NTEN

JULY 11, 2014

That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience. Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Last week, I participated in the “Funders Learning Lab: Investing in Networks and Network Leadership.” The goal was to add to our collective understanding about investing in network leadership and networks. The lab was convened by Leadership Learning Community and Center for Social Sector Leadership.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. Think blogs are boring? How To Start a Blog.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

orgCommunity event featured interactive conversations led by engaging speakers , with decades of leadership experience in the association sphere. We spent our time in round table discussion with association leadership professionals , learning and sharing our own experiences. We hope you discovered helpful strategies in our blog.

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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. The program is called Tech2Empower and you can learn more about it here.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Communication and Leadership Skills Development with LMS Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Effective Communication Training (ECT) is an approach focused on improving an individual’s ability to convey and understand information from others.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Strong workplace communication is necessary to develop leadership skills, improve professional growth, facilitate collaboration, reduce conflicts and misunderstandings, and boost employee engagement. Organizations must invest in good learning management systems (LMS) to facilitate effective communication training.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Strong workplace communication is necessary to develop leadership skills, improve professional growth, facilitate collaboration, reduce conflicts and misunderstandings, and boost employee engagement. Organizations must invest in good learning management systems (LMS) to facilitate effective communication training.

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

We now provide you with our new breakout room feature within Workshops to facilitate concentrated conversations. It’s easy to sometimes feel lost in a big virtual room, and this smaller-scale interaction provides the intimacy needed for genuine connections that can lead to all kinds of networking and learning opportunities. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

Depending on the number of people in your group, there are different ways to facilitate the report out. I facilitated a verbal report out, while I had someone act as “scribe” and type in the responses on different sticky notes. Next, as a group we do a theme analysis. This helped us do a better job of sense-making.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

This blog is the third in our series on MarTech for nonprofits. If you want a refresher on what MarTech is, check out the first blog here. If you want to know why every nonprofit organization should have a MarTech stack, read the second blog here. Where do we go to learn about our website’s performance?

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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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

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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?

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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

JANUARY 19, 2017

Yesterday, I spent a day facilitating leadership workshops for arts leaders attending the Art House Convergence Conference near Park City, Utah. Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

My co-presenter for the plenary was the amazing Marcelo Iniarra , who is a digital mobilization pioneer and fantastic presenter/facilitator. I also discussed the importance of laying out the supporter journey and having metrics to understand and improve conversion rates. It makes content creation more effective.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2024

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

The best part: You can integrate Bloomerang into your Storyraise report , meaning you get donations and learn about your donors all in one platform. This frictionless experience not only increases conversion rates but also encourages spontaneous giving, as individuals are more likely to act when the process is convenient and hassle-free.

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Association Analytics

MAY 20, 2024

For instance, Milwaukee Tools wanted access to ten engineers for a focus group and an engineering society was able to facilitate the session, charging a fee for the service. Expanded Learning Expanding any successful program to a slightly broader audience is a great way to identify new streams of non-dues revenue.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

Creating a Sense of Community in Virtual Classrooms Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems About 70% of students prefer online learning over traditional classroom methods. Online learning is even said to enhance information retention by 25% to 60%.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

About 70% of students prefer online learning over traditional classroom methods. Online learning is even said to enhance information retention by 25% to 60%. Improved Motivation and Learning Outcomes A strong sense of community in virtual classrooms can significantly boost students’ motivation to learn.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Classrooms: Benefits and Beyond GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - About 70% of students prefer online learning over traditional classroom methods. Online learning is even said to enhance information retention by 25% to 60%. What Is Virtual Learning?

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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. Motivational imagery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

As many trainers and teachers already know, people have different learning styles. Howard Gardner has dedicated his life work to this Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Yet, many conference panels are designed to accommodate only one or two styles of learning and go shallow instead of going deep. How much do you retain?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

What immediately came to mind was Bloom’s Taxonomy that classified different intellectual behavior related to how children learn. Learning goes from a lower level of entry to higher order thinking skills as follows: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

6 benefits of Artificial Intelligence in LMS Platforms Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in LMS Platforms It’s an exciting time in the world of online learning and training. It enables you to build intelligence from the learning behavior of your workforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. A conversational case study is a write up our interviews identifying a few questions we still have.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

6 benefits of Artificial Intelligence in LMS Platforms GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in LMS Platforms It’s an exciting time in the world of online learning and training. AI brings along precision and automation, which can increase the efficiency of learning and development function significantly.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

6 benefits of Artificial Intelligence in LMS Platforms GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in LMS Platforms It’s an exciting time in the world of online learning and training. AI brings along precision and automation, which can increase the efficiency of learning and development function significantly.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning. I nominate #14ntctrain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2013

When you read this post, I’ll be on a plane to the facilitate the opening plenary at the Legal Services TIG Conference on Wednesday, Jan. Her research explains why some people are more willing and able to learn from setbacks. ” It is hard for those people to learn from a mistake or setback. I made a mistake!”

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Check out the blog post, “ Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do With It? ”. Can participating provide networking or learning opportunities, or access to other events? Grantmakers should address the potential for bias through training or direct conversations. Learning and doing better next time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

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