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. Here’s the list: Function.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

By lifting up influential voices, we can build a culture of generosity that attracts more supporters and fosters long-term engagement. Our solutions are designed to facilitate these connections, helping nonprofits engage with donors in meaningful ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Last week I was lucky enough to facilitate a mini-innovation lab for 60 community foundation program officers at the first meeting of ProNet during the Council on Foundations conference in Cleveland, Ohio that celebrated 100 years of community philanthropy. Following this exercise, I facilitated an affinity map of the themes on the wall.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

If you are an arts and culture organization, think about crafting a tone of voice that is creative, clever, and entertaining. Ask yourself: what are five words that describe the character traits of your mission or organizational culture? And then use these words to craft your tone of voice. Branding isn’t only visual.

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JUNE 21, 2011

What made the game so unique is the social element – the game designers spent a lot of time writing about the participants and their visions for the future on postcards and distributing them throughout the night, giving them to random participants so they were prompted to seek out others. Learning Science by Design.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture. Gustavo Rasetti, CEO of Fearless Culture , describes Zappos relationship between culture and structure like this. Happiness is at the core of Zappos culture. Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

Establishing a Data Culture—one in which teams value, practice, and encourage using data to make decisions—is a key step toward building a data-driven organization that thrives in today’s dynamic environment. . But how can business leaders nurture that culture after it takes root? The cloud strengthens Data Culture by.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I’ve been facilitating nonprofit workshops and staff retreats focused on creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. It is one of many HR & Culture Slack Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

If you are an arts and culture organization, think about think about crafting a tone of voice that is creative, clever, and entertaining. Ask yourself: what are five words that describe the character traits of your mission or organizational culture? And then use those words to craft your tone of voice. Branding isn’t only visual.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Putting the user at the center of IT solutions helps teams to foresee frustrations, anxieties, or unintended consequences and to design intuitive experiences. Social media platforms and mobile apps facilitate real-time interactions, keeping members informed and involved. These unique insights facilitate objective decision-making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

” How Human-Centered Design Methods Can Help You Design A Better Dashboard. Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Dashboard design should also inspire buy-in and continuous improvement by using “ human centered design ” methods. Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Design for Participants To Apply. So, you have to design for that.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

This is the first in a four-part blog series, Building Trust and Credibility Through Design, based on a webinar led by Forum One’s Vice President of Design. Understanding audience needs is the core of good design. This fosters a culture of open communication and empathy within the team. Watch the webinar.

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.orgSource

MAY 9, 2023

But association professionals sometimes struggle with creating a culture of innovation and a nimble organization. Open the Windows “A culture of innovation helps associations become resilient, generate new revenue streams, and succeed in the face of extreme challenges,” Liz observes. “A Support data-driven decision-making.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

While analytics at scale promises many transformative business outcomes , most organizations struggle to build a widespread Data Culture that values and practices data-driven decision-making. Foster community that builds and celebrates your Data Culture. As your Data Culture develops, consider formal data leadership roles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

Note from Beth: Several years ago, I was got trained in design thinking facilitation methods using Luma and have incorporated these techniques into my consulting and training practice. Different Ways Nonprofits Are Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems and Achieve Impact. Mike Radke agreed to share this post about the work.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

While analytics at scale promises many transformative business outcomes , most organizations struggle to build a widespread Data Culture that values and practices data-driven decision-making. Foster community that builds and celebrates your Data Culture. As your Data Culture develops, consider formal data leadership roles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

The summit will be an opportunity for deeper peer learning for nonprofit change makers in three theme areas: digital strategy , impact leadership , and the future of technology. I’m excited to be co-facilitating the Impact Leadership track with colleagues John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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Forum One

APRIL 11, 2023

Service design principles can be applied to the social sector to craft audience experiences that create positive change in the world. Overall, here are four key reasons why service design is important to nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies. They are using service design to better serve their community’s changing needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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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. Training Design' Here’s some examples.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

ECT is especially crucial in today’s fast-paced and multi-cultural work environment. Strong workplace communication is necessary to develop leadership skills, improve professional growth, facilitate collaboration, reduce conflicts and misunderstandings, and boost employee engagement.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. The American Hospital Association advises that healthcare boards that conduct self-assessments are more likely to have a strong culture of governance and they are more likely to be effective in managing risk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Note from Beth: Blocking out time for your nonprofit’s staff to do planning and work on areas like organizational culture is essential for success. Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky. Here’s some terrific advice from Sarah Axelson. I was genuinely inspired.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Solutions Day One offers two sessions designed to help you assess your status and move ahead on the technology continuum. This day of total immersion designed specifically for association executives may not qualify you for the cyber Olympics, but it will go a long way toward putting you in the game.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

A founder’s vision is the foundation of a company’s culture and brand. A founder’s vision, therefore, creates a company’s culture. Thus, I believe that vision determines culture and culture determines brand. This brand allows you to attract potential employees, customers, investors and partners.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

From their website : “Our process is designed to help leaders and organizations who want to proactively understand and address racism, both in their organization and in the community where the organization is working. From their website : “Nova is a black-owned, women-owned company devoted to transforming organizational cultures.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Other examples include funds being allocated to individual staff members in the form of stipends to support their personal well-being or facilitating culturally relevant or community-driven healing practices to address the specific needs of their staff. Fellows take a self-designed sabbatical to rejuvenate themselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

As trainers, Andrea and I both know the value of “modeling the model,” so we wanted to use and model best practices for designing effective meetings on their preferred platforms. Design must comes first. Designing A Participatory Hook for a Virtual Meeting. Finally, you identify next steps and follow up.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Note from Beth: This one of my favorite photos of a workshop I designed and facilitated at SXSW called “ Peer Learning Session for Nonprofit Social Media Managers.” But both of the peer learning designs are for nonprofit practitioners who have fully embraced online networks and comfortable using them technology.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Choosing the right LMS not only facilitates training but also ensures alignment with life sciences regulatory compliance frameworks. Automated Reporting : The LMS should generate compliance reports that facilitate easy access to training records and completion data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related.

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Gyrus

JULY 18, 2024

Customization Options for Diverse Employee Needs Customization options empower organizations to adapt the onboarding process to their unique requirements, culture, and branding, fostering increased employee engagement. Furthermore, customization facilitates ongoing refinement based on feedback and changing requirements.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The result is sharper decision-making and accelerated clinical trial planning to facilitate faster drug development. The company also launched Citeline SmartSolutions , a suite of AI-enabled products that uses Norstellas trove of data to address challenges in clinical trial design.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Enhanced Employee Morale A strong safety culture fosters a sense of security among employees. How GyrusAim LMS Enhances Safety Training GyrusAim LMS offers a suite of features designed to improve safety training in manufacturing environments. GyrusAim LMS facilitates continuous improvement through feedback mechanisms.

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