Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Starting a nonprofit requires a decent amount of time and energy. Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Legal services.

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Nonprofit Files Policy Software 83

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

At a minimum, a team with a poor leader is unproductive like this one: With the right leadership, a nonprofit can grow quickly, fulfilling its mission and meeting a community need or eliminating a problem. They inspire people, they solve problems, and they build teams. The upside is that there is space for new leaders to emerge.

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Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. The first time you do it, you ask each person to respond to the idea with the word no, then say their idea.

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

Once you have written this proposal it is time to find great vendors to send you bids. Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after? You want to avoid an agency where every problem looks like the perfect nail for their hammer. What are the milestones associated with their development process? . Technology.

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Process Question Proposal PDF 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. Appeals that make a strong case for why support is needed now – during a crisis and any other time — and how that support will be used to make a demonstrable impact. I tell nonprofits this all the time.

Trend 136

Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 136

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

One-third of executives said that they do not spend enough time managing and developing staff. Problems can become exacerbated if an organization lacks the adequate systems to swiftly and carefully handle personnel issues. In other words, performance management requires rigor. And rigor demands ongoing attention.

Leadership 92

Leadership Research Develop Management 92

Care2

JANUARY 30, 2014

Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after? You want to avoid an agency where every problem looks like the perfect nail for their hammer. What response time do they offer with their support package? What are the milestones associated with their development process? Technology. Support and Maintenance.

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Web Language Photography Drupal 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

I followed up with Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director) to learn more about how they went about this first very important first step for measuring social media – defining results. Pictured is: Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director).

Measure 96

Measure Social Media Media Social 96

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Some nonprofit leaders directly associate branding— which can seem like it centers your organization rather than your mission— with commercial pursuits and monetary gain. Therefore, they’re hesitant to invest significant time or resources. A strong brand is what generates and sustains engagement in the time between these two points.

Guide 52

Guide Guidelines Nonprofit Mind 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Does data collection may occur from time-to-time, but not formal reporting. It is helpful to look at making the switch as an evolutionary process.

Culture 115

Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Discussions about what type and level of risk is acceptable and when risk is acceptable (early in the development process, contained to a defined time period or clearly articulated experiment) are useful here. The leadership environment is key.

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Place Museum Environment Problem 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

So, when Mary K Winkler , one of the nonprofit data nerds I follow on Twitter and Senior Research Associate at Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy specializing in performance management told me via Twitter she had just published a new guide on this topic, I had to check it out.

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

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

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

A lot of times in our business we hear the phrase Membership Management. Outputs are: members of our association sent an average of six staff people to association events this year. No problem!" We even call one of our modules Membership Managment. But what the heck is Membership Management? This is Outcome Tracking.

Management 40

Management Module Articulate Associations 40

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Unfortunately, many founders or leaders skip creating one — which generally leads to fundraising frustrations and stalled services, among other problems. Without a guide or roadmap to get you where you want to go, you can spend a lot of time floundering. Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them.

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. Define the problem: Identify the specific problem or issue you want to address through data analysis. Collect data: Make sure your data is relevant to the problem.

Change 70

Change Organization Evaluation Analysis 70

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. I'd always joked that my dream job was to design pinball machines--a technical problem wrapped in creativity and pleasure. 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.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

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.

Strategy 59

Strategy Nonprofit Guidelines Websites 59

Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2020

The 2019 Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Report on Giving identifies the top three healthcare areas supported by philanthropy were construction and renovation (20.5%); patient care program support (19.6%) and capital equipment (14.6%). Times have changed and so have the development and selection of cases for support.

Philanthropy 31

Philanthropy Impact Community Atlanta 31

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 29, 2021

Nonprofit and association website design is often understood subconsciously. 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. Informative content about your field takes more time and resources to develop.

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Websites Nonprofit Interaction Instruction 75

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.

Relationship 87

Relationship Donor Build Video 87

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. The problem is aestheticized, framed, or reconfigured; it is seldom erased or resolved. Mark: Right. Eric: Exactly.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The problem is that data everywhere! It should be driven by what you want to learn. As soon as you have articulated a SMART objective and KPI, it should guide you to what data you need to collect and transform into insights That prevents you from collecting data you don’t need and being overwhelmed. Why is that so hard?

Measure 115

Measure Social Media Tools Media 115

Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

Thanks for taking time out of your day. We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A just as much as we can. I’ve already taken up too much time. And sometimes we’re able to learn things from you all at the same time. So it’s such a wonderful time to get to have that conversation.

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Professional Video St. Louis Group 56

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? I introduce these notes with three general observations: Some leaders are more radical than I hoped, and these people have a hard time advocating for change when their accountability is to those who have not changed. Who owns the stuff? Who controls the experience?

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20