Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

This morning I had the great pleasure and honor to present at Amplified Leicester about Community-Driven Social Impact, and run a short strategy-building workshop. This point underlies all of the best practices and organizational culture required for successful community-driven social impact work. What questions do you have?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As part ongoing work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am designing, facilitating, and delivering workshops with Compasspoint. Last week, I had the great pleasure of presenting a one-day workshop with colleagues Holly Minch , JD Lasica , Janet Fouts , and Susan Tenby. Morning Session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” Analytical Style people control their emotions but tend to ask questions rather than give orders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Your people can help answer critical questions: Are we solving the right problem? Is a process or culture change also needed for the solution to work? Performing stakeholder interviews, alignment workshops, reviews of current workflows and data, explorations of goals, gaps and opportunities brings everyone impacted into the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

We’ll also discuss taking DEIAB from a one-off training to a sustainable part of your culture. Renee Rubin Ross are nonprofit consultants who often work together to conduct DEIAB training and workshops. They use readings, role-playing, videos, and small group exercises to engage those in the workshop. What policies are in place?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

The second day was a networked leadership workshop that focused on how participants could use their personal brands on social in service of the organization’s mission and practical leadership skills training. The workshop was a tango dance between English and Spanish — and it worked! We did this for 5 minutes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing. Leaders inspire their staff to ask questions, share creative ideas that may seem unconventional, and discover different ways of seeing the world—and they lead the way. Are you stuck in chronic performance?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

These are internal challenges that might be related to culture, human resources, or operations. Strategy sessions, workshops, or committee meetings are better choices. Political, economic, and socio-cultural events fall into this area. But each slice of the pie shares a common point of origin.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

From their website : “Nova is a black-owned, women-owned company devoted to transforming organizational cultures. We facilitate workshops and trainings, coach and develop teams and leaders, and consult and support systems-level change.”. Culture Cipher. The Nova Collective. Website : [link]. true north EDI. true north EDI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. ” I love these interactive sessions because the questions always give me great ideas for blog posts – so stay tuned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. What gave me joy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Join us in Denver for inspiring keynotes, thought-provoking breakout sessions, and how-to workshops for change-makers across the education, nonprofit, and social good community. Bring your questions about Raiser’s Edge NXT and other related technologies to the table. bbcon is live and in person October 21-24! Register here today!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2014

During a workshop on museum visitor participation, someone spoke up and objected: "this might work in California, but it will never work in Texas." It is not culturally-determined. What may be culturally-determined, however, is HOW people want to participate. Cultural differences can play out on local levels as well.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

First, CDSI requires the right culture; unless your organization, board and staff are going to honor and support an idea that emerges from the community, there isn’t any point in trying to use CDSI strategies. So, we started listening and asking questions to learn more about what they really liked and what they didn’t need from the old model.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Calderoni explains that leaders must put character at the center of everything they do, and he explains that company culture is distinct from company character. Company character is the integrity, respect, and fortitude residing at the core of your culture. Calderoni Question: What inspired you to write your book?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Over the years, I have developed and refined one-day or half-day workshops on social media strategy and tactics for nonprofits. The add-on to my previous workshops were three "experiment in a box" modules which included Listening , Twitter , and Facebook Fan Pages. Stay tuned for that! Growing My Instructional Chops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

The best way to start prioritizing DEI initiatives is by taking steps to ingrain these concepts into your organization’s culture. When these concepts are ingrained in your organization’s culture, you’ll find that inclusion and prioritization of equity will trickle into every decision you make. Watch the Culture Start Shifting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This past week was a busy one for leading workshops. I also lead a workshop on social media strategy for communications professionals who work with networks, nonprofits, and foundations. This environment can be a training workshop or it can be in an organization. Photo by Justin Benttinen. My reflections are here.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ll also provide you with some starter ideas and thought-provoking questions to spark your creativity and enhance your visuals and design. Accelerate Innovation: Discover the Power of Design Sprints Speaker(s): Beth Watson, Strategy Lead Dive into the world of Design Sprints with our hands-on workshop. Vote for this session!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2024

Get a funny award from a pawn shop—like an old bowling trophy—and pass it on to the board member who asks the best question. Offer workshops, seminars, and courses that enhance their skills and knowledge. Public recognition boosts confidence, creates a culture of appreciation, and motivates everyone to strive for excellence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2017

In my book with Aliza Sherman, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout , we offer a framework for practicing self-care and creating a culture of well-being in the nonprofit workplace. These young leaders desperately want to change their organization’s culture and not have to leave.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week I was honored to teach a Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workshop at the 1440 Multiversity Nonprofit Service Week. This past week they opened up the campus to nonprofits and I was lucky enough to be part of the faculty to teach a workshop. The photo was my classroom. The space is called the Cathedral because of its high ceilings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

When I facilitate staff retreats or workshop on wellbeing in the workplace based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , we do some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment , identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan and addressing cultural norms. … Read More.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. How to Create a Culture of Storytelling.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Engaging the consultant search using a JEDI approach requires clarity of intent, a commitment to being uncomfortable, and a great deal of “cultural humility” (self-reflection, personal critique, and acknowledgment of existing biases), especially in white-lead and white-dominated organizations and institutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , my co-author Aliza Sherman and I share a framework to think more broadly about creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. Global Giving understands that creating a culture of wellbeing takes time, process, and patience, especially when we are all so busy.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

This isn’t about filling seats; it’s about enriching your organization’s culture and capabilities with new perspectives to support your mission and drive growth. Foster a collaborative culture. Your challenges? Align these with the potential board member profiles you want to attract. Create clear board descriptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

The workshop started with a welcoming ceremony. We sat in the hall – two rows – the guests and the Maori. I couldn’t have asked for a more authentic, culturally appropriate start to a workshop. The spiritual nature of the welcoming ceremony set the tone for a day of reflective practice for participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2008

The workshop design looks at how to considering the role and activity of the technology stewards in authentic situations as well as exploring the uses of social technologies to stay in touch as well as for sustained inquiry. or social technologies into community of practice work ask amazing questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Flip the book over, and you have Gutsche’s updated and expanded, bestselling, Exploiting Chaos , book now called, The Innovation Handbook , featuring memorable real-world case studies and plenty of thought-provoking questions to inspire next steps for innovation. This requires a culture that encourages testing and experimental failure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Micro-learning online courses consist of a video, an info-graphic or list of tips, and a set of instructional or assessment questions that help us think differently about the topic and find something bite size to apply immediately. Enter micro-learning, resources that can be quickly read, viewed, or consumed and take only ten minutes or less.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

In a Community Science Workshop. A couple months ago, I visited a Community Science Workshop for the first time in Watsonville, CA. I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. How are Workshop locations selected?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT.

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