Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Starting a nonprofit requires a decent amount of time and energy. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve?

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2021

New donors deserve their rightful consideration, yet I would encourage fundraising professionals to not forget the modest, sporadic, or one-time past donors who responded by stepping up their giving. More so, new sustaining donors are sending a clear signal that they value the work you are doing during extraordinary times – and beyond!

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Forj

JUNE 18, 2018

For the last 17 years, Clark Aldrich has been pushing for education to break outside of both traditional media and strictly linear techniques. Widely available scenario-focused programs, such as BranchTrack , or all-purpose educational software, such as Articulate Storyline , can be used to create Short Sims.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Given this, articulating your mission can help fuel your peer-to-peer campaigns, which means it’s time for you. Ask a volunteer to share a personal story from their time serving the organization, or ask one of your clients to share an example of how your organization has benefitted them. Millennial Impact Report. of millennials.

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Audience Tips Fundraising Social Media 82

DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Once upon a time, the ability for a nonprofit to tell its story was handled through analog means. While we know that it’s significantly more beneficial to retain a donor than acquire a new one, we also know that the first-time donor retention rate is less than 20%. An articulated reason for why you’re holding the event.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. This is a really interesting professional development activity, I think.

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Practice Open Source Consultant Articulate 100

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Nice to see a full room, especially and during such a busy and hectic time of year. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started?

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Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

As you implement the strategies given in this guide, you’ll be able to find and recruit people who want to dedicate their time and talent to helping your organization. When someone is willing to donate an hour of their time, a nonprofit is able to save money while getting the assistance they need to move their work forward.

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? Learn (about followers).

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Measure Social Media Media Social 96

NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Articulating your business goals will make it easier to keep your "eye on the prize" when times get rough. By articulating how diversity will help you achieve your business goals, you will ensure that everyone in the organization understands the rationale for your new hiring decisions and outreach activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Does data collection may occur from time-to-time, but not formal reporting. Monitors feedback from target audience in real time but balances with trend or survey data. Documents quantitative results against goals and value when asked by senior leadership. In the end, it comes down to leadership.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

The night was exhilarating and the culmination of a flurry of activity over the previous two months. The key to success for any fundraising program is to put together a program that is a mixture of entertaining, educational and inspirational. Own your theme and elevate your event. Design a Program for the Unfamiliar.

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Fundraising Lesson Nonprofit Student 28

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Sometimes when I engage in self-care and take a break, I feel guilt that I am not actively doing something or being productive, especially when I have projects that need to be completed or while job searching. Being busy or even spending volumes of time on something aren’t equivalent to doing something well. Questions.

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Museum Culture Professional Training 21

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

If your primary communications goal is education, do you have engaging content that's easy for visitors to locate? In order to maker sure your content matches your stakeholders interests, you must track activity and make changes based on that data. Clearly articulate the issue -- and your plan to solve it. DC Central Kitchen.

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Communication Online DC Wiki 57

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

A lot of times in our business we hear the phrase Membership Management. The process begins before each activity of your organization. The process involves trying to articulate the goals of each aspect of your program as measurable objectives, and then carrying out these assessments. But what the heck is Membership Management?

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

We’re going to leave some time at the end for Q&A. Steven: take any more time for you. So as Steven said, I’m a long-time friend of Bloomerang. And so if we’re just meeting for the first time today, I’m in Chicagoland, like Steven said. And then we have to let those boundaries direct our time.

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Money Video Fundraising Gift 107

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try to articulate your organization’s long-term goals and aspirations in high definition. These statements will serve as the guiding principles for your business plan and will help to ensure that all of your activities align with your organization’s overall purpose and direction.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Your homepage should welcome visitors to your organization, letting them know who you are and why it’s worth their time to explore your website further and take the next steps to back your cause. Activities: As part of overviewing your issue areas, it’s also important to address how you’re working to solve these problems.

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Strategy Nonprofit Guidelines Websites 59

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The end of a conference is often a time of great enthusiasm quickly followed by a gaping maw of inability to act on that enthusiasm back at work. Or maybe education staff are not willing to engage real-time visitors in dialogue around controversial issues. There are some ideas that will never fly where you work. That’s fine.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator. Every time a kid said, "I never knew science could be like this!" Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. Those activities must be on the path to accomplishing something big. We make more information accessible to the people who need it for education, employment, health, the environment, and human rights. They just worked!

