Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times. To stay healthy, nonprofits must continually generate and share new ideas. Today, Claire will be the facilitator. Do you have one in place?

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 3, 2023

In a January, 2021 VQ blog post , I shared shared the following perspectives on Days of Service: Days of Service are a double-edged sword. I had hoped it would fuel some conversations, which it most certainly did, but it launched conversations not only about service days, rather about many things.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Alongside co-founder Falon Fatemi, he’s planning to launch Fireside , a “next-gen podcast platform” that facilitates live conversation, according to an email sent to possible creator partners seen by The Verge. The app idea is similar to the buzzy live audio startup Clubhouse, except with the ability to natively record conversations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 31, 2025

A recurring theme emerged: most spaces feel like digital ghost townsfilled with resources and announcements but lacking conversation and connection. One attendee shared: “We built out an incredible knowledge hub on our platformtons of great resources, discussion forums, and even a member leaderboard.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

When you don’t have time to make a meeting agenda beforehand , the conversation can quickly get sidetracked and devolve into casual or irrelevant conversation. Without an agenda, it’s also very easy for one or two people to dominate the meeting, which means that not everyone will get a chance to share their ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. Here’s an overview the tips and resources I shared. Don’t wing it alone.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Safeguarding must be part of this conversation, ensuring that vulnerable populations are not only protected from harm but also empowered to advocate for their own safety and well-being. In recent years, there has been increasing attention on the need for funders to shift power to grantees.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Great conversation, a little bubbly, and treats at the Innovation Summit. Teri Carden, Founder and CEO of 100 Reviews , facilitated a panel discussion on how to turn your next great idea into gold. Sharon will facilitate a 360-degree discussion about trust. Just what we missed in 2022! Leadership. Creating Community.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Is there expertise we can share? Are there connections we can facilitate? This big little idea was simply to hold space for CDOs to talk about what’s stressing them out and share experiences, ideas, and lessons learned with others who are facing the same challenges and finding their way through. How can we retain talent?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

As we grow older, storytelling is the means by which we engage with our friends and family to create shared understanding, and eventually with our employers and workmates to establish alignment around a mission. WhatsApp offers an appealing and efficient method of sharing documents and other materials among members of a team.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. Communities share, pass on, and constantly expand a collective wisdom and knowledge from experiences, events, movements and legacy. Principles.

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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. And here’s how to start! How To Start a Blog.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The firm came across the problem in its work around “default global,” in that banks really want to facilitate more cross border money movement – especially as the world is increasingly global. “We’ve And Gary shared the same thesis.”. A group of strategic individual investors also participated in the latest financing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

The overtouting of conversation as the ultimate metric of mobile and social media success has unfortunately been overdone. To engage effectively is to respond genuinely to questions and comments and facilitate the discussions that your followers are having with each other. This is both ineffective and a poor investment of time.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We call it the “Last-Click Fallacy” – the mistaken belief that the final touchpoint before conversion deserves all the credit for the outcome. Yet this is exactly what happens in digital marketing when we give all the credit to the last-click before conversion.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 22, 2021

I’ve been having conversations with my team, friends in the industry and fellow CEOs about what to expect in 2022 and we all agree that next year will be another wild ride. Last Friday, for the first part of the Matrix Group holiday celebration, I hired a facilitator to run a group discussion about the year we’ve just had.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Explore Future Impacts Tom believes it’s MTI’s responsibility to initiate conversations about anything that might impact the heat metal industry. We’re forcing these conversations, Tom says. There’s no other framework that allows you to come together as a group of people or companies and facilitate or fight for a cause.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

