sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. How does focusing on questions expand grants practice? These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

I left private legal practice for nonprofit fundraising to get away from the less relational aspects of the service provider-client relationship. But as much as fundraising is a calling, it’s also a career that requires business development, sales, client retention, and articulable value propositions. Demonstrate (and articulate!)

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For insights into what will make your organization standout and ring above the buzz, we’ve connected with members of our Blackbaud Champions community who shared tried and true practices that will maximize the success of your year-end fundraising campaigns. A strong impression includes making giving easy and streamlined. Is there drop off?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

As with all new major technological changes (we’re looking at you, electricity and the internet), we must adapt and adopt. To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you. And then everything changed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Practicing like a champion every day. Voicing & Setting Clear Expectations Articulating and setting clear expectations and standards is important whether team members are in an office setting together or not, but it becomes even more important when the majority of team members work from home. An emphasis on teamwork.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Practicing like a champion every day. Voicing & Setting Clear Expectations Articulating and setting clear expectations and standards is important whether team members are in an office setting together or not, but it becomes even more important when the majority of team members work from home. An emphasis on teamwork.

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Culture Build Impact Lesson 87

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

And what does purpose look like in practice? It starts with articulating a clear, authentic, and long-term purpose — something that is true today, and that guides the organization into the future. Companies that articulate their core business purpose often seek to evolve the way they engage with society, as well. What’s next?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

Practicing like a champion every day. Voicing & Setting Clear Expectations Articulating and setting clear expectations and standards is important whether team members are in an office setting together or not, but it becomes even more important when the majority of team members work from home. An emphasis on teamwork.

Culture 52

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Practicing like a champion every day. Voicing & Setting Clear Expectations Articulating and setting clear expectations and standards is important whether team members are in an office setting together or not, but it becomes even more important when the majority of team members work from home. An emphasis on teamwork.

Culture 52

Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

Whether compared to adoption of the wheel, the car, or even fire, the mobile phone is the most popular tool in human history. But now let’s dive into practical considerations and tips that can actually help nonprofits execute on their goals. Check out their devices and plans. It’s easy to switch.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

See if you can come to a consensus on the meaning of inclusivity as it applies to your organization, and talk about ways you can practice it. I think it is important for your board of directors to articulate their own vision of inclusivity and to share that vision via your website, on printed materials, etc. Revamp your hiring process.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2018

We know from our nearly twenty years of practice what makes skills-based volunteer programs work best to solve even the most persistent community challenges. We’ve now adopted this process from them, and have incorporated this methodology into our broader work.”. How do you make this happen in practice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The panel also featured, Mary Beth Smith, from the SF Ballet, who share her organization’s experience integrating social media into marketing strategies since 2007. The panel was on social media, adoption, and measurement. It was clear from the presentations that measurement is a critical piece of the puzzle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

In the rush to adopt new business models, adapt best business practices and introduce social enterprise ideas to our work, let us not forget that nonprofits are still qualitatively different than for-profits. I know that because we articulated that message repeatedly at the Alliance. Metrics should not stifle innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. I was standing on the "adopt for practical reasons" side of the line. What are the best practices? " (Interesting that KhmerOS had a table at the Cambodia Fair Trade Expo ). How to get the good pieces to rise to the top.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

A flexible service that donors value is the Foundation’s practice, which it adopted roughly 10 years ago, giving donors the option of using their own investment managers to manage the investment of the charitable funds they create at the Foundation, Chumley said. .'” ” Subscribe to the Index for monthly updates!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Specifically she speaks to why she isn't a stronger advocate and some of the issues related to " Second Wave Adoption." 20 practices. Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation. " Web 2.0, Deborah Finn was at both events and blogged about the latter here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The best social media practitioners express their personalities with a dash of attitude and a bit of flair, and are comfortable articulating their opinions online. Is an early adopter. Not only that, but online communities also tend to grow the fastest during the early adoption phase. They have time on their side.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Institutional leaders have to be willing and able to reshape their traditions and practices. Many medicine bundles had been sold to museums in the mid-1900s, when Blackfoot ceremonial practices were dying out. They had to develop protocols for how they would adopt, revive, and recirculate the bundles in the community.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2010

I highly recommend that all of you read his essay in it's entirety but I want to pull out three quotes which left me dizzy: "Flame wars are not surprising; they are one of the most reliable features of mailing list practice. It is this understanding and perspective which is currently missing from much of the online world.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Continuing with our previous example, an animal welfare nonprofit might describe their adoption programs or education initiatives to tackle shelter overpopulation. When adding visuals to your homepage, make sure to follow accessibility best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. As always happens, these slow adopters will eventually be dragged kicking and screaming along when they find nobody occupying the space they stayed behind to protect. I have a large collection of buttons that I???

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

as well as the national governments of much of the developed world, robustly practices variants of high-capacity governmental social innovation today, such as the myriad programs countering the global Great Recession. Regional Science Policy and Practice, vol. Johnson’s Great Society programs of the 1960s. Sources. ^ [1] Gordon E.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2014

New software can present an overwhelming array of functionality and there are more tactics and best practices for how to use that functionality than you can shake a stick at. Clearly articulating your priorities helps set expectations internally about what you are doing and keeps people focused on the right results.

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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

The world’s largest no-kill shelter, North Shore Animal League uses their site to promote animal adoptions as well as donations and volunteer sign-ups. Plus, North Shore Animal League puts their cause at the center of their site by packing their site with adoptable pets. And who could say no to their faces?). Mission page.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

That said, it is a really common practice, and if you’re going to, you know, if the point for your organization really is to make this a fundraising venue and vehicle, then maybe thinking about structuring it as a give/get. to kind of recruit our group. ” I’d start there. Corinne: Absolutely. I would say the same.

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