Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It leverages peer-to-peer style fundraising techniques leading up to events like galas and auctions to call on your nonprofits’ top supporters to get more involved than ever before. And if your donors have interacted with you through other mobile and digital methods, they’ll probably be very responsive to text-to-give!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Three Ways to Think About Content. Think Beyond Presenters.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

I want to share a few of my favorite techniques for making sure that you’re identifying and adapting to the evolving needs of your audience while designing. I think that the most powerful design technique is to engage in active listening and empathy-building exercises with your internal stakeholders. And practice, practice, practice!

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CauseVox

AUGUST 2, 2024

Create Engaging Content When creating video content, live streams, or interactive posts, keep things engaging and authentic. For live streams, be personable and interact with viewers in real-time—answer their questions and acknowledge their comments to build a sense of community.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 9, 2024

Chances are that you interact in your personal or professional life somewhat regularly with the disability community. How comfortable are you with that interaction? This might appear as a particularly nuanced task when interacting with someone who has a disability. Do you have stereotypes or assumptions about specific groups?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. However, these days so many of my meetings take place online, typically on Zoom, and interactivity can be a challenge. Can this technique work for an online meeting?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Icebreakers for a Pandemic : Some ideas to help inspire people to keep optimistic and check-in about their feelings. Icebreakers for Teams Collection Select from over 300 icebreakers based on how well the group knows each other. Interactive Meeting Techniques. Effective Brainstorming Techniques by Beth Kanter.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 12, 2024

I’m a former news anchor turned nonprofit marketing and communications professional who is passionate about helping organizations tell their stories using public relations and storytelling techniques. A few ideas include explaining details about your program offerings, sharing impactful success stories, and providing organizational updates.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 24, 2021

In the events world, event gamification means that your attendees will interact with the brand, presenters, sponsors , other attendees, and exhibitor booths in new and exciting ways. . Whether you are running an online event, hybrid event, or in-person, consider these event gamification ideas easy wins: Interact To Win Points.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

” Jo Wolfe, Aseem Thakur, Gillian Tan, Cherisse Beh, Katie Bengaard, and Toral Cowieson joined our session as small group facilitators. The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes peer learning. Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

I am not suggesting that you make every meeting into a group therapy session. Group check-ins or icebreakers allow us to become more connected as humans as well as name, claim and move on from distractions and focus on the meeting at hand. Here’s a few ideas. ” . Pandemic Check-Ins & Icebreakers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Certainly, safety needs to be a priority but that does not mean that your in-person or hybrid event has to be an isolating affair without meaningful networking opportunities and plenty of social interaction. . Organize Attendees into Groups. Organizing attendees into smaller groups makes it easier to manage the numbers.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

It can contribute to exchanges and interactions that are at the heart of nonprofit network building. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. Policy Change Furthermore, the implicit idea that widespread quality data leads directly to positive policy change is also not accurate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2013

I enjoy meetings when there has been a lot given to the design and you have expert facilitators in the room because I not only learn about the content, but also learn some new facilitation techniques. By the end of the day, she was able to summarize ideas and takeaways that we discussed. Networks Training Design'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

It can also help fundraisers strategize and come up with new fundraising ideas! Google Bard, an AI experiment by Google, empowers users to explore and express creative ideas effortlessly. AI technology can revolutionize your donor interactions by helping you create personalized donor communication quickly.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

Normalize Feedback Use the technique of calling in and calling out. The idea is not to shame or indict but rather to identify and bring awareness to the possible harmful impact of the behavior. About Alford Group Alford Group is a national, full-service consultancy for nonprofits offering services in 6 focus areas.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about data methods from Alexandra Samuels and cross-track sessions from traditional panels to unconference. The culmination of these two and half very intense days was an Idea Accelerator Lab. Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

While I delivered some content sessions on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn strategy, I also facilitated interactive sessions. It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. Small group coaching has it own specific techniques.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. This gave me an excuse to look at different types of peer learning exercises and facilitation techniques. Techniques.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

With a shared message and combined efforts, collaborations can have a huge effect on your nonprofit’s visibility while also fostering a community of like-minded groups that can continue to work together to help make an impactful change in your community. 60+ Nonprofit Marketing Ideas That Get Results.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Brett’s approach is both unique and inspiring, seamlessly blending time-tested fundraising techniques with his trademark humor and heartfelt enthusiasm during live auctions and fund-a-need paddle raises. George is among an elite group of auctioneers to hold the designation of Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (BAS).

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Certainly, safety needs to be a priority but that does not mean that your in-person or hybrid event has to be an isolating affair without meaningful networking opportunities and plenty of social interaction. . Organize Attendees into Groups. Organizing attendees into smaller groups makes it easier to manage the numbers.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Stories are interactive, bonding. Shared stories can tie whole cultures and groups together. Shared stories bind all sorts of people, from families to religious groups. Good (and Bad) Examples of Nonprofit Storytelling If you’re like most, a good example can give you the practical ideas you need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Group Photo with Certificates. This conference was designed as an interactive, networking event. This was important because we were using a lot of interactive techniques like world cafe and speed geek that may have been new ways of learning for some participants. Design for Flexibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. intense days of meetings. The design incorporate many interactive learning techniques to ensure that participants were actively learning and sharing, and not falling asleep!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s. Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan.

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

Therefore, you need to address this while planning marketing ideas for events. When brainstorming marketing ideas for events, take a step back , slow down and focus on letting the attendees shine! Think of the ways that attendees will be interacting with your event and try to improve them.

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