Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. A second process is used to evaluate the ideas – clustering the ideas into themes and identifying the best ones.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. The better you can articulate how you can hit the ground running and will be a problem solver, not a problem creator, the better your chances of getting hired. What metrics will you be evaluated against?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. The better you can articulate how you can hit the ground running and will be a problem solver, not a problem creator, the better your chances of getting hired. What metrics will you be evaluated against?

Job 52

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. The better you can articulate how you can hit the ground running and will be a problem solver, not a problem creator, the better your chances of getting hired. What metrics will you be evaluated against?

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

At a minimum, a team with a poor leader is unproductive like this one: With the right leadership, a nonprofit can grow quickly, fulfilling its mission and meeting a community need or eliminating a problem. They inspire people, they solve problems, and they build teams.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. Track your own data.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But the problem with being all things to all people is that you will go from having a brand to being so bland that no one will notice you. Or more detrimental—not consistently being able to articulate what the bigger picture even is. . At Media Cause, we do this by making our company values part of how we evaluate and review employees.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. The problem with viewing fundraising as primarily about money – still a largely taboo subject in our society – is it creates a tendency is to avoid the subject as much as possible. Or people simply chipped in what they could.

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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 solve social problems that otherwise would not be solved. 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!

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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 hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

A theory of change is a specific and measurable description of a social change initiative that forms the basis for strategic planning, on-going decision-making and evaluation. It requires stakeholders to articulate underlying assumptions which can be tested and measured, and it also charts an incremental path towards results.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Therefore, nonprofits must have a crisp understanding of the problem they solve and how they solve it. Jara Dean-Coffey discussed impact, with a focus on how organizations should be evaluative , rather than simply doing evaluation. Impact: Be Rather Than Do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Jason Falls shares in a post about measuring engagement, " The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.". He is talking about outcomes based program evaluation, not evaluating your social media strategy.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the needs section of a grant, you need to do three things to score high on a grant proposal: Eliminate flowery language, Include sources and citations, and Include a clear Problem Statement. What I see the most often in this section is that grant writers include a flowery narrative with a lot of information about problems.

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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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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

Evaluate your conflict resolution process. I think it is important for your board of directors to articulate their own vision of inclusivity and to share that vision via your website, on printed materials, etc. Encourage the board of directors to articulate an inclusivity statement for your organization. What Might You Do Now?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The leadership environment Leaders (whether on a team, in a department or institution-wide) have to be open to taking risks, trying new things, evaluating and learning from failures. The leadership environment is key. Think of a different way to brainstorm – for instance, build ideas out of things rather than words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Non-profits know this is true, but the problem is investing in the resources needed to become a data-driven non-profits.&#.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Unfortunately, many founders or leaders skip creating one — which generally leads to fundraising frustrations and stalled services, among other problems. A good plan answers a number of who, what, when, where questions like these: What problem is your nonprofit trying to solve? Evaluation Plan. How much will it cost?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

The pillars range from leadership to management to evaluation for mission effectiveness. Senior management creates the conditions for staff members to feel safe acknowl- edging when there are problems. High-performance cultures are innovative cultures, mindful that every program and process eventually becomes data, even obsolete.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

Dave Webb said "I have always had a problem forcing something that is organic by nature into a mechanical straightjacket. This voice, articulated through social media, can be extremely powerful and can force individuals, companies and communities to change the way they behave. How does one use this information ???

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

As you start to feel the priorities of your community evolving, here are four ways to evaluate and respond so your grantmaking organization stays relevant to your community’s changing needs. Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, if you already have a fairly well-developed brand, even if it’s not formally articulated, you may want to avoid making drastic changes that could be poorly received. Why is that approach worthy of supporting over others tackling a similar problem? How will individual branding decisions be accepted?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

You need to be able to clearly articulate the need for automation and new low-code/no-code platforms, identify the expenses involved, and define the returns you and your organization can expect to see. Ask yourself and your team: What are the problems we could solve? And the list goes on …. But what is the cost involved? The solution?

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Prospects and stakeholders who interact with you online have only your online communications to evaluate your organization. We sent the first email, explaining the problem and our plan to fight it. Clearly articulate the issue -- and your plan to solve it. While there are exceptions, most have a lot of room for improvement.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Take the time to assess your operations and evaluate any gaps that volunteer work could fill. Your volunteers should be able to clearly articulate what your organization stands for and what makes it worth volunteering for. Host info sessions for potential volunteers.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Iterative prompt refinement forces clearer articulation of intent and goals upfront, enabling more aligned responses. Evaluate if the style and tone fit the intended audience and goals. Rarely will 0-shot replies (the first reply to initial prompt request) be of the quality you need. Enter refining and iterative prompts.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2007

From the little I know about evaluation, it seems that most museum folks focus on what visitors come out saying--not what they come out asking. Instead of providing opportunities for visitors to leave comments or register their opinions, give them opportunities to articulate the questions the exhibition brings up.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Fall In Love With Understanding Your Donors Problems It is from that point that you will be able to craft and articulate compelling narratives that convert. It involves evaluating the effectiveness of your narratives in terms of engagement, donor response, and, most importantly, the real-world change inspired by your stories.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Artist as Problem Solver vs. Artist as Problem Explorer Mark Allen (director of Machine Project) and I have talked about this issue several times, and Mark articulates it beautifully. As he put it (page 14): When people at an institution speak of a problem, it is often to indicate something that interferes with their operation.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 29, 2021

We react positively when we find a website with strong, well-structured design, but it can be difficult to articulate what made the design strong. Nonprofit websites have grappled with this problem for some time and have come to a few useful solutions, such as: Blog. Letting supporters control their engagement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. Where is this client, now ? What is going on for them?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And so fundamentally, it’s you care about this cause because of what you’ve already done in the community, you’ve met some of the people that we felt will inspire others to give, and you’ll solve our community problems or kind of summarizing this. . Harvey: You got a gun problem in America, I think. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

Millennial turnover is a huge problem for leaders. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? Find out how your boss is evaluated. Millennials account for nearly 40 percent of the American workforce, and by 2025, that number balloons to 75 percent of the global workplace.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. In past postings Ive shared Marriotts core values.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Millennial turnover is a huge problem for leaders. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? Find out how your boss is evaluated. Millennials account for nearly 40 percent of the American workforce, and by 2025, that number balloons to 75 percent of the global workplace.

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