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 integrate content sharing and audience interaction in the right balance to unleash pearls of wisdom from both audience and the experts on the stage?

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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. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When selecting a Salesforce-based AMS, be sure you’re choosing the one with the most adaptable and responsive data model. Here’s why you should choose one that uses the Salesforce Person Accounts data model. So, it’s important to select the data model for your Salesforce-based AMS that truly supports the way an association works.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 12, 2018

To explain why, let’s consider the two most frequently used tools: wealth screening and custom modeling. Results facilitate rounding programs, prospect research, and basic segmentation of prospects into major and annual giving prospect. And that’s why modeling has a place in the discussion—to predict affinity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips. It is a lot of fun!

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2020

Your AMS solution should use the Salesforce Person Accounts data model. It’s important to select the data model for your Salesforce-based AMS that truly supports the way an association works. Similarly, trade association memberships are primarily made up of organizations, yet most of their interactions are with individuals.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Here are some things that attendees are looking for from a hybrid event model! When looking at the hybrid event model, be sure to use a virtual event platform that will integrate the live event elements into the digital experience. Well, yes, it may seem surprising but your hybrid event needs to facilitate networking opportunities !

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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.” Here’s the description: Hands down, this is the most interactive session you will attend at 16NTC! Flexible Space: Designing for Interaction.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

The pandemic hastened digital interactions; the experience evolved. Have you interacted digitally with any organizations over the past 12 months? On a scale of 1 to 5, how much did you enjoy your virtual interactions? How much would you prefer to return to in-person interactions? It may be time for an update or refresh.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nimble AMS has always been an advocate for Salesforce’s Person Account model, the platform’s recommended data model configuration in which Business Accounts and Individual Person Accounts are treated as “Account” equals. Clearly, every association needs to be able to facilitate business with both individuals and organizations.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Medical equipment, household appliances, and almost everything else will all be connected and interacting with the internet. The next step is having them interact with the internet without needing a tablet or smart phone. February 2014, the percentage of Google services running IPv6 crested 3% for the first time ever.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

With dropping revenue and antiquated sales models dying left and right, each industry must work toward a new way of doing business and doing it effectively enough during these unique circumstances. . Live chat can facilitate a presentation, a Q&A, a general chat, or polling questions. . Live chat options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! To make the workshop interactive, I spent a brief amount of time presenting the what, why, how, and examples of target audiences. Photo by Equal Rights Advocates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. This six-step instructional model is called “ENGAGE.”

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

With the right mobile-first strategy, nonprofits can transform peer-to-peer fundraising into an interactive social experience that drives results. By leveraging their Unlimited Human Support model, Flipcause Concierge is able to create customized campaigns that motivate and engage participants.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Incorporate interactive elements that allow attendees to directly participate. Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. You can even invite attendees to join in group dances or lessons to create an interactive experience. They can lend credibility, provide guidance on cultural appropriateness, and help spread the word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it dampens interaction.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

The best way I thought to keep in touch was to facilitate weekly 45-minute video calls on Zoom. The last 15 minutes of the meeting are set aside for me to interact with the volunteers and update them on operational changes or news from other parts of the Smithsonian. The video calls have a consistent structure to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. The demonstration sparked a discussion around the ethical issues of having people unknowingly interact with bots. More on the new law here.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Here are some things that attendees are looking for from a hybrid event model! When looking at the hybrid event model, be sure to use a virtual event platform that will integrate the live event elements into the digital experience. Well, yes, it may seem surprising but your hybrid event needs to facilitate networking opportunities !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. Model the Model. The workshop is co-presented by S tanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Mobility is huge, enabling a mobile workforce with nonprofits having people in the field, and collecting data and interacting with the data and apps anywhere. Nonprofits should be highly encouraged to facilitate the use of new platforms of service delivery to increase their impact.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

This year at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating a session on “Content Curation for Nonprofits” with Will Coley. The session was designed to balance content delivery with peer interaction. So, varying speakers, interaction, and mediums – helps make the content stick.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

And while this model is describing individual behavior, individuals make up organizations – so I think it is important for people working in organizations to understand, whether they are the executive director or the social media manager. I was even lucky enough to coax Nancy into an impromptu role play to model some of the techniques.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

MuseumNext had four main sections: Interactive activities , including an opening workshop with a group of designers associated with an extremely wonderful exhibition called Doing it for the Kids featuring sustainable toy designs. Facilitator bits. You did great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

We’ve achieved a model for success that we can now use as a foundation to build from. This decentralization of information and data storage resulted in communication breakdowns where external partners would engage internal team members without tracking and building off previous interactions. “We’ve

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

The guide, Vi Mar, was an incredible facilitator. Again and again, she told personal stories of her interactions with the historic and monumental people and events she described. This brought other voices into the tour, but more importantly, it modeled a potential interaction that we could have. I avoid them.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

This platform relies on voluntary contributions from donors to provide their services to nonprofits in a “pay free forward” business model. Snowball emphasizes simplicity, customization, and integration to facilitate efficient fundraising. The platform offers engagement tools, drip campaigns, and interactive communication.

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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.” They also had a chance to interact with peers with different styles to learn more.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

From tracking conversations and donations to event registrations, you can note every interaction you have with a supporter in your nonprofit CRM. Ensure any CRM you invest in offers features such as: Donor profiles Nonprofit CRMs automatically create donor profiles for supporters who contribute or interact with your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention. 2.) Exercise Task: Having the ability to break into small groups, provides an opportunity to use Peer Assist or After Action Review models. It was delivered in two sessions.

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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.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

With dropping revenue and antiquated sales models dying left and right, each industry must work toward a new way of doing business and doing it effectively enough during these unique circumstances. . Live chat can facilitate a presentation, a Q&A, a general chat, or polling questions. . Live chat options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning.

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