Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. This is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. A structured process has a number of benefits.

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Reflection Structure Journal Nonprofit 94

Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

Normalize Feedback Use the technique of calling in and calling out. In addition to bringing issues into the open, you need to build a mechanism in which there is a consistent opportunity for calling in/calling out behaviors: Are there structural and procedural processes in place in which to have these feedback conversations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

Professional 96

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Data should inform and optimise your fundraising strategy , and attribution is a simple technique you can use to really help you get it right. Whenever you see this juicy URL (in your case, filled with awesome information relating to your charity), the UTMs help your analytics tool identify and group this traffic. Hierarchy matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. The techniques help to grease the wheels of any organizational change. Change management relies on a wide variety of tools and techniques. A “Why” Statement. Reinforcements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

I am not suggesting that you make every meeting into a group therapy session. Group check-ins or icebreakers allow us to become more connected as humans as well as name, claim and move on from distractions and focus on the meeting at hand. I’ve done this with small groups of ten and also on larger calls with several hundred.

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Virtual Facilitation Exercise Training 130

Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

With a shared message and combined efforts, collaborations can have a huge effect on your nonprofit’s visibility while also fostering a community of like-minded groups that can continue to work together to help make an impactful change in your community.

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Marketing Guide Nonprofit Channel 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We used some Human Centered Design techniques from their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book. It was the most stimulating web platform strategy session that I have ever experienced! I love being exposed to new ways of working, taking process notes, observing techniques, and thinking about how to apply to my own work.

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Design Strategy Digital Technique 128

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . What are the key functions of a sales operations group? The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit. Performance Management Software.

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Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

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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Facilitation Technique Map Case Study 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

While participants in each track will explore their topics in depth and in the context of a facilitated structure, there will be inspiring keynotes and opportunities for networking for all participants. ” The brainstorming techniques from the previous day will yield many, many insights and ideas.

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Registration Leadership Impact Change 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn. There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups. This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

Here is a write up about how the toolkit was designed and piloted, but of interest is how they framed the design challenge of designing the toolkit: How could they structure it so that people could dip in and out without having to wade through theory first?

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Method Ideas Adopt Facilitation 116

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Writing job descriptions is essential to building your nonprofit’s organizational structure and ensuring that employees understand their responsibilities. The job description defines the job, expectations of the role, and where within the organizational structure an employee falls. Including specifics about the role.

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Job Roles Skills Nonprofit 59

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 3, 2020

In email marketing, email lists are one of the most crucial components because they structure your campaigns effectively. Building an Email List – What are the Best Techniques? Building an email list requires smart usage of the best techniques and tactics, so your subscribers stay engaged and interact with your organization.

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email Create Technique Marketing 69

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This is one of the essential ways we can prevent “in-groups” and “out-groups” in organizations, enhance feelings of belonging, and ensure that important networks and connections are open to all employees.

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Voice Exercise Chapter Script 79

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By using the right SEO techniques your website will rise in search engine rankings and receive more traffic. For example, if you’re confident your site’s structure is optimised, a volunteer SEO consultant may develop a keyword or link-building strategy. The important thing is that they are knowledgeable and avoid black-hat techniques.

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Volunteer Websites Consultant Technique 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Despite what people may say in an evaluation, brain science suggests that the longer people sit the less they learn. The book offers some techniques to incorporate movement with the goal of improved retention and learning: 1. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Content Learning Brain PPT 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques. We allowed people to move from group to group once they go their questions answered.

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Facilitation Training Train International 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. Incorporating movement isn’t just about stretch breaks, think about ways that participants can do discussions and small group exercises while moving or walking around.

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Training Train Brain Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? Scribe: The role of the scribe is to capture ideas and build group memory. The scribe should only interact with the lead facilitator, not the group.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Group Photo with Certificates. This was important because we were using a lot of interactive techniques like world cafe and speed geek that may have been new ways of learning for some participants. This took paying a lot of attention to the group, the clock, and relying on the fantastic in-country team to help read the group.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The problem is the organizational structure in most nonprofits prevents it. This structure is derived from the industrial age when mass production transformed the workplace. It has been the foundation of organizational structure for the last 100 years. The short time frame brings focus to the group.

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Structure Leadership Team Phase 97

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

People understand the dry sentiment that they are providing to their workforce and are focusing on techniques in which they can improve delivery, effectiveness, and user attention. Be sure when implementing this method that you structure a believable storyline, develop characters, and incorporate real-life scenarios.

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Training Train Fun Structure 56

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2019

Don't let your employees be part of these findings by various Hay Group surveys (cited by the authors) where they found that: 30 percent of employees indicate that they do not have enough authority to carry out their jobs effectively.

Empowerment 40

Empowerment Authoring Roles Job 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Don't let your employees be part of these findings by various Hay Group surveys (cited by the authors) where they found that: 30 percent of employees indicate that they do not have enough authority to carry out their jobs effectively.

Empowerment 41

Empowerment Authoring Roles Job 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

For the past twenty years that I’ve been doing training, no matter what I usually get a group of participants who are mixed levels of experience and capacity. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. So, you have to design for that.

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Training Train Reflection Design 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

So having a few brainstorming facilitation techniques to use with your team, is useful. I think the best approach is to use something like Box or Drop Box and a folder structure organized like your editorial calendar. What tools, techniques, or work flows work for you? It starts with ideas and brainstorming.

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Social Media San Antonio Content Strategy 50

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. .” Sometimes easier said than done!).

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Campaign Online Chapter Model 97

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2017

Don't let your employees be part of these findings by various Hay Group surveys (cited by the authors) where they found that: 30 percent of employees indicate that they do not have enough authority to carry out their jobs effectively.

Empowerment 40

Empowerment Authoring Roles Job 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

As someone who loves to play with analytics, visuals, maps, and other geekery, I've been wanting to explore in more depth the how-to and the techniques. To take my learning deeper on social network analysis and mapping techniques and how they can be applied them to a social media strategy, I took a workshop with Marc Smith.

Analysis 96

Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 96

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. Bristol Strategy Group – Strategic Planning & Board Development. The Alford Group – Corporate Partnerships. Bristol Strategy Group: Top Consulting Firm for Strategic Planning & Board Development.

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Consultant Nonprofit Strategy Philanthropy 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

This assessment will give you a good sense of where you stand now and offers a structured approach to practicing based on your assessment. In the book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, and (World Peace) , author Chade-Meng Tan offers 3 simple techniques to practice mindful conversations.

Skills 50

Skills Build Technique Language 50

NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

If you happened to have attended the incredible Drupal Nonprofit Summit at the 2011 BADCamp , the format and structure of the event will be familiar: 9:30-10:00 am: An optional "Introduction to Drupal Terminology and concepts for IT professionals new to Drupal.". 10-10:15 am: Full-group welcome, intros and agenda review.

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Drupal Conference NTC Technology 66