.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Offer to help when help isn’t expected. The physics of the office make a significant difference in how people feel in the space. The right chair and desk might help you keep that perfect employee from being lured to a cozier place. Ask how a colleague who is going through a rough patch is doing. Offer support.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 15, 2024

If an organization hasn’t historically had a strong culture of philanthropy, and then someone steps into the medical director for development position, it can nearly instantly elevate the culture. Having that understanding is especially important for articulating the impact that philanthropy can have on addressing funding priorities.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It’s a good idea to include people from outside your organization’s playing field who can introduce a different point of view and push the group forward.” Roy Chomko, CEO of Adage Technologies, credits a book with helping his business to run more smoothly. Value Talent Put people on the team who contribute to the culture.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

If your association is struggling to launch a strong diversity initiative, these activities will help you get closer to that goal. A professional DEI training program can help people identify blind spots and biases while maintaining a safe and supportive atmosphere. Pave the Way Don’t assume that everyone shares your enthusiasm.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We can help you move analytics to the top of the list by giving you tips to build a business case and how to articulate it to others. In addition to keeping it safe and secure, think of how you can leverage it to gain insights to help run your association more effectively. Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. This gets to the heart of the best practices that are needed to create a culture of philanthropy within anonprofit organization. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time.

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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. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. It helps us to adapt, adjust, and evolve amidst complexity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This section of the report covers new ways of thinking about organizational culture based in continuous improvement based on feedback. It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture. Cultural Indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture. It is helpful to look at making the switch as an evolutionary process. In the end, it comes down to leadership.

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Kindful

APRIL 5, 2021

Having a mission-focused nonprofit video can help boost donor giving and volunteer involvement. Let’s take a look at a few video types that can help fulfill your goal. Do people in your community know who you are, but have trouble articulating what your mission is? This will help build trust in your nonprofit.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2022

She has been both volunteer and activist for organizations working on human rights, poverty elimination, non-violence, and cultural exchange. It’s the foundation that enables you to articulate your organization’s mission and channel the inspiring stories of those whom you’ve helped. Analyze your “Donate” page. Donor community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they allow me to gain focus and clarity. 1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Making sure that our visions align is crucial, and success depends heavily on communication: asking the right questions from the start and helping whoever the request is coming from to articulate their needs when they might lack the creative language to do so feasibly. This means making it relevant and culturally appropriate. .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2015

Now that you need information and help from them (which translates into time out of their busy days), no one is responding! Integrating data and analytics into your organizational culture can be a huge hurdle to overcome. Participation: Change in organizational culture stems from successful participation at every staff level.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2012

I’m starting to really appreciate the difference between being an individual agent and creating a culture of agency. And increasingly, what I’m trying to enable is a culture of experimentation. I’m not even sure a “culture of change” is a meaningful concept or one that could be sustained over an extended period.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

And almost everyone involved in your organization—volunteers, staff, and donors—is juggling all the obligations that come with the holidays: planning family meals, shopping for gifts, figuring out whose mother’s house to go to, helping out with church programs, and seeing relatives that you only see once a year—and that’s more than enough!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Another reason you need to embrace this type of strategy is because it will help you understand why your efforts succeeded or failed. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

Stewardship is often discussed as it relates to university advancement and is more rarely discussed in terms of arts and cultural organizations. Stewardship therefore involves meeting donors’ expectations , but beyond this, it builds a stronger relationship between the donor and the organization and helps cultivate future gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they help me to gain focus and clarity. Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Twenty Hats

AUGUST 17, 2021

Knowing these little details can help you determine if the motive is for a long-term strategic partner or whether the engagement is short-term to satisfy a different objective for that company. If the group says “no”, one way you might work to get them to help solve this issue is to put that responsibility back on them.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Engaging the consultant search using a JEDI approach requires clarity of intent, a commitment to being uncomfortable, and a great deal of “cultural humility” (self-reflection, personal critique, and acknowledgment of existing biases), especially in white-lead and white-dominated organizations and institutions.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2018

But there is also another kind of transparency: the kind that emerges from a cultural shift. Constant access to information is the new norm, and nonprofits and their stakeholders are not exempt from this cultural shift. 4 Benefits of a Culture of Transparency. So, there is this kind of transparency: the kind that is mandated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful. These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

What would you do differently if you could redo the first years of your career? Ng : It’s critical to know how to tell your story—and to position yourself as someone who (1) has done a similar job before, (2) will help the company achieve its goals, and, therefore, (3) are low-risk. Know your context and your audience.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2018

OFBYFOR ALL is a framework to help civic and cultural organizations become OF, BY, and FOR their communities. We're launching it with partners at community-based libraries, parks, museums, and cultural centers around the world. Our contexts are different. Our organizations are different. How you're doing it.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A brand guidelines document is a set of rules and standards defending the use of different components of your brand. At Media Cause, asking for brand guidelines is one of the first steps as we set out to help organizations with their marketing effort. They help you develop a robust brand strategy — both internally and externally.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

What would you do differently if you could redo the first years of your career? Ng : It’s critical to know how to tell your story—and to position yourself as someone who (1) has done a similar job before, (2) will help the company achieve its goals, and, therefore, (3) are low-risk. Know your context and your audience.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

In this post I would like to share my thinking around the importance of demonstrating to the grantmaker that your organization reaches out to, and includes, varying cultures. Both our boards and our staff, not to mention our membership, need to reflect the cultures of the communities where we work and live. Demonstrating Inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. How about you? I look for patterns. Year in Review.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

What would you do differently if you could redo the first years of your career? Ng : It’s critical to know how to tell your story—and to position yourself as someone who (1) has done a similar job before, (2) will help the company achieve its goals, and, therefore, (3) are low-risk. Know your context and your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

I am no stranger to family diversity having adopted two children and being of different cultures and races.) The film helps kids see and understand that families can different shapes today. That's a different issue and you definitely need to use a spam filter. They were kind enough to send me a copy).

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Forj

APRIL 7, 2017

They have been providing expert advice on strategy, learning, marketing and technology to help organizations in the business of learning for more than a decade. It helps board members tune into the fact that learning is a business and needs to be viewed and managed as one.” ” ( Leading Learning Podcast ) .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

A: The reprioritization to meet partner needs due to COVID-19 was a test of our adaptability, a major component of our cultural ethos. Our major “pivot” has been to articulate a new focus on racial equity and social justice, transitioning community investment strategies and prioritizing them through an equity lens.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2017

Many grantmakers are eager to engage in conversations on ways your organization can "shake things up" to help identify new approaches to ongoing problems. Lovely, articulate, and bold vision. But articulating the true need isn't enough. How Did They Create a Plan of Action? Identifying the True Issue. Register now.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2015

One of the most powerful books I read while doing research was We are Coming Home: Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence ( read it free here , great appreciation to Bob Janes for sharing it with us). By protecting the bundles, museums were protecting important cultural heritage for generations to come.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We need to foster an attitude of gratitude and create a culture of thanking our donors. Focus on how the donor makes a difference. From social media posts to regular phone calls and appreciation events, taking a “thanks-4-giving” approach will help our organizations not just survive, but thrive, in the future.

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