Guest Post by Sarah Tedesco, Executive Vice President of DonorSearch As a member of a nonprofit fundraising team, you always have your eyes on a fundraising goal and are working to improve your online donor engagement strategy. Fundraising, however, can take many different forms, so it can be difficult to know which is best to improve your online donor engagement. Because you can’t just rely on prospect research, you need a fundraising campaign that is not only far-reaching but can still … [Read more...]
Trainer's Notebook: Using Dot Voting Online
When I facilitate meetings or workshops for nonprofits, not matter the topic, I incorporate many participatory approaches and design thinking methods. One technique that I often employ is called "Dot Voting" or "Visual the Vote." This is a simple process for getting participants to prioritize ideas or decisions. You use this to follow a brainstorming activity which may yield an abundance of new ideas. The technique helps you need to evaluate the ideas. Dot voting is a visual way to see where … [Read more...]
Icebreakers for Online Meetings That Introverts Will Love
In my work as a trainer and facilitator, I make workshops and master classes as interactive as possible, incorporating peer discussion, movement, and creativity. I feel this makes a better learning experience. The same goes for in-person meetings. However, these days so many of my meetings take place online, typically on Zoom, and interactivity can be a challenge. But it isn't impossible, if you follow best practices for virtual facilitation for meetings. One design important instructional … [Read more...]
Four Tips To Boost Your Personal Resilience While Doing Nonprofit Work
I am thrilled to be presenting with my colleague, Ananda Leeke in Boston next week at the Resilience at Work Conference. We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I'm going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. These exercises can calm you and have the added benefit of restoring focus and productivity. I also use them a … [Read more...]
New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills
My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called "Leading Systems Change." The book describes a new approach to leadership and community engagement in the Central Valley, that has empowered local leaders to tackle a host of issues facing the community in an entirely new way--from designing education programs and services for immigrant communities to law enforcement reform, and boosting entrepreneurship in the region. Overall, the program led to over … [Read more...]
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