Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Use of editorial calendar. Training Design. It also includes a face-to-face workshop where there is also the same balance. This year’s session was piggy-backed with the annual meeting, so the training came at the end of 2.5 Written social media policy. Strategic integration into children’s health advocacy.

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Network Strategy Learning Build 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

But more importantly, I wanted to close the loop and show you that after getting back to a consistent editorial calendar, the engagement and reach came back from vacation. One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars. My answer: Yes!

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Content Measure Organization Strategy 102

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

That’s a lot of money spent on marketing, recruitment and training. Frank Barry gives some great tips on creating a year-round communication calendar. She’ll be co-facilitating a session at the Blackbaud User Conference called “ Integrated Marketing Plans for Special Events” with Donna Wilkins of Charity Dynamics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

Not completely, but did not create or curate content according to an editorial calendar. I have done this before and while my reach and engagement numbers go down, I get them back up when I return from a much needed mini-sabbatical. Get that editorial calendar up and running. That always gets folks talking and sharing.

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Tunisia NGO Social Media Facilitation 100

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2024

It’s not too early to begin planning your fundraising strategies for the fall and end of the calendar year. Late summer is a great time to hold an “inspiring philanthropy” (aka board fundraising training) session Consider who your potential advocates are (e.g., Effective philanthropy facilitation is never, ever a monologue!

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Fundraising Strategy Philanthropy Facilitation 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Leadership training on communications styles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Participants become part of the workshop curriculum and share their experience – which seems very appropriate for a social media training. I recently took a workshop on visual facilitation with David Sibbet. My favorite tip was that Holly shared her Editorial Calendar Template spreadsheet. Social Media Master Class.

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Social Media Effective Media Social 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

An LMS, or learning platform, is a system that is designed to facilitate some sort of learning process over the web. Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. Increasingly, a wide variety of training opportunities are being delivered via LMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

I want to sustain that focus throughout the year and apply to what I do — from content curation to blogging to facilitating trainings and developing curriculum. Be more of a focusing lens versus a fire hydrant. Measurement and Content Curation : These are two focus areas that I want incorporate into my social media training.

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.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

Automations like scheduled social promotions, email campaigns, and critical calendar reminders are digital conveniences that free space for more important assignments. Could some staffers benefit from additional training? IT has become more than a facilitator; It is a collaborator in our ability to bring ideas to life.

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Technology Evaluation Associations System 170

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Beth Kanter, nonprofit thought leader, virtual facilitator, and author of the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, will deliver our Super Session this year on sustaining wellbeing for remainder of the pandemic & beyond. Block time off on your calendar: Once you’ve determined which sessions you want to attend, reserve that time on your calendar.

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Virtual Guide Nonprofit Houston 111

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

5 Ways You Can Engage Millennials in Training Programs GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Millennials Matter Millennials or Gen Y, commonly defined as a person born in the decade and a half commencing 1980-81. To make training effective and impactful for millennials, it has to employ the current technology.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

5 Ways You Can Engage Millennials in Training Programs GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Millennials Matter Millennials or Gen Y, commonly defined as a person born in the decade and a half commencing 1980-81. To make training effective and impactful for millennials, it has to employ the current technology.

Train 52

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

5 Ways You Can Engage Millennials in Training Programs Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Millennials Matter Millennials or Gen Y, commonly defined as a person born in the decade and a half commencing 1980-81. To make training effective and impactful for millennials, it has to employ the current technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

The work related tasks also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. A great deal of my training work is done face-to-face.

Professional 0

Professional Nonprofit Journal Reflection 0

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Train volunteers. Depending on the size of your program, your team may consist of the following roles: Volunteer manager/coordinator Volunteer onboarding/training specialist Volunteer program marketing coordinator Community outreach coordinator If you have a small team, one person may take on many (or all) of these responsibilities.

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Volunteer Program Train Training 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This week I was honored to facilitate a mini-workshop, “ The Happy Healthy Woman Leader, at the Women Funded 2019 conference in San Francisco. As a trainer, I know the importance of ensuring that people take concrete ideas to put it into action after the training. How did you successfully create the new behavior?

