Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

If an issue relevant to your mission and programs (local, national, or international) is in the news, write up a summary of the issue, add your commentary with a call-to-action (CTA), and then share your post to your online communities and in your e-newsletter.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2023

They meet the duty of care by making informed decisions and exercising reasonable care in their stewardship of the organization. Summary Being a successful nonprofit board member requires a combination of personal qualities, commitment, and fulfillment of legal responsibilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Because the taking the assessment in full would require a lot more time than we had for the workshop, Jo prepared a high level summary. Opening Exercise. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Who is the lead singer, guitarist, bass, and drums. Here’s how that translates to team facilitation: Facilitator Lead: The person who is facilitating the discussion or exercise. In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Then we opened up for discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Group Idea Generation: After laying out the ground rules and a simple warm up exercise, participants are encouraged to share their ideas verbally. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise. To get everyone into a brainstorming mindset, you can facilitate a simple icebreaker called “Yes And” based on improvisation exercises. “Yes,

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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. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2017

The big idea in the book is that imagination is the greatest natural resource available to humans and organizations and it is a muscle that we are not exercising regularly. What I like is that each chapter includes a good summary of the content, plus an imagination challenge where we can work our imagination muscles.

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Review Chapter Meme Exercise 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

You can brief summaries here. Get enough sleep and exercise the week before you present – being tired doesn’t help your performance. If you have a video camera, it is a good idea to practice and video tape yourself and review the tape. This helps you build in the moment awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Click for a Twitter Summary of Key Points from Plenary. But, just like exercising a new muscle that is atrophied, I’m hoping with a little practice, I will be able to apply for citizenship in no time. Guest post by Mary Manuel. Social networks are not about technology, they are enabled by technology”. The jury is still out.

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Digital Summary Exercise Language 90

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Coaching during a game/exercise can be helpful, but teaching during a game/exercise is distracting and counterproductive. And, that''s why Practice Perfect is a valuable read for everyone who wants to help their employees grow and excel through practice. What people do right is as important in practice as what they do wrong.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Coaching during a game/exercise can be helpful, but teaching during a game/exercise is distracting and counterproductive. And, that's why Practice Perfect is a valuable read for everyone who wants to help their employees grow and excel through practice. What people do right is as important in practice as what they do wrong.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Exercise classes. Send a thank you letter as well as a summary of the event’s impact. It’s a great way to meet your supporters, engage them in something meaningful, and raise a good amount of money. Some common examples include: Walkathons. Talent show. Charity concert. Post a live fundraising thermometer or conduct live surveys!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Incorporating movement isn’t just about stretch breaks, think about ways that participants can do discussions and small group exercises while moving or walking around. I’ve also done this during a session as part of a small group exercise. Movement is better than sitting. It might include standing or walking.

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Train Training Brain Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Participants might do an exercise, but the results are on the wall for a debrief. Walk and Talk: I do this a lot in half-day or full-day trainings. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content.

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Content Learning Brain PPT 133

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Well, it is simply an exercise to bring users back to the site and increase activity by complaining about it. Old comment sections on previous learning exercises are perfect fodder to experiment with social learning. In summary, avoid becoming social just for the sake of the new features.

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Program Learning Social Learning Environment 61

Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Reinforce the value of membership by reminding members of the benefits they have taken advantage of, such as event discounts and learning opportunities, in a fun year-end summary. As part of this exercise, don’t forget about your members’ mobile experience. Just make sure it’s relevant at their specific spot within the member journey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 219

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. The in-country team participated as co-trainers and facilitators served as our eyes and ears when there were small group exercises to help keep everyone stay on task and help me read the room.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 102

Care2

JANUARY 30, 2012

In January of last year I wrote up a quick summary on how some of our clients' end-of-year fundraising campaigns did vs. the prior year, and I thought it’d be nice to repeat the exercise to see how nonprofits fared in 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Synthesis: Combining ideas and themes or boiling down a lot of information into a summary. But developing your sense-making skills and the ability to do it in less time is like exercising a muscle. The key is making a habit in the way that we seek out and share information on the Internet and social web. Content'

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BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

The process of researching and selecting potential partners is not a difficult exercise but requires adequate sector experience, time, and resources. Nevertheless, consider this: If a nonprofit CEO is struggling with ways to streamline costs, or deliver more services with greater impact and funding, collaboration should be prime on the mind.

