Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

What were successful techniques or elements of SXSWcares? I’d love to hear your thoughts on the fundraising effort, whether you participated or not – questions, feedback, and ideas. A few hours later, we quickly found each other through Jessica Lin and unified our efforts as SXSWcares.

Raise 176

Raise Japan Interview Disaster 176

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Icebreakers for a Pandemic : Some ideas to help inspire people to keep optimistic and check-in about their feelings. Interactive Meeting Techniques. Effective Brainstorming Techniques by Beth Kanter. Creating Connection in a Time of Covid-19 – interview with Nancy White. Icebreaker Collections. List of Energizers.

Tips 173

Tips Online Facilitation Camera 173

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Involving users at each stage of creation—from discovery to low-fi design to product usability testing—brings emerging ideas to the table and amplifies the voices of those at the front lines of health, the environment, education, and all the global issues our work centers.

New York 46

New York Design Phase Lesson 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

Facilitation 132

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

You can become a part of your members’ daily habits by providing an online member community where members can find industry information and share ideas with each other and your organization. Provide a one-stop-shop for information sharing.

Industry 78

Industry Associations Job Social Network 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I'm pleased to present my fourth installment in my interview series with famous video bloggers about video blogging techniques that nonprofits or others might use. In this segment I interview Jonny Goldstein about how to shoot video without shooting yourself in the foot in the editing room. Jonny's tips include: 1.

Technique 50

Technique Camera Audio Interview 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

Blencoe : I wrote the book because I felt there was a need for a book about management techniques that was short and interesting to read but also had depth. I think the management techniques that are discussed in the book are extremely important for several reasons. They affect employees, managers, business owners, and customers.

Authoring 40

Authoring Interview Technique Leadership 40

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

We strongly recommend this technique because unconscious bias can frequently lead us to give preference to people who might not necessarily be the best match, such as: The person we really want to drink coffee with. Names would get added back in for the interview process. Interview questions. What was the outcome?”.

Consultant 122

Consultant Process Proposal Nonprofit 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Here’s a few ideas. In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques. Then you interview people on different sides of the scale. Here’s a write of this technique. Pandemic Check-Ins & Icebreakers.

Virtual 130

Virtual Facilitation Exercise Training 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2016

” We’ve been researching, interviewing, and writing, plus testing out a lot of our ideas. In this one hour session, you will learn 10 powerful techniques for nonprofit leaders, association executives and membership organization’s to avoid burnout and get more energy for 2016! .

Free 50

Free Impact Tips Interview 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

That shift is easier when you have some good techniques for actually get those tasks done. Here’s five ways to avoid procrastination and be more productive: Flickr Photo by TBN97. Pomodoro : The pomodoro technique is a time management methodology created by Francesco Cirillo.

Method 127

Method Technique Reflection Exercise 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

Tunisia 124

Tunisia Facilitation New Zealand Technique 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. They also have to present their ideas to the whole class and do a brief write up. I also invite guests to come into my class via Zoom video conference.

Learning 84

Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By using the right SEO techniques your website will rise in search engine rankings and receive more traffic. Even if you know very little about SEO, I’d recommend having an idea about what you want to achieve via an SEO specialist. The important thing is that they are knowledgeable and avoid black-hat techniques.

Volunteer 50

Volunteer Websites Consultant Technique 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

My first idea was to use Ready/Talk and its screencapture features. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.). For this screencast, I conducted several interviews lasting approximately 50 minutes. about his editing process for a screencast that uses this interview technique.

Screencast 50

Screencast Camtasia Interview NTEN 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The first two books were my idea, which I had to pitch to them.) Specifically, the idea came from someone in the sales department who’s in touch with the market and booksellers and what kind of books they think readers want. The whole process from idea to seeing it on a bookstore shelf was 30 months.

Story 52

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

The idea is simple – by open sourcing her materials, she hopes to inspire more colleges to incorporate courses on philanthropy in their curriculum. Her ideas resonated and connected really well with the a lot of my work. I first heard Laura speak when she launched her book , Giving 2.0, at Stanford two years ago.

