Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 8, 2008

In May, I wrote a post asking for suggestions for Changebloggers , people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. wiki, Twitter, face-to-face meetups, online meetups, etc.).

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Wiki Vlog Podcast Contest 40

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’ll be speaking, facilitating and assisting with the event. Conference wiki: [link]. Related Links : TechSoup Global. Hashtag: #tsg2011.

San Jose 100

San Jose Global Wiki Facilitation 100

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2008

In early May, I wrote a post asking all of you for suggestions for "changebloggers," people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, to build community, and/or to facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. Changeblogger Ning social network to connect with other changebloggers.

Ning 40

Ning Meme Wiki Vlog 40

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

Since co-authoring Social by Social last year, David Wilcox and I have had the opportunity to collaborate and facilitate various events for community and local government groups. Check out the Project Spaces wiki. The documentation explores Project Spaces conceptually as well as provides examples of how to hold a Project Spaces event.

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Project Remix Collaboration Wiki 126

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

As a shop that practices Agile development (we use an adaptation of scrum methodology that seems to work for a shop that does multiple projects with small teams,) finding a good tool that facilitates instead of hobbles Agile was critical for us. And the wiki is nice.

Project 154

Project Tools Management Wiki 154

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

As a shop that practices Agile development (we use an adaptation of scrum methodology that seems to work for a shop that does multiple projects with small teams,) finding a good tool that facilitates instead of hobbles Agile was critical for us. And the wiki is nice.

Project 154

Project Tools Management Wiki 154

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2009

The place to find reports on what happend is on the wiki. I was so interested, I facilitated a session.) One thing that would facilitate this would be a more robust API system in CiviCRM – access to the data via REST or JSON, which would allow CiviCRM to talk with some of the tools out there like Mesh4X.

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Mobile Open Report Open Source 135

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning.

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Public Learning Wiki Taxonomy 103

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]. What resulted was a strategic plan that filled 1,470 pages on a wiki and was then edited down to a bite-size, clear and compelling 20 page booklet.

Wiki 93

Wiki Facilitation Wikipedia Org 93

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.

Community 102

Community Online Cisco Facilitation 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Synchronous Facilitation Practice Second Life 50

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Following the keynote sessions – at 10:30 AM we start with a blank wall and, in less than an hour, with a facilitator guiding the process attendees create a full day, multi-track conference agenda that is relevant and inspiring to everyone in the room. As people register we will be posting proposed topics on our wiki. Public Affairs.

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Unconference Wiki DC Proposal 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

My Curated Lists and Wikis. Social media and working online doesn’t have to be overwhelming; you can take back control. NetSmart: How To Thrive Online. How To Focus in an Age of Distraction. Visualization Techniques. Balance in Hyperconnected World. The Information Diet. 18 Minutes A Day. Information Coping Skills on Scoop.It.

Mind 100

Mind Social Media Wikispaces Media 100

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! I share these back with participants as part of the resources that I provide, often digitized and put on a wiki.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

Day 4 of the Train the Trainers E-Mediat was designed and facilitated by the capable SMEXbeirut Team – including Jessica Dheere , Mohamad Najem , and Naeema Zarif. The debriefing prompted a wide range of insights, particularly how to facilitate a training when you have individuals with a wide range of knowledge and skills.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Technique Tunisia 93

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. Then the project first launched, we invited the community to help us build the curriculum on a wiki.

Remix 93

Remix Help Wiki Social Media 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. Beth facilitated the calls, but the community foundations drove the content, creating a true peer exchange.

Knowledge 100

Knowledge Goal Share Giving 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’ve had the honor to facilitate training workshops at grantee’s conference. My YMCA colleague posed for this photo on purpose to illustrate a point about professional conduct and social media policies.

Policy 95

Policy Professional Indianapolis Conference 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

Social Media 87

Social Media Game Media Social 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities. Have you facilitated a training in a flexible space?

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Training Train Design Classroom 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

If crowds can't be trained to appear like the cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland when needed, can they be facilitated? Nitrogen Wiki . Envision San Jose 2040 (There's even a platform to support the virtual charrette called " wiki planning ". Was that crowd trained, facilitated, or orchestrated?

