Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. Connectivity helps facilitate highly distributed groups of people to work on a campaign, project, or share ideas that spread with unprecedented velocity and reach. New power is behind some of the most impactful movements (and business models) of the decade. New power is made by many.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. To learn more about knowledge building and its impact on equity in grantmaking, check out the webinar, Alchemy in Action: The Dance of Knowledge Building, Grant Strategy, and Equity.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. But almost ALL of those opportunities are facilitated by people. Humans empower each other.

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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. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

The guide, Vi Mar, was an incredible facilitator. She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. Think about how this impacts staff recruiting and training. But participatory facilitation can be taught. What made it so special?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to create greater impact. Plus it is always a pleasure for me to observe “Gunner’s&# facilitation techniques (I learn so much).

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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. In the book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, and (World Peace) , author Chade-Meng Tan offers 3 simple techniques to practice mindful conversations.

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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

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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Only measure impact, not process. Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation about participatory learning agendas. The only valid data is quantitative data. Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive by analysis.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Only measure impact, not process. Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation , about participatory learning agendas. Some of the techniques include analyzing narrative data in a structured way to test and refine a theory of change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

I love the checklists, her thoughts about the impact of social media and behavior change, and the DIY market research techniques. I met Mazarine Treyz 3 years ago in Portland, Oregon when I facilitated a one-day social media and nonprofit workshop for the Meyer Memorial Trust. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2014

Last week, I focused on the 2014 theme (social impact assessment) and the many creative evaluation projects produced by campers. I first learned about this technique from Sam Kaner''s excellent book, Facilitator''s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. Tag Team the Facilitation. Yes, it can be inefficient.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. We’ll examine how to harness tools for nurturing positive outcomes and amplifying impact. 2016 IMPACT Conference. 2016 IMPACT Conference. 38th Annual Nonprofit Conference. Accounting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Economic Impacts. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. Tagging helps found things stay found as well as facilitate the wisdom of the group. Fundraising Campaign - Street Kids. For teaching and learning. Can you find more? Flickr Farm.

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