Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation.

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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 suspect I’m not alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Integrating Network Mindset. Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity. That holds us back from embracing networked ways of working. Having a networked mindset as you approach your daily work can help you get better results. How to put network weaving into daily practice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Our interactive session at the Fall 2013 Communications Network Conference in New Orleans was a blend of content delivery and peer learning – a conversation about the value, different approaches and models, and best practices. Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. Two oft-cited examples are the Strive network in Cincinnati, and the ReAmp network in the Midwest.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Software-defined networking. Software-defined networking (SDN) offers your network administrators a set of tools to virtualize your network’s infrastructure. It works by decoupling the two network systems that decides where traffic is sent, and the systems that forward traffic to a defined destination.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Hybrid meetings are familiar for many nonprofits, particularly larger international nonprofits with many country offices or national networks with affiliate office locations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The concepts around connectivity and leadership were synergistic with the concept of networked leadership that Allison Fine and I wrote about in the Networked Nonprofit , published in several years before. New power is behind some of the most impactful movements (and business models) of the decade. An example is Kim Jong-un. (In

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

P2P fundraising enables nonprofits to mobilize fundraisers within their existing networks of supporters. With the right mindset and techniques, fundraisers can transform what feels like a burden into a rewarding experience of community, purpose, and achievement. This results in a more dedicated and productive network of fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Co-Designing and Working with Other Facilitators and Trainers. Group Polling Techniques and Tools. Creating a Network Map. Instructional Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Grant Managers Network Conference: March 18th. I’ll be headed to San Diego for the annual Grant Managers Network Conference. I will be taking my dream workshop – a workshop on methods for facilitating innovation using human-centered design principles from the masters at Luma Institute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it The model balances content, learning design, and participants. I had the pleasure of taking the visual facilitation workshop last fall (my write up is here ). Brilliant Mistakes by Paul H.J. This book will help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

I was in Washington, DC on Tuesday and Wednesday for a two-day workshop is designed for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Justice Leaders, who lead and manage networks or accomplish much of their work through networks. Facilitating peer-learning and exchange. Exploring what it means to work with a network mindset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. Refining Real-Time Networked Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. There are a wealth of theories, ideas, and methods covered, for example the “ SAVI ” model for designing exercises that help learners embrace learning in different styles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We have designed and been delivering “ Friending the Finish Line ” with the goals of having organizations create an integrated social media strategy into their overall communications plan and as a way to accelerate the progress of their children’s health care advocacy work and create a peer networked learning community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. It sounds like they have adapted the Khan Academy model. For more about the techniques, see the Peer Instruction Blog: Turn to Your Neighbor is written by Julie Schell , a researcher for Eric Mazur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Next, participants did a self-assessment, using the maturity of practice model ( Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ). I always try to do an extensive participant survey prior to the workshop to uncover the knowledge in the room and used a “living case study” technique. Social Media Master Class. Masters of relationship marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The networking conference was an opportunity for participants from different countries to share their lessons learned and network with one another. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. The best social tools and techniques that leaders themselves and their organization can use to get results. Model the Model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

You can learn in public in different ways – self-directed individual learning, with a peer group or in an organization, or as a network or entire field practice. . Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

This second post shares some insights from the planning sessions for E-Mediat project, a networked approach to capacity building for NGOs in Social Media in the Middle East. (For Watching Chris model visual facilitation was inspiring. For context, read my earlier post ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. Social and Mobile Staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. The learning model is called “SAVI ” : Moving and doing (Somatic). For example, I recently gave a webinar on social media for engagement of Alumni Networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

The Networked Health Organization. I conduct a survey that collects information that I can analyze against a maturity of practice model I’ve created called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.&#. So, I was able to get folks to self-assess where they were on the on the model and then group themselves in the room.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Mary did a fabulous job!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. I was in India this past summer to facilitate an intensive four-day training for Packard Foundation grantees working on family-planning issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. Social Network Analysis Tools for Social Media. Watech4good Summit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

For quite a few years now there have been sustained clarion calls for the development of learning organizations, more responsive and flexible cultures and for changes to fundamental assumptions and models of effective leadership and management. Jon Husbands is a Listener, watcher and facilitator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

It is also a good technique to explore the possibilities of new tools and techniques before investing more time and energy in something that isn't right for our organizations. A New Definition of An Expert: Your Network. I modeled that I don't know everything. I think this is still important for even a smaller group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Not only does this help me frame and tailor the talk I give to the audience, but facilitates Twitter conversations before. 2: Use listening techniques to develop a deep understanding of the audience. I cover a couple techniques and tools using participants as an example to illustrate that keywords are king.

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