Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rushed pre-work : High-quality planning sessions start with pre-work that takes time to create and time to complete. Comprehensive pre-work The best strategic planning sessions arent rushed; theyre carefully developed through input from board members, staff, and facilitators. Select a top-notch facilitator.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Social skills— along with empathy, help teams successfully collaborate to get work done. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

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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. The more diverse the group, the harder the left brain must work. […]. The right brain meticulously lays out the goals and follows the tasks, timeline, and budget.

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The Fundraising Authority

AUGUST 17, 2022

I was thrilled to have an opportunity to speak to the work of The Fundraising Authority and my experience in the nonprofit industry. . NXUnite brings nonprofit leaders together in an unstoppable community that facilitates valuable connections. Want to hear what I (and my fellow panelists) had to say? . View the presentation here.

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Futurism

APRIL 1, 2025

Starship, as the largest rocket ever built, could give the United States a massive leg up, greatly facilitating its access to space and ability to launch enormous payloads into orbit and beyond. At the same time, the promise of a super heavy launch platform is tantalizing.

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Engadget

MARCH 12, 2025

" The first, Gemini Robotics, was designed by Deepmind to facilitate direct control of robots. "While our previous work demonstrated progress in these areas, Gemini Robotics represents a substantial step in performance on all three axes, getting us closer to truly general purpose robots," says DeepMind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofits now have a range of remote and hybrid events to choose between, and they can make the most of them thanks to platforms like PayBee that facilitate streaming and other digital tools. When he’s not managing a fundraising event you can find him at the gym or working on side projects at home in Palo Alto, CA.

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Candid

MARCH 7, 2024

The shift to remote work is one of the most significant workplace trends we’ve seen in recent years. Four years later, many organizations ( including Candid ) continue to offer work-location flexibility. One reason many people prefer to work from home is the potential for better work-life balance. to let the dog out).

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Learn more about the solution: [link] Avancera operates as an incubator, as a facilitator, and often as a neutral third party to help leaders move from the desire to work as partners, to the operational reality of doing so. Your Visionlink Team

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Through Peer Support Groups, warriors connect with each other, work to overcome challenges, and develop a renewed sense of community. We also held events at least quarterly, doing volunteer work with the food bank and local schools, as well as social events – like movie nights, bowling, and holiday celebrations.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Technology facilitates much greater drilling down today, and you’re in danger of malpractice if you don’t use some of the new tools available. AI facilitates radical connection in a manner most directly aligned with individual identities, interests, and preferences. The right message to the wrong people? Both are crimes.

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

When your board can’t work to the best of their ability, it holds your entire organization back from reaching its true potential. Many of today’s nonprofits have remote or hybrid work setups, which means that directors are likely to be working in different time zones or locations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

When performing a facilitated discovery in advance of a tech change, unknowns are surfaced, assumptions are validated, refined or debunked, and obstacles to adoption and long-term viability are removed. . < If it doesn’t work for them, what’s the point? Is a process or culture change also needed for the solution to work?

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 29, 2023

Working with an AMS selection consultant helps to simplif y this process , offering numerous benefits. Here are four ways an AMS selection consultant can help your association find the right AMS: 1. Working with an experienced consultant can help your association find the best AMS for your staff and members.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

2) The bots will be our BFFs freeing us from a multitude of mundane tasks to work at a higher level. Social media platforms and mobile apps facilitate real-time interactions, keeping members informed and involved. These unique insights facilitate objective decision-making. Which camp are you in?

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Technology Collaboration Interaction Associations 251

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Heres what music can do for sleep: Facilitate faster sleep onset : A study involving women with insomnia found that participants who listened to self-selected music at bedtime for 10 nights reduced their time to fall asleep from 27 to 69 minutes to just 6 to 13 minutes. In other words, you can work harder while feeling like youre doing less.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 20, 2023

A clearinghouse of affected households and families also facilitates the use of a call center for inbound calls for assistance. Working together, we can recover from disasters—and work to change another part of the world for good. The main lesson?

