Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Below is a list of processes and procedures you can take to prepare yourself and your organization to start your website build or redesign on a solid footing. These are information collected directly from website users through on-page surveys, feedback widgets, and other techniques. What problems are you trying to solve?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. Even if your team has experience with brainstorming, make sure everyone understands the ground rules for this current session : Brainstorming is about generating ideas, not solving problems or making decisions.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

The answer to that last question is almost certainly your website. Offer intuitive options , like recurring gifts and email sign-ups, directly in the donation process. The best nonprofit websites prioritize user experience at every step in the donation process. Is it easy for them to find what they need?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Improve Your Online Donation Process How many people visit your website every month? A smart online donation form is more likely to retain potential donors’ attention and encourage them to complete the process. Make a gift yourself and watch for problems or places where a new donor might experience confusion.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

This makes it easier to focus on the content while handling additional questions, troubleshooting and technical problems. Interactive Meeting Techniques. Effective Brainstorming Techniques by Beth Kanter. A Crash Course in Translating Your Meeting Process to a Virtual Setting. List of Energizers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. Technique #1: Rose, Bud, Thorn (Understanding).

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

It’s not wise to rush the discovery process. The focus is getting to know the donor through a series of discovery questions that you’ll ask with the donor’s permission, of course. With the right set of donor discovery questions, you will be able to determine the donor’s needs. One-Word Questions ?—?or

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

In this article we are going to discuss a challenge that every researcher is confronted with when creating a survey : How to design the right question list for their questionnaire? As my fifth grade teacher used to say, “It is always hard to get the right answers when you are asking the wrong questions.”

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

AI is the process of using computers to help perform tasks automatically that could previously only be done by humans. To do this, we use a process called machine learning that allows us to “teach” computers how to tackle these tasks. Most machine learning techniques revolve around simple arithmetic.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working with my fellow track facilitators to design the process that we will lead the participants in our track through. We know that leadership isn’t just about talking about the problems, it is also about discovering solutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing. Leaders inspire their staff to ask questions, share creative ideas that may seem unconventional, and discover different ways of seeing the world—and they lead the way. Are you stuck in chronic performance?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A few months ago, I listened in on a Google Hangout with Eugene Kim and Dave Gray where they discussed the question “Is documentation learning?” Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects. Brainstorm: Methods for generating new ideas – recombining, adding, subtracting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Essentially with a software-defined data center (SDDC), you are able to pool resources, and allocate them as necessary, automate processes, and all around boost productivity on the internet. There are a lot of hard questions that must be asked, however. Questions like: What potential security hazards does a BYOD policy present?

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

But as the “the new normal” went from weeks to months, and every workday was spent at home with my kids running around screaming (AKA distance learning), I found myself falling back on techniques I knew would work—well-worn grooves, in an effort to stay sane and manage the mental and emotional load. . How might we improve distance learning?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. Volunteer management is the process your organization uses to create your network of volunteers. Saves time and money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

The workshop includes a facilitated process based on the “ World Cafe ” method where participants work in small groups to discuss the challenges in the workplace and how to address them. One technique is to weave self-care into your workday . So, the big question, how do you prevent this or turn it around?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Paul Smith Question : Which of the three books ( Lead with a Story , Parenting with a Story , Sell with a Story ) was the most challenging to write and why?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? The questions were keyed to when the content was explained. The last question asks students to tell Mazur what confused them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Paul Smith Question : Which of the three books ( Lead with a Story , Parenting with a Story , Sell with a Story ) was the most challenging to write and why?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

Before you can fully dive into the event planning process, you need to know what it is you hope to achieve and determine how you will measure success or failure. . Once you have these questions answered, you can begin to look for venues, plan out content, choose a virtual event platform, and develop the event agenda. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Ask Good Questions. As you can see from the above list, leaders that have solid listening skills know how to ask good questions that inspire people to think in new ways, expand their vision, and enable them to contribute more to a team or project.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

If someone asks you why you put so much work and energy into your nonprofit, this is the story that answers that question. Once you’ve identified a story that exemplifies your nonprofit at its best, the question is how to tell it. Stay focused on the details that delineate the problem and the answer that you provide.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

View every problem as an opportunity to grow 17. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Explain the process and the reason for the decisions you make 50. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Ask questions to clarify 64. Celebrate your employees' successes, not your own 12. Err on the side of taking action 13.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Do more to solve important problems at work , whether they be inefficiencies that waste time or money, internal processes that sap morale, or product or service choices that lead to dissatisfaction among current customers. Some of my favorite parts of the book are where Detert teaches how to: Create the right conditions.

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