ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry. So the evaluator has to consider if they are going to: Teach. The ultimate goal is not for program evaluation to be punitive, but empowering” - Jordan Lim. Determine how you will foster participation. Create a written plan.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Nonprofit 52

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.

Professional 101

Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

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. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Day 3 of the Train the Trainers session was devoted to Digital Activism and facilitated by Mary Joyce. The learning objectives: To provide participants with a formula for training digital campaign strategy. Both language and what you’re teaching. To reflect on how these modules might be used in their own trainings.

Activities 92

Activities Active Activism Digital 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

I noticed dozens of these connections and facilitated a few. I got to teach two back to back sessions of the class and it was exhilarating. I met Spencer Brodsky last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda. He helped me with reaching my influencers on Twitter. And connected with Mark Horvath.

Cambodia 94

Cambodia Rwanda Jordan Sample 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation. It's a platform that facilitates in-kind contributions of services. Jordan Viator, YouTube on a ShoeString and ask the expert at NTEN with Ramya Raghaven from YouTube. Shiny Object Syndrome. Rapid Donor Cultivation white paper from Common Knowledge.

Nptech 50

Nptech Social Fundraising Plugin 50

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. I think it’s important ‘cause we all have lessons to learn, but we all have lessons to teach, and I think sometimes we forget that it’s not easy for any one of us. So I’m only 26.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Oakland Teach Training 40