Personal 81

Personal Nonprofit San Francisco Train 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Editorial calendar provides the structure so you don’t have to randomly find content, but keep it flexible so you can post breaking or timely news related to your organization or the issues it tracks which gets more attention and interaction. Can they train others? Measure Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

” Indeed, she had a calendar full of meetings, an endless to do list, and an inbox that was anything but zeroed out. Now to be honest, as an adjunct professor and someone who has facilitated and taught workshops for over 25 years, I used to think that long, intense courses was the only way to go. That’s the future.

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Professional Learning Develop Nonprofit 79

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

Leadership 110

Leadership Evaluation Action Business 110

Candid

MARCH 7, 2024

Technology facilitates our ability to work from home. Consider blocking your calendar and/or adding your work hours in your email signature as a gentle reminder of when you’re not at work. Block off time in your calendar for focused work, close other apps during this time, and let others know you’re not available.

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Life Work Attention Calendar 105

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Your volunteer management system can facilitate more streamlined volunteer engagement and communication. Training: A thorough training and onboarding process prepares volunteers to fulfill their roles effectively. Scheduling: Scheduling involves creating volunteer shifts and matching the right volunteers to the right roles.

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Volunteer Software Management Nonprofit 103

Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

A software application used to organize and distribute e-learning materials, assignments, and assessments; track and calculate grades; and facilitate communication among students and teachers. You may receive employee feedback stating that a certain training seminar is entirely too long and is impacting work output on a consistent basis.

Learning Management 69

Learning Management System Learning Management 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Clearly define workflow for online collaboration platforms and training. Here’s a common scenario: After a long day at work, you come home and realize you didn’t get anything done.

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Collaboration Tips Nonprofit Tech 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Establishing work flow norms is very different from training people about how to use the tools. The process is simple – any nonprofit team, staff, or even board could facilitate this process in less than hour in three steps. A shared calendar? It is about how we do the work together effectively and efficiently.

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Collaboration Nonprofit Facilitation Conference 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes.

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Reflection Network South America Mexico 50

Candid

JULY 5, 2023

Now that virtual meetings dominate calendars, the last thing most employees want to do is spend unstructured time staring at Zoom boxes. Encourage awareness of working styles Getting to know colleagues in a remote environment is tough. Early in the pandemic, Zoom coffee chats and happy hours felt novel.

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Team Tips Build Awareness 105

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

Leadership 83

Leadership Evaluation Action Business 83

sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2024

In addition to your code of conduct, the handbook should include your mission statement, school calendar, policies, and procedures. Your team may need some training to help them manage those relationships. Consider having older children sign the code of conduct as well as all adults responsible for their children’s care.

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Communication Student Contact Children 105

Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

These connections may be able to help facilitate a warm introduction with key contacts at potential companies. Similarly, if your nonprofit will be marketing the company at your event, create a campaign calendar that lays out when, how, and where you will promote their brand. Dedicated contact.

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Sponsor Fundraising Benefit Audience 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

The Gifted Learning Project: Whenever you plan a fundraising event, double check the calendar and dates in all your external communications. Disability Network : When you plan a fundraising project, make sure you have a solid team of volunteers to help you implement – and train and equipment them to support the effort.

Contest 93

Contest Omaha Social Media Project 93

NonProfit Hub

MAY 4, 2021

Here are a few ways to get started: Set board goals quarterly for volunteer hours, attendance, donations, or facilitating new connections. . Consider using a program like Engagement Communities to house board documents, educational content, and calendars of board meetings. Hold annual board reviews.

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Build Director Education Gift 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. You’ll want to set up a campaign calendar for your content so you are organized and it is efficient to distribute the stories through your various channels. Until one day….

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Campaign Fund Practice Giving 132

Neon CRM

APRIL 10, 2025

Grant management software facilitates this collaboration by providing tools that enable multiple users to work on applications, share notes, and track progress. Grant Calendar Management: There are reports of difficulties in managing the grant calendar, particularly the inability to delete unwanted grants from the calendar.

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Grant Software Management Guide 52

Gyrus

MARCH 9, 2024

Army Learning Management System (ALMS) Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Army Learning Management System ( ALMS ) is an integrated web-based training management system. It is designed to support all phases of the learning process: from initial training through certification and career development. Where Can I Begin My ALMS class?

Learning Management 52

Learning Management System Learning Management 52

Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Army Learning Management System (ALMS) Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Army Learning Management System (ALMS) is an integrated web-based training management system. It is designed to support all phases of the learning process: from initial training through certification and career development. Where Can I Begin My ALMS class?

Learning Management 52

Learning Management System Learning Management 52