Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

This post summarizes how you can use session documentation and reflective practice to improve the content and delivery of your session. Here’s a couple of techniques that I try to use every time I do a workshop, presentation, keynote, or other instruction. What content, lines, or ideas resonated?

Reflection 95

Reflection Data Slides Exercise 95

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. When seeking a consultant of color, in particular, make certain that your budget reflects fairness and equity. How to begin incorporating the JEDI approach into your search. Set a SMART goal. Investigate the budget. .

Consultant 116

Consultant Script Evaluation Nonprofit 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? What worked? What didn't? Tags as a metric.

Reflection 50

Reflection Slides Metrics PowerPoint 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. This can be as simple as a poll or having participants type a reflective question in the chat at the beginning.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design 50

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Unfortunately, in the nonprofit boardroom, this change has yet to be reflected. This awareness may need practical steps such as diversity trainings and workshops to build empathy and understanding for the need of the community. Once recruited and interviewed an onboarding process can be established. African American and 2.6%

Strategy 52

Strategy Phase United States Arizona 52

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. During these workshops I felt a peace that seemed to resonate around the room. First of all, you can make a postcard!

Costa Rica 60

Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures. Others may prefer moderated discussions or interviews. Suggest Donations for Activities – Accept donations of supplies for offering engaging workshops, like arts and crafts, or encourage participants to make a suggested donation.

Celebrate 59

Celebrate Education Fundraising Culture 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia. Workshops, Keynotes, Webinars, and Conference Panels: This year I did over 75 speaking engagements and presentations. Many best wishes for happy, healthy, and abundant 2014 for you.

Tunisia 124

Tunisia Facilitation New Zealand Technique 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences.

Poll 50

Poll Technique Group Tools 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

I attend a lot of conferences , but mostly as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or panelist. We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). The best part is when the audience joins the conversation. Listening in Practice.

Practice 94

Practice Free Share Reflection 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be in New Zealand, leading a workshop on social media and I facilitated a module on mindful social media. It seemed very inappropriate given that my host, Stephen Blyth , collaborated with Peter Sykes, CEO & Founder at Mangere East Family Service Centre and we held the workshop on a Marae.

Attention 113

Attention New Zealand Mind Technique 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. I’ve been a content curator for many years , using the techniques to help me develop curriculum materials for workshops and blog posts – as a form of professional development. The session was designed to balance content delivery with peer interaction.

Content 97

Content Brain Technique Lecture 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Today I facilitated a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. At the end of the conference, I interviewed Rosetta along with Ashely Cecil , Erin McMahon , and Diana Church -- all young nonprofit professionals. Let me explain.

Louisville 50

Louisville Reflection Conference Game 50

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.

Participatory 76

Participatory Facilitation Technique Asia 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

OSI Workshop View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Our charge was to teach back-to-back simultaneous workshops covering social media strategy for NGOs and social media tools. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. .

Social Media 95

Social Media Training Train Media 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2008

Lynda Kelley I'm here in Sydney, Australia and just finished an informal workshop and discussion with Powerhouse Museum staff and other museums. Will post reflections shortly) I met Dr. Lynda Kelly, a blogger and the Head of Audience Research for the Australia Museum. I've done many studies on Web 2.0

Museum 50

Museum Interview Ning Australia 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. I had the pleasure of taking the visual facilitation workshop last fall (my write up is here ). Brilliant Mistakes by Paul H.J. Schoemaker.

Skills 105

Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

David gave a talk about his new book, The Nonprofit Business Plan , and mini-workshop about what makes a good business plan from a funder’s point of view. Some reflections from David here ). What’s more important though, notes David, is the process. Did the organization make decisions?

Review 106

Review Business Nonprofit Measure 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. organizational change, and technology. Program Design. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

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. See the interview I did for Arrive Magazine , pages 34-37).

Social Media 87

Social Media Game Media Social 87

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. This session closed with a reflection of how they could apply tips and recommendations and use measurement to further test these ideas.

Network 97

Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Not long after, I was leading a workshop in Alaska at a nonprofit conference, and we had another chance to connect. Ways to encourage individual and group reflection and learning. We are on a mission to identify and interview people who work for nonprofits about their stories of scaling self-care in their organizations.

