 21, 2017

Some tip include mapping out a good process for work flow and using collaborative technology effectively. Amy Su Jen offers up a great framework for individuals. If your work requires after hours coverage for emergencies, assigning staff shifts can help avoid burnout. Reflect on the past six months or the past year as a team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

She points out that you can’t teach people to be social, only to show what it is and help facilitate it. Mapping Your Professional Network Exercise: He asked to think about this question: Who are the people with you have most frequently communicated with in order to get your work done? He asked us to list them.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

These are the professional equivalents of making resolutions to exercise more, follow our career maps, and plan more spa days for our NPOs. . Much of what we focus on in Retrospectives tends to be about outcomes or processes, which are completely valid things to reflect on. What helped us get there? How did the process feel?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. This book will help. This book is filled with great tips on designing engaging learning experiences that help your participants connect, inspire, and engage.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This will help you create personalized communications, which supporters prefer over generic messages. . An experienced team of videographers can help bring value to your marketing strategy and support your other content so that it stands out from the competition. That’s because your site is a direct reflection of your brand.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

With the help of an online fundraising platform that’s integrated with your nonprofit CRM , you can automatically transfer donor information to donor profiles. Essentially, online fundraising platforms are robust systems that consolidate fundraising data, reports, and donor information in one place, helping increase fundraising efficiency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 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. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “ The Talent Development Platform ,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Heather Carpenter and Tera Wozniak Qualls, along with Alexis S. … Read More Books Leadership'

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

This work included developing a secure system to track, map, and report incidents of gender-based violence; an emergency hotline; and media training to support women in documenting and sharing their experiences. Together these efforts empowered women to advocate more strategically and help a larger community of survivors.

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