NTEN

JULY 1, 2014

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit. And check out the full lineup of #14LCS speakers and facilitators !

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2025

Any payments over that amount need to be approved by the grants manager and a member of leadership. By aligning these teams, you facilitate a smoother payment process, ensuring that funds are dispensed quickly and efficiently. This collaboration helps avoid delays and automates the flow, even when key personnel are unavailable.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

A best practice is to record the details of your conversation in your donor database or nonprofit CRM. This eBook will review some great donor discovery steps, best practices, and questions you should ask to build rapport with and understand your donors with a donor-centered approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership. Empathetic leadership, to us, is about seeing through the eyes of others. Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2014

Earlier this month, I facilitated a workshop for leaders of community foundations in New Jersey for the Knight Digital Media Center on the topic of practical network leadership skills. Applying these techniques to social platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn for thought leadership, influence, and professional learning.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities. Nonprofits miss opportunities, fail to innovate, and struggle to stay competitive when their leadership is distracted by board interference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The project is under the visionary leadership of Cheryl Francisconi who is the director of IIE’s office in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and has vast expertise in developing, designing, and implementing transformative leadership programs for several decades.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2017

.” This type of learning is part of doing the work, it is “grab and go,” can be implemented as individual practice or used as part of managing a group or team of people. Explore the Emerging Leaders Playbook and learn the practical application it can have on your work.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That emerges as a reason for foundation leadership to avoid working with a group of people, especially outside of the hierarchy of control that the foundation has with its own staff. The role of strategic facilitation of decision-making in participatory philanthropy is often unrecognized and underappreciated.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

In March , our Nimble AMS team attended the Leadership ColLAB conference hosted in Arlington Heights, Illinois. We spent our time in round table discussion with association leadership professionals , learning and sharing our own experiences. Here are three can’t miss essential takeaways from the Leadership ColLab event.

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.orgSource

APRIL 2, 2022

The left brain uses emotional intelligence, empathy, creativity, and artful facilitation to keep all the players working productively together. Great leaders rely on both sides of the brain. The right brain meticulously lays out the goals and follows the tasks, timeline, and budget.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The team of people currently working on the proposal for this new platform, asked me to help share some context about the role of Community Managers that could be included in the proposal narrative for funders who may be unfamiliar with community building best practices.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While the practice seems to be on the rise, these statistics indicate that regular temperature checks are not the status quo. leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Last month, I participated in a Design Thinking Lab with network leadership practitioners convened by the Leadership Learning Community. The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. What’s the biggest challenge related to networks and leadership?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

Here’s how board portal software like BoardSite can help your nonprofit’s board be more productive and successful and follow good governance practices. It facilitates straightforward communication between board members, helps you keep documents organized, and more, similar to a traditional board books.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Closing the Generosity Evidence-to-Practice Gap I often hear from nonprofit leaders the importance not just of having research data available, but resources that help them apply it to their organizations. This approach ensures that organizations are not just informed but equipped to implement best practices effectively.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Teri Carden, Founder and CEO of 100 Reviews , facilitated a panel discussion on how to turn your next great idea into gold. Leadership. If you’re looking for a unique peer-to-peer opportunity in 2023, mark your calendar for.orgCommunity’s Leadership ColLAB on March 2 at the OLC Education and Conference Center in Rosemont, IL.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Have you taken the time to assess your expertise as a development professional from a leadership perspective? Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

By embracing a community leadership role, foundations can amplify their impact and empower grantees to achieve long-term, sustainable success. In this blog post, we will explore the concept of community leadership in foundations and discuss how they can support their grantees beyond the dollar.

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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. Digital Leadership. My session was about leadership and digital strategies. 1: Broadband Internet (Expansion of broadband). #2: 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams. Often, facilitation teams are brought together by an event host. Photo by Trav Williams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

5) Send Myself A FutureMe Email: I use a site called “ FutureMe ” to write an email to myself post dated a year from now, a practice I’ve been doing for a few years now. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. Year in Review.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

In fundraising, we say that the most powerful form of ask is a peer ask, and what is social media if not a perfect medium to facilitate that? While there, he helped launch Nonprofit Boot Camp , the Environmental Nonprofit Network, and the Next Generation Leadership Forum. There are no experts, yet.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Arthur Brooks shares, Every year I teach Harvard MBA students about happiness and its unique relationship to leadership. I want to work at a place where leaders are facilitating not just my growth broadly but also my ability to live out my values in the world. I want to feel like Im constantly evolving.

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Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

It encompasses practices and technologies that protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive learner and instructor information, course materials, and system functionalities. It entails implementing appropriate controls to safeguard sensitive data, aligning with regulations and industry best practices.

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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. just strategy, or just process facilitation, or just fundraising). What do we know about emerging practices around network strategy, structure, governance, leadership, communication platforms, backbone organizations, etc.?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Leadership. Join us to examine where your community resides online using a mapping exercise, think about cross-channel best practices, and talk about examples of successful cross-platform community building. We’ll address emerging best practices and discuss the associated opportunities and challenges of community-driven strategies.

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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. Do a little research and see if your peer executive directors are using social media or mobile as a leadership tool.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. In fact, we all live in social networks, every day, and the implications are important for organizations, professional networking and leadership development. As part of a. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This guide covers what you need to know to expertly manage volunteers through the following sections: Volunteer management: FAQs Volunteer management best practices How volunteer management software can help Volunteer management: FAQs What is volunteer management? You can also create a volunteer management calendar to help you stay organized.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 3, 2025

It facilitates discussions that foster consensus among board members, staff, and volunteers. Failure to involve stakeholders: Strategic planning should not be a top-down process dictated solely by leadership. With a shared vision, the organization can confidently chart its course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

If you’re curious about the cost of turnover in your own organization, the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has a free turnover calculator you can use. Many leaders – 60% – worry their organization’s leadership lacks a plan and vision to implement AI properly.*

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. And, get direct access to practical tools that you can use within your organization. We learned a lot.

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.orgSource

MAY 9, 2023

Before you engage a facilitator, discuss their approach to innovation. This attitudinal shift takes practice. Inspire the leadership team. Liz emphasized the importance of the board and CEO’s leadership early in our conversation. Review your strategic plan and assess where there is room for growth.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Maverick management and leadership styles have emerged in China as a result of the country’s hypercompetitive market, rapid industrial and digital transition, enormous consumer base, massive labour force, advanced manufacturing infrastructure, and ability to adapt to practical and economic difficulties.

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