Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Daily Walking Reflection I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions because they don’t offer an opportunity for reflection. For over thirty years, I have integrated “reflection rituals” in my professional work on a daily, weekly, quarterly, and annually basis. I call it my “To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.“

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 30, 2021

Whether it’s something structured like a weekly sales meeting or casual like trivia or happy-hour, time is always taken to get to know one another on a personal level. The post 25 Years of VolunteerHub – Employees Reflect on the Company and Culture appeared first on VolunteerHub. View Job Openings.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? Challenging as it may seem, the payoff that comes from structuring governance according to organizational and lifecycle needs is well worth the time and effort. 378) (Brown, 2005, p. 1996, 370-73).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. There are many ways to do this, but try to avoid the “Q/A of the Expert at the End,” and facilitate discussion that is more reflective. Reflection. So, you have to design for that.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Among other things, it requires new models of collaboration, which is why several leading organizations recently came together to rethink core assumptions about how to address global hunger, with the audacious goal of ending chronic hunger in our lifetimes. Ending hunger requires changing political, economic, and social power structures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

Now that we’ve had some time to reflect, I am wondering about how the Sharing Economy will catalyze new forms of philanthropy and CSR? Lucy Bernholz wrote a reflection post Share Conference called “ Sharing Data.” Want to look at structural racism, affordable housing or daycare, or gender and safety issues?

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you’ve been looking for an initiative to spark interdepartmental collaboration, a chatbot would be a good test case. They are good for handling straightforward and structured interactions and are easy to build and maintain, making them an appropriate choice for beginners or initiatives with well-defined processes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Christian Kreutz has written up his reflections on the recent Web2.0fordev conference. How do I offer all these channels for collaboration and still filter what is important to me? A complete contrast to that was Damir Simunic, who talked about Collaboration on the Edge of Network. how to best combine all these web2.0

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Our members were privileged to hear their reflections on a unique time in their organizations’ history and how the pandemic’s impact reshaped their future. There were multiple areas where collaboration helped to ease the hardship. Sharon Rice ,orgSource, Managing Director of Business Strategy, moderated this insightful conversation.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In the United States, philanthropic collaboratives—entities that either pool or channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofits— collectively directed between $2 billion and $3 billion to a variety of grantees in 2021, and our research indicates that figure has grown since then.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

Leaders are proponents of professional development, and the vast majority of them value shared leadership — meaning an approach that is both inclusive and collaborative, and shares decision making and authority with others throughout the organization. Is this a contradiction?

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Of course, there are auxiliaries that are adaptable, responsive, and truly collaborative. Well, first and foremost, they are proceeding slowly, carefully, and collaboratively. This is where collaboration is especially crucial. But there are also many that are, well, less so. Lessons from the Field. Mapping the Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

While participants in each track will explore their topics in depth and in the context of a facilitated structure, there will be inspiring keynotes and opportunities for networking for all participants.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By doing some homework upfront, you ensure that the agency can hit the ground running and deliver a final product that truly reflects your organizations values, goals, and community needs. These metrics can then guide layout decisions, calls-to-action, and content structure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

I have been reflecting on my system for doing this – looking at the tension between curating one’s network and get things done, but leaving room for serendipity. As far as geekery topics, I’m particularly excited to explore some of the new tools for coping with the ever expanding information on social networks and mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

This book has been my companion lately – not only because it is so rich (check out the table of contents ) but it has given me a lot to think about and reflect on in terms of my own social media use – and how to be a lot of smarter about it. They include: attention, crap detection, collaboration, networks, and participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. But whether you call it “networked” ways of working, “collaboration 2.0” Photo by Beth Kanter. So what to do?

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Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Expanding the DEI lens: Equitable and inclusive structures In 2015, we focused on building a solid HR infrastructure, constantly evaluating our efforts in the context of DEI. pay structure and created an adaptable approach for our regional offices where reliable living wage data wasn’t available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2012

During the conference, “a small army of guest bloggers [and] grantmakers, who [attended GEO] posted their reflections on the session and LIP in general on my blog. These are here: Bridge Building or Trust Busting: A Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? The learning in public (slides and resources here ).

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

In the context of this column, growth is not about structured acquisition of new knowledge or skills but focused on learning to apply knowledge in unexpected ways and stretching boundaries of comfort. This way of thinking is reflected in your actions and demeanor, modeling behavior for those around you. What Is Growth?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

I received a copy of her reflections and asked if I could share it with more people. As an intern, I was working for Bookshare in Chennai, India, as their "on-the-ground" person, doing outreach and helping to establish a structure that will support their service there. Thanks to Anna for saying yes, and for sharing her experiences!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

We at Monitor Institute have been digging into questions such as these as part of a broader reflection on the networks-focused work of the organizational effectiveness team at the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. How can insight generated by the learning group be made more broadly available?

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sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

No longer confined to the more traditional, narrow lane of strictly managing an organization’s revenue and expense sheets, today’s nonprofit CFOs are increasingly asked to design a multifaceted approach that encompasses strategic vision, collaboration, and innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content. I’ve done this as a reflection exercise towards the end of a multiple day training or full day training. I might have them sit and discuss a small group exercise, but the results are on the wall for a standing debrief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them. She explained that “learning or teaching the old” is about training, knowledge transfer, and structured, directed learning. He asked us to list them.

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Care2

OCTOBER 26, 2011

What we’ve seen across all organizations, regardless of size, is that digital teams—their structure, leadership, and how they are affected by the culture of the institutions where they work—are the biggest predictor of online effectiveness.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

This post is part of our continued efforts to share updates about internal and external efforts and outcomes to more directly invite accountability and collaboration in this work. While our complete evaluation is quite long, we’ve summarized reflections and commitments for 2022 from every area of our commitments in practice.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

You can tap into this diversity to create a collaborative environment. You can use assessment questionnaires to collect feedback as well as Bloomerang analytics to pinpoint areas for improvement, ensuring your board’s structure and processes remain aligned with your nonprofit’s evolving needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2008

The NTEN project WeAreMedia project is an excellent personal learning laboratory for reflection and insights about this topic. " Dave Cormier signed up to be a critical friend soon after the project launched and posted a reflection here. Not sure where to jump in because of the way information is structured.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Implementing these five strategies into your current nonprofit organizations DEI initiatives will ensure that your organization is critically thinking about and including the community you serve into all layers of your organizational structure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual). Evaluation should also include your personal reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. Teampedia -This collection includes many useful team building activities, icebreakers, teamwork resources, and tools for teams that want to improve their collaborative processes, including meetings.

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Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2024

collaborative is one example of a Responsible AI Framework that helps to define responsible use for nonprofits clearly. This may include defining clear objectives by identifying the specific goals you want to achieve with AI and covering areas such as privacy and security, data ethics, transparency, collaboration, and inclusiveness.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 10, 2016

Proposition 22: The normal expectation ought to be that success will be very difficult to achieve in cross-sector collaborations.” - John Bryson, et al., "The The Design and Implementation of Cross-Sector Collaborations". Collaboration is emerging as a popular vehicle to solve complicated problems that our communities face.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. After a broad survey, Rick’s team defined three broad categories of public participation in scientific research: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

"Adin Miller, a friend and all-around smart guy, wrote a blog post reflecting on James Surowiecki’s talk about the“ Wisdom of Crowds ” at the Communications Network and CommA Fall 2010 Conference. " Tags: Influence Collaboration Communication.

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