.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Formalize the interaction between these two groups by providing specific times for them to exchange information and channels for reporting the outcomes of those conversations. When you want to give validity and structure to ideas, put them in writing. Circulate the feedback broadly. I’m a big believer in documentation.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Formalize the interaction between these two groups by providing specific times for them to exchange information and channels for reporting the outcomes of those conversations. When you want to give validity and structure to ideas, put them in writing. Circulate the feedback broadly. I’m a big believer in documentation.

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Forum One

JUNE 22, 2022

The first step is to facilitate ideation. Workshops, ideation sessions, and other conversations with stakeholders are how we draw out, understand, systemize, and ultimately incorporate the heart and soul of any organization or effort into a strategy or tool. Facilitation. When facilitating the session, keep your role in mind.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Every month, a group called #4Change organizes open & lively conversations about how web-connected communities and our use of social media tools are helping to create change in the world. 4Change Chats are hosted on Twitter – Read “ Join the Conversation ” below for ways to jump into the discussion. Join the Conversation!

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

They pay a one-time fee based on the complexity of their structure.) Over the intervening years, the company has introduced increasingly sophisticated fintech tools to facilitate invoicing and expand payment options.In Today, companies of all sizes, from mom-and-pop shops to venture-backed unicorns, are using SimpleClosures platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

I shared this on Twitter and the conversation brought out some interesting points that I curated in “Storify,&# a story telling tool. (And, had to laugh at the geeky recursiveness of creating a story out of qualitative data from Twitter and other sources – and then adding it to my curated nonprofit measurement collection on scoop.it).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. Understanding: Methods for Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

A (blog) conversation strategy is how you support and nurture a conversation on your blog in the comments. It is a combination of how you will comment on other blogs, how you track the conversation, and how you respond to comments on your blog. But, the real question is how do you facilitate conversation?

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Gyrus

JULY 18, 2024

Conversely, automation enables you to leverage HR technology to smoothen out the traditional onboarding to digital transition. It guides new hires effortlessly through each onboarding step and delivers a structured experience without the need for manual intervention. Now how does Gyrus LMS help in onboarding automation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. This builds a standard structure into the process from the start. Kicking off the conversation. Just remember to set a hard time limit on the kickoff portion of the meeting to avoid having it overtake the entire conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

.&# On the other hand, we could all go back to our respective homes and work towards that in a chaotic, uncoordinated, and distributed way. What emerged as the idea that TechSoup Global, using a networked mindset could facilitate this to happen. Being/Doing Structure: The first day offered more structure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. It also makes it easy for attendees to follow the conversation thread and participate whether they are or in the room or following from afar. Photo by Mansikka. What is a #HashTag?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). What do we know about emerging practices around network strategy, structure, governance, leadership, communication platforms, backbone organizations, etc.?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. This is the last post in a series of post about my experience at SXSW. 1. Know What Success Is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2007

David Wilcox has an excellent post about generating conversation on blogs or for that matter other social media tools. The other reason is that I'm prepping for a couple of conference sessions on Social Media Metrics and one of the areas to consider is "conversation index" - more on that later. Source: Skelliewag.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2021

Foundation staff participating in the discussion called out “a need to assess readiness for change—willingness, ability, and facilitative conditions—among individuals, teams and organizations” and a “fluidity required to engage in the continual evolution of process, understanding and adoption.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? How do we get a telling the story about why this all important?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2009

How can we take advantage of the radically networked digital world we now live in to help revive our economy, rebuild our democratic structures and improve public services? Conversing with local government at grassroots level- Hyperlocality and active citizenship. Social Innovation Camp Express. The future of public service media.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Since each staff person knows intimately their own positions and experiences as employees at your organization, they are well-suited to contribute to the conversation about the kind of leader they think would be most effective at helping them continue their work. Leave a comment and join in the conversation!

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The good news is that facilitating networking in a virtual setting is quite simple. If you are thinking of hosting a virtual networking event, we have some tips that can help you with the planning and facilitation process. Some ways to provide value and structure: Bring in a popular industry figure or thought leader.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A conversion-optimized donation page. Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. A/B testing involves creating two different versions of a webpage and assessing which drives more engagement and conversions. A conversion-optimized donation page.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Whether you are wondering how to build your own community campaigns, how to use existing community content and amplify the messages coming through, or what platforms to use for collaboration with your members, we ask you to bring your questions and start a new conversation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Private frequencies can be used to have secure conversations with friends, whereas public frequencies host conversations about different topics with users around the world. The company also wants to facilitate a way for creators to communicate and interact with their followers on Walkie-talkie.

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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. If you’re in the process of planning a retreat, don’t settle!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

One topic they discussed the challenge of networked governance and leadership and mentioned that they’d be holding this convening to talk about to “smush&# the two networks together and have the networks design the best governance structure. Photo by Glenn Hirsch. The started with some big picture frames.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

How can we facilitate digital experiences that empower more people to discover, engage, and contribute to the narratives and realities of race in America? It was a lovely evening that inspired a rich conversation. But then, As we all know, the world shut down. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Creating open communities with old siloed corporate structures. And yes nonprofits mimic their corporate brethren with siloed structures. Tweet conversations about you. Tweet conversations about you. How can you tell the difference? If we are successful, we’re being talked about, rather than talking.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The company, which announced a $200,000 pre-seed last September , said it intends to use the investment to hire talent, build up its processes, structure, and scale into new African markets. We want to be that connecting platform on the continent. That said, Bumpa would not be heading into this Herculean task blindly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2007

of our connected conversations and resource finds. But is there a way to make it proactive and more organized rather than reactive with no structure or organization? What if we thought of the NPTech Tag as a way to aggregate and facilitate a more focused distributed conversation and the summary is, well, a summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I participated in a meeting today at the Packard Foundation facilitated by the good folks at Monitor Institute to reflect on the work they've been doing over the past 18 months on network effectiveness. Working in an institutional setting is far more structured, formal, more face-to-face meetings, slower paced, and less porosity.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I shared this on Twitter and the conversation brought out some interesting points that I curated in “Storify,” a story telling tool. (I Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation , about participatory learning agendas. And so it goes …….

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 28, 2012

People like to be connectors, they like to be of importance and they love to see their facilitation yield fruition. It should be noted that a good networker will use those times to make meaningful conversation with people who could potentially render a connection or service.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Much like the structure of a story, setting or place for origination is critical in how both sides establish the relationship. We all have examples of these in our lives—maybe it was the first conversation or engagement you had with someone at your organization when you were applying for your job. What’s Your Origin Story?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

Last week I wrote about Steve Shu's post about facilitating blog communities. I asked if there were a set of best practices or design principles in facilitating blog communities. Steve has shared his learnings on facilitating a blog community. Steve posted a comment with some tips.

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