sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In addition to the usual dinner, remarks, and sponsor recognition, the gala committee has made it a priority to bring in entertainment from a variety of cultures.”— The techniques our experts use can help build a steady stream of support for cultural organizations , schools, healthcare foundations, and nonprofits of any size.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. We did a little role play showing good listening techniques and bad listening techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

1: Make Time Everyday for Reflection: Keep a Journal. The first step is self-awareness and that happens through tracking and observing yourself in work situations that trigger stress. One way to do this is to build in some reflection time into your day and maintain a journal. What is your favorite journaling technique?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. This gets to the heart of the best practices that are needed to create a culture of philanthropy within anonprofit organization. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture. Example of A/B Testing Results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I always like to start with an icebreaker that allows participants to reflect and identify burning questions. Both ideas were new, so it took a little bit of adaption of the templates and techniques, but we managed to come up with something useful for all. We came up with some really practical and useful models.

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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 : Historically, companies and the media focused on culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Quiet Reflection: Socoot. In Jordan, we did the Debka, a Lebanese dance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

This post summarizes how you can use session documentation and reflective practice to improve the content and delivery of your session. Here’s a couple of techniques that I try to use every time I do a workshop, presentation, keynote, or other instruction. What content, lines, or ideas resonated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Another method is finding a “ Shultz Hour ” where you carve an hour before or after work for silent reflection, or maybe a Shultz ten minutes by closing your office door. This techniques can work, but if there are no workplace norms about respecting each other’s need for quiet time, these techniques can be derailed.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

This is precisely where the concept of scaling training for international teams comes to the fore for promoting a coherent workplace culture, lessening misunderstandings, and assuring effective problem-solving. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

This is precisely where the concept of scaling training for international teams comes to the fore for promoting a coherent workplace culture, lessening misunderstandings, and assuring effective problem-solving. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

This is precisely where the concept of scaling training for international teams comes to the fore for promoting a coherent workplace culture, lessening misunderstandings, and assuring effective problem-solving. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2021

Engagement techniques: Leaders should understand the importance of making employees feel like part of a team, rather than a tool to complete the necessary tasks. Different engagement techniques such as weekly happy hours or luncheons can help create opportunities for bonding between staff members and their employers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2015

This post summarizes some thoughts and reflections. To shift expectations, we let people know at the beginning of the that they could stand at anytime, pace, or sit — that we want to make standing an okay cultural norm. Leadership Technique: Leaders that do walking meetings can accommodate the many requests for their time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

There are people or even organizational cultures comfortable with using the existing tools and are slow to change, while early adopters and agile cultures keep learning and moving. There was an excellent discussion about silo busting techniques and the role of leaders in bringing down the cubicle walls.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

As we review these techniques, keep your nonprofit’s current recruitment approach in mind and consider how these strategies can help achieve your recruiting goals. Reflect your nonprofit’s company culture and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in your email content. Highlight benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

We’ve settled in on an innovation lab process that will help participants reflect on their current “Impact Leadership” practice, brainstorm solutions to key challenges, and come up with innovative and practical ideas to implement. The magic will happen based on who is in the room and the conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

The concept of rebel leadership is a “cultural mindset,” explains Robertson, and his shared insights in the book are deeply rooted in what works in actual practice. In Rebel Leadership , Robertson presents thought-provoking, actionable, refreshingly new ways to lead during turbulent times.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2017

I can think of many extraordinary innovators in the nonprofit cultural sector--people and organizations creating brilliant programs, site-based experiences, and products. Why aren’t more cultural organizations franchising, scaling, and replicating like comparable businesses? There are no NDAs in the nonprofit culture sector.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

To prevent burnout from taking over your nonprofit’s culture, passion, and productivity, you have to understand it. We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . How do you build a culture of resilience with mental health resources for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies the Spectragram technique in his technology/activist trainings. Reflection and Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2016

” While their answers and anecdotes were different, one simple technique or theme came across: “Stay connected to the source of your work.” That’s her cue to go out side for a walk, get away from the screen, and have some reflection time to think the impact of her fundraising beyond the dollars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

I am asking myself and colleagues who do networked NGO training and social media skill building outside the of US – the question about building resilient networks and how to incorporate non-violent techniques. [ here and here ]. We don’t have any answers, but we all feel that our work is all the important as is a conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. But it’s also an issue related to organizational culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. The New Social Economy. This session was a high level view of what is happening in the ecosystem in which I do my work. When the people, formerly known as the audience, get to participate, you always learn something.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. But it’s also an issue related to organizational culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Need a culture of inquiry, sharing what works, what doesn’t. Brennan shared some of the core techniques of developmental evaluation which included: 1. These techniques are often applied to measuring social media and networks and making sense of the data. Evaluation should not be separate from what we do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Allen and Mitchell Kusy, a compelling read, packed with practical tips and techniques for both leading and helping others to learn how to lead effectively. Adults learn best through reflection. Create a culture where, if someone complains , they know that they will be expected to be part of the solution.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

The same historical and cultural structures that have held back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in so many aspects of our lives are also mirrored in much of the nonprofit sector. Workstream priorities should reflect this knowledge. Change Organizational Culture. By: Yolanda F. Authenticity in Diverse Donor Relations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

I had a chance to listen in on other trainings, which included some techniques for creating a recruitment culture - where chapters can reach out to new members and draw them in - face-to-face networking. The techniques of face-to-face networking strategies are very much transferable to online tools.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

It should be concise and specific, and it should reflect the needs and priorities of your community. When evaluating your mission statement, it is important to consider your organization’s history and culture and your community’s current and future needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

You can find my materials and slides on the workshop wiki - CSR and NGO workshops, but always like to do a reflective wrap up post. Here are three techniques I use: Connect with and research audience via social media. When I get on site, I focus on listening and soaking up the culture and perspective. Real-time improvisation.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Their mandate is to exhibit and preserve the collection of the best assets that represent the story and chronology of a culture or a society. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. Curation has a distinguished position in cultural institutions. What does your collection represent?

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