Candid

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here we reflect on what we learned and set the stage for where we’re headed. For funders and nonprofits alike, we now offer robust tools and resources to make the process of collecting and accessing demographic data as simple as possible. We invite you to join us in making the granting process more equitable and efficient for all.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

Our new guide provides helpful and instructive case studies to illustrate how other funders have taken such steps. . For example, the guide shares how savvy education funders are considering the impact of learning loss on students who every year miss more and more days of instruction due to the climate crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” ” 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. The Feng Shui of Good Teaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

As the facilitator or meeting host, you can also judge whether you have allowed for enough time by watching the note-taking process in the google document. 1-2-4-All: This facilitation process comes from Liberating Structures. The reflection questions might include: What resonated? Reflection & Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Additionally, they may have reached a point in their lives where they are reflecting on their legacy and the impact they want to leave behind. Facilitate the process : Make it easy for donors to include your nonprofit in their estate plans. Provide clear instructions. Donors report that they like that the most.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I learned a lot about how to begin to adapt the game process for people with a program orientation. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. All of the instruction is aligned to a network frame. . Social Media Strategy As Design Process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Formative Evaluation. Documentation.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

You may be tempted to just change your bylaws to reflect how the Board is currently operating, but you shouldn’t do that. There is a formal process to follow to change bylaws for nonprofit organizations. There is a formal process to follow to change bylaws for nonprofit organizations. What’s the Process to Update Your Bylaws?

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Instead, we should capture all of our tasks and ideas in a system, and then process them at a later time. GTD is a five-step process: Capture : Capture everything that comes into your mind, whether it’s a task, an idea, or a thought. In GTD, the 2-minute rule is applied during the “processing” stage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for facilitation and interactive processes. Each method provides step-by-ste instructions, examples, templates, and additional reading links.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. She calls it "joyful funeral" -- that you quickly say this didn't work, reflect on why, and move on. Growing My Instructional Chops. Stay tuned for that!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. Real-Time networked learning is incorporating social media into your instruction – before, during, and after. The Colorado Funders Association is doing this on its blog about philanthropy stories. ) The fun part of instructional design is embedding opportunities for this to happen. Hashtag Stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you find one for your nonprofit, follow the instructions to claim and set up your page : If your nonprofit does not find an unclaimed LinkedIn Page, then start from scratch and create a new page by going to your LinkedIn homepage > select the “Work” icon in the upper right > Create a Company Page. Keep that in mind!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Offer customized swag: Create personalized swag bags or merchandise that reflect the values and interests of different age groups. Here are some best practices to make sure you get this valuable data: Streamline guest registration : Streamline the check-in process by using a well-designed registration form or a digital sign-up platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. My teaching style has been influenced by constructivism in short - less "sage on the stage" and "more guide on the side" and that learners should be actively involved in their learning process. Put Your Learners on the Stage and Hand Them the Mic!

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Social Media Reflection Learning Social 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you? My Three Themes: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. The session lead us through the design thinking process which includes: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. Essentially, design thinking process teaches how to be iterative.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

In Part 1 of this fascinating and instructional book, author and Oxford University professor, Paulo Savaget , explains what workarounds are and how to come up with them. And, then in Part 2, he digs into how to cultivate a workaround attitude and mindset, including how to reflect on the ways you typically see, judge, and approach obstacles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

David Wilcox wrote his reflections on our workshop in Birmingham two weeks ago while stuck on a train enroute back to London. I have been processing my experience and wanted to reflect more on my instructional practice, something I used to do regularly. He's spot on. Once I get in the room, we throw away the slides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 27, 2012

Follow the instructions on the screen. Follow the instructions at the end of the renewal process. This is where you manage your users’ access to ADP’s Internet services, and includes the self-service registration process. Effective August 3th, ADP Security Management will reflect a new user interface.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

More recent books on these methods include Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo and Visual Meetings by David Sibbet (I took David Sibbet’s workshop on visual meeting facilitation and wrote up some reflections here.). Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But it actually is a critical part of the fundraising process. It’s also about how the page looks, making the donor feel at ease with the donation process and confident that your organization is a good fit for them. The practical part is about making the whole process simple and easy. And this page needs to address both.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Double the Donation’s matching gift software helps organizations find money they never even knew was available to them while they’re in the process of making a donation. Your auction website should reflect your organization’s branding for a more cohesive virtual auction experience. Keep instructions clear and concise.

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Forj

JANUARY 23, 2018

Introducing people to new instructional design concepts is very important, but providing people with the tools and skills necessary to bring those ideas to life is just as important. I’ve enjoyed prepping for this session because it has forced me to reflect on my own process and dig into the why s of what I’m doing.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

In addition to using CauseVox’s registration form, Invest-In-Kids took it one step further by creating an instructional video explaining how to register, create a team, and join a team. With CauseVox, registration is a short five step process. Once submitted and verified, the match was reflected in their donation total right away.

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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 is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole. This isn’t a way of thinking routinely instructed in underserved schools.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In a recent webinar, we gave answers to some of the GA4 FAQs we’ve been asked and showed partners a step-by-step process to getting started. If you’re currently using UA on your website, Google has developed the ‘GA4 Setup Assistant’ which will guide you through the process. In our webinar, we provide step-by-step instructions!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise. There are usually two aspects of this. Tips Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions. My Three Themes: .

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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

Plus, giving back to the community will naturally reflect well on businesses that offer matching donations. You’ll fold matching gifts directly into the online donation process by embedding a search tool into your donation or confirmation page. Proactively Fill In Missing Employer Information. Clean up your data.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

This post is written based on my personal understanding and could reflect deficiencies experienced in my own personal learning process. To begin we should evaluate what a younger version of myself experienced in the learning process. As a child, picking up certain ideas and applying them just sort of came naturally to me.

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

As part of their registration process for their most recent Jane-A-Thon, Invest in Kids charged each participant a $35 fee. Once verified, the match was immediately reflected in their donation total. At minimum, a campaign should include the organization’s logo, a description of the event, and instructions on how to register.

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