.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

These organizations are trying to sell membership to a group who may not be ready to buy. Leverage the Power of Membership Tom purposely uses the term “members” versus “customers” because he believes in the membership model. Don’t listen to people who say the membership model is dead. Tom advises.

Digital 221

Digital Guinea North America Associations 221

.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Point a Compass to the Future Regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path. In fast-moving digital markets, regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path and adjust to unexpected challenges. An annual survey is a good start.

Evaluation 193

Evaluation Government Director Facilitation 193

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. An online meeting is more effective when you have at least two facilitators. Don’t wing it alone.

Tips 173

Tips Online Camera Facilitation 173

.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? In fairness, so many groups operate with minimal staff that this type of program can seem like a luxury. If mentoring is a new concept for your group, baby steps may be needed to create buy-in. Most mentorships begin with bonding.

Mentoring 251

Mentoring Giving Associations Leadership 251

.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Most groups have invested in improved systems and platforms, and some have adjusted their strategy to maximize the new equipment. You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged.

Structure 251

Structure Evaluation Time Culture 251

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2019

Facilitate this natural phenomenon by encouraging team fundraising within your event. Gamification means adding game elements, such as points or rewards, to your fundraising model. Encourage team fundraising. When you’re a part of team, fundraising performance tends to be much stronger. Use gamification and leaderboards.

Practice 254

Practice Fundraising Awareness Mobile 254

.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

We selected this group because, as independent business owners, they were acutely aware of the challenges of digital markets and the attitudes needed for success. Subsequent models will incorporate changes based on consumer feedback. They are also good facilitators. We talked with entrepreneurs across our community.

Associations 221

Associations Trend Technology Attitude 221

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

If you are an organization or group that wants to catalyze and support community-generated projects or you are someone that wants to get involved, I hope this is a format you can take and run with. And I want to share it with you, get your ideas, and start a long-term process of collaboratively improving and refining this model.

Project 126

Project Remix Wiki Collaboration 126

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, that model is being challenged. What matters most in this model are values–and one in particular: equity. As many have observed, participatory funding models have likely existed for centuries in the form of mutual aid or community support. Those at the top decide. But what is it?

Participatory 135

Participatory Model Grant Foundation 135

.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Identify staffers who can be your IT ambassadors and fill these significant roles: Strategists Strategists are the visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity throughout the organization. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers. They sweep away old thinking and stimulate curiosity.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Digital Build Organization 44

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! Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations. to define the four levels of training evaluation.

Evaluation 131

Evaluation Train Training Tips 131

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. Consequently, traditional frameworks and tools focused on organizational branding, production models, capacity-building, and competitive strategy don’t work as well in this new paradigm. So what to do?

Build 115

Build Change Social Facilitation 115

Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

You’ll explore eLearning pricing models through the following points: How To Price Your Online Course: Key Considerations. 5 eLearning Pricing Models for Your Courses. Would your association be better served by a subscription-based model or a one-time fee model? Perhaps a fully free model or a per-course model?

eLearning 69

eLearning Model Course Associations 69

Nimble AMS

MARCH 24, 2024

For more than a decade , (or 37 major releases at the exact time of this blog), the Nimble AMS product team has mirrored Salesforce’s ideal product upgrade model. Production upgrades are rolled out in groups, which is facilitated by our Nimble AMS tooling, so customers never have to upgrade Nimble AMS themselves.

Free 160

Free Product Instruction Instructional 160

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

Project objectives: • To develop a transferable model for amplifying a diverse city’s grassroots innovation capacity through connecting diverse communities through key individuals. • They are also hoping to learn from and document their experiences to share as a model with the larger global community looking to do something similar.

Impact 123

Impact Community Social Phoenix 123

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

During the diplomatic conference, Bookshare was the most-cited model of what other countries could hope to achieve with the Treaty. As a result, the Treaty closely follows the Chafee Amendment , which is the copyright exception that has made Bookshare possible in the United States.

Accessibility 194

Accessibility Celebrate United States Copyright 194

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies.

Learning Theory 139

Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips. ” . That comes next.

