Candid

MAY 15, 2024

We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls. If a metric isn’t reflective of the impact they want to make, then why collect it? Ultimately, TBP is about facilitating community self-determination, helping partners envision and create the future that they want.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Each student signed in to the collaborative Google document to indicate that they were in attendance. Collaborative technology is incredible. Throughout the session, we’d divide into smaller groups or pairs to learn from each other more collaboratively. So I started using collaborative Google documents.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Collaborate with peers : Engage with other fundraisers and organizations to share insights and best practices. Collaborative efforts can lead to innovative solutions and improved fundraising results. Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. Do you have a fundraising plan?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. That means everyone – the facilitator, note taker, and even the senior manager.

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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. Collaboration is key. When connecting with board members , consider how to persuade them that philanthropy facilitation is everyone’s job. It’s in your job description.

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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. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. For example, just a few weeks ago I decided to kick a bad habit to curb: sleeping with my mobile phone which was disrupting my sleep. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be in New Zealand, leading a workshop on social media and I facilitated a module on mindful social media. It seemed very inappropriate given that my host, Stephen Blyth , collaborated with Peter Sykes, CEO & Founder at Mangere East Family Service Centre and we held the workshop on a Marae.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Large data platforms, especially those that make donations of products and services, are putting high-powered software into nonprofits’ hands at a fraction of the cost that would ordinarily reflect on commercial customers. This is genuinely a good thing. What is ordinary in the corporate world is heretical in the nonprofit world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2016

Every morning, I get to the office, switch my phone to silent, and grab a glass of water while my laptop’s starting up. By individually supporting one another, staff members can be mentally and emotionally present and be uplifting and motivating every day, which can reflect on the produced work and achievements of your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2024

Today, text messaging platforms enable instant, direct interaction with wider audiences, facilitating greater fundraising, awareness campaigns, volunteer coordination, and real-time updates during crises. Interactive and collaborative experiences: Creating interactive experiences through mobile messaging is another growing trend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

We called on our network to take action with emailed action alerts, phone calls and posting messages on Twitter and Facebook. They had made a phone call, written a letter, sent an email, blogged about it and, in some cases; they had even met with their local representative.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

What if you had time to reflect, think and process between sessions? All of this is done virtually combining video conferencing with a collaborative tool to capture notes and ideas along the way. A well facilitated online strategic planning process has the opportunity to be the opposite of what is on the list above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. The key to networks is connections and reciprocity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. ” She typically “fits in” twitter during down time during the day, tweets from her mobile phone. Synergistic Collaboration: Who are you aligned partners online/offline?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been experimenting with integrating social media into instruction for the past five years, so the webinar was a great opportunity to reflect on practice. The community is hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish in collaboration with Omnipress. They're done on the phone and chat. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

It is a visual collaboration tool that you can use online and it is something that I have been dreaming about for ten years. I resisted the urge because I wasn't collaborating with anyone on this post and I just needed to do some quick solo visual thinking so I used my snagit program. The discussion thread goes something like this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2005

" I never expected that anyone would take the time to reflect on that question, let alone lead me towards understanding. I'm still trying to better understand what it all means for nonprofits and maybe we just say to hell with the technology hype & buzzwords and focus on the value of collaborative outcomes that the Web 2.0 (for

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

I am also behind in my reflections about my first virtual meeting at the TechSoup office last week. I've facilitated and participated in many online meetings - using various tools (phone, chat, whiteboards, etc.) How does the use of the avatars add or distract from our communication/interaction or to collaborate effectively?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

I’ve been working program and instructional design, facilitation of peer calls and workshops – in collaboration with the fantastic team at Spitfire. Since not every person in the cohort could travel to Washington, DC, we had virtual participants who joined us via phone and the webinar software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

I was honored to design and facilitate a panel at SXSW on Sunday called " Crowd Sourcing Innovative Social Change." Using this open source collaborative platform, the Manhattan-based nonprofit has so far engaged more than 600 communities in 55 countries in creating citizen maps to catalyze new environmental projects, large and small.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So first is how we can reflect on the importance of diversity to our board’s work, specifically fundraising. They’re collaborative, they’re passionate about your mission. Our board members can facilitate personal introductions to our professional leadership. And can you have your board make phone calls?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

He firmly believes that leaders who strive toward balance can more readily identify and curtail organizational entropy, facilitate a culture of trust, and foster diverse organizations and cultures that inspire everyone to bring their “whole sell” to work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

He firmly believes that leaders who strive toward balance can more readily identify and curtail organizational entropy, facilitate a culture of trust, and foster diverse organizations and cultures that inspire everyone to bring their “whole sell” to work.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2009

A visitor could register her phone with the museum, so that her number is uniquely associated with her personal profile. The Race exhibit served as a facilitation of potential dialogue based on a very simple finger-based exchange. What "no-tech" visitor actions or interrelations reflect your participatory goals?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

So that is what we explore in depth in our certificate in philanthropic psychology at our institute, how can we, through fundraising in the charitable sector, facilitate the love that people can have, not only for those easily lovable, but also for the people that might be most difficult for us to love. So here is an example from a donor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs. This blog post includes some reflections about my first visit to Africa, the importance of face-to-face meetings and building relationships, and some thoughts about how some of the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit transcend boundaries.

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EveryAction

APRIL 13, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Looking for more ways to build your volunteer program?

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