Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2013

I enjoy meetings when there has been a lot given to the design and you have expert facilitators in the room because I not only learn about the content, but also learn some new facilitation techniques. If you are curious about more techniques, I suggest David Staker’s “ Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. 9 Modern Nonprofit Fundraising Methods. 5) Silent auctions. This is where silent auctions come in. 6) Recurring donation fundraising .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

Acknowledging these problems is the first step to improving your board’s operations and processes. It facilitates straightforward communication between board members, helps you keep documents organized, and more, similar to a traditional board books. BoardSite facilitates simple and efficient communication between committee members.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Confront problems quickly and openly using objective information. During the early stages of this relationship, teams may require assistance from a skilled facilitator to develop trust and discover a common language. A facilitator can help sort through obstacles and guide people toward effective interaction.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The inherent collaboration of nonprofit organizations globally drives the need for structures that facilitate exchanging nonprofit data. The post The Problem of Nonprofit Data and Equity appeared first on NTEN. What is ordinary in the corporate world is heretical in the nonprofit world.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. Anyone who works in the nonprofit sector knows it’s not for the faint of heart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

When performing a facilitated discovery in advance of a tech change, unknowns are surfaced, assumptions are validated, refined or debunked, and obstacles to adoption and long-term viability are removed. Your people can help answer critical questions: Are we solving the right problem? Here are our top 3 reasons: 1.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. Even if your team has experience with brainstorming, make sure everyone understands the ground rules for this current session : Brainstorming is about generating ideas, not solving problems or making decisions.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

BoardEffect states that an annual board self-assessment may help the board prevent problems leading to liability issues and that the results of an assessment can highlight topics for future board discussion and consideration. Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

In that event, you want to make the case to your boss for the best answer to your problem. The problem to be addressed is highly technical. Here are some of the problems where it may make sense to hire someone who is expert at delivering both state-of-the-art and cost-effective solutions. When to hire a consultant 1.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The problem might be something you’ve never considered. The World Café Format To maximize the brain power of our.orgCommunity professionals and to allow for a robust exchange of ideas, Sharon facilitated this conversation in a World Café format. Maybe stale programming is stopping the love? What if the usual suspects are not to blame?

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

If you represent the American Bankers Association, financial acumen probably isn’t a problem. Meeting new colleagues is easier when someone facilitates introductions. A director who can’t read your balance sheet, can’t be a great leader. And, in the current volatile environment, you need the best governance you can get.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Confront problems quickly and openly using objective information. During the early stages of this relationship, teams may require assistance from a skilled facilitator to develop trust and discover a common language. A facilitator can help sort through obstacles and guide people toward effective interaction.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the greatest it can be. But it won’t happen unless you facilitate it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. As Albert Einstein espoused: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

We ask folks to describe their political, historical, and/or socioeconomic context in their state or local region, the changes they are fighting for, and how they are centering the experiences, issues, and leadership of people impacted by the problems they seek to address.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Clarity refers to the nonprofit’s ability to concisely and effectively integrate the four storytelling framework elements referred to above (problem – solution – impact – ask), preferably in multiple formats such as audio, video, images, and text.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

I write a LOT about the role of the fundraiser as “ philanthropy facilitator.” Philanthropy facilitators don’t do the work for donors, but with them — standing by their side along the journey. Except it’s not “fundraising” so much as what I like to call “ philanthropy facilitation.”. The “Wiseman.”

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 29, 2023

What problems are you hoping to solve with new technology? They can also offer facilitation and decision-making tools to ensure your entire staff feels heard, helping you work towards organizational consensus. How should your new AMS support your mission and goals? What does your ideal AMS vendor look like?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2022

The only problem? We are here to educate, facilitate and communicate,” he said. “We The concept was a win-win: By donating stock, Latham could realize a tax advantage , enabling him to make a larger donation and increase the benefit to the school. It was such a pain, I never did it again,” Latham said.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity. Identify staffers who will be ambassadors and fill these collaborative roles: Identify employees across the organization to be ambassadors. Make them responsible for understanding technology trends.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2024

Our aim is to provide the most robust and current data possible to facilitate the social sector’s work on the vast problems we face as a society. The best data There’s a lot of data about nonprofits and giving out there, so what makes Candid different? We do this in three ways: Enhance 990s.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged. When the board assumes the powerful role of strategists and visionaries, one layer of problem-solving and decision-making is removed, and the organization naturally becomes flatter. Teams are engaged and proud of their work. Clarify Roles.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

However, all corporations, whether “for profit” or not, need to solve a problem and create value for others. From the donor’s perspective, their “purchase” of investment in a nonprofit’s work results in the gratification of being a part of the solution to a societal problem. Invest in technology.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. Pick one specific problem to solve and start with a very targeted approach. Leverage ChatGPT to generate reports, articles, and newsletters.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. We believe that each United Way community member, donor, volunteer, advocate, and employee must have equal access to solving community problems. This is not a forum for amateurs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

The heart and soul of the toolkit are the worksheets and processes for problem solving. The worksheets are categorized by what the team or organization hopes to achieve. Has your nonprofit used design thinking for strategy, problem solving, or new idea generation?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2022

This culture can bring about the desired outcomes of staff, volunteers, and members who reflect the community, having a team possessing strong problem-solving skills, and leadership that embraces innovation. Consider using a trained facilitator for this kind of training to address these concerns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The message was clear: Dig into the potential of AI to solve some of the world’s pressing problems. More importantly it was about innovation and partnerships between those who are close to the problems and techies. The panel was facilitated by Di Dang, Google Developer Design Advocate.

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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2021

I’m trying to figure out how to share the extent of the problem with my boss, but I have no idea what will help us solve this nightmare. Here’s what I’d recommend: I’d like you to schedule a meeting with everyone who uses the database and facilitate a few fact-finding sessions. We don’t have any real data experts on our team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. We had to understand the problem and the challenge we were working on.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Clive Wilson My favorite part of the book is the " 10 Questions on Engagement," that all start out with, To what extent.does your organization facilitate opportunities for engagement within and between all stakeholder groups, so that they may share perspectives, learn and grow together in support of the organization's purpose?

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Easy Unsubscription Process: To enhance user control, Gmail now mandates that large senders facilitate easy unsubscription for recipients. These changes are a positive initiative by Google to reduce email spam, a problem that affects Gmail users, including nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I’ve been facilitating nonprofit workshops and staff retreats focused on creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. The conversation surfaced some interesting questions and ideas.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings. As Albert Einstein espoused: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

What’s the problem? Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively. Within our own Bloomerang community we celebrate two nonprofits that are keeping local news alive, 90.7

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