In 2013, Zoe Amar and Matt Collins, digital strategy consultants for nonprofits, started the "Social CEOs Award" after being inspired by LinkedIn’s top 30 social CEOs list. Through their research, they have found that there is tremendous benefit for nonprofit brands when their CEO does social right: 8 out of 10 people say they’re likely to trust an organisation whose CEO and team use social media 93% of employees think social CEOs are better equipped to handle a crisis 8 out of 10 people … [Read more...]
Trainer's Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities
Last week, I was honored to facilitate a workshop on best practices in crowd funding in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University in conjunction with its TechNow Conference (where I delivered the keynote). I've already shared a blog post about the content related to "Best Practices for Nonprofit Crowd Funding" that includes case studies, examples, tips, and resource links. Instructional design is more than just delivering the content, … [Read more...]
10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns
[slideshare id=41110193&doc=technow-crowdfundingworkshopdeckslideshareversion-141104100105-conversion-gate02] Last week, I was honored to deliver the lunch keynote at the 2014 TechNow Conference in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. (My trick for helping participants avoid a food coma is to get the audience moving). The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction … [Read more...]
6 Fun Icebreakers for Nonprofit Training Sessions
Note From Beth: Having good openers (and closers) are essential to the success of your training workshop. I always incorporate an icebreaker, a short exercise that lets people introduce themselves and tap into existing knowledge. I have a repertoire of icebreakers and always like to discover new ones. I noticed that Jen Bokoff from the Foundation Center was re-tweeted a photo of an icebreaker she used at her conference session on facilitation techniques. She kindly offered to … [Read more...]
How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors
I've been a huge fan of GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at Stanford. I'm pleased to see that some of the skepticism and complaints have now morphed in to more capacity builders providing tips for nonprofits to take advantage of this national day of giving. Giving Days organized by local communities are being adopted by many more communities than ever before and a stronger understanding how these efforts can help build the capacity of … [Read more...]
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