Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences.

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Forum One

MAY 30, 2024

Techniques that Create Credibility Clarity, authenticity, and inclusivity are essential for communicating trust effectively. Here are some techniques that we like to use: Feedback Loops Designing feedback mechanisms encourages open communication with audiences. And are you paying attention to all the right cues?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

One of my favorite icebreakers in face-to-face workshops is called the Human Chart or SpectraGram created by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies Gunner’s techniques in his own technology/activist trainings. Can this technique work for an online meeting?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Utilizing infographics, charts, and other visual tools can help break down your nonprofit’s achievements and impact into digestible bits. Storytelling techniques Craft these stories with care, using narrative techniques that engage the emotions of your readers.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

You should have a data collection system that helps evaluate which fundraising techniques bring in new donors and which techniques help you retain donors or take them to the next level. Management and Organizational Charts. Break up the sections for easy reading, and use graphs and charts where you can. Use only text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The chart above comes from a recent study on the link between well being and workplace productivity and the impact of office design. This techniques can work, but if there are no workplace norms about respecting each other’s need for quiet time, these techniques can be derailed. Workplace Productivity and Well Being .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Keys to Datamaking Success Many of the tools and techniques that we have learned about data design and collection continue to be relevant in datamaking, such as: Ask clear questions and prioritize which data points, or combinations of data points, are most relevant to answering the questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.” What is your techniques or process visualizing data? I thought was done!

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sgEngage

AUGUST 20, 2024

In The Art of Charts: Choosing the Right Visualizations to Tell Your Story , Alicia Eastvold from Your Part-Time Controller, LLC, will share tips, techniques, and examples of effective storytelling graphics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

After helping my kids with math homework (they had to represent some data in a chart), I found this awesome, free chart maker at the National Center for Education Statistics. But the bonus was the tutorial to help you better understand and apply charts. That’s the most important thing to me, anyway.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Data nerds know how to clean and recode data, look for patterns, calculate key statistics, and then show off the most important information in graphs and charts.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Enhanced Interactive Event Features Incorporate interactive elements such as seating charts, goal meters, and live chats to create an engaging virtual environment. Techniques to Value Diverse Forms of Engagement Implement a mix of engagement techniques such as storytelling, recognition, and personalized communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

See the small group exercises timing charts in this document ). A simple technique is to put 2 or 3 people in a room and have share name, organization, and an icebreaker question. There are many different techniques for brainstorming that can easily be adapted to a virtual meeting.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Even using charts and graphs can help a lot. Tools and techniques, both virtual and in person Tools and techniques that facilitate visual thinking can significantly improve brainstorming outcomes. People think, and dream, visually—not with words. Participants use the group memory to build on each others’ contributions.

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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. Round Robin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

The above is an example of how to do this with pen and paper, another way is to use apps called Mood Trackers , journals that let you chart your emotions and thoughts and test different self-management techniques. What is your favorite journaling technique? 2: Track Your Moods. How you manage stress triggers at work?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. Grossman recommends that when you have something you want to get your employees input on, post a question on a flip chart in your department or office.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2017

You can see them in this chart. What techniques have you used to set priorities for a big, complicated negotiation? While trustees and staff had different top priorities, the cumulative priorities were clear. We were able to split the original ten priorities into five “must-haves” and five non-essential preferences.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy…. For example, the heading of a bar chart can state the specific interpretation that you want your audience to see, making it unnecessary to go into great detail about the data. Go deeper — use empathy. Deeply connected to your topic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events. Here’s another example of how Billboard is using nostalgia in its tweets: This Week In Billboard Chart History: TLC Takes ‘No Scrubs’ To No. Billboard (@billboard) April 7, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2013

One of the topics the peer learning group took a deep dive into was selecting the right chart and techniques offered by nonprofit data nerds Stephanie Evergreen (who write a guest post on how to create great graphs ) and Anne Emery’s tips on how to avoid boring bar charts.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Chart Your Course webinars available on demand To get started, it helps to have in mind a problem you think might be solved by AI. Leveraging techniques he and his “Whiz Kids” first practiced in the Pacific Theater of WWII, McNamara devised a data-lead strategy for the commitment of American troops and materiel in Vietnam.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. In Sharon Bowman’s “ Using Brain Science To Make Science Stick ” offers several simple principles to incorporate based on brain science, including: Movement is better than sitting. Here’s some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies the Spectragram technique in his technology/activist trainings. Opening Exercise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Offer Training in Conflict Management To Social Media Professionals: The book describes techniques for conflict management and how to respond in various situations, but organizing a training for staff that includes role play and simulations to practice these skills is also important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Despite what people may say in an evaluation, brain science suggests that the longer people sit the less they learn. The book offers some techniques to incorporate movement with the goal of improved retention and learning: 1. All these techniques incorporate interaction and better processing of your content.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

How to do it Create a separate account for each fund in your segmented chart of accounts and assign each transaction to the appropriate fund. Scenario budgeting is a technique that allows you to create different versions of your budget based on different assumptions and contingencies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2016

The book includes access to Katie’s research papers, vendor selection charts, and much more. You also get access to Katie’s monthly Measurement Hours where you can ask Katie questions. ” That means as new tools and techniques become available, she updates the material and you get revised content at no charge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy…. For example, the heading of a bar chart can state the specific interpretation that you want your audience to see, making it unnecessary to go into great detail about the data. Go deeper — use empathy. Deeply connected to your topic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening. I schedule my writing time during peak concentration hours in the day. (I’ve charted those – so I know when they occur). Reading, reviewing, commenting, writing, and editing content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

He describes a simple technique of taking 5 minutes every morning to write down 3 important tasks to accomplish and then reminding yourself every hour as to whether you have completed those tasks using your iPhone alarm. However, if you have to do “work” on Facebook, here’s some work flow tips for avoiding distraction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Here are two stories about two very different nonprofits and how they approached designing their dashboards with human-centered design techniques.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

In addition to the technical skills and tools described [ in the extended version of this article ], it is also important for staff to incorporate techniques into their daily work life that reduce distraction and stress. I've charted those – so I know when they occur). Have any techniques to add to this list?

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OneCause

MAY 12, 2021

As you plan for your future fundraising strategies, start by taking a look at your current revenue pie chart. Find out more about the strategies, tools, and techniques that can help you power up your fundraising: Watch the on-demand webinar, Power Fundraising with CRM. Where is your largest support coming from today?

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