sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

We make information into data when we explicitly attach it to a question and explicitly or implicitly connect it to an approach for making sense of it. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change. Information is everything that is coming at us.

Data 108

Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 108

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 7, 2013

Question: My board of directors is not effective at raising funds to support our organization. Start by setting clear expectations about the board of directors and individual members’ roles and responsibilities for fundraising. Do you have questions about starting, governing, managing or operating a nonprofit organization?

Director 78

Director Fundraising Nonprofit Train 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2011

This week I attended Center for Effective Philanthropy’s conference “ Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact &# where I participated on a discussion panel about social media, foundations, and grantees. There were questions about social media policies as well as content and engagement strategies and handling mistakes.

Social Media 103

Social Media Foundation Work Media 103

Bloomerang

JUNE 27, 2024

What if you defined love as an open state of being that would allow you, in any situation, to answer the question: Am I relating to this (person, situation, problem) with a loving energy? Could you apply that to philanthropy ( philos , love + anthropy humankind) and your job as a philanthropy facilitator ? Ask questions.

Awareness 99

Awareness Strategy Gift Mind 99

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Beth Kanter, nonprofit thought leader, virtual facilitator, and author of the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, will deliver our Super Session this year on sustaining wellbeing for remainder of the pandemic & beyond. Highlighted bbcon Sessions for Nonprofits. For a dose of thought leadership and to learn about sector trends… .

Virtual 109

Virtual Guide Houston Philanthropy 109

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Nonprofit boards have a wide array of functions and responsibilities, which begs the question, which are the most important? We surveyed 121 community foundation executives from across the United States. Fund development involves facilitating and negotiating optimal relationships that support the growth of assets.

Roles 77

Roles Director Research Texas 77

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Community Fellows posed the question: “How might we leverage the full power of the Salesforce ecosystem – employees, philanthropy, product, suppliers, and policy influence – to address food insecurity?” Senior Director, Virtual Client Experience, Crossroads Community Services. Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation.

Hunger 93

Hunger Impact Puerto Rico Arkansas 93

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But is this the right question? The data collected is usually owned by the grantmaker, not questioned, and not shared back with the grantee or any larger community. For many grantmakers, the answer to these questions is our own institutions. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

Participatory 93

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2019

I am very grateful to Valerio Melandri who is the director of the festival for inviting me to participate as well as facilitate a maser class on modern wellbeing based on my book. One of the big questions and interactive components for the audience to ponder was an earlier iteration of Stephen George’s Fundraiser DNA.

Digital 116

Digital Technology Fundraising Adopt 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. The post was also published on the Knight Foundation blog here. The campaigns were treated as works in progress.

Knowledge 101

Knowledge Goal Share Giving 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. Says Jim Canales, CEO of the Irvine Foundation, “In my experience, I have found that by engaging on twitter, I have actually saved time.

Social Media 127

Social Media Adopt Time Media 127

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Photo courtesy of The Miami Foundation. This post was cross-posted from the Knight Foundation Blog and written by Jessica Hodder who is the digital communications associate for Knight Foundation. million, organizers at The Miami Foundation realized that Give Miami Day 2014 would be their most successful Giving Day yet.

Miami 106

Miami Raise Giving Florida 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

As a trainer and facilitator, the work I do with organizations and networks, often on behalf of a foundation for its grantees, is capacity building. But, like anything else, to improve results, you need to measure it. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director.

Measure 59

Measure Impact Build Grant 59

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees. What are advisory committees?

Voice 87

Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 87

Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2024

Nonprofit HR vs. For-Profit HR First, let’s address a common question: Do nonprofits even need HR? When you lay the foundation for a great employee experience with a robust recruitment process and back it up with effective employee engagement strategies, you’ll boost employee retention and satisfaction. Let’s begin! The answer is yes!

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit New York City Retention Consultant 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Gail’s question at the end of this post made stop and think. Keeping people engaged in learning along the way happens when people discover that it is the learning that is exciting part! – Guest post by Gale Berkowitz. The first question was easy: “I like chocolate.” All that probably sounds pretty good.

Public 94

Public Learning Evaluation Seattle 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? https://storify.com/ResourceMedia/brainerd-foundation-s-21st-century-advocacy-design”>Storify. Why Use One?

Design 50

Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. That was the question in the “The Intertwining Services Funding with Policy Initiatives to Achieve Systems Change” session at GEO. – Guest post by David C.

