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. Transparency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This past week was a busy one for leading workshops. I also lead a workshop on social media strategy for communications professionals who work with networks, nonprofits, and foundations. But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. Why or why not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

It’s time to up your virtual facilitation and convening skills. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

So, it was really a great honor to co-teach a master class on digital strategy and two crowdfunding workshops. We also had an opportunity to make a recording to deliver some of the content from our workshop that the IFC will make available to small NGOs in other parts of the world. I’ll share that in my next post!

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Twenty Hats

AUGUST 18, 2020

Think of all of the great webinars, conferences, workshops, and social media forums around these topics. And while there are some webinars and workshops that cover these topics, you’re more likely to master these skills by making a long-term investment and working with peers that you know and trust.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Providing educational materials, workshops, or seminars on estate planning and the benefits of making a planned gift, in person and via online video, is crucial. Consider creating testimonials or case studies that showcase the meaningful outcomes of planned giving by using short videos. Provide clear instructions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

My role over the past year been in the areas of: program design, design and delivery of a train the trainers intensive workshop in-country last March (see posts #1 , #2 , #3 ; #4 ); and develop and support the target NGO curriculum (intensive strategic and skills based curriculum). Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Last week, Jim Richardson and I hosted MuseumNext , a 24-hour workshop for museum professionals focused on bringing new, wild museum projects into the world. Click any link above to see the video from the initial pitch and final report from each group. Facilitator bits. You did great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) The project kicked off a year ago with a seven-day Train the Trainers intensive in Beirut, Lebanon for the in-country teams who would localize and implement the curriculum for five 3-day workshops that I designed. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

we are looking at the current field of social video - what is working. now for nonprofits creating videos with impact? Video production is a. In the meantime, here are answers to a few of the frequently asked questions we receive about social video: What Is Social Video? Is It Different from Digital Storytelling?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Micro-learning online courses consist of a video, an info-graphic or list of tips, and a set of instructional or assessment questions that help us think differently about the topic and find something bite size to apply immediately. Enter micro-learning, resources that can be quickly read, viewed, or consumed and take only ten minutes or less.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. They shared the story of one of their YouTube videos getting 1.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Each year they bring together diverse, passionate people for a sleep-away camp for adults where they learn together through active, creative workshops and activities. Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. Here’s a quick video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Stay tuned for a video interview I did with him while in Vegas. Despite a broken toe, I facilitated a workshop on Social Media for CEOs of nonprofits and foundation. The Portland Arts and Culture Social Media Convening Workshop. National Summer Learning Association – Networked Nonprofit Workshop on November 9th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2013

This is a continuation of my work with TBA over the past 3-4 years. The first year I experimented with a peer design that included face-to-face workshops, action learning projects, and monthly calls back in 2010 called ArtsLab. The first phase was an intensive “ Digi-Strat ” boot camp last month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This method was used because the facilitator needed to speak into the mic so I could hear the questions. We used Google Hangout because they found it was more robust for video, audio, and screen sharing in that remote location.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta. Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. The workshop was hosted by Compasspoint , with support from the Lucile and David Packard Foundation. Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

I presented a master class on The Networked Nonprofit as pre-conference session, a mini-workshop on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , and a plenary session on engaging donors moderated by Macelo Jambeiro, a talented digital strategist that works for an agency called Alder & Lang and previously with Change.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

I have created the design and delivered an intensive Train the Trainers session in Beirut almost a year ago for master trainers and their teams from Jordan, Yemen, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. I also developed the curriculum for the 15 workshops that were localized and delivered by the in-country trainers to over 220 NGOs over 9-month period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

Note from Beth: This resource has lots of useful framework and design tips for designing and implementing convenings which can also be applied to designing workshops, meetings, and other gatherings. How to make convenings count: a new hands-on guidebook. By Noah Rimland Flower.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshop at the Independent Sector Annual Conference “ Forging A Stronger Future Together &# in Atlanta. Silo Busting: Ironically, I had two people in the workshop who worked for the same organization, but had not met each other!

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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. Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? You can use videos or images, you can hold competitions for ideas, you can post your favorite links or have guest contributors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. Around Gender.

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JULY 14, 2021

They might host various sessions, workshops, breakout sessions, a keynote speaker, coffee chats, social rooms, sponsored or trade show-style kiosks, and networking opportunities. Attendees and presenters attend remotely rather than in person. . Virtual conferences typically have an overall theme, much like traditional in-person ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

This year at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating a session on “Content Curation for Nonprofits” with Will Coley. Will is also does a lot of work with video – so when he proposed that we incorporate video interviews as part of the session, I was thrilled.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. It would be a video, instructional role play, or case study, where a network leader would share their story of events leading up to the groan zone and getting past it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m headed down to Austin, TX for SXSW where I will have the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on measuring social media with KD Paine with case studies by David Neff and Carie Lewis. Flickr Photo by Toddy. The word is ringing in the ears of nonprofit fundraisers and executive directors this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

I am honored to have facilitated this project with NTEN over the past 18 months on the WeAreMedia: Nonprofit and Social Media Starter Kit. Together, NTEN members and other nonprofit techies/trainers, developed and delivered workshops and webinars based on the community-generated content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Workplace flexibility creates a need for better skills in facilitating virtual meetings and hybrid meetings where some participants are in the room and others participate are using audio-only or video conferencing platform. That’s why I’ve added a new workshop on running and facilitating effective virtual meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Tobais Eigen captured it on video. Autumn Patterson ( @nerddotorg ) took excellent notes of the key points during the session. ” 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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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Facilitate virtual meetups, book clubs, and happy hours with special guests, like No Vet Alone is doing. Facilitate a virtual gathering for supporters to make masks together, with instructions on material to buy. – Host virtual story time or recess where kids play together on Zoom video. You provide graphics and hashtags.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Selecting training methods: Classroom training or workshops provide a space free from the distractions of everyday activities, so participants can focus on learning and getting to know colleagues in a new context. New to workshop planning and facilitation? " How to Run a Workshop " is a comprehensive, practical guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

I designed and facilitated one panel, I’ve Found My Free Agent, Now What? This year I not only facilitated a conversation in the room, but integrated visual facilitation techniques to spark insights and capture learnings. Also, the element of fun, more interaction, and opportunities for sharing in smaller groups.

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JUNE 10, 2022

She is regularly featured as a presenter at multiple chambers of commerce and local workshops and seminars on networking, event marketing, and sales training. Video ads Display ads Native ads Email marketing Geo targeting and geofencing Mobile applications. Types of Online Fundraising Events. Social media contests. Text-to-give.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

In order to ensure the work and concepts that emerged throughout the workshops had a launch pad, we created the Idea Accelerator as the final day’s focus, pushing those ideas into possibilities.”. To learn what they had to say, check out the link to the Instagram videos via the @NTENorg account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m facilitating peer exchange groups on measuring the networked nonprofit with 60 grantees.

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