Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2013

Ahead of time,participants were asked to share a screen capture of their most engaging or best performing content on social channels and include some reflections based on sharing the metrics against goals. ” We kicked off the half-day training with a fun icebreaker. .” The report out was a competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. It is a well known fact that exercise helps you think better. (And But the best part was the chance to work with Ellie Schindelman , director of education, who is a dynamic trainer – on the design of the program. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I decided to spend a little bit time reflecting on the diagram and pull out some tips for re-learning focus: 1.) Manage Your Attention, Not Just Your Time: Don’t just create a to do list, lay it out on daily and weekly schedule, breaking down key tasks of the project to chunks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Teens As Free Agents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

This is a terrific write up of the session I presented on “ Learning in Public “ Bridge Building or Trust Busting – a Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? Otherwise, the whole exercise can end up being frustrating. – Guest post by Stefan Lanfer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

On the content side, I was surprised to hear the responses to the simplicity exercise - what could your organization do less of? Meetings was a big one, followed by worry! Pretty good for only being in the room together one time before and presenting together for the first time!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Trainer Reflection.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 14, 2010

Longtime readers will remember that during the 40 days leading up to my 40th birthday last year, I created a 4-part daily practice of moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. I'd love your suggestions for how you make time to exercise, or to do whatever it is that is that nourishes you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Each of us took on a different aspect of nonprofit technology design and incorporated some interactive exercises. As one of my great teachers said, ”You are not good at what you do unless you are always learning and reflecting on your practice.” ” In that spirit, a few thoughts.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Taking time to reflect on what makes you successful as a leader can be an important exercise in helping you grow. Many believe self-reflection and constructive criticism is the best way for us to grow as individuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The space was large enough so we could have small group tables, space for food, and space to do full group and small group moving around exercises. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I do a lot of small group and share pair exercises. There was also excellent AV support and acoustics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Deciding how to handle donor recognition on social media is a complex exercise. During certain moments – such as natural disasters – they quickly pivot planned content to be more contextual and reflect new priorities. And a plan for if, when and how you’ll thank donors on your social channels is an important part of that strategy.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

It’s an exercise that will provide the opportunity to explore lessons learned in training and reflect on how they impact real-life situations. Your committee should reflect the diversity that they are assigned to propagate. A statement formalizes your organization’s commitment.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance. This exercise takes a little practice. Reflect Positive Outcomes Yes, it can be hard to put behavior in the spotlight. What could we have done better?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. There is also an self-assessment exercise. organizational change, and technology. Program Design. We did this on Day 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Introduction to the series from Computer and Text Neck Stretching Exercises by Desk Yogi. This video by Dr. Baxter Bell offers some exercises to help relieve and prevent neck pain. Since the pandemic started and the shift to all virtual, I have found myself sitting in front of a screen for longer stretches.

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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. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”. ask, “How have sales been going?”.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Those achievements reflect your organization’s quality and imply a standard of excellence. Preparing a board matrix is a learning experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I have been using this technique for the past couple of months to incorporate walking and exercise into my day. The benefit of moving around helps with concentration. Capacity Reflection' Workstation popcorn is probably best suited for remote workers and people who work at home, but you can do it in an office setting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. She recently took a deep dive into reflective practice and techniques. A few ideas: Assigned seating or “social engineering” Solo reflective activity related to the content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. I used this a variety of ways: whiteboard interactive lecture and brainstorm; sticky note exercise; and student work space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

More recent books on these methods include Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo and Visual Meetings by David Sibbet (I took David Sibbet’s workshop on visual meeting facilitation and wrote up some reflections here.). Will Digital Post-It Notes Replace Paper?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions.

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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. I was very impressed with the way this group did the small group exercise in the social media game They were able to adapt it to their own programs. No wonder I am still tired!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The process of learning begins with you can admit failure, avoid the stigma – either the voice inside your or if working with a team not to play the blame game – but to reflect on why it happened. We did an exercise in small groups where we reflected on a failure and share it with others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

These types of partnerships are reflections of the trust the organization has in the software company. Gaining alignment across multiple groups is an exercise in communication. Are they affiliated with any nonprofit professional organizations? Does the company have any certifications with other well-known companies?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process. We were asked to reflect on how the objective represents Women’s Leadership and to find a partner to discuss our observations and get to know each other. Needless to say, I learned a lot!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2024

Spodek guides you through what to do and how to do it in an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experiences. The good news is that improving in each area, when you have effective exercises that give you relevant experience, is rewarding and often fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

Maia Duerr recently published a book called “ Work that Matters: Create a Livelihood that Reflects Your Core Intention.” ” The steps and exercises in the book help you look inward, reflect, but also seek out help from others. The book focuses on six principles: Become intimate with your core intention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

It also helps students learn the process of a rapid prototype experiment that has viral effects, can be measured, and improved with reflection. It also ties right into the lecture/presentation and class exercise of learning the technique of learning loops or real time tracking and reflection. Happy birthday #beth53 !

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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. There are also many other benefits to writing a journal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

That’s when you can add a brief stretch break, energizer , or incorporate an exercise that requires getting up and moving around. I’ve done this as a reflection exercise towards the end of a multiple day training or full day training. Here’s some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The intent was to provide a deep dive for program officers to reflect on the way they currently work, identify what needs to change to create more impact, and come up with some prototypes. From the facilitator’s point of view, there are a couple of ways to facilitate this exercise. What is actionable?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Since the NTEN Academy is a peer exchange program, I did more than simply chunk content and encourage interaction through polls, the backchannel chat, and people talking on the phone line every 12 minutes. I set up opportunities for people to apply what they just heard through reflective questions.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. Your results can shine a flashlight into areas you may not have considered and be a mirror that reflects how your behavior impacts others. Our interview process is rigorous. There are many different instruments to choose from.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We advocate for our communities while operating within systems that may not always reflect our values or experiences. Seek restorative spaces Prioritize time for wellness activities that help restoration—spending time in nature, meditating, exercising, or engaging in creative outlets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. The format of the concept poster was more open then the close-ended set of exercises and questions on the worksheet.

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