Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US. They will also spend time with and encourage girls from local schools to explore tech careers.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

Regular communication channels should be established to facilitate the flow of information between board members and staff. Dedicate 16 hours per year to attend local boardroom training, conferences, and webinars to gain knowledge about effective board governance.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

Through a range of projects that combine science and technology, such as monitoring air and water quality and local wildlife, students develop a wealth of skills applicable to their futures—from learning to own and take responsibility for an entire project to discovering the impact of data analysis and sharing at local and global levels. “In

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

Event gamification elements, like a virtual scavenger hunt, can go a long way to facilitating networking at your virtual event. . Reach out to local escape room providers and see if they will work with you to design a specific escape room for your event. Engage local sponsors by having them supply these items or put their name on it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. They also use Salesforce to plan and chart a future path to growth.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Community Managers ensure successful engagement and participation on a new platform by facilitating discussion, modeling behavior, and supporting leadership development. Community Managers provide key facilitation that empowers participation and engenders trust. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. This learning approach has two ways to capture knowledge. From GiveMN Case Study - Click for Case Study.

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Twenty Hats

JULY 13, 2021

Often without budget authority or even budget knowledge, we are told NO… even when the budget decision-makers have no idea of the costs, details and long-term impacts on programs and volunteers. “No” She is an experienced meeting facilitator and trainer in nonprofit and volunteer management. No” may be easier (dare I say “lazier”?)

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This session is for anyone interested in learning about how the technology is being used in fundraising and assumes the audience has no, or little, prior knowledge of the topic. Additionally, Rebecca is a digital mapper for the Tanzania Development Trust mapping rural Tanzania to aid the work of local anti-FGM activists.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

To identify prospective companies that may stand to benefit from sponsoring your fundraising event, ask yourself the following questions: What companies are in our local community that align with our nonprofit’s values and fundraising event audience? If you don’t have network connections at your list of target companies, don’t worry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). What is the role of facilitators, consultants and intermediaries in these networks? Including some posts that have appeared on this blog.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

I’m working with a network of community foundations, grantees of the Knight Foundation, that are hosting giving days as the facilitator. The peer learning exchange is experimenting with best practices for Giving Days. The group is using and adding their knowledge to The Giving Day Playbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. I have designed and facilitated a number of networks like this, although I have called them “Peer Learning Exchanges.” Networks can achieve great impact.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 28, 2020

Event gamification elements, like a virtual scavenger hunt, can go a long way to facilitating networking at your virtual event. Reach out to local escape room providers and see if they will work with you to design a specific escape room for your event. Engage local sponsors by having them supply these items or put their name on it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2022

This process requires humility, patience, dedication, and intentionality, but is well worth the opportunity to include the knowledge and experiences of a more diverse array of individuals in solving problems through joint efforts. She is currently a development manager at Elder Network, a small, human-services agency in Minnesota.

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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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

ECB involves a series of steps taken by an evaluator (internal or external) to build evaluative knowledge and skills, create a culture of continuous learning and accountability, and make resources readily available. The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry.

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 6, 2009

The measures of success for the Breakthrough Network are: * Engaged partners * Coordinated data and services * Maximized resources * Measurable impacts * Clients well-served The objectives of this initiative are to work from both ends of the spectrum, on the ground at the local level, and as the convener of a national network of leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2016

What Happened on Give Local America Day? For the past few years, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning group with a small cohort of grantees , all community foundations, hosting Giving Days in their communities using the Giving Day Playbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. So having a few brainstorming facilitation techniques to use with your team, is useful.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Emergent, peer to peer conversations and sharing of knowledge. Sustainability depends on knowledge; social media facilitate knowledge production, processing and distribution. Jon Lebkowsky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

Over the past 18 months, I’ve been participating in The Network of Networked Funders , a community of practice for grantmakers facilitated by the Monitor Institute. In late 2011, Funder’s Guide to Networks will synthesize the knowledge and publish a print publication for the broader field of philanthropy.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

We highlight and support their work by connecting teams with local Net Tuesday groups (for feedback, presentations), foundation and nonprofit organizations (to help implement technologies in the real world), and the larger community (for new ideas and collaborations).

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

NALEO Educational Fund is the nation’s leading non-profit, non-partisan organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, from citizenship to public service. Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. State/Local.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Digital citizenship: In the final stage, communities can use these tools and knowledge to work with governments and affect policy. For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. Gaining Trust with Local Partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

GiveMN and Dana have been a key part of the Knight Foundation Giving Day Learning Exchange that I have had the honor of facilitating. This network of community foundations are actively experimenting and learning how to get better results on their Giving Days and adding to the knowledge in the Giving Day Playbook.

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fusionSpan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Assess the consultant’s knowledge by speaking with at least three clients/references to find out which system they chose and why. Consulting services can be beneficial for organizations that need ongoing assistance from a local expert. They can also expedite service and support.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Whether by leveraging employee match, deploying disaster assistance funds or investing in local non-profits through our local grants program, we leverage our resources to contribute to society. We also work with local food banks across each of our global offices. Most important may be the value of partnership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

This is where you identify the learning goals, audience needs, existing knowledge, and other background by doing audience research. Ideally, audience research should be done before you design your workshop or course. It is also important to target the right level of authority. Development.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May. What is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local organizers rallied around Ushahidi’s BRCK kickstarter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition. Effective learning that creates results and transfers to action over time starts with unleashing people’s existing knowledge – they need to pull forward pre-existing information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

To cite just two interesting efforts: STRIVE is layering the use of robust data platforms on to local community organizing and social service delivery in Cincinnati and other cities. TechSoup Global is building NGOSource , an online data repository to facilitate the sometimes costly business of getting grants to overseas charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

.” Robert Rosenthal, who has lived in Katmandu over the past year, said that large networks like the one that Global Giving is supporting do this level of coordination on a smaller basis, working with local grantees on the ground to create projects and direct funds while collaborating with communication teams to keep the story alive.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Facilitate these activities at either the local, state, or national level. The contest is open to anyone — including journalists, local election officials, civic technologists, academics, businesses, nonprofits, governments, and individuals. Make voting easy, efficient, and fair. Be brief and be visual.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The final phase is to design and facilitate in-country bootcamps with participants. (I’ll The bootcamps will be an opportunity for the ngos they trained to meet and share knowledge. The curriculum is based on the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit and includes social media strategy development as well as practical skills training.

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