Achieve

MAY 15, 2024

Perhaps you haven’t been meeting your fundraising goals. Include the name of your parks and recreation organization, your mission, what the grant will help you accomplish, and why your work is important. To help you decide which grants to focus on, ask yourself: Does the grantmaker’s goal align with my organization’s goals?

Grant 52

Grant Org Guide Proposal 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As you work to implement your fundraising vision, its likely gift officers play a vital role. In this dynamic work environment, how are you keeping gift officers motivated and connected to their outcomes? It is finding what works for your team, managing change, and maybe even changing the culture. It isn’t a one-time fix.

Gift 84

Gift Tips Metrics Articulate 84

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. The techniques help to grease the wheels of any organizational change. Change management relies on a wide variety of tools and techniques. A “Why” Statement. Offer time off.

Change Management 52

Change Management Change Management Technique 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way.

Professional 114

Professional Build Journal Facilitation 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

Facilitation 132

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Define your project and the project goals. These will likely include: Goals – The S.M.A.R.T. Why is this goal important? How will we objectively know we have accomplished the goal? How will we reach this goal? Relevant – How is this goal consistent with our mission, values, and strategic plan?

Consultant 126

Consultant Process Proposal Nonprofit 126

Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

You need a big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) to attract tons of attention and support for your cause. It should be easy to understand and you need to be able to articulate it clearly. For example, if you work for a food bank, a clear, magnetic vision might be to end hunger in your community. Clear, magnetic BHAG.

Tools 116

Tools Fundraising Websites Raise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. ” 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.

Professional 0

Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The goal is not to hoard it but to channel it. Connectivity helps facilitate highly distributed groups of people to work on a campaign, project, or share ideas that spread with unprecedented velocity and reach. We also seen how organizations can harness connectivity as well as movements.

Participatory 116

Participatory Leadership Model Skills 116

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Identifying companies that have something in common with your work will make it much easier to build a reciprocal relationship and form a corporate sponsorship. If the organization seems interested in working together, make it even easier for them to say yes! Do you need a corporate sponsor to offset food costs at your big annual gala?

Tips 52

Tips Sponsor Nonprofit Relationship 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

My rituals include: 1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. I also use it as a year in review tool. Year in Review.

Professional 103

Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

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.

Activities 105

Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Works with measurement consultants or specialists to improve skills and capacity. Organizational Culture.

Results 95

Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It isn’t just about setting New Year’s resolutions or adding a new productivity technique to try. Practicing Essentialism is hard work and when I interviewed Greg, he told me would emphasize this more if he were writing the book today. One of his goals is to be a good father). ” says Greg.

Interview 50

Interview Exercise Life Children 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

Working on the 7 steps of measurement is still an ongoing process for us! While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect.

Measure 96

Measure Social Media Media Social 96

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

Steep billing rates, adversarial positions, and dense subject matter hindered my ability to be really great at my job, so I turned to more mission-driven work in the nonprofit sector. My success and joy as a lawyer had little to do with actual legal work. Demonstrate (and articulate!) Playing the Role of Trusted Advisor.

Adopt 29

Adopt Service Fundraising Articulate 29

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

The term “continuous” that the organization has create a virtuous cycle of feedback that repeatedly inspires staff to reflect on what is working and what can be done differently to get better results. Data are not linked to organizational resultsor mission-driven goals across programs. There are periodic (e.g., delivered).

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. We are working very closely with V.S.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Now you have a problem statement, you have to anchor your entire program, and the beautiful thing is that you can flip it around to have a goal that will solve the problem. 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.

Grant 100

Grant Award Project Proposal 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

The challenge has to do with organizational beliefs and work styles. Whether it be a widely held belief that measurement practice is not worth investing resources. Social media data is not linked to higher level organizational results or mission-driven goals across programs.

Culture 115

Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. Let’s see if we can get to work. Hopefully it’ll work. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences.

Management 94

Management Work Video Slides 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

The specific indicators of program success are below and were identified with input from participants: 100% of participants will develop an integrated and measurable social media strategy that furthers their communications work in population and reproductive health that aligned with institutional goals.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

Program staff invent guerrilla marketing techniques, run the photobooths and program evaluations, and send out the follow-up emails. We sometimes lose track of the big goals that should underline all of our promotion, and we don't spend the time to develop and refine those goals based on research. We started.

Job 51

Job Marketing Difference Museum 51

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Are you up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques in your area of focus? If not, you have work to do. An effective website starts with a plan that includes clear goals for fundraising and communications. These goals should guide what your priorities are, what content and functionality you will provide online.

Communication 57

Communication Online DC Wiki 57

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

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. Regardless, your nonprofit needs a roadmap for the future so you can accomplish your goals and fulfill your mission.

Business 124

Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

Some techniques that I learned about that I want to put into practice in future work: Capturing secondary audio with an external mic and recorder and then synching them during the editing process. With these goals, I think that I'm beginning to feel limited by MovieMaker. I made a mini-documentary of what I learned. mistakes???

Boston 50

Boston Learning Media Audio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. Identify Your Unique Value Proposition & Broadcast it to Your Audience.

Charity 128

Charity Lesson Marketing Digital 128

sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. You can recruit volunteers: Providing volunteer opportunities that align with your community interests and skills can help to build a strong volunteer base that supports your organization’s work.

Change 73

Change Organization Evaluation Analysis 73

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

They want articulated goals and expectations. This summer, I worked with the Chabot Space & Science Center on a design institute in which eleven teens from their Galaxy Explorers program designed media pieces for an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition on black holes. Give people something to work for.

Teen 20

Teen Volunteer Create Design 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

My goal for this presentation was to synthesize the traditional ROI process with the best thinking about social media and ROI from the gurus like David Armano and KD Paine. Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. That's how I got the sub-title, "Insight Yields Return on Investment." Investment.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Above and beyond that, women are just all-around amazing, working at nonprofits, heading up over 60% of employees, and directing over 85% of household spending. They are either from other countries, or they are embedded in communities of color or of other places, or they've traveled and worked extensively with communities.

Interview 72

Interview Authoring Change Oakland 72

Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

I’ve worked for nonprofit agencies big and small for more than 25 years and spent the last 10 years at the University of Pennsylvania where I specialized in leadership communications to Penn’s most significant donors. What are your group strengths and weaknesses in working with major donors? Lastly, most are metrics-driven.

Relationship 88

Relationship Donor Build Video 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

One of the very first bloggers I started reading and having conversations with about social media was Alan Levine (aka CogDog Blog ). Over the years, we have supported each other’s professional work and personal fundraisers before ever meeting in person. I’ll look forward to read any reflections from Alan on how this worked.

Facebook 111

Facebook Network Museum Nonprofit 111

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

While your work is so important, remember that when fundraising, your donor is your hero; without them you cannot do what you do! Another example is Raising Hope Dogs who centers the donor as the hero by stating “Give A Gift, Change A Life” exemplifying the necessary role the donor plays in their work.

Storytelling 82

Storytelling Impact Arts Nonprofit 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2013

In other words, if it doesn’t get you a date, or dinner, or sex or marriage – whatever your goal is, it really doesn’t matter how well written it is.” It means that you need to engage with a purpose or articulated goal. Essentially any action related to your goals.

Measure 117

Measure Social Media Media Social 117