Virtual 132

Virtual Facilitation Exercise Fun 132

sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

Participatory 121

Participatory Model Leadership Application 121

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Last week I was lucky enough to facilitate a mini-innovation lab for 60 community foundation program officers at the first meeting of ProNet during the Council on Foundations conference in Cleveland, Ohio that celebrated 100 years of community philanthropy. Individual and Group Understanding of the Challenges for Community Philanthropy.

Foundation 104

Foundation Design Community Work 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Day 4 of the Train the Trainers E-Mediat was designed and facilitated by the capable SMEXbeirut Team – including Jessica Dheere , Mohamad Najem , and Naeema Zarif.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Technique Tunisia 94

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

I don’t usually title my tech blog entries with quite that sort of title, but that’s how I feel after spending 3 days with one of the most fabulous groups of people I have had the honor of spending time with in recent memory. What is Ethical Consulting (not so surprising, I facilitated that one.). Business Models.

Drupal 100

Drupal Open Source API Facilitation 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

As trainers, Andrea and I both know the value of “modeling the model,” so we wanted to use and model best practices for designing effective meetings on their preferred platforms. Next, as a group we do a theme analysis. Design must comes first. This helped us do a better job of sense-making.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Virtual Arts Participatory 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Allan Gunn from Aspiration and his legendary facilitation skills and knowledge. Begin Connections.

Experiment 119

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 119

Candid

MAY 10, 2022

We quickly realized there is no model to emulate and had to start from scratch. Even a hybrid model where employees report to an office a few days a week didn’t seem like the right fit. A flexible working model would also allow us to cast a wider net and recruit across the country. .

Model 119

Model Virtual Survey Mind 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The second session used a conferencing software that allowed the whole group to break into small group discussions on the phone line. Present a concept for 15 minutes, break people into small groups with a particular exercise to apply the material, and then come back as a full group for a report out.

Design 109

Design Effective Experiment Learning 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities.

Train 126

Train Training Design Classroom 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Last week, as part of my work at the Packard Foundation as visiting scholar I had the opportunity to participate in a face-to-face convening of the "Network of Network Funders," facilitated by the Monitor Institute. You extend networking weaving skills by using a peer learning model not a traditional training model.

Network 95

Network Practice Arts Facilitation 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Modeling the Network Mindset. I think that TechSoup Global’s three leaders – Daniel Ben-Horin, Rebecca Massisak, and Marnie Webb – have been modeling this practice. I’m still processing, but here are some nuggets that I learned: Source: Leadership for a New Era. Designing for Serendipity.

Global 101

Global Structure Model Network 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2013

The second year in 2011, we did two sets of peer groups using workshops, action learning projects, and micro grants to encourage experimentation. My master class here in San Francisco will be video taped and shared in other cities by a local facilitator using a lesson plan that I have developed. Training Design'

Classes 93

Classes San Francisco Arts Train 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The group will working together over the next three years, meeting regularly face-to-face in the different countries as well as work together online. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques.

Rwanda 116

Rwanda Social Media Train Training 116

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The winner will join a select group of senior leaders from some of the world’s top private, public and civil society organisations, and will get first-hand lessons in innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership from some of Bangalore and Mumbai’s leading social entrepreneurs.

India 126

India Network Netsquared Offline 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Interaction Reflection Design 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

I’ll be doing a session with colleagues Danette Peters and Roberto Cremonini on Outcomes, Impact, and Communication where will not only share some case studies and techniques for outcome-based evaluation, but model some small group facilitation techniques for the process. LUMA Institute: March 19-20th.

Conference 116

Conference San Diego New York City Social Media 116

VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Your Future Operational Model? Also, ask about users groups and other organized means of engaging customers by which the provider listens to and accepts feedback, direction for future upgrades, and aligns their work with the needs of their users. Click here to download full White Paper.

Platform 186

Platform Software System Facilitation 186

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

This past Saturday at the SHINE09 unconferance , David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , Drew Mackie and I facilitated a version of what was called the Social Collaboration Game. Then, we asked that the groups pitch to the same two people for ultimate funding (&# winning&# ). What should we call it?

Game 100

Game Collaboration Social Facilitation 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

You can learn in public in different ways – self-directed individual learning, with a peer group or in an organization, or as a network or entire field practice. . Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model.

Public 104

Public Learning Wiki Taxonomy 104