Giving 98

Giving Philanthropy Teach Student 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2012

” I’ll be doing a FREE webinar on Thursday, July 12 at 11 am PST to walk you through the idea and practices described in the area. I was honored to write a feature article in the recent issue of the NTEN journal called “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation: Reducing Information Overload.”

Content 101

Content Benefit Skype Ratio 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2010

I remember when she started blogging and she was one of my first “ blogger interviews.&# Joitske is an expert in change management and technology adoption and is a trainer who was taught web 2.0 techniques all over the world. Can’t wait to hear what she thinks about the ideas in the book!

Network 91

Network Nonprofit Technique Facilitation 91

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The first two books were my idea, which I had to pitch to them.) Specifically, the idea came from someone in the sales department who’s in touch with the market and booksellers and what kind of books they think readers want. The whole process from idea to seeing it on a bookstore shelf was 30 months.

Story 52

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

’ The book was an inspiration and encouragement for those us whose inner critics have been keeping us away from using the technique in front of other people. The book offers a wonderful road map for a learning journey to internalize these techniques and I’ve practicing a lot.

Facilitation 107

Facilitation Technique San Francisco Storyboard 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it The ideas, tips, and tricks are grounded in adult learning theory, but the book is very practical. I had the honor to interview him for this blog post back in 2009 -he’s a fantastic storyteller. This book will help.

Skills 105

Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

” I was lucky enough to meet and interview Patton in 2009. Brennan shared some of the core techniques of developmental evaluation which included: 1. Key Informant/Stakeholder Surveys and Interviews. These techniques are often applied to measuring social media and networks and making sense of the data.

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Generation Method Slides 97

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. Small group coaching has it own specific techniques. Here is what they shared: 1.)

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Training Train International 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The joyful funeral idea really resonated and promoted a discussion about killing off some less effective projects and activities to make room for social media. Many of the ideas in the book were well received and there was fabulous networking after the event. One of the highlights was to observe David Wilcox’s new technique.

Network 95

Network Kenya Social Media Technique 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. The other skill building session was a session on working SMARTer on social channels – What are the time saving techniques?

Network 97

Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

Interview 72

Interview Authoring Change Oakland 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Techniques.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Chema Gargouri, In Country Director, Tunisia being interviewed by the local radio station in Fez, Morocco.

Morocco 100

Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. I pull out a few screen captures and then do an interview with the organization in front of the room. This typically unpacks more insightful information and nuggets of wisdom.

Social Media 96

Social Media Reflection Leadership Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

During the one-hour free webinar hosted by Wild Apricot , we share some ideas, got feedback, and identified additional people and organizations to interview for the book.

Slides 50

Slides Resource Practice Impact 50

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Thorough understanding leads to big ideas. Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. There are tons of ideas that you can shop on Meta (Facebook) Ads Library.

Lesson 59

Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can. Have several interviews before you offer the job. . Have regular meetings where their ideas can be aired. Look for start-up grants at State and Federal levels. . Develop a good relationship with your bank. Here are some recruiting tips: .

Nonprofit 89

Nonprofit Advice Skills Studies 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

The second stage is kindling, where you attract and capture short-term attention on a specific activity, event, or idea. The final stages is the bonfire or what Parr calls long attention or your audience’s long-term interest in an idea, product, message, cause, or whatever. It is based on reciprocity.

Attention 50

Attention San Francisco Statistics Pennsylvania 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. It is really a technique to understand relationships. One of the first social networking analysis map was created by Jacob Moreno. Source: Monitor Institute.

Analysis 104

Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The book is also a practical toolkit filled with concrete examples, ideas and practices for both individuals and organizations working on social change issues to achieve impact without burnout. Stress reduction techniques. Let us know if you have some ideas, examples, or tips to share. What else should be on that list?

Alaska 50

Alaska Nonprofit Internet Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

Learning 86

Learning Donor Online Fundraising 86