.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. When you want to give validity and structure to ideas, put them in writing. A facilitator can help sort through obstacles and guide people toward effective interaction.

Collaboration 221

Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 13, 2024

The report offers detailed descriptions of, and ways around, eight barriers reflected in the observations. Fundraisers can also facilitate communal learning, such as pitches to giving circles or events for groups of like-minded prospects. ** Lack of trust in nonprofits and others. These barriers include: ** Too many choices.

Activities 59

Activities Active Activism Donor 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” They enjoy sharing their ideas and perspectives openly with others.

Reflection 66

Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2010

You’ll notice that the application they’re using allows them to pull out the moderator’s tweets on the side. A couple of Twitter moderator techniques I used to try to get some deeper insights from the discussion: I had a search open on #sm73 the whole time. I was watching for answers to the questions.

Technique 100

Technique Twitter Facilitation Reflection 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. 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.

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Virtual Facilitation Exercise Fun 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

Morocco 102

Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 102

Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

His statement resonated with me because it reflected all that PEAK Grantmaking worked to do last year: moving from scarcity mindsets to mindsets of abundance—putting possibilities at the center of our approach to our mission instead of limitations. It will take a lot of practice, but that’s the point.

Learning 52

Learning Journal Practice Philanthropy 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

Professional 105

Professional Facilitation San Jose Journal 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Weave reflection Into Meetings: Incorporate formalized reflection activities such as “ After Action Reviews ” for large projects and campaigns. Other nonprofits have established norms and cues to minimize interruptions , especially in an open office.

Build 128

Build Reflection Celebrate Nonprofit 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

Lack of platforms/resources to facilitate innovations. Michael Silberman, director of the MobLab, wrote this reflection on the report on MobLab’s blog, outlining some pilots and opportunities for collaboration. I’m particularly interested in these three ideas specifically that revolve around reflection, learning, and sharing.

Global 93

Global Network Change Create 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

Professional 0

Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It was held in Newcastle in the north of England, and about 70 folks from around the world (but mostly Europe) came to play, learn, make stuff, and help each other work out challenges inherent in trying to make risky ideas happen. Facilitator bits. That said, the phrase "structured opportunity" is where MuseumNext suffered most.

Facilitation 32

Facilitation Reflection Museum Participatory 32

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” ” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. Opening Exercise.

Participatory 78

Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 78

Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

We value and celebrate the diversity of our ideas, backgrounds, and experiences as they help us better understand one another and better serve our communities and constituents. DEI is more than an ideology—it requires thoughtful reflection, along with a plan for active involvement. When did Candid’s DEI journey begin?

Culture 52

Culture Environment Celebrate Guidelines 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. User-generated content for training can be powerful and also make participants more open to subject matter. I got many new ideas for a workshop and peer learning program I’m designing on social media ROI and measurement. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

Social Media 97

Social Media Reflection Leadership Media 97

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! But disciplining yourself to reflect afterwards always gives the reward of improvement.

Evaluation 131

Evaluation Train Training Tips 131

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. Graphic Facilitation Rocks. Even more inspiring was to learn more about the work that PopTech Fellows are doing to change the world.

Program 78

Program Reflection Instruction Instructional 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For each of the topics we cover in the class, students are assigned reading and I do a brief presentation of examples, frameworks and open it up for discussion. They also have to present their ideas to the whole class and do a brief write up. Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo.

Learning 85

Learning Classroom Classes Student 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

Poll 50

Poll Technique Group Tools 50

Forum One

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The incoming administration provides a very cool "Open for Questions " feature which allows people to submit and vote for questions that are then answered by the transition team. add your own ideas!). They reported getting "600,000 votes from more than 10,000 people on more than 7,300 questions" on December 10-11.

Government 50

Government Team Open Ideas 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to attend the CATechFest in LA designed and expertly facilitated by Aspiration. Here’s some additional thoughts sparked by our conversation after reflecting on various blog posts I’ve written and others. Reflect on the diversity of your network. The notes are here.

Technique 118

Technique Network Tools Map 118

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. Emerging nonprofit leaders who engage in reflective listening are more likely to succeed. Flickr Photo by qwrrty.

Skills 50

Skills Build Technique Language 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Claire Rice, from Theatre Bay Area, was live blogging the whole day and captured their opening remarks. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. Somethings to improve.

Social Media 95

Social Media Reflection Learning Social 95

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. The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. What’s the biggest challenge related to networks and leadership?

Design 107

Design Course Leadership Network 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. What was learned?

Review 97

Review Social Media Action Strategy 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. 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. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

Experiment 119

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

Extrapolate on the broader terms, and find one word to hang the idea on. A lot the products of my sense-making are shared through this blog, flickr, YouTube, and Slideshare – as well as offline through presentations, book and article writing, and facilitating workshops. Then, try to think in even broader terms.

Share 103

Share Reflection Social Media Slideshare 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful. The format of the concept poster was more open then the close-ended set of exercises and questions on the worksheet. I got some fantastic ideas for modifying the content and exercises and timings.

Activities 107

Activities Active Activism Integration 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. As a facilitator, you have to watch the participants body language and look for the “slump,” when they get tired. You also need to design good openers and closers !

Instructional Design 113

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Train 113

The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures. Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. Some ideas for potential speakers and honorees: Local AAPI elected officials, such as city council members or state representatives. Track participation data to inform future outreach efforts.

Celebrate 59

Celebrate Education Fundraising Culture 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

Pakistan 113

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

Keynote : Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Be Networked, Use Measurement, and Learn from Your Data – I shared some high level ideas from my book and discussion about the three big themes. The number one thing we can do to help groups learn is to create space and time for reflection. Organizational Amnesia.

Conference 112

Conference Grant Network Learning 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

After taking a break, I felt a lot like Hank – I just wanted to keep on resting. But in the quiet and last days of 2012 and the reflective moments in the new year, it was time to face the new year! It was a time to focus on family and health (I had my gallbladder removed).

Tunisia 100

Tunisia NGO Facilitation Calendar 100

Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

They set agendas, facilitate discussions, and provide guidance to your other board members. Here are tips to help keep your board on track: Keep open communication with nonprofit staff Open communication fosters collaboration and trust between your board and staff, creating a solid foundation for a successful nonprofit.

Guide 52

Guide Model Nonprofit Roles 52

Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

These obstacles can: Undermine team cohesiveness Prevent the exchange of ideas Reduce the overall efficacy of training initiatives Technological Infrastructure A sound technology foundation is essential for providing smooth training to your global teams.

Global 52

Global Train Training Team 52

Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

These obstacles can: Undermine team cohesiveness Prevent the exchange of ideas Reduce the overall efficacy of training initiatives Technological Infrastructure A sound technology foundation is essential for providing smooth training to your global teams.

Global 52

Global Train Training Team 52

Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

These obstacles can: Undermine team cohesiveness Prevent the exchange of ideas Reduce the overall efficacy of training initiatives Technological Infrastructure A sound technology foundation is essential for providing smooth training to your global teams.

Global 52

Global Train Training Team 52