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New York Collaboration Nonprofit Exercise 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 240

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2012

A network mindset means exercising leadership through active participation. It means operating with an awareness of the networks your organization is embedded in, and listening to and cultivating these networks to achieve the impact you care about. It means sharing by default.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Small group or partnering learning activity: Reflection on reading materials, debriefing on exercises or practice activities, identifying issues and concerns, brainstorming ideas and solutions to bring to the whole group, action research. Medium: Up to 50 people. The connection between participants is less intimate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

Over the years, I used this exercise for different audiences, from filmmakers to university professionals. This exercise is most appropriate for people who want to know the what/why versus the best practices of how to do it. In workshops, I'd play the video and have folks jot down words or themes. What style of dancing?

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Adopt Social Media Remix Media 57

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2014

She kept doing this until we had reduced our summaries to 100 words; 100 words to summarize 100 pages. The point of this exercise? When we turned in our assignments, she handed them back and told us to edit them to 500 words. I know that we don’t all have the luxury of employing professional writers to help craft fundraising appeals.

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Communication Fundraising New York Test 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

tools] - it was a very interesting exercise, because it revealed the different ways of thinking about technology that we had. She shares some of the internal conversation her colleagues on staff and their differing views: It took a little more work to convince my co-workers [about web 2.0 For me, the web and 2.0

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Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Here is a summary of the stories and what people learned from the experience: Events. Introducing the idea and smaller ways to practice the new way of thinking can help make this exercise more productive. I for one am extremely proud of the work we have done and look forward to continued success!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

This is a summary: Make the Time, But Get Started With Small Steps. The best way to get started is to make the commitment to make the time – like anything new whether it be a new exercise regiment or a diet and especially for learning a new tool, habit, or skill. Pick something small and an easy win and repeat for 3 weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Amy Sample Ward contributed a workshop group exercise based on Forrester's POST method. In summary, The Mashable How To Develop a Social Media Plan is a simplified, step-by-step approach that's really practical and useful for nonprofit organizations. I like the framework that How To Develop a Social Media Plan by Mashable presents.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Participants were a mix of CEOs and senior staff. This blog post is a summary of my notes from the day. One exercise she had us do was to swamp our phones with the person next to us and asked us how we felt to demonstrate the emotional connection we have with our mobile phones. Digital Trends.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Fundraising plan summary. Tip: At this phase in the planning process, it’s also a helpful exercise to consider the potential for future giving. You may also want to include any notable moments in the nonprofit’s history, changes in mission or vision, strategic partnerships, and other information you consider relevant to the campaign.

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Guide Fundraising Nonprofit Template 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Sending a short summary of progress made and any issues or challenges ahead of a meeting. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment. Work to your energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2008

I lent her my laptop so wasn't able to take notes at the time, but Amy Lenzo has a great summary on her blog. Great exercise. Review my existing categories - and decide which ones need to be deleted, changed, or combined. Amy Gahran gave a writing workshop at BlogHer that was very inspiring. Set context. Call it 250.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2006

He had tagged some of the same items a Joistke who had also participated in the research exercise. The summary: "This article considers the collective capabilities of networks in relation to their use of ICTs, information and knowledge management. Conference. Back to the article.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2007

She also lead the session on "Gender and Blogging" (I will post a summary of that session as soon as recover from jet lag!) So, I want to use my blog to exercise my right to freedom of expression or otherwise we are self-censoring. She is also a terrific live blogger! Why did you start to blog?

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