article thumbnail

The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Write down your feelings, especially the ones you have trouble articulating. Stop playing the comparison game. You can choose the path of personal gratitude and ground yourself in the present. Why are you afraid? Is it because you think you will come across as greedy? Are you afraid of making your donor mad?

Personal 119
article thumbnail

Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.) But their number pale in comparison to, say, the plethora of, say, network sniffing tools, for instance. Lots of people were there (I ran out of handouts – I was surprised to see how many people showed up.) This feels like a different part of the digital divide.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Museum 2.0

But the arguments trotted out represent how far we have to go in articulating the public value of arts institutions (and helping our supporters speak the same language). I found only one comment about the diversity of visitors to the DIA, but that was presented in rebuttal to someone saying it is an elitist organization.

Detroit 49
article thumbnail

NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

View more presentations from kanter. The hardest part of putting this presentation together was using the template because it reminds me why I think powerpoint is evil ! Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method.

ROI 50
article thumbnail

Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

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? But if you try to make meaning out of attendance comparisons across institutions, you start juggling apples and oranges. as part of a meeting)? So perhaps the St.

article thumbnail

[VIDEO] Building Your Nonprofit’s Engagement Engine

Bloomerang

You’re going to want to after the presentation’s over. If you have ever heard me present, you probably know I’m actually a native New Yorker, I talk real fast and I move fast. A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. So buy those books. Sarah: Thank you.

Build 125