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. Most people don’t. 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. This will save time and money.

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Analytics Language Associations Case Study 169

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. The people with skills are out there. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

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. More people working in or with grantmaking organizations now have some term related to knowledge work in their titles or job descriptions.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 18, 2023

Imagine multiplying your team’s fundraising productivity without hiring more people. A Helping Hand in Automation Whether you’re a team of one or one hundred, there’s no denying that fundraising comes with its fair share of repetitive tasks. An activity tracker helps you track your interactions with each donor.

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Technology Registration Nonprofit Tools 98

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Good preparation up front helps to ensure good results. You’ll create tools to help narrow the field to the best match for you. This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project.

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Consultant Process Proposal Nonprofit 122

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

The JEDI approach centers the fight for racial justice and equity and addresses oppression and known disparities which limit access to essential and life-enriching supports for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming.

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Consultant Script Evaluation Nonprofit 111

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This means you’ve got (1) a constituency who cares about your mission, vision and values; (2) a relevant case for support with clearly articulated needs and goals; (3) commitment from all stakeholders; (4) a communications mechanism, and (5) processes in place to steward your resources. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Place Fundraising Articulate Charity 87

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They can help the organization set and achieve goals. It can attract a lot of support, with donors and volunteers lining up to help. They inspire people, they solve problems, and they build teams. There’s no room for others to help out and often, Board members and key volunteers get frustrated and leave, feeling unneeded.

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Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Another reason you need to embrace this type of strategy is because it will help you understand why your efforts succeeded or failed. If you don’t use analytic tools, it’s impossible to know how many people are engaging with your content and what, if any, action they’re taking after that engagement. Track your own data. Same as above.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

People continued to give more generously than before – often referred to as a “ bump ” – and the predicted “slump” never really arrived. . No matter what happens in the economy or world, be it war, recession or natural disaster, people who can help DO. But people are generous, and generally want to help. .

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 136

Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the post, I highlighted how brand guidelines help you build sustained support, stick to a budget, and make it easier for anyone at the organization to create essential content before you have the budget to hire a full-time designer. They help you develop a robust brand strategy — both internally and externally.

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Guidelines Nonprofit Audience International 72

Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. Anecdotally, you can ask people who know the donor to share information about them. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact.

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Gift Practice United States New York City 60

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.

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? 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. Think like an owner.

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Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Forj

AUGUST 17, 2021

In episode 7 of the Managing eLearning Podcast , Jon & Matt sit down with Celisa Steele Co-Founder & Managing Director for Tagoras to discuss the Learning Business Maturity Model , which articulates the characteristics of a mature market-facing learning business or line of business, as well as the stages that typically precede full maturity.

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eLearning Summary Podcast Management 36

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? 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. Think like an owner.

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While I did a pretty thorough participant assessment survey before finalizing the content, the instructional design and creating materials, I always like to get a group understanding of the learning goals and get people ready to learn. This where design thinking methods and innovation lab facilitation techniques can be helpful.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? 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. Think like an owner.

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. I think the focus on analytics software distracts many people away from thinking about outcomes. Click to See Larger Version.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. We seek to evaluate our people and our work, and to continue to document and improve our procedures. We're striving now to fully live up to them! Benetech Truths 1 We are committed to social change through technology.

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Literacy Articulate Open Source International 145

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. Learn how Qgiv can help you and your volunteers make the most of your fundraising efforts! Volunteers help nonprofits connect with the community.

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. Be Helpful. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Practice Open Source Consultant Articulate 100

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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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Through stories, people can speak out their minds, share wisdom, and pass information to others. The first step of generating a good story is to articulate your goals. Choosing your audience will then help you know which type of story to collect. Evaluate your Campaign. Know Your Goals. Choose the Story Type.

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Storytelling Audience Channel Story 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions.

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Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

In graduate school, they called me the queen of grants due to my ability to track down grants and help other people with their applications. Every time you apply for a grant, you’re raising awareness about your organization’s mission and services, and making the case for why people should support your organization.

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Grant Articulate Application Awareness 21

Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

I think many of us are pretty clear that inclusion simply means to not exclude people on the basis of gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, etc. Let me share with you a few things you can think about and resources you can use to help create an inclusive atmosphere. Evaluate your conflict resolution process.

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Demonstration Articulate Culture Reflection 36

Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2017

This helps provide a platform for foundations and nonprofits to partner more closely on achieving intended outcomes together. With a deep focus on results and sophisticated technology built to match, we see foundations growing their outcomes measurement maturity and shifting how they evaluate grants, from applications through reporting.

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Foundation Data Measure Dallas 37

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Nonprofits operate with limited resources; an outreach approach that blindly attempts to reach as many people as possible with little analysis will quickly burn through those resources with sub-par success. Beyond that, the consultant can help you carry out the rest of your market research process, continuing through the following steps.

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Research Marketing Survey Nonprofit 52

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them. Why You Need a Nonprofit Business Plan No matter where your nonprofit is in its growth or what you’re trying to accomplish, a plan will help you reach your goals faster than if you are trying to operate without one. Who can help you achieve your goals?

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

It is helpful to look at making the switch as an evolutionary process. Testing and Coordinating: At this stage, the organization is regularly collecting data but in a bunch of different spreadsheets and collected by different people or departments. What is needed for nonprofit organizations to make this shift?

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

As our speakers in the session focused on “data-driven storytelling” highlighted, analytic reports don’t replace meetings, but they can certainly help them. Think carefully about what questions could result in data points that can help guide funding decisions, smart partnerships, and stronger board relationships. Know your audience .

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Organization Disaster Boston Blackbaud 26

Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

The pillars range from leadership to management to evaluation for mission effectiveness. They believe it is integral to ensur- ing material, measurable, and sustainable good for the people or causes they serve. They believe it is integral to ensur- ing material, measurable, and sustainable good for the people or causes they serve.

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Impact Organization Build Culture 33

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

But several experiences and smart people have changed my perspective on this, and that's what this post is about. The people who produce the programming or who have the relationships produce the messaging, so the conversations are authentic and personal. meeting people in arts marketing who changed my perspective.

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Job Marketing Difference Museum 51

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Most people don’t write grants with this in mind. This 6-step GRANTS Writing Formula can help! Step #3) A – Articulate the goal(s) of a grant An A rticulate goal is the main aim that will result because of your program and will solve your problem statement. These are N arrowed objectives.

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Grant Award Project Proposal 93

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

The prior evening I had just helped put on the first major fundraising event for a nonprofit of which I am the executive director. As I was going through this process, I kept notes on some lessons I learned to share with you to help your nonprofit plan its next big event. I was physically still tired, but my mind was racing.

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Fundraising Lesson Nonprofit Student 28

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the debrief to the experience I asked people what they thought they might take back to their institutions from the workshop. I can see a lot of potential for how this could help us develop better stuff. There was a lot of energy in the room, some very intense conversations and some great ideas were built.

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Place Museum Environment Problem 52