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Training Train San Jose Wiki 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Freely sharing and facilitating community knowledge is part of my DNA as it for many colleagues in the nonprofit technology field. Why am I excited about this project? Back in 1993, I first started working with nonprofits and the Internet as the Network Builder for ArtsWire, an online peer community of artists.

Social Media 102

Social Media Learning Community Media 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

This is part of series of reflections on what I've learned about working wikily through working on NTEN's WeAreMedia wiki - not so much the content, but the community curriculum development and knowledge sharing process. Where "responsible" community members and the wiki gardener (me) will add. These sections are: . Tool Box.

Offline 50

Offline Content Wiki Community 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Dan believed that “just a little financial help and encouragement” could facilitate our ability to do extraordinary things with our lives. Interactive community : Engage with others in this work, via a discussion forum , articles , blog and wiki (hosted by the Packard Foundation). That’s the what Dan taught me, at least.

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Consultant Resource Build Laptop 102

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

In these engagements, we have relied on our mantra, "people first, technology second," encouraging our clients to focus their energy on providing useful content, facilitating sharing, and connecting people, and to avoid a disproportionate focus on technology questions. This hasn't changed.

Drupal 45

Drupal Wiki Community Fun 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Fish Bowl Exericse. Network assessment.

Rwanda 113

Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. Sustainability depends on knowledge; social media facilitate knowledge production, processing and distribution. BrightGreenLiving wiki: crowdsourced knowledge. The ability to maintain a certain process or state.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Social Green 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Andy Roberts, who facilitates the wiki on wiki facilitation, points me to Wikipatterns. He describes it as: This was quite an exciting discovery, a group of people trying to put together a pattern language about wiki adoption. Anti Adoption All Wiki All The Time. Anti-People Patterns Over Organizer.

Adopt 50

Adopt Wiki Language Facilitation 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

currently very curious about the interplay of blog (as socially contructed time based creatures) and wikis (which. provocative questions, offers an alternative view, and helps facilitate fresh insights or alternative sources of information or expertise." When do you as the wiki facilitator get out of the way?

Process 50

Process Reflection Work Wiki 50

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. The downside to virtual presenting is that you don’t get to see your friends face-to-face !

Blackbaud 93

Blackbaud Conference Reflection Atlanta 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

There is a balancing act of how you facilitate that without controlling it. It's how you use the conversation to generate, aggregate, and facilitate social content. Share your ideas on the WeAreMedia Wiki. How do you plan your engagement and content strategy so they work together in perfect harmony? List of tasks?

Content 94

Content Strategy Social Module 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2007

I'm mentoring in Nancy White's online facilitation workshop and she just shared a pointer to this tool. Like the same thing when you use a wiki for that? That is everyone jump in an edit in real time or do we conceptualize it like a wiki? That is everyone jump in an edit in real time or do we conceptualize it like a wiki?

Collaboration 50

Collaboration Tools Online Wiki 50

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. It has many examples of using blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, SlideShare and other tools for both face-to-face workshops and e-learning. by Jane Bozarth.

Training 114

Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

This past Saturday at the SHINE09 unconferance , David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , Drew Mackie and I facilitated a version of what was called the Social Collaboration Game. Obviously lots to talk about and we are really excited to facilitate the game in more contexts and with other groups!

Game 100

Game Collaboration Social Facilitation 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2009

The workshop, facilitated by the Monitor Institute, was focused on Network Effectiveness. Facilitating peer-learning and exchange. The small groups should a mix of people and include someone with experience actually using the tools and one person who is a good facilitator. The game wiki is here.

Social Media 65

Social Media Map Foundation Network 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

And I worry that we’re overemphasizing transparency about trivial matters and under-emphasizing transparency that really facilitates greater effectiveness. I worry that we’re not discussing critically the information foundations are being transparent about – and I am not sure there is value in transparency without engagement.

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Philanthropy Effective Chapter Measure 96