The MatrixFiles

JUNE 20, 2023

Most of them focus on skills you’ll develop from practicing the martial arts. I recently did a webinar for UST Education on just this topic BUT my leadership lessons are ones I learned from my master, Master Seung Hum Yun at Be Ryong Martial Arts in Alexandria, VA. Learn how to take a punch. Here are highlights from my webinar.

Arts 245

Arts Lesson Leadership Student 245

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work. Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading.

Technique 127

Technique Training Train Learning 127

.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Our agenda delivers strategies you can put into practice immediately, along with the creative vision leaders need to succeed in digital markets. To help our colleagues build the skills they would need to handle fast-moving technology, we spent a lot of time talking with thought leaders. But answers aren’t enough anymore.

Sponsor 221

Sponsor Associations North America Law 221

Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Learn more about how volunteer management and retention can help your organization: What is volunteer management How to manage volunteers Why is volunteer retention important How to retain volunteers What is volunteer management? Saves time and money. Why is volunteer retention important?

Retention 95

Retention Volunteer Management Practice 95

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Spending most of your time trying to minimize mistakes. Filled with relatable case studies from top-performing individuals and companies—including Tim Cook, Starbucks, and Microsoft—Briceño lays out crisp, clear tactics for constant learning that will take your team to the next level and create a culture of high performance.

Learning 94

Learning Free Reflection Model 94

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

We’ll cover five best practices you can use to improve your texting strategy and earn more for your mission: Ask every supporter to opt in. Any nonprofit can benefit from these best practices, even if you’re new to text marketing or have limited resources. Getting direct feedback allows your nonprofit to learn more about your donors.

Practice 59

Practice Puerto Rico Fundraising Metrics 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout provides a practical roadmap for getting better results from mission-based, social change work by paying closer attention to individual and organizational well-being. Learn stress reduction strategies for yourself and your team. Register for Free.

Technique 102

Technique Free Learning Management 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. This is when you create a map of your professional network to better understand connections and their diversity that can enhance or support your professional work and learning.

Technique 116

Technique Network Tools Map 116

NetWits

MAY 22, 2012

to learn more about the turn to online fundraising, the need for a multichannel approach and how direct mail is still alive and well. Remember that online donors live in “internet time,” which is to say they prefer the online channel because it is immediate in both execution and delivery. 4) Track Time and Ask on Cue.

Technique 201

Technique Retention Donor Online 201

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. Here’s a few things I learned. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies Gunner’s techniques in his own technology/activist trainings.

Facilitation 101

Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Start A New Professional Journal(s): For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal(s), using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

Reflection 73

Reflection Professional Facilitation San Jose 73

Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

We live in a time when many social and environmental crises beg us to rethink not just what we call ourselves, but more importantly, how we get the good work done. We learn from all of it.” First is the perceived constraint in financial and time capacity, and the second is the internal culture. The implications are vast.

Impact 111

Impact Time Nonprofit Leadership 111

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Whether they are donating their time, their voices, or their dollars, it’s essential to make sure your supporters know how valued they are—and fully grasp the impact of their generosity. Valentine’s Day is a great time to give your audience a little extra sugar! Alternatively, you can highlight your supporters’ stories!

Demonstration 192

Demonstration Impact Support Story 192

Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s that time of year again, where we trade in our flip flops for sweaters and pumpkin-spiced lattes. We’ve curated a nonprofit reading list to help your organization make the most out of this charitable time of year. We’ve curated a nonprofit reading list to help your organization make the most out of this charitable time of year.

Free 119

Free Help Fundraising Storytelling 119

Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

The introduction of Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG, now allows AI applications to enhance the capabilities of machine learning models by integrating them with a retrieval component. Techniques such as streaming, back-pressure, and response caching can be used to mitigate latency.

Conversation 94

Conversation Guide Model Application 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience.

Learning Theory 138

Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

Time to cut the superfluous. And she publishes a bi-weekly newsletter that I never miss (and never fail to learn a thing or two from). We’ve featured their work too many times to count (here and here and here, for example), and John has generously guest-presented a number of times on MotivateMonday. Very Good Copy.

Resource 98

Resource Newsletter Case Study Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The workshop was part of the three-day program where participants were learning both strategy and how to use tools from women who work in the tech industry here in San Francisco. To make the workshop interactive, I spent a brief amount of time presenting the what, why, how, and examples of target audiences.