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Towards Data Science

JANUARY 5, 2024

Data Science Better Practices, Part 2 — Work Together You can’t just throw more data scientists at this model and expect the accuracy to magically increase. Temporary one-off hacks to make something tangentially important work. For the sake of examples we’ll assume we are members of a team working on the Iris flower data set.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Those responsibilities range from ensuring the safety and well-being of foundation and grantee staff working in difficult environments, protecting the privacy of grantees and program participants, and creating a culture of safeguarding within an organization to prevent harm from occurring in the first place.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

The primary types of mobile giving How does mobile giving work? QR code donations Another effective way to facilitate mobile giving, especially when donors interact with physical marketing materials, is through QR code donations. How does mobile giving work? Step 2: Pick the giving avenues that work for you.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. Understanding how other departments operate and empathizing with their needs is fundamental to making systems work effectively and creating buy-in.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Remember, your goal ( why you do what you do ) must encompass building community, facilitating human connection, and creating opportunities for people to find meaning. Yes, it’s work. In the past, you may have considered some of these strategies “back burner” items or things to do “on the side,” as time allowed.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Last Friday, for the first part of the Matrix Group holiday celebration, I hired a facilitator to run a group discussion about the year we’ve just had. I also learned about their fears and that I have work to do to make them feel more supported at work. Reinventing the Work Environment. Asynchronous work is here to stay.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? To change that, we came up with a structure that allows for on-demand project work in blended, cross-functional teams. Winton also notes that this skill-based, collaborative model is the way millennials prefer to work. The success is shared.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

Bell’s work will play a large role in their success. Bell is researching what mix of personalities is most likely to work effectively together. A mission team—like any team, anywhere—needs competent people who work well together,” Bell advises. “In You have to understand the characteristics of work in your culture.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

While public policy advocacy efforts are often selective and directly relevant to their missions, nonprofit leaders may also see many aspects of their work — from funding to community outreach — as forms of advocacy. . * Advocacy efforts are mission-driven. Strong relationships are central to successful advocacy.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 21, 2023

Let’s take a look at some possibilities: (1) Start a memorial fund with an existing nonprofit, (2) Contribute time and expertise to a program at an existing nonprofit; (3) Work with a fiscal agent, (4) Start a local chapter of a national nonprofit, and (5) Start your own nonprofit. This is well meaning, but under-informed.

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sgEngage

MARCH 24, 2025

These workers serve as a liaison between healthcare services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. Their work ensures that patients transition smoothly from hospital to community care, which is vital when hospital resources are strained due to budget cuts.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In fact, the current estimated value of an hour of volunteer work is over $33 , representing an incredible opportunity to drive support for your mission. Volunteer management is the process of working with volunteers throughout their engagement with your organization, from recruitment to ongoing engagement and retention.

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Volunteer Management Guide Nonprofit 69

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2022

We are here to educate, facilitate and communicate,” he said. “We We work with nonprofits to educate donors on the benefits of donating appreciated stock. It’s a process that works, and one in which everyone benefits,” Latham said. Then we make it easy for them to take action.”.

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Gift Nonprofit Profit Donation 318

.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. Sharon will facilitate a 360-degree discussion about trust. As the Founder of Better Works Labs , Al helps organizations create cultures that thrive through transition. Leadership.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2019

And during these weeks and months, your fundraisers are hard at work making sure they’re in top shape for their event. Posting about training sessions to their family and friends, educating their network about why they’re working so hard, and giving praise to their supporters are great ways to drive even more awareness and dollars raised.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly. Working with Sharon, we were able to create a governance plan that aligned perfectly with our life cycle stage,” CEO, Andrea Bennett, noted. “We

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Byte Technology

JUNE 17, 2021

These tools for gathering information must all work hand-in-hand to get a full picture of their purchasing route. You can even link a Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) that will facilitate tracking. There are various and no single solutions to these tools.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’s an ongoing process that should keep membership and marketing teams working together routinely. Set Common Goals to Inspire Performance When the teams have established a comfortable working relationship, setting common goals that advance the strategic plan can be a powerful incentive to take collaboration to a higher level.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

It’s an ongoing process that should keep membership and marketing teams working together routinely. When the teams have established a comfortable working relationship, setting common goals that advance the strategic plan can be a powerful incentive to take collaboration to a higher level. Data is an important connector.

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