Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

Like many funders, the Surdna Foundation once had its own demographics survey designed to meet its singular needs and for internal use only. Building buy-in and supporting capacity The speakers all underscored that movement building requires addressing both organizational culture and technical capacity concerns.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nonprofits whose organizational cultures encourage outreach and relationship building are already laying the foundational groundwork of high-performing collaboration. Adaptive, transparent, and risk-averse cultures are better prepared to work across boundaries, engage in strategic planning, and participate in teamwork,” as John Bryson said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs. Even better is to have self-care so finely embedded in the nonprofit’s culture that there is not a need for a separate program, it is simply part of the way the organization works.

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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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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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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether we are designing a grants management system or reporting forms, creating an internal information platform, or building a learning network among grantees and partners, grants professionals can be key to maximizing knowledge investments if we remember that knowledge matters more than information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. This year one thing I am doing for myself is exploring fountain pens and working on calligraphy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post called “ Why the Nonprofit Work Ethic Is Outdated and Needs Change ,” about why nonprofit professionals need to pay attention to self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. (The The topic of my forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout ).

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Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2012

Legends of the Stall was started by a visitor services staff member, Katie Chrivia, who collaborated with interns and volunteers to develop the content and the design. I’m starting to really appreciate the difference between being an individual agent and creating a culture of agency. What does a culture of experimentation look like?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. How to Create a Culture of Storytelling.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. This type of numbers-based analytic approach is useful not just internally but externally as well. Let’s say you’re a food bank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. This year I was able to look at what I wrote last year.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It is finding what works for your team, managing change, and maybe even changing the culture. Is the manager advocating internally to ensure the processes are favorable to officers? Gift officer managers (and really all leaders) need to have: A clear and articulated vision of success that aligns with the mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

It is useful to be consistent among the internal and external stakeholders. For this reason, it is necessary that the organization represent universal values and ethics codes, articulated to providing a high-quality service. A strong brand requires a clear mission with identity, values, strategy, relationships, impact and image.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

They help you develop a robust brand strategy — both internally and externally. Knowing your audience is about learning their rational and emotional needs, behaviors, mindsets, motivations, barriers, and external influences, all from a sociological, psychological, and cultural perspective. Your brand lacks internal alignment. .

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Twenty Hats

AUGUST 17, 2021

If it’s a situation where by creating a volunteer opportunity to satisfy the corporate group, make sure you can articulate why it bears costs. Jerome Tennille has dedicated his life’s work to creating a more positive culture of volunteering. Make sure they’re aware of these costs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations.

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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. I look for patterns.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Gorick Ng is a career adviser at Harvard Collage and during the last four years, he’s interviewed more than five hundred interns, early career professionals, managers, and executives, across the globe. Companies aren’t hiring you out of the goodness of their hearts; they are hiring you to help them achieve their goals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

It is useful to be consistent among the internal and external stakeholders. For this reason, it is necessary that the organization represent universal values and ethics codes, articulated to providing a high-quality service. A strong brand requires a clear mission with identity, values, strategy, relationships, impact and image.

Effective 40

Effective Help Americorp Nonprofit 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Gorick Ng is a career adviser at Harvard Collage and during the last four years, he’s interviewed more than five hundred interns, early career professionals, managers, and executives, across the globe. Companies aren’t hiring you out of the goodness of their hearts; they are hiring you to help them achieve their goals.

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Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The power of social media is that it is easier than ever to both articulate, and reinforce, the vision and values that create and inspire alignment,’ said Benioff. panel on “The innovation culture: Four Entrepreneurs’ Perspective,” in talking about her views on the Silicon Valley culture. A is for alignment.

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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. How cultural activists are doing it. Happy International Museums Day. How you're doing it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Gorick Ng is a career adviser at Harvard Collage and during the last four years, he’s interviewed more than five hundred interns, early career professionals, managers, and executives, across the globe. Companies aren’t hiring you out of the goodness of their hearts; they are hiring you to help them achieve their goals.

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Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 13, 2012

Key takeaways from the book include : Vertical alignment describes a condition in which every employee can articulate the enterprise's strategy and explain how his or her daily work activities support that strategy. Corporate culture is the product of four dynamically related components : attitudes, beliefs, values, and behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

where he discussed the crossroads of movements and campaigns and the need for an open culture. While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

However, the pillar which has most recently captivated my interest and attention in much of my work with nonprofits is the fifth one: a culture that values learning. So what does a learning culture look like? The pillars range from leadership to management to evaluation for mission effectiveness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

Once your call to action is defined, allow it to strategically take root within your organizations strategy and culture by engaging your staff throughout the entire process, increasing the capacity for buy-in. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Without an internal understanding of humanity, it’s hard to be audience-centered. When I ran an adult studios program, I started reading a great deal about the rise of craft culture (this was in the pre-Pinterest days). We didn’t articulate where our norms overlapped and where our goals connected. I was woefully wrong.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

We asked the whole group to brainstorm communities/constituencies who they thought could make a stronger connection with art, history, and culture. We also had interns recording during the honeycomb exercise. C3 invites people to cross-pollinate and share ideas--the most promising of which we will follow up on to plan new programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

For the past 24 years, they organize an annual grassroots, volunteer event called " International Coast Cleanup " where hundreds of thousands of volunteers hit spend a few hours removing trash and debris from coastlines, keeping track of every piece of trash they find. As the leader, she is creating a culture of flexibility. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

In order for your community strategy to be sustainable, you need to be able to articulate value back to the organization. This value has to be articulated, at least in part, in the cultural language of your organization. Community managers need to be the “Internal Evangelist” for these companies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Adjunct Professor and Guest Teacher: This past year I enjoyed my second year of teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education. Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Technology that provides that progress across all of your areas of focus and internal departments connects you to those findings faster. . Foster a data culture, and a testing culture . Takeaway #2: All decision-making should be powered by data . Know your audience . Success is bridging the gap between data and strategy .

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. It builds a culture of trust and respect.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

The new Foundation Index, which tracks revenue from giving to foundations, brings the number of specialty indices up to 11, including: Arts & Culture, Environment & Animal Welfare, Faith-based, Healthcare, Higher Education, Human Services, International Affairs, K-12 Education, Medical Research, Public & Society Benefit.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

Major research studies by the NEA and others demonstrate that adults well into their 60s are highly motivated to participate actively with cultural experiences. If a four-year-old can articulate the design message of an exhibit and respond to it accordingly, surely an adult can as well. But I don't think that theory holds up.

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