Learning 87

Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 87

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Slowing down the hiring process to help you better choose the right candidate for any role, every time. Greg Friedman, Ms, CFP You'll also learn from the book the most common culture killers , which are: Focusing too much on a hierarchical organization. Gives you specific techniques and tactics. Honesty and Integrity.

Culture 73

Culture Companies People Create 73

Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Begin by defining AI for non-technical team members, explaining that it can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as learning from data, making predictions, or recognizing patterns. Training employees on AI best practices will keep their tech skills current and improve their ability to use the technology effectively.

Team 98

Team Tips Fundraising Training 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

And then from that point, you’ll have a new outlook on life and will have learned how to use gratitude to completely transform your mental outlook as you reframe the negative events in your life into events that made you stronger, more resilient, and better prepared for future setbacks. “My Empathy and How to Lie to Yourself.

Technique 66

Technique Exercise Chapter Life 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

About a year ago, Mario Marino reached out to me and several colleagues with some provocative questions about e-learning in the nonprofit sector. Mario and his colleague, Katie Paris explained that this was part of a landscape or mapping process that they were doing to get an understanding of the e-learning space.

Learning 110

Learning Remix Teach Hype 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

There are many approaches to journaling and types of notebooks, but I have settled in on using a variation of the bullet journal technique and the one-sentence five-year journal. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words and stick with them for the coming year. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead.

Journal 148

Journal Reflection Facilitation Technique 148

Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2021

Those nine weeks were amazing, and I got to learn a ton. I decided to do what any good nerd does when they learn something new: write a blog post about it. . We have the technology and techniques necessary to make the web adequately accessible. Make it a team effort and take it one step at a time. It’s a legal issue.

Beginner 46

Beginner Accessibility Web Lesson 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2017

I learned so much about the taxonomy of innovation and really practical techniques, that I took the facilitation training. I started incorporating facilitating design labs as well as the techniques into my training practice ever since. I’m always looking for ways to take my practice deeper.

Facilitation 123

Facilitation Design Resource Taxonomy 123

Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

The best way to ready ourselves for this shifting environment is Continuous Learning. Continuous learning is an established persistent learning process, designed for bolstering the knowledge and skills of your workforce over time, and presents itself in many forms. Establishing a formal policy of Continuous Learning.

Culture 60

Culture Learning Create Industry 60

Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Baseball and your Learning Organization. I could talk about learning techniques utilized in the past seven games and why players were less intimidated by pitches they encountered the second and third time around, or possibly what a combined 176 years of waiting can teach us in preparing for the future.

Learning 61

Learning Organization Statistics Cleveland 61

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes.

Data 99

Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies. It takes time to develop a solid organizational practice in social media, so we wanted to celebrate those small victories.

Network 97

Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

2) 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. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. That’s a long time. Year in Review. So stay tuned.

Professional 140

Professional Personal Croatia Build 140

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Fortunately, the authors' book provides a proven series of easy-to-implement skills, techniques and powerful strategies via what they call the Communication Code that anyone can use to make their communication, relationships deeper and more productive. And effective communication is essential for successful leadership.

Conversation 87

Conversation Leadership Relationship Awareness 87

Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

To quote Mahatma Gandhi, “The path is the journey,” and what we learn along the way as we encounter resistance, as we motivate ourselves, and as we engage others, offers great learning that supports personal and professional growth. Normalize Feedback Use the technique of calling in and calling out.

Activities 97

Activities Active Activism Organization 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I continue to serve on the advisory board of Leadership Learning Community and Wake.

Professional 89

Professional San Jose Journal Facilitation 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning. The busier you are during your workday, the more your nervous system needs quiet time.

Exercise 104

Exercise Work Personal Tips 104

EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

That means now is the perfect time to take stock of where your organization stands, especially as we head into the always-busy year-end giving season. If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past few years, it’s that digital-centric strategies have proven to have many benefits and are here to stay.

Virtual 190

Virtual Site Support Fundraising 190

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It turns out one of the most important strategies for our time is the ability to effectively generate, exchange, and adopt new ways of doing things. Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times.

Generation 94

Generation Ideas Arts Share 94