Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. Here they are: My Three Rituals. I also use it as a year in review tool.

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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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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

The training primarily focuses on developing the individual’s communication skills, active listening techniques and adapting the communication styles according to different situations. ECT is especially crucial in today’s fast-paced and multi-cultural work environment.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

The training primarily focuses on developing the individual’s communication skills, active listening techniques, and adapting the communication styles according to different situations. ECT is especially crucial in today’s fast-paced and multi-cultural work environment.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

The training primarily focuses on developing the individual’s communication skills, active listening techniques, and adapting the communication styles according to different situations. ECT is especially crucial in today’s fast-paced and multi-cultural work environment.

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Skills Leadership Communication Develop 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This section of the report covers new ways of thinking about organizational culture based in continuous improvement based on feedback. It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture. Cultural Indicators.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. This gets to the heart of the best practices that are needed to create a culture of philanthropy within anonprofit organization. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. We chose the latter.

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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. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

This is precisely where the concept of scaling training for international teams comes to the fore for promoting a coherent workplace culture, lessening misunderstandings, and assuring effective problem-solving. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

This is precisely where the concept of scaling training for international teams comes to the fore for promoting a coherent workplace culture, lessening misunderstandings, and assuring effective problem-solving. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

This is precisely where the concept of scaling training for international teams comes to the fore for promoting a coherent workplace culture, lessening misunderstandings, and assuring effective problem-solving. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Together, participants collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. We’ll also explore the strategic intent of GA4 as well as explore its potential in adaptive techniques, robust machine learning algorithms, and powerful predictive analytics. Check out the sessions below and vote for them today!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Filled with relatable case studies from top-performing individuals and companies—including Tim Cook, Starbucks, and Microsoft—Briceño lays out crisp, clear tactics for constant learning that will take your team to the next level and create a culture of high performance. If so, what behaviors do we want to engage in to accomplish this?

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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. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

And sometimes, we are not even aware of the symptoms , let alone changing the situation. Self-care and managing your stress is all about establishing and maintaining good habits, and writing it down helps you change and commit to the good habits. What is your favorite journaling technique? Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

But, if your internal culture is not a social one how can you possibly expect to be successful? This workshop will share strategies and techniques for changing your nonprofits culture to be more agile, training other staff to be social to scale, and managing your nonprofit’s c-suite and board.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2023

Today, we will explore how to train the sales team and the revenue-boosting techniques for the same. The Changing Landscape of Sales The sales landscape undergoes constant transformation, driven by crucial factors that directly influence sales strategies and outcomes.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2023

Today, we will explore how to train the sales team and the revenue-boosting techniques for the same. The Changing Landscape of Sales The sales landscape undergoes constant transformation, driven by crucial factors that directly influence sales strategies and outcomes.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2023

Today, we will explore how to train the sales team and the revenue-boosting techniques for the same. The Changing Landscape of Sales The sales landscape undergoes constant transformation, driven by crucial factors that directly influence sales strategies and outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. 1. Body Breaks: Incorporate some sort of movement or body activity every ten minutes.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 14, 2024

Arts and cultural organizations. The right POS system can greatly improve operations for nonprofit storefronts, facilitating greater customer engagement and satisfaction and increased funding for the organization’s mission. Some animal shelters even run pet cafes (such as cat cafes ) to generate more revenue.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Learning path offers techniques for performing several assessments and methods to implement the skills in real-time situations. Facilitates a positive learning environment : Employees are more likely to stick with a company that invests in upskilling. Well-trained employees contribute to business productivity.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Learning path offers techniques for performing several assessments and methods to implement the skills in real-time situations. Facilitates a positive learning environment : Employees are more likely to stick with a company that invests in upskilling. Well-trained employees contribute to business productivity.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Learning path offers techniques for performing several assessments and methods to implement the skills in real-time situations. Facilitates a positive learning environment : Employees are more likely to stick with a company that invests in upskilling. Well-trained employees contribute to business productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Here are two stories about two very different nonprofits and how they approached designing their dashboards with human-centered design techniques. Their theory of change is about raising awareness of the issues and then inspiring, engaging and encouraging their audiences to take actions around this goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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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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Gyrus

JULY 10, 2024

Brief Overview of the Rise of Online Learning The increasing demand for online learning stems from the rapid changes in the world. These platforms also facilitate instant feedback loops and provide opportunities for participation.

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Gyrus

JULY 10, 2024

Brief Overview of the Rise of Online Learning The increasing demand for online learning stems from the rapid changes in the world. These platforms also facilitate instant feedback loops and provide opportunities for participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

He further explains that improvisation takes technique, training, practice, thoughtfulness and intelligence. is a technique that slows the brain down. It facilitates conversation. This technique is one used effectively by the best improv professionals and Kulhan believes it's essential to succeeding in business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

I couldn’t have asked for a more authentic, culturally appropriate start to a workshop. The spiritual nature of the welcoming ceremony set the tone for a day of reflective practice for participants. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. Sunrise on Sacred Maori Land outside of Auckland, NZ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” We did a little role play showing good listening techniques and bad listening techniques.

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