3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

For starters, data is an indispensable part of the story-telling to your donors and constituents, facilitating the formation of longer term relationships. Here are examples of Tweets from orgs that didn’t include outcome data. I also included two Tweets from orgs that did use outcome data. Use small data (i.e.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. I got so much out of last year's content that I jumped at the opportunity to help design and facilitate sessions this year with an amazing group of brilliant people.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This Giving Tuesday, ensure your org receives all treats and no tricks with these cybersecurity best practices. Giving Tuesday is a pivotal event for charities and donors alike, and ensuring a safe and secure environment to facilitate the exchange of goodwill is essential.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. I got so much out of last year's content that I jumped at the opportunity to help design and facilitate sessions this year with an amazing group of brilliant people. I love it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Paid volunteer team at another org.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

are facilitated with on-premise solutions and which of those business processes could be facilitated within the cloud. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. Select which elements of your business process (i.e. book keeping, telephony, database etc.)

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

are facilitated with on-premise solutions and which of those business processes could be facilitated within the cloud. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. Select which elements of your business process (i.e. book keeping, telephony, database etc.)

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I had the opportunity to facilitate the IT track and had lots of fun poking, prodding, and supporting some really interesting conversations and sharing sessions. org but I know there are lots of great examples out there. I’d love to hear your examples of campaigning on facebook! I’d love to hear how it went!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

(Much more detail outlining the process and the facilitation can be found here: “Wikimedia strategic planning wiki,” [link]. Wikimedia is the non profit that operates and manages all Wikimedia projects from Wikipedia to Wikibooks, Wikiversity to Wikispecies.). Most strategic planning processes organize around the plan,” said Sue.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This webinar was co-facilitated and co-presented by myself (the webinar program manager here at TechSoup), and Stephanie Gerding , a fabulous in-person and online technology trainer. Feel free to email me at khunt [at] techsoupglobal dot org or Stephanie Gerding at sgerding [at] techsoupglobal [dot] org. Happy webinaring!

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

If you have a few potential partners in mind, take a look at your constituent database and see if you have any connections that would be willing to facilitate an introduction. We also have an ever-expanding blog full of valuable information to help your not-for-profit org reach its potential. Rely on your connections.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

How can the web facilitate culture shifts? org , Avaaz , 1Sky , Energy Action Coalition , many others – All wired organizations working to catalyze and inspire people and communities to come together and take action for the climate. What technologies are both available & needed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2012

As someone who has facilitated panel featuring “poetry slam case studies” in Iambic pentameter , how could I refuse? All you have to do is submit a 4-8 line poem expressing the heart of your mission at www.communitytech.net (orgs must be US-based 501 c3s). How do you apply for these grants?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2010

It also facilitates conversation with people who are not in the room. Here are a few main points of the second half of the presentation that resonated on the backchannel: anilkanji : Social influence: should orgs measure reach or affinity? But, as a speaker to check the hashtag tweets, you get immediate feedback.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Facilitator. The upside is that they know how everything in their organization works and can provide backup for most, if not all, staff positions. The downside is that they tend to leave no room for anyone else’s ideas which squashes creativity and can lead to high staff and volunteer turnover.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. org campaign has done really well.

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

Someone with an objective role in the organization, often a Project Manager, serves as a facilitator and helps the team discuss what went right, what could have been done better, and what they might do differently next time. Look how well that other org is doing, we need to catch up.). Were we sparked by fear? A scarcity mindset?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Recently, I had the opportunity to facilitate two design labs with nonprofit professionals. After sitting the problem, we re-framed the question as : “How can we shift mindsets (org/ind) around self care so that stakeholders (staff/leadership/board) believe it serves the organization’s mission?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

While it may make it easier for an organization to structure the website according to their org structure, this can be frustrating for users. Conventions such as a “Donate Now” button and an “About” section give us a starting point that most users will be accustomed to seeing. Deliverables.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