An Easy Workflow Conversion? Data Conversion or Reckless Migration? Data conversion is more complicated than most want to admit. If this is not the case, your provider could also use some purposely designed conversion tools. On the other hand, tools now exist to move just about anything to anywhere.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Use your voice: If talking jogs your memory, use conversation mode in ChatGPT , Claude , Googles Gemini , or Microsofts CoPilot. Claude Pro provided an excellent overview of the kinds of books Ive selected for the book group I facilitate over the past eight years. You can use those collections to train your AI assistant.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The over-touting of conversation as the ultimate metric of mobile and social media success has unfortunately manifested itself by many nonprofits mass thanking followers for their follows or retweets and posting “Thanks!” On mobile and social media, whoever shares, posts, tweets, and features the best content wins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2019

As part of my work with nonprofit organizations to help them build a culture of resilience that I wrote about in the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , I have facilitated retreats where staff brainstorm ideas and identify simple ways that they can make working at their organization more enjoyable. Share it in the comments.

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Candid

MARCH 3, 2025

This influx of data is the result of Demographics via Candid, an initiative that empowers nonprofits to share this data one time, on the Candid profile, where it can be easily accessed by funders and other stakeholders across the field. This data also enabled the development of The State of Diversity in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

We are not used to conversations with another person while we are staring in a mirror. Incorporate water cooler conversations into your virtual collaboration space. The one I like the best is called “Two Pictures” where everyone shares 2 pictures about anything unrelated to work and spends some time sharing it with the team.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 11, 2024

Create and manage different volunteer groups To encourage and facilitate conversation between your member volunteers, use your online community platform to create different groups. If your volunteer program is large, you might want to add more groups to ensure conversation flows more freely.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Track your open rates and conversions (do they open the email and then do they actually make a gift) – open rates are important to measure, not just conversions and gifts. Share the challenges and the problems we want to tackle and asking them to join us in the whole process instead of just asking them to fund something.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The recent focus on social determinants of health adds even more energy to the conversation about exchanging and updating agency, referral and service data. Each of organization shares a common interest in making it easier to share resource directory information in real-time. Your Visionlink Team

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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. Shape the Conversation . Once you have a good handle on the subject matter, consider how you might want to shape a conversation on the topic with your key stakeholders.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Strong workplace communication is necessary to develop leadership skills, improve professional growth, facilitate collaboration, reduce conflicts and misunderstandings, and boost employee engagement. Organizations must invest in good learning management systems (LMS) to facilitate effective communication training.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Ten years ago, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) developed The Last Selfie , an innovative campaign that used Snapchat to share images of dozens of endangered animals. They created conversation by telling animals’ stories. To begin, make a list of people to ask about sharing their stories. Their story is the script.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

My work as a trainer and facilitator has brought me to many places in the world. Often, the training on-site is the beginning of project which includes facilitating sessions remotely across time zones. you automate the conversation, there is less of change of having “time zone dyslexia.”

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here are a few statistics that we shared: 27% of Americans say they have not too much or no confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interest ( Pew Research ) 39% of Americans, a record-high, say they don’t trust the media at all. Many attendees expressed surprise over the trust statistics that we shared.

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

We now provide you with our new breakout room feature within Workshops to facilitate concentrated conversations. Actionable brainstorm delegation: If the Workshop is specifically amongst a company or team that has a shared goal, breakout rooms can be a super-efficient way to delegate tasks.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. Visit and refresh your website, LinkedIn profile , and any other personal or professional accounts that you hope to share. Leave Room for Serendipity .

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Worse yet, the facilitator is boring, the content is useless, board members are texting, and the food is stale! The best facilitators will address these issues in a sensitive, thoughtful, and helpful manner so the board can snip the ropes that tie these touchy anchors. Then have them share an “impact story.”

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Over the intervening years, the company has introduced increasingly sophisticated fintech tools to facilitate invoicing and expand payment options.In market of more than $76 billion by 2030. In 2016, LeafLink launched as a marketplace to connect brands with retailers and streamline the ordering process.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

While active collaboration (which is the lion’s share) can happen over virtual meetings and emails, we haven’t fully solved for enabling the types of serendipitous conversations and chance connections that often power our biggest innovations and serve as the cornerstone of passive collaboration.

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