Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Solicit their knowledge to help you identify gaps in the work you are doing and strategize how to fill them.

Voice 90

Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Note from Beth: Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals. Ashley and her colleague Anita – as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved.

Policy 98

Policy Goal Lesson Share 98

Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. With the board and staff collaborating and bringing their lived experiences and knowledge together, the organization can be more impactful in its work.

Government 59

Government Collaboration Nonprofit Evaluation 59

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration. Participatory evaluation is based on the premise that everyone has knowledge; everyone has biases; and the people closest to an issue know the most about it. It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.

Participatory 83

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 83

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These three simple words each pack their own challenge for a sector that often fails to prioritize learning, where knowledge hoarding is pervasive, and where the pace of change can feel extremely slow. Shift the gaze internally to reflect on both progress made and opportunities ahead. Evolution is an ongoing practice.

Philanthropy 79

Philanthropy Influence Grant Practice 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

According to Creator Feed Podcast , we will likely see many more creator apps and more and more creators adopt these tools.They also predict an increase in regulations and policies aimed at addressing ethical concerns – specifically around copyright and commercial use.

Tools 162

Tools Nonprofit Adopt Philanthropy 162

EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here !

Advocacy 207

Advocacy Nonprofit Training Train 207

NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

While our complete evaluation is quite long, we’ve summarized reflections and commitments for 2022 from every area of our commitments in practice. We hired two new staff in 2021 and engaged the new staff and their managers in reflection about the onboarding and hiring process. Staff, board, and volunteers. 2021 review highlights.

Community 88

Community NTC Sponsor NTEN 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Public knowledge, pressure (to change policy) and action increase in strategic areas. Our foundation is viewed a valuable information source. Our foundation is viewed as transparent. Lessons are disseminated, multiplying impact beyond our foundation’s reach. Our networks strengthen and diversify.

Measure 101

Measure Social Media Foundation Reflection 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

The term is a play on “ organizational memory ” which is defined as is the accumulated body of data, information, and informal learning created in the course of an organization’s existence or known as “Knowledge Management.” The number one thing we can do to help groups learn is to create space and time for reflection.

Conference 110

Conference Grant Network Learning 110

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In particular, they should focus on equipping women with the skills and knowledge they need to actively participate in the green economy, work for climate action, and prepare for emergencies. The 10 instructions are simple, as befits LEGO’s typical style, but incisive. World Wildlife Fund. World leaders vowed to halt deforestation.

Maryland 52

Maryland United Kingdom Classroom Instruction 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Some Reflections. That is one reason why I always incorporate a reflection at the end that helps participates identify one small action step. Sit down with my executive director to discuss a process for a social media policy. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Have a social media strategy brainstorm with staff.

Reflection 103

Reflection People Network Colorado 103

M+R

JULY 10, 2023

The problem lies in thinking of editing as a process of correction — where a better, more knowledgeable, or more experienced writer fixes the shortcomings in a draft. Or do these opening lines just reflect your own process of writing your way to the thing you really wanted to say? Does this sound or look like a policy briefing?

Guidelines 91

Guidelines Audience Language Content 91

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here!

Advocacy 143

Advocacy Local Audience Poll 143

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As Mwande Chileshe, Food Security, Nutrition & Agriculture Global Policy Lead, said, “We’ve created a false narrative that hunger must always exist.” We need to engage, learn, and innovate based on the success of the solutions,” said Imelda Awino, Deputy Director of the Knowledge and Innovation Hub at Action Against Hunger.

Collaboration 76

Collaboration Challenge Hunger Kenya 76

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. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. Program Design.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. We learned a lot. Effective delivery of content and learning experiences takes both on and offline connection.

Professional 91

Professional Develop Leadership Influence 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Have a formal policy about sending after hours emails. Some organizations have explicit policies such as “no email between 7pm-7am. Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails.

Collaboration 120

Collaboration Tips Tech Nonprofit 120

BoardAssist

MAY 20, 2014

Does your organization have a sound, carefully managed and board-approved Investment Policy Statement? Morgan Securities, to weigh in and pass on a bit of carefully curated knowledge, gathered from decades of experience in the field. We hope you enjoy this week’s guest post and would like to thank Madelyn for her thoughtful advice!

