Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies Gunner’s techniques in his own technology/activist trainings. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises. If you doing training, you have to be a little fearless piloting new techniques or you will just do the same old stuff – you’ll get bored and your participants will also be bored.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods. This change reflects a broader trend in nonprofits. They do so through donors’ preferred methods, like email, social media, text messages , or direct mail. Exploring Advanced Strategies AI-driven fundraising uses a wide range of techniques.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 2, 2024

Understand and Reflect Their Values Gen Z donors care deeply about social justice, environmental sustainability, and inclusivity. These methods fit perfectly with Gen Z’s digital habits and love for community-driven, engaging experiences. generation so your organization can ensure future fundraising success.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 11, 2023

Objection 1: Bias in Bias out One of the most significant concerns with GPT models is the potential for them to reflect and perpetuate biases present in the data used to train them. Additionally, there are efforts underway to develop methods for identifying and mitigating bias in GPT models.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

One method for individuals is to schedule “ power hours ” by putting your planning/quiet time in your calendar and focusing on a key task. Another method is finding a “ Shultz Hour ” where you carve an hour before or after work for silent reflection, or maybe a Shultz ten minutes by closing your office door.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

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. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies the Spectragram technique in his technology/activist trainings. Opening Exercise.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 16, 2024

According to the firm, Moore ACTS brings together psychometric research from the Moore Neuro-Fundraising Lab , data insights from SimioCloud , a Moore company, generative AI techniques, and omnichannel analytics. 48% of donors say email is their preferred method for receiving updates and appeals from nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects. Brainstorm: Methods for generating new ideas – recombining, adding, subtracting. Will Digital Post-It Notes Replace Paper? When I facilitate training, I use analog and digital tools and materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Wendy is a real team player and made the session a lot of fun! We explored people’s listening routines, perceptions about the value of listening, and specific tools and techniques. Forensic Listening: Chris Abraham shared this method and is primarily for those who haven’t yet started.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example, many organizations have had to shift their resources and budgets to create engaging virtual events and online resources for their constituents, audience research is adapting its modes and methods to better understand the behaviors and needs of new and changing audiences. Ongoing challenges remain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Trainer Reflection. Documentation.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

These include the quality of the training content, the delivery method, and the relevance of the training to employees ‘ roles. Leveraging technology ensures that you have a robust and reliable method for evaluating your training programs. Here are some effective training methods: 1.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

These include the quality of the training content, the delivery method, and the relevance of the training to employees ‘ roles. Leveraging technology ensures that you have a robust and reliable method for evaluating your training programs. Here are some effective training methods: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

To facilitate the lab, I used human centered design techniques (for a good overview see Jen Bokoff’s terrific overview post here ) and more specifically the Luma Institute methods (for more, see my post here.). Afterwards, I facilitated a reflective conversation about the various ideas – what were the patterns?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Rheingold’s low-tech technique, a post-it note on your computer monitor, is a simple and elegant way to help train your attention. During the workshop in New Zealand, we discussed different methods for being mindful and what might apply to our practice. Distraction is still a problem and we need to need to find coping methods.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

While in-person sessions can promote cross-cultural talks and experience sharing, online modules can be customized with different examples and scenarios that reflect cultural nuances and preferences. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

While in-person sessions can promote cross-cultural talks and experience sharing, online modules can be customized with different examples and scenarios that reflect cultural nuances and preferences. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

While in-person sessions can promote cross-cultural talks and experience sharing, online modules can be customized with different examples and scenarios that reflect cultural nuances and preferences. To establish a unified visual brand, use the same fonts, colors, logos, and formatting techniques throughout all training materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Jarche mentions some techniques from three different curators on how to add value. Practice and experiment: Read the article and try the technique and describe how it worked or didn’t for you. Answer the question yourself: Answer the question raised in the article from your own experience. What does this mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Instead he guides you on how to focus on what matters and ignore the rest. He offers both daily techniques that help you reach longer-term goals. Saying no is a muscle that needs to be exercised daily. This year I’m incorporating a couple of techniques. Bregman has a method for that. What did you accomplish?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

He describes a simple technique of taking 5 minutes every morning to write down 3 important tasks to accomplish and then reminding yourself every hour as to whether you have completed those tasks using your iPhone alarm. And then reflecting at the end of the day for 5 minutes about what you accomplished.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

It should be concise and specific, and it should reflect the needs and priorities of your community. Whatever methods you choose, it is important to be transparent and responsive to community feedback. Analyze the data: Use statistical tools and techniques to analyze the data you have collected to identify patterns and isolate needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2015

Yes, templates and codification is a good thing, but sometimes learning is about serendipity or taking that extra time to learn about a new topic or practice with a different method or tool. I think you have to walk that tension between being efficient and checking it off your to do list with time to explore and learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My sessions were integrated into the various leadership, visioning process for women’s rights, curriculum development, and evaluation methods modules throughout the week as networked and social media skills were not the main focus. I have read a lot about these methods , but you cannot really under it until you experience it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 9, 2024

These methods not only generate income but also engage and expand the organization’s community. The fundraising landscape for nonprofits is diverse and dynamic, requiring a strategic approach that combines traditional methods with innovative techniques.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 12, 2024

As the year winds down, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on your nonprofit’s marketing and communications goals while also identifying what you’d like to accomplish over the next few months and in the new year. It’s hard to believe that we’re more than halfway through 2024. Press releases are great, but story pitches are better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I have been using human spectra gram , a technique I learned from colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. Put Your Learners on the Stage and Hand Them the Mic!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2016

As we wrote chapters on the book, we examined our own unhealthy habits and experimented applying some of the methods. It is a simple technique: 1) notice the habit; 2) Ask yourself what you are getting out of it in the moment. Wendy Harman shared her method based on Marshall Goldsmith’s Daily Questions process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. The secret sauce to success for nonprofits and social media is reflecting in action. This is a technique I've used as a trainer, but it also works beautifully for social media projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Someone who has been there, experienced that, and advised you how to use the methods you have learned in your learnings, and encourage you to succeed within this environment. In learning concepts and methods for improvement within an organization, it is best if relayed in a manner consistent with the environment your staff is encountering.

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