When nonprofits started using the web, it was largely disconnected from what the rest of the org was doing. When I facilitated technology and web workshops for nonprofits in the 1990's, I did a lot of workshops on TechnoStress where small groups would identify their concerns and then literally draw a picture of them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

Jacob Harold, Guidestar , shared some thoughts to this question, “What are the basic building blocks to facilitate better access to data?” Eureka RT @ kanter : #gpf13 @ mayurhpatel “Not every np will hire data staff person” I wonder: What abt shared resource person 4 several orgs? IssueLabs is a great start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

Spectragram is a facilitation technique I learned from Allen Gunner at Aspiration. Roots of Change worked with Change>org to implement this petition. Spectragram. You have people line up in the room based on whether they agree or disagree with a statement. A/B Testing.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Now go forth and facilitate knowledge sharing! org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. Sometimes human moderation is the only solution to delivering quality content. Anyway, you already asked yourself what roles were needed when you did your strategic evaluation, right? Further reading: http :// www.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SERVE $3,032,759 MORE CLIENTS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Step 1: Removing Resistance.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Blue” orgs get a small fraction of environment funding. Instead of asking marine conservation organizations to collaborate on messaging, we facilitated their sharing campaigns and messaging ideas with each other, and provided tips and data to help them with their organizational campaigns. So we tried a different tack.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2007

Marc Osten, facilitator. in costs in grant proposals -some organizations in the sector doesn't see it as an important -premature - orgs don't know what is available -can't perceive any value - pay for what? Demonstrates good practice of delivery of ICT. Three statements: Do you agree or disagree? Split up the room.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2011

Marshall Kirkpatrick facilitated an amazing panel on the science of influence on Sunday morning. There are cause marketing sessions and spontaneous ideas of using apps to benefit nonprofit orgs. The Internet, arguably has been around since 1990.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Fine tells us, "When activist organizations take on the role of working within networks and choose to push power to the edges, they shift from doing activist work to facilitating activist work." " She concludes the chapter with some ways that activist organizations can support the efforts of individuals and stay relevant.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

NTEN facilitates the exchange of knowledge and information within the nonprofit community. For additional information about See3 Communications, visit www.see3.net net NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network is the membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. net www.dogooder.tv

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. Raising funds. Creating meaningful volunteer opportunities.

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Advocacy Community Build Storytelling 72

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Janet Cobb Consulting: Top Nonprofit Consulting Firm for Strategic Planning for Small Orgs. Breakout session and workshop facilitation. Panel discussion and interview facilitation. Experts like LCK Consulting fill this vital niche for nonprofits that want to supercharge their strategies. EXPLORE LCK CONSULTING. Board retreats.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

I guess that explains why I've been hearing frogs at night since February) Frogwatch USA is a monitoring program that facilitates people's collecting and sharing data about frogs in their area. Frogs are one of the harbingers of global warming. (I Need 4: To have HOPE for the future Doom and gloom, and finger-wagging messages don't work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Note from Beth: This one of my favorite photos of a workshop I designed and facilitated at SXSW called “ Peer Learning Session for Nonprofit Social Media Managers.” Is your nonprofit facilitating online professional learning? Who’s running the parenting/running/makers community/community org, young donors, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

org Actions " We're coordinating a distributed day of events for 24 October 2009 , uniting the world around a common call to action--and we're asking you to help. org model enables any individual or organization around the world to create and promote events ("actions") - with a call to action for a fair global climate treaty.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Thursday, April 8, 2010. NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. When : 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Social Media Veterans (#smvets).

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

In essence, what and how much data any org was willing to contribute was directly tied to how secure the process would be and how much control they had over what got shared. In our initial conversations, we each had plenty of questions about where, and with whom, the data and the results of our analysis would be shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2013

As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating a peer learning program for their grantees where everyone is doing an action learning project using framework in the book developed by KD Paine, the 7 Steps of Measurement. How much web traffic do we get from Social Media? What is the quality of that traffic?

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