Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Starting over may not be an option, but in the absence of that, here are ten things event fundraisers and marketers should be considering to reinvent their plans for 2011: Become more data driven. Bottom line: the tracking, mining, and analysis of data should be central to your 2011 event fundraising strategy. Think relationships.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

It got us using social media in a way we hadn’t before, and our supporters loved it. This was a real chance to harness social media across all platforms. NTEN – Here's a great run-down from Amy Luckey of the process to use in exploring and evaluating your organization's impact. Martin Luther King Jr.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 6, 2019

For example, if you sell a product or service that isn’t directly related to your operations, you’ll need to pay state and federal taxes on those products and/or services. Nonprofits are also require to pay employment taxes , like Social Security and Medicare, just like for-profit organizations. The Form 990.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

This information will be a great place to begin evaluating your own online progress. For example: Fundraising messaging response rates were down 11% from 2012 levels to 0.07%. Check out the email list growth over the last few years of different sized nonprofits (orange: 2011, yellow: 2012, and blue: 2013) -.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In 2020, the pandemic and its resulting social distancing guidelines led nonprofits to experiment with virtual events (many of them for the first time). For example, it’s more difficult to experience catering and an attractive venue digitally. Social media. Marketing specialists. Tech experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

While I have been doing content curation for the past twenty years that I’ve worked as a technology trainer, in July, 2011 I discovered the Scoop.It Recently, Robin highlighted an article by Jarche titled, “ Ask What Value You Can Add ” on Social Media Today. Evaluating: Rate and rank items in your collection.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

The study looked at peer-to-peer giving across 39 organizations over the last 3 years (from 2011 to 2013). In the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere , that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, we disucss the pyschology of fundraising. The endurance event stats are not suprising. The average Cycle gift is now $73.42.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2012

Big Duck is challenging their newsletter readers to take 2011 trends and turn them into 2012 resolutions. For example, you’re using your image in fundraising campaigns, social media, and messaging, but have you evaluated or reevaluated your brand recently? Speaking of Big Duck , they are hiring !

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

He is using his background as a trader to forward the foundation's approach and spends a lot of time doing research and evaluating data in the pursuit of high risk social change projects. Why Markets for Good may go wrong. Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In terms of “Action,” nonprofits can deploy crowdsourcing initiatives that encourage many people to contribute to a cause such as through crowdfunding on platforms like Causes or Crowdrise or any of the other numerous social online fundraising platforms. How do you know which platform will work for you?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post. A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2014

In 2011, we wanted to evaluate our Bowl for Kids Sake website to see what was working and what might need to be updated. For example, several agencies pulled in the individuals from their largest corporate teams. The point of doing this early in the process is to make sure that your evaluation results will have meaning.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. I’m not sharing these examples of mergers as a way of saying I believe there are too many organizations. Instead, they are examples of what it looks like when we double down on our focus to make change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. I wanted to find out more about how Seafood Watch integrates its mobile strategy across its communications channel, including social media. An app is not another form of email or social media channel. How will you measure success?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Stacey Marie Garcia came to the MAH first as a graduate intern in the summer of 2011. Since then, Stacey has become an indispensable member of our staff, leading our community programs and inspiring us to think in new ways about how we can build social capital in our community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The cockroach under the refrigerator: scandal and malpractice in philanthropy posted by Travis Butterfield , Project Coordinator ASU Lodestar Center Ever since I worked with Laura Tan on editing her recent blog post , I have been thinking about the unintended effects that volunteer service can have.

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2012

No one disagrees that proving a company’s Social Responsiblity is very important to consumers. In fact, in a 2011 report, consumers spoke very loudly that they expect companies to drive social and environmental change and that they will reward these efforts. Step 1 – Evaluate Your Assets. from Social Score. #

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

When I came to the museum in May of 2011, we were on the brink of closure financially. A simple example at our institution had to do with making the facility more welcoming. Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

That conversation is a perfect example of both the kinds of conversations I have had countless times when talking to people (whether they work for a library or not) about the future of libraries as well as the frame I’m using for this talk. Not exactly a simple circle, but a cycle that after a few steps feeds back to the beginning.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A third (33%) of nonprofit executives take over from someone who was fired or forced to resign, according to the 2011 Daring to Lead report, which surveyed 3000 nonprofit executive directors earlier this year. Website, blog updates and other social media. Author: Jennifer Darrouzet. Grant fundraising and foundations. Volunteers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For perspective, I imagine you immediately ask where are we on this roadmap right now: We are in the social space. We sought out case studies or examples that reinforced much of how we already operated. Social Paradigm. Thus, we entered the social period. Social Tools. And something did give.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

It's a shame that several of these projects are labeled as "experimental" and don't have formal evaluation built into their cheap, fast processes. nor Tech Virtual had formal evaluation, although both received media attention that elevated the "value" of the exhibitions in the context of their institutions. Neither Click!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

At the Cross Section of Web, Social and Mobile. How can a non-profit today use mobile technology, social and web in a way that increases participation, ensures success and provides easier management campaign and their resulting data points. Learn about the tools available that bring mobile, web and social together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It was good opportunity for me to look back at the crowdsourcing chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , and update the examples and thinking. The presentation was followed by a discussion about how one might evaluate efforts to engage crowds. Social media accelerates the crowdsourcing process – it can happen faster.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As we near the last quarter of 2010, its wise to think about how we can make our businesses stronger in 2011. Unfortunately, most businesses dont have a plan. •How will you integrate into your plan your web site, Social Media, Twitter and customer care phone lines? And, how often?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. And is probably doomed to meet the same fate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". Helping those companies to earn that honor are the perks they give their employees, some of which you might want to consider for 2011.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message. In fact, a recent study published by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that its participants understood the tone they were imparting in only about half of their emails.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The survey typically takes respondents seven to 10 minutes to fill out and the results you get will identify your strengths and weaknesses, and will allow you to compare your evaluators responses to your own self-assessment. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. Then, call a meeting to discuss those solutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

Saturday, January 15, 2011 Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His New App If you havent engaged with David Grossmans website, Blog and incredibly useful eBooks, make a point of checking them all out at his website for The Grossman Group. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Always Follow Through Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Then, use the web and social networking for research. Then, call a meeting to discuss those solutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees? ► 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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