California 96

California Policy Seattle Texas 96

NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. The session was facilitated by Susan Feeney, Partner at GMMB , and explored the range of new media models and venture journalism experiments. “As Sherry questioned. and James L.

Media 100

Media Seattle Journal Bangladesh 100

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 facilitated a session in the afternoon which was designed for peer interaction given the topic. Digital Trends. Amy shared an awesome list of mobile resources.

Social Media 117

Social Media Digital Mobile Trend 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

I had the opportunity to facilitate 3 world café sessions on this topic this morning at the GEO: Growing Social Impact in a Networked World funder conference. How can networks facilitate that? You may have noticed that my key takeaways are in the form of more questions. How do networks evolve into movements?

Network 92

Network Social Facilitation Roles 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

So, when I heard that the Foundation Center and the Center for Effective Philanthropy were hosting an event “Transparency and Effectiveness,” I was curious, especially given the speakers and the framing: Foundations are pressed to be more transparent about how they work andmore effective about achieving impact.

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Effective Chapter Measure 97

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This step provides a golden opportunity to include the finance director in your work and create an important ally. It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly. Have you tried bringing in a communications facilitator to deepen the conversation? Do you have a fundraising plan?

Action 77

Action Report Practice Fundraising 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Fish Bowl Exericse.

Rwanda 116

Rwanda Social Media Leadership Train 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Indeed, that was my theme for the day given that I facilitated a couple of morning conversations on that topic and then in the afternoon heard Ify Mora from the Barr Foundation ( [link] ) talk about how they use social network mapping to capture the relationships that have been built through their innovative Fellows Program.

Relationship 94

Relationship Measure Build Impact 94

NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

In addition to the conversations with participants in three separate tracks, #14LCS includes a stellar lineup of keynote speakers who will spark new conversations and nudge existing conversations to introduce new questions. In addition, Matt co-founded and served as Director of Technology for 2MC, a Chicago-based internet consulting firm.

Measure 96

Measure Impact Chicago Metrics 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Edutopia , a project of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, is an online web site that creates and curates content that is distributed through mobile, social media, video, and offline channels. Tracking for Impact and Learning. They also have a robust online community. What should participants each measure for their individual campaigns?

Design 100

Design Marketing Metrics Measure 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Spectragram is a facilitation technique I learned from Allen Gunner at Aspiration. Spectragram.

Case Study 99

Case Study Social Media Studies Integration 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers.

Learning 92

Learning Seattle Knowledge Management Evaluation 92

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A third (33%) of nonprofit executives take over from someone who was fired or forced to resign, according to the 2011 Daring to Lead report, which surveyed 3000 nonprofit executive directors earlier this year. The Seven Questions. ” Follow-up questions might be. Grant fundraising and foundations. Can I see it?

Question 51

Question System Train Training 51

Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

The conference favors networking opportunities over speaker-led sessions and utilizes the “Liberating Structures” facilitation technique to spark conversation and empower innovation. In 2023, Early Bird Prices for in-person tickets were $600 for nonprofit professionals and $800 for private section and foundation professionals.

Conference 98

Conference NTC Registration Virtual 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

We at Monitor Institute have been digging into questions such as these as part of a broader reflection on the networks-focused work of the organizational effectiveness team at the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. How can insight generated by the learning group be made more broadly available?

Learning 98

Learning San Francisco Structure Knowledge Management 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

I heard my colleagues asking questions about the changes that would have to happen in their organizations for them to be able to truly embrace a new way of being – a way that embraced network philosophy. Casey Foundation, works as director of partnerships, innovation and evaluation at LCW. I wasn’t the only one.

Jordan 90

Jordan Massachusetts Structure Leadership 90

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. The question. From these questions, our national study, How Strong is Your Social Net?

Social Media 112

Social Media Arts Studies National 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

This leads to another question: How can you transform anecdotes into useful data? Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation about participatory learning agendas.

Story 124

Story Data Analysis Measure 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

After lunch, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO gave his perspective on the company’s philanthropy and corporate citizen activities and answered questions. Lisa Brummel, SVP, Human Resources, Microsoft; Tom Moran, United Way Loaned Executive; Rajesh Munshi; Xiang Li, Givology; Adnan Mahmud, Jolkona Foundation.

Network 105

Network Change Technology Social 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Is it worth looking into creating a profile page for our Executive Director and having people subscribe to her updates to spread our message?” Third, as to the question of whether the ED or senior management staff should have a public profile and encourage subscriptions. Measure Networked Nonprofit. If not, do that first.

Facebook 114

Facebook Change Profile Impact 114