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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward.

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Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m facilitating a peer exchange for the Knight Foundation for a group of grantees that are hosting a Giving Days over the next year using its recently published Giving Day Playbook. Another creative way of doing the debrief, is to use organizational storytelling. Have each member of the team share a story.

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5 Ways to Use Data Storytelling for Advocacy

Tech Soup

And data storytelling is at the forefront of such initiatives. At first thought, data and storytelling sound like an odd mix. "Data" sounds dry, while storytelling weaves narratives aimed at appealing to people's emotions. Before delving into data storytelling, it's important to remember what the goal is.

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The New Culture of Storytelling

Forum One

I also had the privilege of speaking on another Online Storytelling panel with Roger Burks and Jay Davis. This live session rounded out our Online Storytelling Bootcamp webinar series with a focus on how to create a culture of storytelling within one's organization. Have everyone buy into the idea that storytelling matters!

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate the New Media Landscape

NTEN

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” The session was facilitated by Susan Feeney, Partner at GMMB , and explored the range of new media models and venture journalism experiments. “As According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S.

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A Simple Way for Nonprofit Leaders To Incorporate Mindfulness Into Their Daily Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens. We started with mindfulness from Chris Block, improvisation from David Havens , and Heather and I co-facilitated a session on networks.

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DoGoodData Conference: Live Long and Prosper with Data for Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also was honored to facilitate a reflection exercise as part of the closing plenary session with data for good rock stars Bob Filbin, Jeffrey Blandt, and Jake Porway. I filled my journal with pages of notes, to dos, and inspiration for year long professional learning for myself.