Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Below are five convincing points you can present when making your case, each paired with relatable examples to drive the point home. However, the trick is to shift the conversation from the process to the outcomes. Let’s take member retention as an example. That’s the power of analytics.”

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Shortened blurbs : The recent blog posts that appear on the home page have been shortened to no longer include the full post, but just an introduction. Clicking on 2010 Presentations , for example, now let’s you browse through individual posts for every presentation and speaking engagement from 2010 (so far).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. You can read the post and join the conversation over there – it’s also copied below. Despite the generic title, this is a report chock full of examples, best practices and data about the effects of joining the conversation online.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An example might be if they bid 76 times in the silent auction but didn’t win anything they have some discretionary funds you may be able to cultivate their support toward a particular program. Listen Actively and Respond Proactively Be present and actively listen to your guests.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely on the commitment and active engagement of their board members to make a significant impact in their communities. In this blog, we will explore the signs of a successful nonprofit board by examining the specific areas where board members can contribute their time.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

While researching and writing our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human Center in an Age of Automation , we found many examples of chatbots misbehaving in the world. Co-boting is the sweet spot created when people do deeply human activities and bots perform rote tasks learned over millions of attempts with no harm.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It also helps cultivate the support of a younger generation that’s also highly active on social media, potentially turning them into future donors. In this blog, we’ll dive into why social media sharing is useful on GivingTuesday and a great way to encourage generosity. Here’s the catch. First, you can donate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. You want to inspire curiosity beyond formal professional development activities. Leaders need to set an example and hold themselves accountable. Accountability includes getting upwards anonymous feedback from staff.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. If you want examples, ask for examples.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. Your next game-changing testimonial could be just a conversation away. This could include beneficiaries, donors, volunteers, or partners.

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

The strategic planning process is a rare chance for a nonprofit’s leaders to step back and look at their organization and its activities as a whole—to understand what success looks like and to allocate time, talent, and dollars to the activities that can help achieve it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog. Our LinkedIn group for Active pro bono consultants is a great place where these people can connect based on a current interest—giving back using their current skills. Dupe: I love our blog – I has surprisingly become one of the strongest presence on our website. Jumo: [link].

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Some examples: Employee retention rate Absenteeism rate Employee satisfaction, quantified on a questionnaire or survey Free Guide Development Plan Toolkit Download Now Utilizing Effective Data Tools Many nonprofits started out as a grassroots group with a dream and some bootstraps. Outcomes : The effect of an activity on your mission.

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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Donor signals that create direct feedback from your donors are typically communications that you actively solicit. Examples of direct donor signals include: Surveys Conversations with donors Direct messages or tagging your organization on social media Indirect signals are a bit less obvious, but no less valuable.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If staff interact more with AI tools than with one another to complete tasks, it reduces the well-documented benefits of informal conversations of building an effective workplace culture, onboarding new staff, and improving staff retention. Disrupting job tasks is not the same as eliminating jobs. Investing in “soft skills.”

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

For example, you might attract 150 new donors and retain 55% of your existing donors within a year. Craft a conversion journey. When the entire donor journey is addressed in your plan, conversion rates for donor acquisition are much stronger. Conversely, amplify the strategies or messages that lead to the most conversions.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

With new ideas and tweaks to the activities that would typically be included at in-person events, virtual galas can keep fundraising goals on track and even add to more than expected to the annual goal. Get the conversation started in an event chatroom. Everyone loves getting a surprise package delivered on their doorstep.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s a terrific book that captured my attention back in January when I wrote this on my blog: “It’s only January and the new book, When Everyone Leads , could likely be my pick for the best new leadership book of 2023. As you read the book, you’ll learn that: Leadership is an activity, not a position. It’s that good. It is not a role.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Donor engagement is what your organization does to build and strengthen donor relationships and the methods you use to keep donors active and involved. Your donor engagement strategy may outline different recognition tiers by gift amount ($50 donations receive a shout-out in your newsletter, and $250 donations receive a plaque, for example).

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

With Instagram’s 2 billion active users, it sets up Threads to succeed in a way those other platforms couldn’t. (As Add to the conversation by sharing and replying to others. If you’re not ready to post and be active, at least grab the handle. But we think Threads has staying power. You can stay private.

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Classy

JUNE 7, 2021

The questions the supporters ask typically indicate which program they’re most interested in, so the team will use this as an opportunity to promote their program designation option and potentially drive conversion. . For more examples of unique recurring giving incentives, read our blog 5 Unique Ways to Thank Recurring Donors.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For example, you might actively market your website content on your social media profiles, encouraging your followers to explore your blog posts or events pages. Log into your account and update your campaigns every 90 days to demonstrate you’re actively using Google Ads. Optimize your landing pages for conversions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. And you shared them! Observations.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Examples of nonprofit social media posts To help you understand what effective social media looks like and how it can help you engage with your community, you can check out examples of other nonprofit’s social media posts to see what works best for your goals. Conversions. Every new follower represents new potential for support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Blog: www.wildlifepromise.org. There are definitely tools that I spend less time with, but that’s because I may not have found our audiences very active on them or I may just be spending time on other sites. Organization: National Wildlife Federation. Organization Size: 400 employees. Name: Danielle Brigida. Website: www.nwf.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Later in the morning, I facilitated a large group discussion hour-long discussion right before lunch with Greg and Laura Efurd from ZeroDivide. Listening to the conversation and watching the audience for signs of energy drop, I inserted some movement into the discussion related to the topic by asking them to do the ” failure bow.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. You can find out more about them in this blog post on virtual meetings and check-ins during a pandemi c.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sadly, many current change efforts that try to incorporate knowledge work for social good end up with disjointed or burdensome lists of isolated activities that really aren’t very engaging or valuable. It is about actively making meaning in interaction with a social context. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Fragile environments can be unpredictable and dynamic, and while all possible harms cannot be foreseen, good Salesforce implementations should actively minimize the possibility of harm. This ensures an active session isn’t easily misused to access data. Example: Forcing MFA when accessing reports. Learn more. Learn more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Attendees will explore concrete examples and tools that grantmakers can use to tap the power of networks and increase peer-to-peer learning among grantmakers who are experimenting with networks. Here’s a number of ways that you join the conversation about philanthropy and networks. Steve Downs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2022

Simplified, you can think of the nonprofit marketing funnel as having three components: Top-of-funnel activities – For growing your audience. Middle-of-funnel activities – For building connection. These activities are about staying top of mind and establishing trust. Highlight new initiatives and. Donor community?

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TechImpact

AUGUST 4, 2014

It’s not the time when you submitted the tweet, blog post, or Facebook share. You’re posting based on a calculated system , when the social media network in question is most active. Before using an outside hashtag, ensure you fully understand the conversation that’s happening around it first. Only using hashtags on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2011

Blog Posts. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. Please add your favorite blog posts or examples to the list, too! And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Twitter Resources. Social media in disaster response.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Check out the blog post, Making a Case for Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Costs. For example, some direct costs associated with an afterschool program at a local community center include food for snacks, supplies for arts and crafts, sports equipment for outdoor activities, and the costs of the staff members providing the programs.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

This is an example of an effective call to action (CTA) — a short statement or button that urges audience members to take a certain action. You likely rely on your digital communication channels to stay in touch with supporters and engage them in your activities. Then, you see it: a bold, eye-catching button urging you to “Donate Now.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

The post offers some recommendations to nonprofits and activists about how to avoid having bots (evil bots) disrupt their activism and creative ways they should be thinking about deploying automation in service of social justice, especially if the nature of their work might make them likely targets. Grassroots organizing. Poverty Reduction.

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