Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2024

Huge instability in the development director role is just one symptom of a larger problem: lack of basic fundraising systems and inadequate attention to fund development across the board. To empower people to be the change they want to see, one must facilitate philanthropy. Why aren’t we investing in greater impact? Love, not money.

Problem 81

Problem Philanthropy Nonprofit Charity 81

Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You are the philanthropy facilitator. . Welcome to the real world of “more than a great fundraising technician”—and that holds true for pretty much any senior-level position, e.g., program director, finance officer, and of course the ED/CEO.”. And your attitude will be contagious. It’s in your job description.

Culture 127

Culture Philanthropy Facilitation Job 127

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. What attitudes toward evaluation are present? Consider using your executive director. The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. Arts organizations are not alone in this. What are they learning from their experiments?

Social Media 112

Social Media Arts Studies National 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

Skills 96

Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

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. . The idea is the "balcony" is the strategic, big picture and the dance floor is when we're in the thick of operations or "in the weeds."

Social Media 95

Social Media Train Training Media 95

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And is a really great and pretty highly esteemed trainer and facilitator. In fact, he was named one of the 10 best retreat facilitators in America. We’re going to start out kind of the big picture. But the big picture is, let’s put that in our heads for a second. That’s right, 750.

Money 103

Money Personal Relationship Raise 103