Alaska 50

Alaska Nonprofit Internet Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Note from Beth: I first learned about this project last year, when Shiree Teng, the project leader, interviewed me as part of some research on capacity building consultants that lead to the design of ImpactRising. In that spirit, I’m excited to introduce ImpactRising.org as a resource to nonprofits and the consultants they work with.

Consultant 102

Consultant Resource Build Laptop 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's a live chat during a workshop or presentation and these days, it mostly taking place on Twitter. I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. When I design a workshop, I start with a simple framework.

Channel 87

Channel Instruction Instructional Instructional Design 87

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 8, 2010

Below is an edited transcript of the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast site , or through the iTunes Music Store. The thing that La Cocina does well is it's self-reflective. The staff here has always been self-reflective, and barriers don't stop us. You don't have enough. Most of them do.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Interview Business Product 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I’ve been tasked with designing and facilitating a session for trainers during our two-day e-Mediat networked nonprofit and social media bootcamps in Jordan and Morocco. The training for the NGOs that have completed the 5 workshops from the different countries over the past year.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

BoardAssist

APRIL 15, 2014

Identify larger, big-picture issues that are reflected within routine reports. 8) Interview the Executive Director. Occasionally consider allowing time for the board members to interview the executive director about what is on his/her mind. 4) Look at trends within routine reports. What keeps the director up at night?

North Carolina 55

North Carolina Discussion Issue Picture 55

Museum 2.0

JUNE 17, 2015

Last week, I sat on the jury for the first Cultural Innovation International Prize given by the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona , and this week, I'm offering a workshop for museum professionals across Poland participating together in a "Museum Lab" in Warsaw. Including some very real stories and reflections.

Difference 20

Difference Poland Museum Minnesota 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

It's the dance floor and the balcony - both strategy and tactics but deployed in a lab with focused experiments, measurement, reflection and learning from peers. The primary research includes surveys, interviews, and observation. And, most importantly, designed for people to have fun doing it. (I'm

Social Media 95

Social Media Remix Research Audience 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

Recently, I reconnected with colleague, Joitske Hulsebosch , who I met in 2005 through Nancy White's Online Community workshop. I interviewed Joitske about her work way back in 2006. Think about some of the changes reflected by this typewriter, manufactured by E. I was struck by his reflections of the Web2.0

Change Management 66

Change Management Adopt Social Media Change 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. We also found that 1/3 of the respondents hated going to networking events and also did not have business cards that reflect their unique talents. Why did you launch your company? s a link to the survey findings.

Interview 50

Interview Music New York Blackberry 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

And, now for some reflections on the screencasting process. Maybe I need to hone my screencasting workshop and instructional materials. I hope to carve out some time -- perhaps as part of my workshop at Boston Podcamp - to document some of these. I also put together a wiki filled with links and resources to aid your learning.

Screencast 50

Screencast Adwords Integration Google 50

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2009

And now that the dust has settled and the turkey has had time to digest, I've had time to sit down and reflect on some of my top favorite highlights from this year's event. Hands-on Workshops for attendees. And the final day's reflection video (below) highlights some of the keys takeaways from people who attended.

Conference 28

Conference Video Convio Turkey 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. Click to Play - Adam Thompson Interview. Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Days.

Generation 50

Generation Open Source Reflection Facilitation 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. The interview went so well that I was offered a full-time web developer position on the spot. My work consists of interactive talks, workshops, trainings, and coaching. If you’re interested in the topic, please vote.).

Life 74

Life Arts Digital Work 74

Connection Cafe

JUNE 2, 2011

development workshops and conferences , in-depth research , a membership program and more. When you interview, ask specifically about your organization’s key local funders and those you have been trying to reach. Greenlights strengthens nonprofits for extraordinary performance and. Thanks Tara for contributing! Nice is right.

Professional 25

Professional Develop Strategy Interview 25

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2008

I have an icebreaker for workshop coming up that is Twitter on Paper. In otherwords, the announcements with the conversations: Personal thoughts and reflections that suit your brand - this helps people feel more trust towards you and your brand and strikes up conversations. It is important that you balance the ???outbound???

Twitter 50

Twitter Meme Fun Game 50