Get Fully Funded

MAY 12, 2021

Consider Your Organization’s Goals Your mission statement should succinctly articulate what your nonprofit aims to accomplish. Futuring can be used in a variety of ways, but progressive organizations can use it to better articulate the ultimate purpose behind their actions to outsiders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

Note from Beth: If I could wave a magic wand, and ask for a wish related to my work to come true, it would be this: I’d like to spend a year to attend conferences where I don’t know a lot of the content or people and learn and network and blog about the experience. Reflections and Notes from Personal Democracy Forum 2013.

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Reflection Personal PDF Conference 92

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Organizations should also articulate the particular characteristics and leadership traits needed for different types of crises within their plans. Natalia has been working in the nonprofit sector for 10 years and is currently the Director of Guest Experience Programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California.

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Management Brazil California Leadership 98

Cloud 4 Good

JANUARY 25, 2022

Most of this first cohort has pursued additional learning opportunities, whether through previous work experience, continued higher education, technical courses, or extensive time spent learning the ins and outs of Trailhead. This led us to our next step in the selection process: Salesforce demos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. Often, experiments are done for extra credit. Often, experiments are done for extra credit.

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Conservancy Reflection Social Media Learning 100

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. The degree to which a nonprofit can articulate the strength of its reach, resources, reputation, and capabilities is an important key in securing productive collaborative relationships. Layer two begins with the implementation process. Recommendations.

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Collaboration Los Angeles Strategy Indiana 98

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

So, as I made my transition – keep in mind that I am still working a nonprofit, just a c4 instead of a c3 – the moment gave me reason to reflect upon the 10 years of experience I had at the Alliance and with colleagues across the country through the National Council of Nonprofits. I first tried to remember what it was like in 2005.

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Reflection Arizona Nonprofit Classes 40

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

With almost 100 people in the room, I started the session asking folks to shout out the first two words that came to mind when they thought about social media. As expected, I heard two themes – words that describe the power and benefits of social media and those that articulate very real concerns.

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Social Media Government Reflection Media 95

DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Open lines of communication with your membership go a long way toward developing a better—and more customized— member experience ! Before starting a new membership drive, make sure your organization has these key retention strategies down: Member experience. How are communications throughout the membership experience?

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FAQ Program Guide Arkansas 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

What experience do we hope our culture will provide? Ultimately, culture is the factor that determines the overall employee experience and the performance of an organization. At its core, especially in the beginning, building a great culture is simply an extension and reflection of the leaders’ commitment and performance.

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Culture Classes Build Lesson 69

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

What experience do we hope our culture will provide? Ultimately, culture is the factor that determines the overall employee experience and the performance of an organization. At its core, especially in the beginning, building a great culture is simply an extension and reflection of the leaders’ commitment and performance.

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Culture Build Impact Lesson 87

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Articulating this to your team not only sets appropriate expectations, but also allows users to better understand the implementation process and get excited about new functionalities on the horizon. The ability to articulate current processes and desired outcomes is essential when adopting a new system. Understanding the Timeline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

I designed and facilitated “ A Global Conversation: Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World ” at the SXSWi Interactive over the weekend as an opportunity to experiment with some of these ideas. As many of you know, I’m comfortable with public learning, so using this post to share what I learned.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It should be easy to understand and you need to be able to articulate it clearly. Look at your website with a newbie’s eye and see what your experience would be if you knew nothing about the organization. Does my website reflect my nonprofit’s Brand Standards Guidelines? Is my nonprofit’s logo clear and easy to read?

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Tools Fundraising Websites Raise 116

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. I also use it as a year in review tool.

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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

NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Articulate Your Brand Vision. Reflect on your past failures and learnings. Emily Johnson is a marketing consultant with 10 years of experience in the execution of marketing strategies. Intelligent networking or communication will not help a nonprofit that’s unclear about its objectives. Author Bio.

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Build Cancer Nonprofit Childhood 74

Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Given this, articulating your mission can help fuel your peer-to-peer campaigns, which means it’s time for you. Offer a streamlined donation experience. Millennial donors are often influenced by quick, seamless, and easily accessible experiences. Millennial Impact Report. Recent studies. It should be incredibly easy for them to.

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Audience Tips Fundraising Social Media 82

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

What experience do we hope our culture will provide? Ultimately, culture is the factor that determines the overall employee experience and the performance of an organization. At its core, especially in the beginning, building a great culture is simply an extension and reflection of the leaders’ commitment and performance.

Culture 52

Culture Build Impact Lesson 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

What experience do we hope our culture will provide? Ultimately, culture is the factor that determines the overall employee experience and the performance of an organization. At its core, especially in the beginning, building a great culture is simply an extension and reflection of the leaders’ commitment and performance.

Culture 52

Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I will work through all of them over the next week or so but the list that will keep growing is the one of insights and new ideas I gained from hearing fellow participants share their knowledge, experiences, and tools. I was very fortunate to be a part of the early Network of Network Funders community of practice.

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Evaluation Network Effective Case Study 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

That means you have approximately 3 hours and the whole time should not be spent lecturing with a PowerPoint deck! I believe that workshops are an opportunity for nonprofit staffers to have some “thinking time” — to reflect and think about how the content applies to their specific situation. Here are some tips.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2014

Some organizations come to us with a very clearly articulated brand that has accompanying logos, fonts, colors, photography, copywriting and more. We’ll then develop 2-3 very different mood boards depicting some sample imagery, graphics, fonts and styles that might appear in a visual design that reflects said personality. Methodology.

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Design Process Web Photography 34

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

I suspect my experience is not unique to lawyers, and can be extrapolated to other professional service industries. 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!)

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Adopt Service Fundraising Articulate 29

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. Integrate Practical Use of the Tools for Reflection, Network Weaving, Getting Ideas, Follow Up Work. organizational change, and technology.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

BoardAssist

MAY 20, 2014

Morgan Securities, to weigh in and pass on a bit of carefully curated knowledge, gathered from decades of experience in the field. We hope you enjoy this week’s guest post and would like to thank Madelyn for her thoughtful advice! We asked Madelyn Miller, a Financial Advisor at J.P. Morgan Securities.

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Management Policy Government Classes 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. Movement building is all about relationship building techniques as Beth mentioned in her reflection.

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Causes Build Demonstration Reflection 89

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Supporters have a disjointed experience with an organization they care about because of organizational silos. The nature of today’s nonprofit workplace——face-paced and heavy workloads—makes it difficult to find the reflective time to put together a learning plan and implement it consistently.

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Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

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

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

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH), we've started experimenting with a "community first" approach to program development. Here are a few things that I think helped make this experience valuable: We started from communities' needs, not the museum's. Moving from community needs out to possible projects/collaborators.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2017

It’s the experiences you create, the personality you convey, the messages and stories you deliver, and the identity you express. So, you’ve created a new logo and the perfect tagline that better reflect the work you do. A brand is more than your logo , a clever tagline, or trendy color palette. It’s more than a guidelines manual.

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Guidelines Nonprofit Retention Articulate 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. Click to Play - Are Mediated Experiences Bad ? In the front seat, Simon was talking about mediated experience with Zac Mutrux and how our engagement with gagets gets in the way of us being in the moment and interacting with people face-to-face.

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Generation Open Source Reflection Facilitation 50

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

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. The quality of the search results were limited by our querying capabilities and relevancy ranking.

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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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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2011

I'm focused on the onsite, in-person experience. When smart people talk about digital museums and virtual experiences, I nod and compartmentalize it as someone else's bailiwick. It is an online experience about contemporary art that goes beyond the Walker's walls. It comes down to articulating your mission in a digital space.

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