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! The photo above is from a mini-workshop I did as part of Wake International’s “ Tech2EmpowerUSA.” ” at Twitter Headquarters this week.

Learning 87

Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 87

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. Improve internal information systems.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Fish Bowl Exericse.

Rwanda 113

Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Consider the issues with printed books. I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. The second group of enablers of the brighter future are business model innovations. Technology advances have created the opportunity for many of us to experiment with one or more of these models.

Accessibility 135

Accessibility eBook People Copyright 135

Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Bringing multiple communication channels in to a contact-centered model. Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. Steve Spiker and Steve Backman are facilitating this session with me. It's the new shiny.

Time 113

Time NTC DC Org 113

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

All in all, this means that nonprofit HR departments play essential roles within their own organizations and can act as role models for other types of organizations as well. Plus, your HR department will handle any harassment or misconduct issues within your organization.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Retention Profit Professional 52

Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Bringing multiple communication channels in to a contact-centered model. Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. Steve Spiker and Steve Backman are facilitating this session with me. It's the new shiny.

Time 100

Time NTC DC Org 100

AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

To limit virus contagious, events with attendees over 50 are being cancelled and/or postponed, and communities are issuing fines for groups that are meeting with over 5 individuals. Similarly, international travel is complicated at the moment. What Does This Mean for Event Professionals? Connecting Local Events.

Industry 84

Industry Virtual Platform Broadcast 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Gabriela Schneider, Chief Communications Officer at Issue One. While many nonprofit professionals talked about how their nonprofits were pressure cookers, Gabriela Schneider, Chief Communications Officer at Issue One, wrote in a comment how grateful she was that her organization promoted a culture of “we care” or wellbeing for its employees.

Culture 50

Culture Work Nonprofit Policy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. I’d suggest making it realistic, so think “stretch” not pie in the sky.

Guide 108

Guide Giving Free Remix 108

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Usually, if a nonprofit is struggling in any way, there’s a leadership issue at the top. Facilitator. Whether it’s volunteers , interns, subcontractors, or paid staff, having others around you will help you get more done. It can attract a lot of support, with donors and volunteers lining up to help. You must have help.

Skills 119

Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Games provide tremendous opportunities for learning about real-world issues. Within just 10 days of folding, Foldit players helped decipher the structure of an AIDs-causing virus and produced an accurate 3D model of the enzyme, a problem that had eluded scientists and supercomputers for more than 10 years. In Philanthropy.

Difference 110

Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Publishers provide more than 80% of the thousands of books added each month to the virtual bookshelves of our online Bookshare library, under voluntary permission agreements modeled after the Chafee Amendment. We’re pleased to contribute to today’s theme, celebrating the fifth of the six principles: Fair Use Rights.

Copyright 196

Copyright Law Accessibility Library 196

Neon CRM

MAY 9, 2023

Fundraising Software: Fundraising software facilitates donations, fundraising events, and other online fundraising activities. Workflow Management Software: Workflow management software addresses the internal operations of your organization. Scalability One issue that nonprofits may run into is sudden surges in donor activity.

Software 52

Software Management Donor Guide 52

Givinga

JANUARY 29, 2019

As their demands evolve, so does corporate responsibility and the software used to facilitate it. Employees contribute to causes chosen and approved by management, either via private foundations or other internal corporate philanthropy vehicles. In this article, we’ll look at some of these changing market demands.

Software 49

Software Marketing Change Platform 49

AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

To limit virus contagious, events with attendees over 50 are being canceled and/or postponed, and communities are issuing fines for groups that are meeting with over 5 individuals. Similarly, international travel is complicated at the moment. What Does This Mean for Event Professionals? Connecting Local Events.

Industry 52

Industry Virtual Platform Broadcast 52

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Integrations save time and reduce data transmission issues. Are there internal controls to ensure data security? Be sure you can customize the views on this dashboard so that you can keep track of the metrics most important to your organization. Integrations Manually entering data can take a lot of time and is subject to human error.

Profile 92

Profile Software Nonprofit Donor 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

My role was to facilitate and model new practices and present on a couple of new approaches, such as content curation. We established a hashtag for the event #fflsmart and modeled how you can capture a complete archive with rowfeeder and since content curation was on the agenda, I modeled using storify to capture a curated record of the event.

Social Media 97

Social Media Training Train Network 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. They shared a slide (see above) about new models we’ll see that combine both – especially the “not invented yet.” Let’s start with a definition first.

