Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2015

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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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 use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? I feel it stifles learning.

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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.” Next Janet shared examples of empowering questions that help facilitate listening and coaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. 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. As the facilitator you can model it with brevity – it should be no more than 30 seconds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

Last month I was lucky enough to run into Maia Duerr who participated in Wake’s Tech2EmpowerUSA at a workshop I was facilitating on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit. Maia Duerr recently published a book called “ Work that Matters: Create a Livelihood that Reflects Your Core Intention.” Value your gifts and time.

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

In order to facilitate the integration, we formed employee-led workstream groups, one of which, the Change Management and Culture (CMC) group, was initially tasked with formulating Candid’s values: we’re driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive. It requires us to be willing to learn with an open mind and a receptive heart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” ” That is you step aside from the content delivery and shine a light into the process, including what the trainer is thinking as they are facilitating.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

By keeping your mission on the top of their minds, you can utilize board members’ skills, enthusiasm and influence to improve your nonprofit as a whole. This initial reflection will help your nonprofit identify your strengths and weaknesses and determine how you can grow. Let’s begin. Support your donor stewardship strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Keep in mind that learning organizations are those that prioritize the development of – people – everyone comes to work every day in part to grow, and to support one another in doing so. Each of us can regularly reflect on how well the habits we’re engaged in are working and what adjustments we want to try.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Weave reflection Into Meetings: Incorporate formalized reflection activities such as “ After Action Reviews ” for large projects and campaigns. Rituals To Build Mindfulness. Having a workplace flexibility policy can facilitate it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Coordinate efforts through a backbone support organization: Facilitate, convene, coordinate, mobilize. Set long-term generation-long goals: Develop short-term goals with the long-term in mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

1: Make Time Everyday for Reflection: Keep a Journal. The first step is self-awareness and that happens through tracking and observing yourself in work situations that trigger stress. One way to do this is to build in some reflection time into your day and maintain a journal. Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Among the noteworthy features included the ideal ecosystem are (i) the virtual events channel (reflecting the constraints newly imposed by COVID-19) and (ii) the increasingly feature-rich WhatsApp channel. Digital Storytelling Framework. WhatsApp is a useful tool with which to apply the elements of good storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

International Training Work: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world. This past year I had the honor of facilitating an intense training in Tunisia in January for Women Entrepreneurs that included leadership, entrepreneurship, business planning, and communications.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

When it comes to your reporting strategy, it’s important to keep in mind who your key stakeholders are, and how can you package your data and results in a way that speaks to them directly. Then you can begin looking at your data with a direction and purpose in mind. Goal setting matters a lot here.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

When I think back on my time with ASU Lodestar Center's Public Allies Arizona program, many different memories and candid moments pop into my mind. That sweatshirt is a reflection of my experiences in a lot of ways, and I think it's a symbol that unites a lot of us in the nonprofit sector, beyond Public Allies. Great and hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2015

This year I designed and facilitated a highly interactive session called “ Walking is Work: Don’t Call It A Break ” with Ritu Sharma. I also lead a conference networking walk following the session. This post summarizes some thoughts and reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I’m facilitating and presenting on a panel session at the Opera America National Conference taking place in San Francisco this week with Guillaume DeCugis, CEO of Scoop.It ” These apps can transform our mobile phones, tablets, and computers from agents of distraction into agents of mindfulness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. She calls it "joyful funeral" -- that you quickly say this didn't work, reflect on why, and move on. Stay tuned for that!

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Ensuring a smooth user experience is especially critical for complex virtual campaigns like peer-to-peer fundraising, which relies heavily on your website to facilitate a number of different interactions between donors, their networks, and your organization. Integrated functionality is critical for nonprofit virtual engagement.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

Luckily, Jordan and Harold Grinspoon Foundation were able to execute a plan they already had in place in case of emergency, even though the plan wasn’t formed with a global pandemic in mind. Most innovation happens when you least expect it,” Jordan reflected. Zero to Three’s Crisis Challenges + Shifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! But disciplining yourself to reflect afterwards always gives the reward of improvement. Formative Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I decided to spend a little bit time reflecting on the diagram and pull out some tips for re-learning focus: 1.) Manage Your Attention, Not Just Your Time: Don’t just create a to do list, lay it out on daily and weekly schedule, breaking down key tasks of the project to chunks. Even if it is just to get up and walk around my desk.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

They can also facilitate easy membership renewal Communication tools. Do your perks have your donor base in mind? A great membership program is customized, adaptable, and bears member experience in mind. Here are just a few benefits of creating and running a nonprofit membership program: Diversified and stable revenue stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be in New Zealand, leading a workshop on social media and I facilitated a module on mindful social media. It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. Mindfulness' ” (Note: I created a list.ly

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2013

We were part of an email thread with a small group of individuals offered input on community management systems and facilitator recruiting resources. In her spare time, Nancy also moderates online facilitation , another long running Internet discussion list and maintains an excellent wiki , chock full of invaluable resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

The Playbook offers practical tools grounded in research, and accompanied by systems of support to guide reflection, growth, and organizational best practices. I am using the Playbook to design and facilitate the peer learning sessions. The Benefits of Using Data to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work. Healthy Nonprofit Meetings

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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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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation? The facilitator may be able to better convey the need and achieve the desired results. It’s important to determine the real amount of revenue needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. Emerging nonprofit leaders who engage in reflective listening are more likely to succeed. Flickr Photo by qwrrty.

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Twenty Hats

AUGUST 18, 2020

In a Circle, like-minded professionals gather to discuss common challenges, suggest solutions, and expand their overall leadership skills. My Circles required a financial investment to reflect my time as planner and facilitator. It’s possible, though, for colleagues to band together and establish their own groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

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. Here’s a round up closing plenary and a brief reflection about the plenary session and some great learning moments below. Mark of a good conference?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While you might plan your volunteer programs with a focus on your in-person supporters, it’s also critical to keep your remote volunteers in mind. Therefore, it’s essential to have the right technology in place to easily manage your volunteers and facilitate their transition into their new roles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In addition, facilitated a peer learning exchange called “Solution Salon.” That’s her cue to go out side for a walk, get away from the screen, and have some reflection time to think the impact of her fundraising beyond the dollars. How do you make time for reflection and being inspired by your work?

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