Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. Osborn outlines the essential rules of a successful group brainstorming session.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

But beyond reporting standards, transparency is critical to building long-term, loyal support among your donors. The model isn’t set up to facilitate growth, and profits aren’t the priority — the impact is. Donation pages that include a precise breakdown of where dollars go build trust among all donors, especially younger ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Networked Facilitation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Whether our meeting is useless or valuable depends on how we design, facilitate, and follow up. If you are facilitating the meeting you need figure out logistics like scheduling, materials, and effective use of technology for virtual meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory. Here’s my curated list.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Peer Support Groups are among the many ways that Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) serves veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001. VQ: Tell me about your role and the peer support group prior to the pandemic. We are a family.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

Depending on the request for proposal, specific funding criteria that we may look for include geographic location, groups engaged in movement-building and organizing work to advance systemic and structural changes, and organizations that have budgets under $2 million and are led by and for women, girls, and nonbinary leaders of color.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? Turn the focus away from individual success and toward team building. In fairness, so many groups operate with minimal staff that this type of program can seem like a luxury. Turn the focus away from individual success and toward team building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Point a Compass to the Future Regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path. In fast-moving digital markets, regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path and adjust to unexpected challenges.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

Here are five tips to build more engaged remote teams. This offers another structured way to build awareness of preferences and how teammates can best work together. Align on team norms Building awareness of individual styles and preferences sets the stage for team alignment on shared norms and behaviors.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? Marketing can customize campaigns utilizing information from the group that regularly communicates with constituents. Using data to upsell and cross-promote products and services, both groups can support increased revenue streams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Workplace flexibility creates a need for better skills in facilitating virtual meetings and hybrid meetings where some participants are in the room and others participate are using audio-only or video conferencing platform. That’s why I’ve added a new workshop on running and facilitating effective virtual meetings.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

This guide will help you understand the two main ways of using Facebook: a page and a group. What is a Facebook Group? If you want a place that people can connect together and have discussions, create a Facebook Group. What is a Facebook Group? Facebook Groups are something entirely different from pages.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 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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Nimble AMS

APRIL 22, 2022

How to brainstorm and build a communication plan?. Form a member focus group. If you seek further insight before launching your communication plan, consider asking members to join a focus group. Hosting a focus group can provide qualitative data about your pricing changes and detailed answers from group participants.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Even when there is funding to build a tech solution, perhaps from a large foundation, there is rarely the long-term funding to maintain it, let alone improve it. It costs millions to build a tech platform. How can we build something that is immune to the whims of the for-profit market? Sustainability and resilience are key.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Strengthen Culture Emotional Intelligence, or the ability to manage our own emotions and understand the emotions of others, is a critical culture-building tool whether workers are outside or inside the office. Create Awareness The easiest way to introduce EI into your environment is to build awareness about the concept. Start slowly.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? Marketing can customize campaigns utilizing information from the group that regularly communicates with constituents. Using data to upsell and cross-promote products and services, both groups can support increased revenue streams.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? Today, Claire will be the facilitator. We’ll follow with 10 minutes to group ideas around common themes. The primary roles are idea generators and facilitators.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 11, 2024

When a member volunteer joins your program, be sure to extend a warm welcome in your member community, make introductions, and get your new volunteers connected within your existing volunteer program groups. If your volunteer program is large, you might want to add more groups to ensure conversation flows more freely.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Worse yet, the facilitator is boring, the content is useless, board members are texting, and the food is stale! Look for a venue that’s roomy with windows and has additional space for small group work. If the venue has outdoor access for team-building exercises, group work, and breaks, that’s even better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Our article, “ 8 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Adopt AI Responsibly, ” published in the Stanford Innovation Review was listed as the ten top most popular articles of 2023. Training & Facilitation: I have maintained an active schedule of leading workshops, facilitating retreats, and presenting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They explain that: " Leaders need to facilitate connections with their teams. Leaders who build interpersonal glue have happier, more engaged, and more productive employees," say the authors. Build in pre-meetings. Create special-interest groups. Conduct team-building activities, both off-site and on-site.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Many groups have adopted DEI as a strategic priority. Some groups are reluctant to divert attention from member engagement and attrition. But endorsement from their peers goes a long way toward building buy-in. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I have also attended and facilitated meetings with a graphic recorder, most recently at the Nonprofit Technology Conference , and know the power of how “drawing on the wall” can help spark group insights and learning. This is especially important if there are small group exercises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Workplaces are tapping into the power of ritual to create a sense of community, build relationships in the workplace and reduce stress. Of course, a raise or bonus is nice, but it is the public acknowledge that helps builds community.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 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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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

We selected this group because, as independent business owners, they were acutely aware of the challenges of digital markets and the attitudes needed for success. The idea is that what you build gets validated by the marketplace and you invest resources where there is evidence of a return. They are also good facilitators.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This initiative unites a group of organizations dedicated to providing funding, expertise, tools, and technology to support the Global Humanitarian ISAC mission of enhancing cybersecurity for global humanitarian and conservation nonprofits. Training and building capacity among nonprofit staff for digital threat response.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 5, 2023

Social media platforms (like Facebook) facilitate connection, allowing your nonprofit to spin an extensive web of support all across the globe. With this in mind, let’s jump right into building a strong and supportive community for your nonprofit on the platform! Create engaging content on Facebook.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Interactive Workshop Facilitator Jennifer Proctor, Senior Consultant, ,orgSource will guide a discussion centered on Collaborative Activities to Discover AI-driven Solutions. We pair association professionals with industry partners to share 20 minutes of expert advice on jumpstarting innovative initiatives like these.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 4, 2021

If your board is operating on autopilot or hardly operating at all, try these methods for building meaningful nonprofit board engagement. Here are a few ways to get started: Set board goals quarterly for volunteer hours, attendance, donations, or facilitating new connections. . It’s a tricky business. Set Some Expectations.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Build Relationships The IT Department can’t be an island. Identify staffers who can be your IT ambassadors and fill these significant roles: Strategists Strategists are the visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity throughout the organization. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 9, 2022

If your board is operating on autopilot or hardly operating at all, try these methods for building meaningful nonprofit board engagement. Here are a few ways to get started: Set board goals quarterly for volunteer hours, attendance, donations, or facilitating new connections. . It’s a tricky business. Set Some Expectations.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Much like the head coach or manager of a professional sports team, your job when assembling and managing these teams becomes less about teaching and directing, and become more centered on ensuring the group is working cohesively. Here are a few tips to help you the next time you’re building a leadership team.

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