The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 18, 2023

Simplify Event Registration : Use event registration platforms that take care of ticketing, sign-ups, and reporting, giving you the space to focus on creating an impactful experience for attendees. If you find that your current tech suite is causing more hindrance than help, it may be time to evaluate a new solution.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 21, 2023

You have experience as a funder and as a seeker. As a funder, I have reviewed hundreds of sponsorship pitch decks, negotiated, made fund allocation decisions, executed brand activations, and more. proposal letters and pitch decks) to articulate the vision of an event in a way that makes the sponsor’s decision easier to make.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Activities – What tasks and actions do we anticipate doing? Years of relevant experience in the field. Years of consulting experience.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Affinity and Engagement : Donors who actively engage with your organization–the ones that attend events, volunteer, or serve on committees or boards–are often more receptive to discussions about planned giving. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Measurement'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. We seek to evaluate our people and our work, and to continue to document and improve our procedures. Benetech assists employees with courses, degree programs and other relevant learning experiences.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Take the time to assess your operations and evaluate any gaps that volunteer work could fill. Your volunteers should be able to clearly articulate what your organization stands for and what makes it worth volunteering for. In addition to turning to your current volunteers, you should also use former volunteers as a resource.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

But several experiences and smart people have changed my perspective on this, and that's what this post is about. I've had bad direct experiences with high-priced PR firms that are slaves to antiquated promotion calendars. It allows us all to be involved in promoting and documenting experiences at the museum.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Show donors the value of your mission through the impact of your programs or services, build relationships with donors and provide them an exceptional donor experience, focus your message on the donor. Number three, how do we articulate and communicate our impact to others? Number four, how do we evaluate our impact?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll cover things to consider when evaluating the safety of your event, share some resources, and provide best practices on how to develop your plan. Not only will this ensure a fun event experience, but it’ll help you know what you need to communicate before and during the event to attendees. Not sold yet?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This week''s guest post is written by Julie Bowen, VP of Experience and Engagement at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. In the debrief to the experience I asked people what they thought they might take back to their institutions from the workshop. The comment that brought me up short was “This was great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

identifying the new ways of working you want to see or articulating a new set of beliefs and values associated with them. The only way to evolve is through implementing a series of social media measurement pilots and small data wins. Keep the end in mind when agreeing to how experiments will be structured, run, and measured.

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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. From the name of signature cocktails (The Warm Fuzzy Navel), to the design of the raffle item description sheets, to the props at photo booth (a giant warm fuzzy, again see above) everything was on point and tied the experience together.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Donors don’t like duplication of services, and getting grants will be tough if you can’t articulate how your approach is unique. For instance, if you run a food bank and you are actively planning to double the number of people you feed in the next year, how will that affect operations? Evaluation Plan. Marketing Plan.

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Fourth, you need to find a way to evaluate what visitors do – and more importantly, to evaluate using criteria that are understood and appreciated by everyone in your institution. There are several good resources on evaluating participation. To help jumpstart these relationships, we did one of my favorite activities.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

If your nonprofit offers memberships to engage supporters more deeply in your organization’s activities, you need robust software to keep your program organized. By clearly articulating your membership tiers and benefits across multiple marketing channels, you can connect with potential new members who would be a good fit for your program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. This process consists of three activities. Learning is using experiments with metrics and the right questions at the right point to understand what works, what doesn’t. It may require internal culture change – proactive listening and experiments.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

But that doesn't mean you can't be a part of it, either by actively inserting your voice, supporting discussion on your own site (a la Brooklyn Museum), or, in the model of the game designers, trying to steer it. People with "leadership, empathy for what people like and don’t like, ability to sooth ruffled feathers, articulate."

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Below we’ll explore four things to consider in nonprofit storytelling: The narrative structure The content The medium The donor experience Managing all of the moving pieces of your nonprofit can be tough; sharing your authentic story as a change-maker doesn’t have to be. We are constantly seeking purpose and significance in the world.

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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. Keep in mind that many visitors will evaluate your website in seconds.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

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. This is particularly true when it comes to project evaluation. Here are a few elements that really resonated for me.

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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)? Too unwieldy or unorthodox for funders? Maybe in the beginning.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And we’ve all got it, it is very active. Steven: And I would call that evaluation, right, that’s us checking to see if we’re doing our work well, right. . Where I’ll say to somebody, “You know, you’ve been so articulate about why you care about the work, would you write a testimonial?”

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 6, 2009

Several of the projects I'm working on these days relate to the concept of "extending the museum experience." Every time I hear that phrase, I have this uneasy vision of a visitor being stretched on a rack, hands and feet pulled in opposite directions towards mythical pre- and post-visit experiences.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both its appeal language and its CTA. Do prepare for a mid-campaign slump with a period where donations will be matched to activate donors. This blended approach can provide a multi-touch experience for your donors. This feels amazing.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And only 31% want to serve as social media ambassadors, and yet that’s probably the thing we get asked to do the most, at least it certainly has been in my experience as a volunteer. ” We don’t want to forget you all. We see you here on the call, with your birthdays coming up and all of that.

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