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Articulate Open Source Metrics Open 137

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept. The cards were a brilliant touch--they helped structure the day, supported simple prioritizing and sorting activities, and gave participants with a tangible, reusable take-home. We spent even less time talking about this during the workshop.

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Structure Model Social Profit 31

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 29, 2021

We react positively when we find a website with strong, well-structured design, but it can be difficult to articulate what made the design strong. Fortunately, you won’t need to launch a new initiative and create a new program page every week to stay active online. Classes, webinars, and presentations.

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Websites Nonprofit Interaction Instruction 75

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And we’re going to save time at the end for Q&A. So I don’t want to take any time away from, Jesse. So like Steven mentioned, got the chance to start Branches Mission Lab, and also our education arm, Goodmaker U, where we help educate nonprofits. I’ll reference this a couple more times throughout.

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Results Video Donation Fundraising 83

Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

You’ll land on Braincake , their social networking site for girls, parents, and teachers focused on math and science education. And at that time they were doing a public awareness campaign. I like that; here’s an educational site that also has social networking at its core. Some people are voyeuristic, some are active.

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Interview Museum Teen Myspace 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Now that the dust has cleared and the kids are banging on the exhibits (and showing us what we have to change next), I have the time to step back and share some of the lessons learned from this experience. If good ideas are easy to come by, why not let other people contribute them and focus our time on the hard work of execution?

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Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Yes, strategies that are going to help build some long time relationships with those big time givers. We’re going to save time for Q&A at the end. Has also shared a lot of her knowledge, not just on this webinar series, but she’s been really gracious with her time in contributing to our blog.

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Relationship Donor Build Video 87

DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 12, 2022

Education, healthcare, and public media organizations are common recipients that rely heavily on government support. One-time gifts related to specific campaigns, projects, or events. Volunteer grants given in exchange for employee volunteered time. The funds are managed and grown over time. Government Grants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This year, Alan invited me to present a webinar for participants in the Marcus Institute Digital Education for the Arts on how Networked Nonprofits use Facebook. Before the session, I spent some time reviewing Museum Facebook Pages – luckily the MIDEA project has them organized into this handy list.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2020

Activity to choose the case should engage pertinent community partners and discuss division of strategy and philanthropy. Times have changed and so have the development and selection of cases for support. 3) intangible: difficulty to articulate case. COVID-19 Case Clarity.

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Philanthropy Impact Community Atlanta 31

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I know, it’s a busy time of year. We’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. I know both of you are super busy you’re speaking at conferences, and doing webinars, and workshops all the time, so it’s really a treat to have you. . ” I love this topic. And thanks for joining.

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Money Question Raise Video 107

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. Almost never do they receive healthcare benefits or vacation time and oftentimes, have to work in incredibly oppressive environments.

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Podcast San Francisco South Africa Homeless 40

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 16, 2013

For us, annual attendance includes programmatic activities onsite and off. Why do we count participants in an art activity for families at a community center but not members of the Rotary Club to whom I give a presentation about the museum? as part of a meeting)? Probe too deeply and the question gets absurd.

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St. Louis Impact Museum Denver 55

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The honest reflections from staff members beyond curatorial and education departments--including registrars, security staff, and PR--are unparalleled. Artist as Problem Solver vs. Artist as Problem Explorer Mark Allen (director of Machine Project) and I have talked about this issue several times, and Mark articulates it beautifully.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

On April 8th, online registrants will have access to six presentations in real-time, with the rest being posted online following the conference. This is a high-energy interactive workshop that will shift your focus from viewing fundraising as overwhelming or a backburner project to an inspiring activity. and streamed online.

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Causes Camera Storytelling Technique 28

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

In addition to a sponsor, I’d suggest creating a committee of key leaders within the organization to act as a steering committee for the initiative, ensure clear communication at the executive level, and foster organization-wide focus on project objectives (more on articulating the value of an IT project here ).

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

If it doesn’t, it’s probably time for a strategy update ! Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. Real-time fundraising thermometer. Effective nonprofit web design matters more than ever before.

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Websites Organization Nonprofit Game 52