Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2015

It was expertly facilitated by Allison Lin and Odin Zackman. When I get to participate in sessions that are focused on content that I’m intensely interested in AND are well designed and facilitated, it creates the perfect storm for learning in my field and the trade craft of facilitation. Did you do it differently?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance. This exercise takes a little practice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. 9 Modern Nonprofit Fundraising Methods. Let’s start off with the oldest, most classic way to fundraise: An in-person fundraiser. 3) Hybrid fundraisers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

Many of today’s nonprofits have remote or hybrid work setups, which means that directors are likely to be working in different time zones or locations. This is particularly difficult if you’re communicating entirely via email, as they’ll have to juggle several different threads just to keep up.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) holds a three-day conference + ongoing training for members about advocacy and communicating the value of the profession, members and association to different audiences, called the STR Program. Are you having conversations within your association about declining trust, credibility and authority?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

.” — Alex Osborn, How to Think Up , 1942 seminal book on concept off brainstorming The process of getting a group to generate and build on others’ ideas depends on how you facilitate openness in the group. Today, Claire will be the facilitator. The primary roles are idea generators and facilitators. Give everybody a turn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Association Analytics

MAY 20, 2024

If you’re like most associations, it’s likely that your member dues have been in decline and that means you’ve got to look at other ways to make up for that difference, Diversifying revenue streams is key to long-term success, but your association doesn’t need to look far for solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

I also wanted to experiment with translating some facilitation techniques I use for face-to-face meetings (like sticky note facilitation ) to virtual meetings. Depending on the number of people in your group, there are different ways to facilitate the report out. Next, as a group we do a theme analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

But we didn’t anticipate a pandemic that would force every association to become conversant in digital solutions. It’s about building relationships and trust between different players in the ecosystem, and it’s about creating a shared vision for the future.” Association 4.0 Innovators are rule-breakers and disruptors.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. Everyone attends conferences for different reasons, so stay aware of what you’re looking to accomplish during the event. . 9 Ways to Become a Conference Networking Champ.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

Furthermore, when people participate in your campaign on social media, they leave behind digital traces, which gives you an opportunity to identify and engage them through conversations. People volunteer for different reasons that are typically driven by either materialistic or non-materialist aims.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With employees working all over the country, or world, at different times of day and juggling competing priorities, effective project communication is not only helpful but necessary, creating cohesion and efficiency internally and with partner teams. Try to keep discussions to relevant project conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? The Back Channel.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 28, 2021

But anything can happen: executives can move on to different opportunities or personal circumstances can emerge unexpectedly at a crucial point in fundraising. Regardless of your position in your nonprofit, you can make a difference in determining your organization’s future. Leave a comment and join in the conversation!

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

As part of this push, organizations could provide “upskilling” opportunities to staff members at community organizations which would facilitate appropriate data stewardship and use. Investing in data-focused projects appropriate to granular subsectors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Smaller nonprofits that might have board members from many different geographic locations have probably hosted hybrid board meetings. Center Inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. From our previous conversations, we’ve realized that empathy is not just a warm and fuzzy “soft skill,” but an essential leadership skill to ensure that your nonprofit’s work survives and thrives in the future.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When funders come together and share insights from reading grant applications and from conversations with local nonprofits, they see patterns and trends emerge. Funders with differing political perspectives can still work together, with some members quietly funding research while others write op-eds and meet with legislators.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators. Shape the Conversation . Once you have a good handle on the subject matter, consider how you might want to shape a conversation on the topic with your key stakeholders.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

Ask Questions About the Tools You Already Use When Media Cause helps a nonprofit audit their MarTech tools, the first thing to do is ask questions that are designed to start a fuller conversation about the technology used to make the work more manageable. As your nonprofit team begins that conversation, be sure to write down the answers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

We are not used to conversations with another person while we are staring in a mirror. The inability to create a variety of different contexts in our lives including different social roles, relationships, activities and goals. Incorporate water cooler conversations into your virtual collaboration space.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

Every meeting hosted as part of your capital campaign will look different depending on where you are at in the process, which specific committee is meeting, and what they’re aiming to accomplish. Kicking off the conversation. 4 elements of a successful capital campaign meeting.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 5, 2022

Write as if you’re having a conversation 5. Capture your natural conversation tone by recording yourself 6. As a non-profit organization, we communicate with different type of audiences. WRITE AS IF YOU’RE HAVING A CONVERSATION Nobody wants to read a letter that is too formal or that seems out of a template.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

For example, instead of detailing the type of currency conversion functionality we desire as part of the RFP, we articulate our vision to send money to XYZ countries efficiently and securely and facilitate multi-currency reporting for various internal and external audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I’ve been facilitating nonprofit workshops and staff retreats focused on creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. The conversation surfaced some interesting questions and ideas.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Not surprisingly, their perception was that the conversation had been poorly facilitated and had no structure! In different meetings, we’ve created breakout rooms so people with stronger technology skills can support others who feel less comfortable by screensharing and/or being the ones to take notes.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2022

Cody : Often it feels like my most important role is to facilitate conversations between different team members, and to provide context and translation when the conversation is between the tech team and other roles.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

But it is a different way of thinking for most grantmakers, so it can be difficult to know where to start. There are different approaches to this conundrum of who decides. But before you go copying and pasting a 17-page long policy that your Board uses, know that participatory grantmaking is different.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

You’ll want to tell a compelling story that breathes life into your cause and paints a vivid picture of the powerful difference every donation makes. Donation Page Tips for Skyrocketing Conversions 1. Now you just need to add a page dedicated to collecting donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

Over the past 18 months, I’ve been participating in The Network of Networked Funders , a community of practice for grantmakers facilitated by the Monitor Institute. What are the different models? Governance and managing across difference in power and capacity in network participants / members. Story of Stuff.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

What is the difference between donor acquisition and retention? While different, these concepts are related. The steps in this process will look different from nonprofit to nonprofit. Craft a conversion journey. Conversely, amplify the strategies or messages that lead to the most conversions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. A good facilitator knows how to shift or tweak the lesson plan in real time if it isn’t working as planned.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Security features , such as two-factor authentication, the ability to assign restricted permissions to different users, and automated security tests. All of the top CMS platforms available today offer these features, but they differ in some meaningful ways. Website conversion optimization. Compare top platforms. SEO strategy.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A conversion-optimized donation page. A/B testing involves creating two different versions of a webpage and assessing which drives more engagement and conversions. Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX). A conversion-optimized donation page.

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