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. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead.

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Journal Reflection Technique Facilitation 148

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? We’ll follow with 10 minutes to group ideas around common themes. Let’s begin with some practical strategies, including ground rules, defined roles, supplies, and tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Review the 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. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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Professional San Jose Journal Facilitation 92

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. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 114

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. They can even be done virtually!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the 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. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

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Arts Content Create Learning 52

Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

Arts 52

Arts Content Create Learning 52

Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

This technique encompasses researching and collecting data about your learners to gain a clearer understanding of their behaviors and preferences. Conduct focus group interviews for an in-depth understanding of learner needs. Hence, the relevance of engagement techniques such as gamification.

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Arts Content Create Learning 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2017

A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. This is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. A structured process has a number of benefits.

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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. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 109

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Tree Testing Technique To check the reliability and effectiveness of your LMS, tree testing technique proves to be an ideal approach. This technique is not influenced by visual design or navigation aids and is conducted on the text version of the platform’s structure.

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Government Measure Goal Business 52

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Tree Testing Technique To check the reliability and effectiveness of your LMS, tree testing technique proves to be an ideal approach. This technique is not influenced by visual design or navigation aids and is conducted on the text version of the platform’s structure.

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Government Measure Goal Business 52

Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Tree Testing Technique To check the reliability and effectiveness of your LMS, tree testing technique proves to be an ideal approach. This technique is not influenced by visual design or navigation aids and is conducted on the text version of the platform’s structure.

Government 52

Government Measure Goal Business 52

Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Some courses are meant to co-exist and taken as a group-one after the other to deliver a holistic experience to learners. Learning paths can tailor the training material to cater to the individual user in a sequence and structured manner. Why Learning Paths (Curriculums) are important for your training programs?

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Some courses are meant to co-exist and taken as a group-one after the other to deliver a holistic experience to learners. Learning paths can tailor the training material to cater to the individual user in a sequence and structured manner. Why Learning Paths (Curriculums) are important for your training programs?

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Train Training Program Learning 52

Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

Some courses are meant to co-exist and taken as a group-one after the other to deliver a holistic experience to learners. Learning paths can tailor the training material to cater to the individual user in a sequence and structured manner. This is where learning paths play a vital role.

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Train Training Program Learning 52

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Look for a venue that’s roomy with windows and has additional space for small group work. If the venue has outdoor access for team-building exercises, group work, and breaks, that’s even better. Most small group talk is dominated by one or two people. Most small group talk is dominated by one or two people.

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Develop Create Tips Exercise 83

Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

Normalize Feedback Use the technique of calling in and calling out. In addition to bringing issues into the open, you need to build a mechanism in which there is a consistent opportunity for calling in/calling out behaviors: Are there structural and procedural processes in place in which to have these feedback conversations?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Data should inform and optimise your fundraising strategy , and attribution is a simple technique you can use to really help you get it right. Whenever you see this juicy URL (in your case, filled with awesome information relating to your charity), the UTMs help your analytics tool identify and group this traffic. Hierarchy matters.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Setting up your own domain will help you see the impact of each SEO technique you implement Click To Tweet. The many aspects that determine SEO range from the words on your page, and the way other sites link to you on the web, to simply structuring your website in a way that search engines understand. So you want to teach yourself SEO?

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Learning Mentoring Beginner Search 105

Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Educate prospects about the structure of your sponsorship program. Segmentation is the process of dividing your target audience into groups based on shared characteristics. This will prepare you to personalize your messaging for each group. Educate prospects about the structure of your sponsorship program.

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Sponsor Marketing Tips Case Study 52

Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

Header tags: Header tags contribute to both the logical structure of content, aiding search engines in understanding information hierarchy, and the readability of the page for users. Ensure optimized site performance and structure Ensuring the technical soundness of your website is a foundational aspect of effective SEO.

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International Strategy Search Structure 95

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. I’ve done this with small groups of ten and also on larger calls with several hundred.

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Virtual Facilitation Exercise Fun 132

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. The techniques help to grease the wheels of any organizational change. Change management relies on a wide variety of tools and techniques. A “Why” Statement. Reinforcements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We used some Human Centered Design techniques from their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book. It was the most stimulating web platform strategy session that I have ever experienced! I love being exposed to new ways of working, taking process notes, observing techniques, and thinking about how to apply to my own work.

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Design Strategy Digital Technique 130

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2021

They interviewed a diverse group of 65 business people, everyone from CEOs of mighty organizations to modest sized local nonprofits. With their findings they identified a number of common areas of concern amid the entire group. This group was able to turn their stress into a sort of fuel for change and nonprofit success. .

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Strategy Nonprofit Industry Authoring 80

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . What are the key functions of a sales operations group? The Structure of an Agile Sales Operations Unit. Performance Management Software.

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Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 150

Candid

JULY 5, 2023

This offers another structured way to build awareness of preferences and how teammates can best work together. One leader at Candid wisely uses the progressive stack method , a technique to prioritize voices less-heard in team meetings. These offer insight into strengths, preferences, and approaches to work.

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Team Build Tips Exercise 105

Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This will determine what educational resources will be used, how the course will be structured, and how to personalize the learning experience for students. So, it is important to use active learning techniques and provide opportunities for students to interact with each other and with the instructor.

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Virtual Classroom Classroom Virtual Guide 52

Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This will determine what educational resources will be used, how the course will be structured, and how to personalize the learning experience for students. So, it is important to use active learning techniques and provide opportunities for students to interact with each other and with the instructor.

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Virtual Classroom Classroom Virtual Guide 52

Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This will determine what educational resources will be used, how the course will be structured, and how to personalize the learning experience for students. So, it is important to use active learning techniques and provide opportunities for students to interact with each other and with the instructor.

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Virtual Classroom Classroom Virtual Guide 52

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. If you are curious about more techniques, I suggest David Staker’s “ Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

While participants in each track will explore their topics in depth and in the context of a facilitated structure, there will be inspiring keynotes and opportunities for networking for all participants. ” The brainstorming techniques from the previous day will yield many, many insights and ideas.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2019

Why do so many teams and groups fail to perform --achieving compromise at best and gridlock at worst? sees the big picture of what the team or group is there to do and works tirelessly to make that happen, without manipulating the process or its outcome to their own personal advantage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn. There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups. This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism.

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