NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Articulate Your Brand Vision. Reflect on your past failures and learnings. It might be a valuable sell document, but it’s not as helpful as a well-built website filled with stories and visuals. Intelligent networking or communication will not help a nonprofit that’s unclear about its objectives.

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Build Cancer Nonprofit Childhood 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you? I look for patterns.

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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Reflection helps energize me and helps me focus.

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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. Or more detrimental—not consistently being able to articulate what the bigger picture even is. . You don’t see the value in having brand guidelines. .

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Guidelines Nonprofit Audience International 72

Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

Both our boards and our staff, not to mention our membership, need to reflect the cultures of the communities where we work and live. You must show that your organization — your mission, goals, and objectives — reflect the local, regional, or national makeup of the community you serve. Demonstrating Inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact. Tom Kelly is the Associate Director for Evaluation at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. We were able to thoroughly document the exercise here. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

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!) The legal industry in particular requires strict documentation and database management.

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Adopt Service Fundraising Articulate 29

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

As Osborn wrote in his book, “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” The simple rules of brainstorming are typically articulated at the beginning of a session as ground rules and include the following: NO criticism or debate. Quantity matters. Clarify ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Does not have a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Monitors feedback from target audience in real time but balances with trend or survey data. Documents quantitative results against goals and value when asked by senior leadership. Articulating measurable goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. We recommend reflecting on your brand both internally and externally, surveying all of the above stakeholders against the following questions: How is your organization currently perceived? It’s reflected in your visuals, your messaging, and your interactions with the public alike.

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Guide Guidelines Nonprofit Mind 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

We are so focused on getting things done, checking it off the to do list and the forward momentum that it requires, that we miss an important opportunity to hit the pause button, reflect, and improve process. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

It’s well-documented at this point that people are hungry to engage with causes they care about in various forms. The results we were able to produce didn’t reflect the full contents of our database. They tended to reflect only the most recently-added actions, not the most relevant.

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API Action Open Data 186

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. We are working very closely with V.S. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. ROI analysis requires documenting, collecting data, and internal discussion and cooperation. The most important point is that you need to think like a scientist - they measure and document everything and do experiments. Document on the fly.

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. It should be concise and specific, and it should reflect the needs and priorities of your community. Your mission statement should be a living document that evolves as your organization and community change.

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Change Organization Evaluation Analysis 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Blogging as personal discovery and connected conversation with colleagues Writing a blog regularly provides a vehicle for personal reflection and learning about your practice that can be easily shared with professional colleagues via a connected conversation. Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

As one visitor recently commented, "the MAH has become 'our' museum, a reflection of us and a place where we can appreciate art, share it with each other, learn and make new connections." Articulate it clearly. In some institutions, your strongest weapon is a core strategic document - typically, a mission statement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. So is creativity.

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Classes Learning Fundraising Reflection 95

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The Machine Project and the Hammer Museum have just released an incredible ebook documenting Machine's year-long residency at the Hammer in 2010. The honest reflections from staff members beyond curatorial and education departments--including registrars, security staff, and PR--are unparalleled. No, this is not a reality TV show.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. And actually, before we got started with this webinar, Steven and I were both reflecting on one of our shared favorite people, who’s Kivi Leroux Miller at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. So you get the point.

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Build Video New York City Communication 121

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Our desire to "protect kids"--which reflects twenty years of clamping down (at least in the U.S.) Few were able to articulate a response policy that wasn't based entirely on the volume of the ire raised. Imagine an art museum that allowed patrons to bang on the exhibits the way you can in a science center.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In Keep Calm and Write It Down: How Reflective Practice Leads To Better Results for Nonprofits , we’re reminded that a key step to improvement is having an accurate retrospective view. Nonprofit Hub documents the 7 Steps to Compelling Staff Bios On Your Nonprofit Website . So get out your journals and start taking note.

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