Skills 96

Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

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. We did this on Day 1.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

It is less about the tools and more about the new mindsets you need to be successful. There are two excellent books that talk about this in the context of running an organization and addressing social issues – and I plan to review these in more depth next week. The model balances content, learning design, and participants.

Skills 105

Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Chip Conley was the keynote speaker at last week’s Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp and one thing that he said that has been stuck in my head is: “ You can have a job, a career, or calling “ The latter, a calling, is when you can tap into an internal motivation that fuels and inspires you. It resonated.

Reflection 103

Reflection People Network Colorado 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. She shared some of her work and experience working on women and technology issues in her country.

Jordan 126

Jordan Saudi Arabia Morocco Lebanon 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Let's look at why and where crowdsourcing can be useful when organizations (private, public or not-for-profit) are facing important new or emerging issues. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars have been spent on visioning, strategic planning, culture change initiatives, coaching and more effective internal communications.

Aggregator 82

Aggregator Model Leadership Method 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I just finished the first day of a training on Network Effectiveness for Packard Grantees facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute. And, it is also clear where the fence or password protection belongs when the conversations needs to be internal. Security is mostly technical issue, privacy is human behavior.

Guidelines 80

Guidelines Articulate Social Media Conversation 80

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

A critical issue in the nonprofit sector is staff turnover, often referred to as the nonprofit turnover treadmill. Assigning management responsibilities for volunteers, interns, or junior staff. Planning and facilitating fundraising events. posted by Eric Spicer Sr. Director of Development, ASU Health Initiatives.

Leadership 40

Leadership Develop Retention Phoenix 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Half-Day Session : Social Media Strategy Game which included small group work for participants to come up with a strategy for both external communications and an internal learning network to share best practices. But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public.

Public 94

Public Learning Conference Social 94

Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Presented a nice paradigm for to model/plan citizen engagement: from outreach. Some people asked questions about the role of GSA in establishing policy for Federal agencies on open government issues. Unbiased information + neutral facilitation are provided. Electronic Petitions: to allow people to voice views on specific issues.

Government 60

Government Open Strategy Teen 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Several months ago, my colleague Rachel Happe from the Community Roundtable invited me to facilitate a discussion with members about the issues that swirl around organizational adoption of social media. It helps lay the overall groundwork, iron out some of the wrinkles, and provide a model to follow.

Social Media 99

Social Media Culture Create Media 99

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2022

Historic distrust and division between the estates typically made tackling issues like crime, drug abuse, antisocial behaviour, and isolation difficult in the area. Although the board facilitates the programme, it is the young people themselves who run the weekly meetings and activities independently. About the Author. Alice Durand.

Place 98

Place Fund Tech Local 98

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally. It's the same thing in a development context.

Interview 40

Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

A Review of the “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development” Report. Clever Together: “A world in which highly coordinated and successful strategies emerge for addressing both urgent and entrenched worldwide issues.” But they must also be informed about the implications of its use.

Philanthropy 36

Philanthropy Develop Technology Government 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Last week I was lucky enough to facilitate a mini-innovation lab for 60 community foundation program officers at the first meeting of ProNet during the Council on Foundations conference in Cleveland, Ohio that celebrated 100 years of community philanthropy.

Foundation 102

Foundation Design Community Work 102

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 15, 2022

Travel: Maximum 20% (Post COVID, no travel required currently) Qualifications and Education Requirements Salesforce certified Strong Salesforce implementation knowledge Experience leading discovery sessions, writing user stories and as a business analyst Experience leading or project managing Salesforce implementations (minimum 3 years of experience (..)

Canada 69

Canada Project Business Management 69

Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Serving as the Engagement Manager on projects, thus ensuring project success and resolving issues and risks? . Proactively identifying opportunities to improve our practice, and subsequently designing and delivering internal projects? . resolve client/project risks and issues , ?for Providing sales support? . Experience in?agile

Consultant 53

Consultant Canada Digital Mentoring 53

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2021

Technology has an important role to play in solving the world’s biggest issues, but for trafficking in particular, technology is a foundational piece to solving the problem — for everything from tracking offenders to supporting the survivors who are critical to developing a more victim-centered solution.

Roles 93

Roles Tech Seattle Law 93

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Its 45 workshops, seminars and lectures explore internal and external strategies, systems, methods, best practices and successful examples. Rest assured, all of the burning issues surrounding digital strategy will be dealt with in no holds barred discussions at this groundbreaking summit. International Fundraising Conference.

Calendar 177

Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177