Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2019

So, whether you’re hosting a walk, run, or even a multi-day cycling event, there are things to take into consideration in order to get the most out of your event. Leverage all that training. Many endurance events have training periods leading up to the big day. First and foremost, bring your event online.

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Bonterra

MARCH 14, 2024

On-demand & personalized training Learn how to maximize the value of your platform and improve program outcomes Access On-Demand Training: Leverage our Help Center for answers to common issues. Take advantage of 15+ unique webinar trainings, each hosted 2x per month.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 26, 2024

Enter Greater Giving, a game-changer for organizations hosting fundraising events. Auction Powerhouse: Greater Giving’s software facilitated both silent and live auctions, allowing the EAF to accept bids from remote participants and maximize their fundraising potential. Stop wrestling with spreadsheets and paperwork.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

As a Master Trainer, one of my favorite models of training adults is the Peer Learning Exchange where a group of participants who are working on a similar project or domain of practices interact regularly to learn how to do it better. 18, and a Google Hangout with the Chronicle of Philanthropy at 1 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

It isn’t just the huge uptick in back-to-back virtual meetings we are hosting or attending, many times without breaks in between. Breakout Rooms are a feature on Zoom meetings (it has to be turned on in your zoom profile/account ) that allows the meeting host to put people into small groups for more intimate discussions or activities. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Kate Elliott, Training Administrator, Planned Parenthood Arizona. Providing formal training to staff and volunteers has obvious benefits for an organization, individual staff members and volunteers. For staff members and volunteers, training is a means of professional development many are eager to receive.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Similarly, many collaborate to engage experts to provide education and training for foundation board and staff. Exponent members take part in collaborations that support training and capacity building for nonprofits in their cities and towns. 5) Addressing a Particular Need or Gap . First Steps to Learning and Working Together .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Smaller nonprofits that might have board members from many different geographic locations have probably hosted hybrid board meetings. Center Inclusion.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To facilitate this process, your consultant will lead interviews with your stakeholders, including your board, to gather their unbiased feedback. Your strategic plan should include projects that will push forward your priorities, the board members that will help facilitate each task, key performance indicators and a timeline for completion.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You can counter this risk by conducting scheduled training sessions to educate your team on cybersecurity best practices and common attack vectors. To prevent a cyber threat, you need to train your team on best practices and common types of attacks to look for. Updated training. Hardware vulnerabilities. Best practices.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Use these tips to create a fulfilling volunteer experience and retain your remote volunteers’ support year-round: Provide thorough training Use the right tools Show volunteer appreciation By keeping your remote volunteers motivated, you can leverage their unique skills and interests to fuel change in your community. Let’s begin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia. Peer Learning Capacity Building Programs: This year I continued my work in designing and facilitating peer learning programs on behalf of several foundations for their grantees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

I’ve just returned from a two-week trip to Guatemala hosted by Wake. We worked with a network of women’s rights NGOs located throughout Latin America and Guatemala who traveled to Antigua for the multi-day training. A Good Training Starts with A Good Opening.

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M+R

APRIL 13, 2023

Here are some key strategies NVP used: Hosting weekly mobilization calls to welcome all volunteers into NVP and ensure people are getting plugged into immediate actions in less than 24 hours of event attendance. Volunteers self-selecting into text banking, phone banking, social media, community mobilization, and/or storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Kudos to NTEN for breaking the template on the typical type of events it has hosted. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Photo by Trav Williams.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 24, 2021

The event professional hosting the event would have to define the event branding , game rules, game mechanics, how the point system works, and the game’s goal. Team games are also perfect for webinars or training sessions as they will improve your attendee’s ability to learn. . Don’t be afraid to host a simple game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. Facilitator Guide: [link]. … Read More

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

Because hosting a hybrid event essentially means managing two audiences simultaneously, pulling it off takes some careful consideration. . This program was put together by the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) and trains facilities in biorisk reduction, proper cleaning and sanitization techniques, and ensures access and use of PPE. .

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This might include: On-boarding or training about grantmaking rules and regulations, and philanthropy in general. Grantmakers should address the potential for bias through training or direct conversations. Be prepared to facilitate or bring on facilitators to lead these high-stakes group meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults. Training Design'

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Achieve

MARCH 24, 2022

However, just because you don’t have the bandwidth to host a grand fundraising event yet, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have options. to tried-and-true community fundraisers, plenty of fundraising opportunities still exist that your team can hold at little-to-no cost, with just a few trained volunteers. . unique (and easy!)

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators. We’ve been trained in our society that it’s not polite to talk about money. talking about purpose and passion), in lieu of a traditional board “training” (i.e.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Leadership training on communications styles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

I just finished doing a training for Open Society Institute media and information coordinators on social media with colleague, David Sasaki , from Global Voices. I've known since 2005 and I realized that the last time I had seen him was in 2007 in Cambodia at the blogging conference and over an interesting dinner served by our hosts.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

Every meeting hosted as part of your capital campaign will look different depending on where you are at in the process, which specific committee is meeting, and what they’re aiming to accomplish. To set up your capital campaign for success, it’s worth exploring how you can make the most of your committee meetings.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Through carefully curated programs hosted by trained volunteer facilitators at various schools and community centers, they’re able to create a curriculum that features courses on common issues many girls face. They hope that all girls will have the chance to grow up healthy, educated, and independent. Request a demo today!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Train volunteers. Depending on the size of your program, your team may consist of the following roles: Volunteer manager/coordinator Volunteer onboarding/training specialist Volunteer program marketing coordinator Community outreach coordinator If you have a small team, one person may take on many (or all) of these responsibilities.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

sign up) to ask for donations (see our “No Money, More Problems” webinar for how), or host fundraising-specific events like multi-day virtual galas with different speakers, trainings on best virtual fundraising practices and webinars with donor special guests. Virtual actions that solve for urgent issues: FOOD BANKS. Urgent issues.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With the popularity of online experiences and the abundance of software to help facilitate them, this article can even help you recruit volunteers in a post-COVID-19 world. This not only allows you to collect key information on your volunteers but can help you create branded and optimized pages for each opportunity you host.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I’m headed to New Zealand and Australia to facilitate workshops in both countries and to keynote the ConnectingUp Conference (Australia’s version of the Nonprofit Technology Conference). Stephen is an expert in many training methods so this will be an excellent co-learning experience. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

The theme for the training was “ Data, Data.” 1. 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. kanter we have wifi connection interuption here.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

As SA’s Volunteer Coordinator, I was fortunate to keep working full-time from home, where I ramped up a new way of volunteering remotely, finding additional volunteers, and training a mixed group of new and longtime volunteers to help host these programs on Zoom. The video calls have a consistent structure to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. I produced four “ Advanced Practices Webinars ” for the Knight Foundation for Giving Days hosts. This year I facilitated several labs, including one for the Brainerd Foundation to rethink 21 st Century Advocacy.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

These connections may be able to help facilitate a warm introduction with key contacts at potential companies. Next, you’ll also want to explain the type of fundraising event you are hosting, its goals, and your target demographic, plus attendance estimates. A summary of your fundraising event needs.

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