Management 61

Management Policy Government Classes 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

These statements prompted some rich insights. I learned that you can’t explain complex, wonky policy positions in 140 characters, but you could communicate or let people know the policy paper exists with a punchy statement and pointer to the paper. How To Convince Policy Directors. Living Case Study.

Case Study 98

Case Study Social Media Studies Integration 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Here’s some tips on how to write or revise a social media policy that empowers your employees. Design and Plan Training: To build an effective training, you need to do some assessment of the current skills, knowledge, and comfort level of employees. Social Media Policy: Building Good Judgement. Power of Staff As Champions.

Social 50

Social Policy Arkansas Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Scaling Impact sessions offer strategies and knowledge about how we can help nonprofits achieve better and more results.

Blogger 91

Blogger Conference Effective Seattle 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The program involved multi-stakeholder Community of Purpose: Researchers, Policymakers, Practitioners, Community members with a goal to catalyze major breakthroughs in strategies that support healthy development, beginning in the early years, applying knowledge in science, policy, and practice.

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Generation Method Slides 97

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Reflecting on “Make It Your Own&# « A. One would be hardpressed to find more knowledgeable, thoughtful folks on civic engagement and social media. ." Fine Blog – "The Case Foundation has just released an evaluation of their innovative “Make It Your Own&# program.

Web 120

Web Bookmarking Evaluation Lesson 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

She gave me some very rich reflections as a reply in the comments. One of her points resonated with some other reflections I'm seeing on this side of the pond from early adopters in the nonprofit space in using tagging for resource sharing. " Good is advocating for a new type of knowledge worker - he calls them Newsmasters.

Tag 50

Tag Reflection Practice Community 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. The term “continuous” that the organization has create a virtuous cycle of feedback that repeatedly inspires staff to reflect on what is working and what can be done differently to get better results. The term means learning culture.

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2016

By increasing understanding globally, turning information into knowledge and hopefully wisdom, a true dialogue can be had regardless of where people are sitting around the table. She reminded us that, ultimately fulfilling these ambitions is part of what philanthropy has stood for all along.

Philanthropy 20

Philanthropy Roles Develop Tanzania 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 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. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. Monica Wahengbam.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For example, in 2017 only 40% of participating foundations were using their websites to share the knowledge gained from their work. But today, nearly half of participating foundations have created values or policies prioritizing transparency. These statements can be found among funders of all sizes and types.

Reflection 111

Reflection Work Demographics Profile 111

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. Mar 11 - 13.

Calendar 111

Calendar Conference Las Vegas San Diego 111

NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

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NTC 66

NTC NTEN Photography Drupal 66

NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

And true to her good form, Beth doesn't simply announce her new site , she reflects on all the steps and experiences that got her to the new site, which is pretty informative and inspiring in itself(but that shouldn't surprise anyone who regularly reads Beth's Blog). Check out their project -- it's a great example !

NTEN 44

NTEN Vermont Social Media Policy 44

Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. 3/19/2018.

Calendar 85

Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Digital citizenship: In the final stage, communities can use these tools and knowledge to work with governments and affect policy. Dd only works in areas where the organization has some sort of expertise or local connection or knowledge. Dd doesn't go into a region with an agenda.

Digital 36

Digital Community Haiti Netsquared 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. So making the audience part of the slide deck and inviting commentary surfaces the wisdom and knowledge in the room. I also offer some pointers around developing a social media policy.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Social San Jose 115

Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

Forum One recently supported a groundbreaking, education summit in New Mexico: "Unleashing Knowledge and Innovation for the Next Generation of Learning", convened by the Stupski Foundation , West Wind Education Policy , and the Knowledge Alliance.

Hosting 52

Hosting Online Wiki New Mexico 52

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

It was organized by our Center in collaboration with the ASU Morrison Institute and Knowledge Networks, a firm that specializes in web-based surveys. Remember, the Chronicle’s number reflects only those individuals who deducted charitable contributions on their 1040 Tax Form and who had incomes of $50,000 or more. 5] [link]. [6]

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Research Arizona Philanthropy Foundation 75