A few episodes ago, Sarah shared a vision of nonprofit leaders helping each other by facilitating each other's retreats. That invites the question of how to facilitate well. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah invite facilitation expert Mike Beebe to share his wisdom on how to facilitate a meeting or event effectively. Mike talks about what facilitation is, how to do it well, and strategies to engage everyone in the conversation. Mike addresses what is hard about facilitation and some options to get professional development in facilitation.
Category: Communication
Episode 54: Our Good Things List
It is easy to get caught up in what is not going well these days. In this episode, Sarah tells the story of the board member who went home from a meeting and made a "good things list" to remind each other what is going well. Nancy and Sarah share a few things on their good things list this summer. What is on yours?
Episode 48: Become a trustful nonprofit
There have been a few reports out over the past year that warn us that trust in institutions has decreased, including in nonprofits. One body of research that we will link in the show notes says that only 19% of people highly trust nonprofits. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah talk about what causes people to trust a nonprofit, how you know if people trust your nonprofit, and what you can do to increase trust. Trust us, you'll want to take a listen.
Episode 35: TECH SERIES: Your Website is Your Front Door (with guest Margaret Schulte)
In this episode, Nancy and Sarah talk with Margaret Schulte about what small nonprofits need to know about websites.
Episode 34: TECH SERIES: All things databases
In this episode, Sarah talks us through databases and what we need to know about databases to help drive our movement forward.
Episode 33: TECH SERIES: How to make the most of social media (with guest Tom Lang)
In this episode, Nancy and Sarah talk with Tom Lang about what nonprofit people need to know about social media.
Episode 31: Useful free or low cost resources for nonprofits
In this episode, Nancy and Sarah talk about how to know who is in your community and how best to engage them.
Episode 28: Community Building: Strategies for knowing who cares about your mission and how best to engage them
In this episode, Nancy and Sarah talk about how to know who is in your community and how best to engage them.
Episode 27: Communication That Invites People In
Effective communication is key to community building. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah talk generally about ways to think about communication as a way to bring people in to your community.