VisionLink

AUGUST 20, 2023

Most importantly, the more comprehensive the information is in the early phases of recovery, the more the local community knows about its own needs, and the more it can better direct its own recovery. Many of these organizations already exist in the local community.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 13, 2023

In response to many requests, we have developed a facilitation guide for formal and informal book groups. How did your experience of “community” change in recent years, and how did that experience apply to your efforts to engage volunteers or serve clients? The post Introducing our Book Group Facilitation Guide!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2014

Note from Beth: Over the last year, I’ve been facilitating a peer learning network of community foundations, grantees of the Knight Foundation, that are hosting Giving Days throughout the year. Participants are learning and sharing best practices. How do you get attention for a 24-hour online Giving Day campaign?

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Local America Giving People 112

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. It was a lot of fun, and as much as I was asked to share some of my knowledge and ideas, I learned a great deal from the local participants. Create Community Dialogue. Multimedia Storytelling.

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Organization Create Romania Local 237

VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Through Peer Support Groups, warriors connect with each other, work to overcome challenges, and develop a renewed sense of community. We also held events at least quarterly, doing volunteer work with the food bank and local schools, as well as social events – like movie nights, bowling, and holiday celebrations. We are a family.

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Volunteer Virtual Group Support 98

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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Journal Local News Fund 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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Facilitation Skills System Change 86

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Why Community? So, why community? You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Library Community Collaboration Model 241

CauseVox

MARCH 13, 2024

And we couldn’t think of a better organization to highlight than Spur Local. Spur Local blew it out of the water last year with their Give Local Together Campaign. About Spur Local Spur Local (formerly Catalogue for Philanthropy), is a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening communities in the Greater Washington region.

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Local Campaign Giving Story 93

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Although much of our work over the past year and a half has focused on providing immediate support to communities acutely impacted by the pandemic, we’re on a mission to build a thriving San Francisco in the months and years ahead. Their work and in-depth knowledge of the communities they serve have fostered critical networks of care.

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San Francisco Community Model Build 111

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The first post I wrote in 2009 was about a perspective-shifting trip I had taken with a local bike group of people who mostly looked like me. Our participants were hungry for leadership experiences, so we formalized a network to train people to become welcoming outdoor leaders in their own community. Just go and experience nature!

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History Community Conservancy Leadership 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

This workshop, graciously hosted by the Community Foundation of Monterey County with support from the Packard Foundation, was a two-part session. The first session, facilitated by colleague Daniel Cohen, focused on creating a communications strategy. Community Foundation of Monterey. The resources can be found here.

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Foundation Community Reflection Social Media 93

Candid

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At Candid, we partner with libraries and nonprofit resource centers across the country to provide nonprofit organizations and local communities with free access to Candid’s educational resources, trainings, and products. Candid community partners are strengthening the local nonprofit sector and helping their communities.

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Resource Accessibility Community Nonprofit 86

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. By embracing a community leadership role, foundations can amplify their impact and empower grantees to achieve long-term, sustainable success.

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Foundation Leadership Roles Community 97

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2014

That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience. Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share.

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Facilitation Colorado Denver Leadership 61

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

If you are an organization or group that wants to catalyze and support community-generated projects or you are someone that wants to get involved, I hope this is a format you can take and run with.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience. Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share.

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Facilitation Texas Leadership Track 58

Candid

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As the philanthropic sector faces growing pushback against efforts to build more equitable communities, I regularly receive messages from giving circles seeking guidance on how to sustain and protect the progress weve made. Their strength lies in uniting diverse groups around shared values, which fosters deeper dialogue and collective action.

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Action Giving Empowerment Philanthropy 59

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

But what are the locals excited about on the ground? However, one said: “The ecosystem still lacks local funding for the late Series A and beyond rounds.”. I think local tech investors are taking more risks and becoming global scene players. Moreover, the local investor community is quite dynamic. Rokas Tamoši?

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Lithuania Local International Share 103

Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Nonprofits also experience high volunteer turnover due to their life cycles, which ebb and flow with local and global crises or social issues such as human rights, health, and environmental concerns, as well as the transient nature of volunteering. For example, in the U.S. Lets dig into these in a bit more detail.

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Volunteer Strategy Americorp Train 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.” This takes patience.

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Foundation Digital Community Strategy 93

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Building a Community Across Platforms. Most commonly, communities form around an issue, a cause, or even a campaign on many different types of social media, and stretch across platforms. However, the real challenge is creating community across platforms. However, the real challenge is creating community across platforms.

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Proposal NTEN Louisiana Campaign 134

NetWits

DECEMBER 6, 2010

As an example, I volunteered for years at an local organization working in one specific area on a weekly basis. Allow your volunteers to network with one another online to keep them engaged and facilitate a community. For many organizations, volunteers are the life blood of the cause because of budget cuts, small staffs, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

In May, I was lucky enough to spend a few days with community foundations at the annual GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference. The lab used human design facilitation techniques that I have been trained on by Luma Institute. Team 1: “Know Your Community: 5 in 10.”. Photo by Rachel Calderon. I was blown away!

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Reflection Conference Learning Homeless 114

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The model isn’t set up to facilitate growth, and profits aren’t the priority — the impact is. You can zoom in to see images from that community, the solution for clean water, and the number of people impacted. Hologram boxes show real people from the communities that charity: water serves.

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Technology Support Build Charity 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2022

Giving 150 local communities £1 million each with no strings attached: This is the leap of faith the National Lottery Community Fund took in 2012 when it established a nonprofit organisation called Local Trust to deliver Big Local, a programme that puts money directly into the hands of communities across the UK.

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Place Fund Tech Local 98

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Smaller, place-based foundations are managed by individuals with deep ties to the community. Oftentimes, local government agencies and other funding organizations like United Way participate.

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Collaboration Foundation Philanthropy Local 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2011

The agency was created by local nonprofit agencies to address the preparedness and response needs of service providers — whose consumers are among the most vulnerable people in any community. CARD is a nonprofit agency, based in Oakland California.

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Disaster Oakland Donation Train 108

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. I also work closely with our innovator community, those who have submitted Projects on our platform and participated in open innovation Challenges.

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

An expert on branding startups, executive leadership, governance, and more, Allison has deep roots in the association community. million community members have been reached with information, skills, and services. As the executive director, you facilitate an International group that is service-oriented and driven by women.

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International Conversation Leadership Issue 221

NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

For the last two and a half years, Amy has worked as Community Development Manager for Community-Driven Innovation at TechSoup Global , but we knew her back when she was just setting out on the road to nptech super-stardom with the Meyer Memorial Trust right here in Portland, where she led our local 501 Tech Club.

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Sample NTEN Director Portland 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Community Block Party attendees check out participating nonprofit organizations during the event. These strategies are helping community foundations experiment, iterate and implement best practices when it comes to hosting Giving Days as well as document and spread those practices to others in the Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Professional Nonprofit Facilitation Journal 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. The Blue Grass Community Foundation, for example, added 16 new funds through its eight-week campaign.

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Campaign Tips Giving Case Study 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2013

The best part of the Playbook is that it is full of checklists and templates from the community foundations that in recent years have experimented with these campaigns, often with great success. They can seem overwhelming—months of planning, untold hours of staff time, culminating in a 24-hour or longer sprint. But they don’t have to be.

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Foundation Giving Miami Train 107

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Local Community Organizers (#localco). Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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