Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

Someone asked what the definition of a KPI was, and since I noticed that Tom Kelly who is an expert in evaluation was following the chat, I asked him for a definition. Best definition I’ve seen. I also learned about this NGO from Pakistan that is using social media efficiently to communicate with its stakeholders.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 21, 2024

The goal of the plan is centered around closing the digital divide and facilitating 1) increased access and affordable adoption of digital devices/services, 2) digital devices distribution, and 3) digital literacy programming to assure internet safety.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

In order to facilitate the integration, we formed employee-led workstream groups, one of which, the Change Management and Culture (CMC) group, was initially tasked with formulating Candid’s values: we’re driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

By definition, leanly staffed funders are staffed by just one person or a few people. To meet needs, they co-fund professional development in areas like fundraising, strategic planning, facilitation, evaluation, racial equity work, marketing and communications, storytelling, and more. . Rotate hosting and facilitation.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

What Nonprofit Leadership Really Is By definition, a leader is someone in a position of authority with the responsibility to guide a group. They’re responsible for planning, organizing, and directing a group so that goals are reached in a timely fashion. Facilitator. Public speaking (and sharing your vision).

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

Women are drawn to an expanded definition of philanthropy, tapping into all their resources—not just money but also their time, expertise, advocacy, and networks—to support the causes they care about. These are groups in which individuals pool their resources to support organizations or projects of mutual interest. Women give broadly.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

Each year, we speak with a group of customers who represent the diversity of region, size, and experience among our customers. Planning Ahead and Outlining Goals Facilitates Long-Term Success. We asked them many questions, and honed in on what it took for them to be successful. Customers offer four tips for doing just that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams. Do you have a preferred method?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

There are definitely times when community building and even campaigning or organizing feels just like that! It is a meeting place, or a cross roads for nonprofit, business and civil society groups to come together around improving the state. Community Managers provide key facilitation that empowers participation and engenders trust.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Practitioners are tasked with understanding how their assumptions or mindsets about objectivity, rigor and evidence; resources; roles; definitions, perceptions, and decisions; relationships; and productivity and accountability all may bias their MEL approaches. These convenings are often driven by the needs and goals of participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Write a target audience definition. The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona. The next facilitation challenge was to break them into small groups to work on the personas using a poster-sized version of the persona worksheet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Here are some examples of the questions you can ask adult learners to write down and then discuss in small groups.

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Gyrus

JULY 1, 2024

Mentorship Programs Facilitate remote mentorship by pairing new hires with onboarding buddies. These remote team-building activities warm up the group, especially when team members are new to each other, rekindle connection, and set the stage for a more engaging session.

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Gyrus

JULY 1, 2024

Mentorship Programs Facilitate remote mentorship by pairing new hires with onboarding buddies. These remote team-building activities warm up the group, especially when team members are new to each other, rekindle connection, and set the stage for a more engaging session.

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Gyrus

JULY 1, 2024

Mentorship Programs Facilitate remote mentorship by pairing new hires with onboarding buddies. These remote team-building activities warm up the group, especially when team members are new to each other, rekindle connection, and set the stage for a more engaging session.

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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. After finishing the share pairs, we did a quick full group “popcorn” of the ideas that bubbled up. We were assigned to small groups to work a specific theme. The questions: What do you hope to learn today?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Here are the definitions: Connectivity Network: This type of network links people to allow them to exchange experience and information as a result of that exchange learn.

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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. And that definitely includes all your staff. Why Successful Leaders Frame Culture As a Management System , Jason Korman, Gapingvoid Culture Design Group.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Subsequent action steps are grouped according to your level of fundraising development: Getting Started, Advancement (somewhere further along), and Going from Good to Great. My own definition is to trade one set of dilemmas for a better set. The report groups nonprofit fundraising dilemmas into external and internal factors.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In this session, the two cover the fundamentals (including definitions of important terms), provide examples of famous NFTs, provide examples of fundraising successes, and highlight voices from sector experts. Clients include Anglo American, Boehringer Ingelheim, Carrefour, Daimler AG, ING Bank, Lufthansa Group, and Porsche Holding.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

An advisory group and planning group gave crucial input about the strategy and tactics for this event. World class facilitation and guidance was provided by Essential Partners, with the revered Dave Joseph serving as facilitator-in-chief. Both groups can help by: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2017

ETR Associates Staff Walking Group. Note from Beth: I recently facilitated a Happy Healthy Nonprofit workshop on bringing a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. Nor am I talking about our group of new hires, although they are all very cool (and, BTW, we do have several current openings ). Stepping up.

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Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

An LMS, by definition, serves as the backbone of modern learning, offering a robust platform for organizing, delivering, and tracking educational content. LMSs scale seamlessly, making them ideal for small groups or large organizations. A user-friendly interface for a diverse group of learners with minimal computer skills.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2009

I’m really looking forward to the 2 June event for London Net Tuesday where David Wilcox, Andy Gibson and I will facilitate a new iteration of the Social by Social Game! To RSVP to the June event, visit the London Net Tuesday group here. RSVP: London Net Tuesday group. See you on 2 June for London Net Tuesday!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Facilitation skills: Someone who can work with others to define needs and questions, collect data, translate the results and then work with different individuals or teams to use it. The Playbook offers a clear definition and steps for using basic statistical analysis, even if you are not an expert. How To Collect Data. Meaning Making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. Photo by Gary Clark. The 2014 version – new and improved has arrived! You can download it here.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

Assembling a group to travel to one of the organization’s work sites and volunteer. Aim for a diverse group of people who will bring different strengths to the table while sharing a commitment to your organization’s work. How will communications with the group work? Ways to engage include: Arranging a speaking engagement.

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Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

An LMS, by definition, serves as the backbone of modern learning, offering a robust platform for organizing, delivering, and tracking educational content. LMSs scale seamlessly, making them ideal for small groups or large organizations. A user-friendly interface for a diverse group of learners with minimal computer skills.

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Learning Management Examples System Learning 40

Gyrus

MARCH 4, 2024

An LMS, by definition, serves as the backbone of modern learning, offering a robust platform for organizing, delivering, and tracking educational content. LMSs scale seamlessly, making them ideal for small groups or large organizations. A user-friendly interface for a diverse group of learners with minimal computer skills.

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Learning Management Examples System Learning 40

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

For starters, data is an indispensable part of the story-telling to your donors and constituents, facilitating the formation of longer term relationships. Definitely. Chris stressed the importance of testing fundraising messages in order to target specific groups of prospective donors. Use small data (i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This was my first experience with NTEN, a great organization that I think really “gets it,” both in terms of facilitating positive interactions with people and technology, and understanding challenges specific to the nonprofit world. A group of us that connected during the Digital Strategy track also still keep in touch!

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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. He went through the definitions of strong vs weak ties and that there is a new audience layer – people who follow you but may not have met you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

Note from Beth: Last year I was honored to partner with Kari Dunn Saratovksy from Third Plateau to facilitate an emerging leadership program to a cohort of leaders who were part of the Packard Foundation’s Science and Conservation portfolio of grantees. Flickr Image – ImageGroup.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

If a hospital is well known for their cardiac department and expertise, for example, they may decide to support a nonprofit that specializes in research, programs and services, education, and support group facilitation for survivors of major cardiac events.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The Hatcher Group , a Maryland-based public affairs and communications firm, released a great report this past Fall called New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals (PDF). Social media is a prominent social gathering place where these goals can definitely be met.

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