Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. I design and facilitate a day long, in person meeting every other month dedicated to one of these topics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

As the facilitator or meeting host, you can also judge whether you have allowed for enough time by watching the note-taking process in the google document. It is a good idea to get a few people together on a call to practice doing it before you host your first meeting with zoom Breakout Rooms. What is a challenge?

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Exercise Reflection Google Consultant 177

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. They think about the network structure, evaluation, communication, training, opportunities, and reflection.

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Network Practice Arts Facilitation 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

Here is a write up about how the toolkit was designed and piloted, but of interest is how they framed the design challenge of designing the toolkit: How could they structure it so that people could dip in and out without having to wade through theory first? They responded to the design challenge by making the toolkit as practical as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. Here they are: Rituals.

Professional 143

Professional Croatia Personal Build 143

VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Or said another way, your new system most likely has created a more effective or efficient way of managing data and if you force the new system to replicate all the data content and structure of your old system, then you may bring many of the problems with your old data into the new system unintentionally.

Platform 186

Platform Software System Facilitation 186

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

Journal 148

Journal Reflection Technique Facilitation 148

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. Do you have a preferred method?

Reflection 127

Reflection NTEN Change Exercise 127

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

So, what does participatory grantmaking look like in practice? Kelly Buhles outlines some of the ways to structure participation in her article, “A Primer for Participatory Grantmaking,” and divides them into two main groupings: participatory committees and collective groups.

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Participatory Model Grant Foundation 129

.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. We strive to include diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work. We commit to using these practices for our business and our communities. This is not a forum for amateurs.

Associations 221

Associations Reflection Leadership Policy 221

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 20, 2024

To guarantee success with your pricing committee, youll want to create structure and clarity around each of your stakeholders roles. Committee chair When selecting this important role, consider a senior leader to set meeting agendas, facilitate discussions, and drive your committees progress.

Strategy 106

Strategy Practice Associations Review 106

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Additionally, a pre-designed event landing page template offers a structured layout, incorporating essential details such as event schedules, ticketing information, and engaging visuals. The LWCs further facilitate in-depth selections, such as size and color, offering a streamlined shopping experience. Learn more

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Experiment Web Widget Template 115

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.?

Build 115

Build Change Social Facilitation 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. His response: Looking: Observing human experience.

Design 130

Design Strategy Digital Technique 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the pandemic, interested soared in learning how facilitate better virtual meetings.

Professional 114

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 114

EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Ensuring a smooth user experience is especially critical for complex virtual campaigns like peer-to-peer fundraising, which relies heavily on your website to facilitate a number of different interactions between donors, their networks, and your organization. Integrated functionality is critical for nonprofit virtual engagement.

Virtual 190

Virtual Site Support Fundraising 190

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

Forum One

JUNE 22, 2022

The first step is to facilitate ideation. Yet facilitating workshops, ideation sessions, or other conversations with the goal to encourage creativity and discourse can be challenging. Yet facilitating workshops, ideation sessions, or other conversations with the goal to encourage creativity and discourse can be challenging.

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Facilitation Structure Conversation Camera 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. It doesn’t do more than that.

Review 108

Review Change Cleveland Generation 108

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

Learning Theory 139

Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I think that TechSoup Global’s three leaders – Daniel Ben-Horin, Rebecca Massisak, and Marnie Webb – have been modeling this practice. Being/Doing Structure: The first day offered more structure. The next day was all about practice, action, and doing. Designing for Serendipity.

Global 101

Global Structure Model Network 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2013

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation this year, I’m facilitating a peer learning group based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and the next session we are focusing on the sense-making step of measurement. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps.

Resource 119

Resource Data Guide Chart 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2012

To me, this creates the perfect book to help guide your practice of building and working within a network. It is also packed with resource lists and stories.

Network 111

Network Skills NTC Chapter 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. What gave me joy?

Professional 117

Professional Build Journal Facilitation 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Remote and Hybrid Facilitation Workshops : During the pandemic, interested soared in learning how facilitate better virtual meetings.

Professional 100

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 100

Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I practically commute to Union Station anyway. 11NTCSocialCRM) Tech Track: Keeping it Real (Secure) – Security in Your Network Neighborhood (10:30 am-12 pm Saturday) - The tech track sessions differ in both content and structure. Structurally, these are collaborative/conversational sessions. I love it.

Time 113

Time NTC DC Org 113

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Here’s 3 ways participants dive into the mix with the N2Y4 Conference structure: 1. The “State of Mobile” topical sessions will be facilitated by leaders in both the NGO and private-sector-sphere. Sessions promise to cover leading theories and practices. REGISTER here! Still unsure? Are you challenged by lecture-formats?

San Jose 100

San Jose Conference Mobile Challenge 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2013

The guide, written by online fundraising experts at Third Plateau and KDS Strategies , is Knight Foundation’s way of sharing emerging best practices as organizations continue to experiment with engaging communities online. 3: Pick the structure that best fits your capacity and goals. Registration is here. ). 4) Begin planning…now.

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Foundation Giving Miami Georgia 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is building time in for reflection and putting I find out into practice. Sense making is also experimenting and learning by doing. It is also a process that happens, in part, in quiet – and for me that means embracing slowness. Most of all, sensing requires discipline, a routine, systems, and being organized.

Share 103

Share Reflection Social Media Slideshare 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises.

Reflection 98

Reflection Train Training Design 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. I might audit their Facebook best practices and other social media channels.

Instructional Design 113

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve just returned from an inspiring week in Kiev, Ukraine where I got to facilitate a training for women’s organizations organized by Wake , an amazing start up founded by two respected colleagues Trish Tierney and Heather Ramsey. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques.

Facilitation 50

Facilitation Train Training International 50

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. How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? The questions: What do you hope to learn today? How do let go and allow for emergence?

Design 107

Design Course Leadership Network 107

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

Action 78

Action Report Practice Fundraising 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Peer learning is certainly not new, and there is rich insight draw on from the study of communities of practice. It should be clear to all involved that the learning process will be exploratory and emergent rather than tightly structured and directive. It’s a form of network building.

Learning 98

Learning San Francisco Structure Knowledge Management 98

Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. This builds a standard structure into the process from the start. To ensure everyone is on the same wavelength and ready to contribute, be sure to take these best practices into account: Start your meetings by getting people talking and focused.

Campaign 97

Campaign Structure Phase Review 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

It’s for people who want to go deeper and get practical know how, improved productivity, and integrate physical and virtual lives. To say that social media facilitates distraction is not to say that social media has to control your awareness – you can take control back and through repeated conscious efforts. Pay it forward.

Online 131

Online Social Media Attention Chapter 131