Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

Given these findings, executive leadership should consider three pragmatic recommendations: Recommendations to Improve Data Culture Focus your data initiatives on clearly identified high-impact business problems or use cases. This will enable them to make more informed decisions and will quickly deliver a return on investment.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 22, 2021

That’s the first opportunity to clearly articulate the expectations for the volunteer – and to assess whether the role is, in fact, realistic. For volunteers who are part of a large direct-service effort or a short-term assignment, this information is still vital to communicate and can be shared during orientation or onboarding.

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Volunteer Articulate Evaluation Roles 75

Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Whether you’re revamping your homepage or building it from scratch, consider the following three strategies to help you make it a compelling, informative, and memorable introduction to your supporters. Take your time to create a homepage that not only accurately reflects your nonprofit but also grabs at your audience’s attention.

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Effective Create Strategy Nonprofit 119

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Starting a nonprofit requires a decent amount of time and energy. Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Legal services.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

“Resources, symbolic attraction of alliance members, and expanded networks” as stated in a review from AIM Alliance , are all compelling benefits to joining forces, however, organizations should proceed with caution as these solutions are not sole problem solvers. There’s no better time than now to work on strengthening the nonprofit sector.

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Collaboration Los Angeles Strategy Indiana 98

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The appeal you craft will be the backbone of your year-end campaign strategy, and it will inform all aspects of messaging over the course of that campaign. And if they feel emotionally invested in your cause today, they’ll be all the more willing to donate the next time you solicit them for a campaign. Share Why You’re Fundraising.

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VQ Strategies

MARCH 2, 2023

Is it impactful and can you (and the volunteers) articulate the difference they will make by engaging in this way? Checking Progress – What time have staff partners set aside to check the volunteers’ progress? Does everyone know the process for addressing problems? Do they know how selection decisions are made?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Without that information, you won’t know what you need to adjust, scrap, or continue doing. Without this information, you’re flying blind. The same is true for ongoing vs. first-time donors. Do you know what topics people care about?

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

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. To understand this you need to invest time and resources into Audience Research.

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Guidelines Nonprofit Audience International 72

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. Appeals that make a strong case for why support is needed now – during a crisis and any other time — and how that support will be used to make a demonstrable impact. I tell nonprofits this all the time.

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 136

Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2017

It is time to experiment with new ways of solving social or environmental problems. To use a much overused word, it is time to think innovatively. Of course, this means looking at that problem from a fresh perspective and not being afraid to consider a new approach, even though it may be unpopular. Register now.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You’re part of the problem. In fact, you may BE the problem. And if I found myself in a job where I couldn’t instill a culture of philanthropy over a reasonable period of time, I’d fire myself (and I have). Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Why is that? Why is that?

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Culture Philanthropy Facilitation Job 126

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. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2016

A personal story is an articulation about the values, beliefs, and events in someone’s life that have lead them to give and now fundraise. To articulate this, Ganz developed a storytelling model based on challenge, choice, and outcome. Other times, the outcome of a choice is that they decided to be a fundraiser for the campaign.

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Story Campaign Articulate Storytelling 20

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. When someone is willing to donate an hour of their time, a nonprofit is able to save money while getting the assistance they need to move their work forward.

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

Encourage the employee to spend a few days doing information "downloads" from fellow staff members or if it’s a smaller nonprofit, from key volunteer leadership. It only takes an oversight or a small error to blow up into a problem that could have been avoided with some basic facts.

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Mentoring Work Phoenix Nonprofit 70

Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2017

The problem with that view, or brand model, is that it’s no longer enough, especially in today’s competitive giving environment. All too often nonprofits begin to second guess their investment of time, money and resources in a rebrand. What is a brand? A brand is more than your logo , a clever tagline, or trendy color palette.

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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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Grant Award Project Proposal 97

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Their report last year showed that, due in large part to the election, trust had basically collapsed, creating real problems for your organization and for democracy. Send those super advocates a poster or a t-shirt — it will pay for itself many time over. In 2017, the headline from their Trust Barometer was “Trust has Imploded!”

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Voice Headline Articulate Government 24

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Therefore, they’re hesitant to invest significant time or resources. A strong brand is what generates and sustains engagement in the time between these two points. When a donor or a volunteer decides to give their funds or time, they have a plethora of organizations through which to do so.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

People find comfort in talking to others they perceive as "wise" when they are without direction or have lackluster solutions to their problems at hand. Before you seek a mentor, take some time to figure out what it is that you are trying to accomplish. Mentoring takes time. What is a mentor and what do they do anyway?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Julie is one of my true heroes--a creative systems thinker who has the intelligence, patience, and guts to make big shifts possible at large informal science organizations. One way of doing this is to create a ‘ skunkworks ’ --a real place and time carved out of the day to experiment – where people can get comfortable being creative.

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Place Museum Environment Problem 52

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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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There’s a reason the holiday season is called the most wonderful time of the year! Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Read on to learn more!

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Campaign Ideas Giving Tips 98

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

Donor retention is an on-going conversation in our sector and any time it comes up, people start to panic. But what are we actually changing in order to fix the problem? You see, one of the key problems – especially for annual giving portfolios – is that there are lots of donors. Host a storytelling time event.

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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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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Other times we find ourselves staring in dismay at a 100 page Software Requirements Statement detailing field lengths and report structures, to which we are expected to respond in detail. It's not a problem of having to much or not enough of a requirements statement. Wiegers identifies three distinct levels of requirements.

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Software Articulate Org Journal 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. I would characterize the atmosphere as one of informed and intelligent skepticism on the part of the Copyright Office, with many questions exploring different positions.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 5, 2006

In my last post , I was pondering the problems in the communication process between users and technology assitance providers - problems that are so pervasive they have given rise to a whole series of internet jokes. Only after they are articulated will the techy become responsible for providing a solution.

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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. Purposeful Measurement to Inform Replication. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs.

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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. Without a guide or roadmap to get you where you want to go, you can spend a lot of time floundering. Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them.

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There are so many benefits to automation and extensibility projects: Offloading time spent on repetitive tasks to free up employees so they can focus on more strategic assignments. Improving response times. Time for staff to learn new software? And it saves the database manager time in creating reports. The solution?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

Here are some of the principles articulated in Pillar 5 of the Performance Imperative: The board, management, and staff take on the challenge of collecting and using information, not because it’s a good marketing tool and not because a funder said they have to. They use what others might deem failures as an opportunity for learning.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

The ideas and narrative are laid out in a well-articulated strategic brief. As the thing that informs every experience you create for your audiences, it's easy to see why brand strategy is so important. provides cross-checks that inform content creation and design execution. Brand Strategy.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

The AIDS.gov website is a gateway to all Federal domestic HIV testing, prevention, treatment, and research information. The website is the primary channel through which we communicate HIV information to our community, Federal partners, and people living with, or at-risk for, HIV. Be timely and relevant to your supporters.

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Communication Online DC Wiki 57

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

It also creates a problem internally where turf wars and a noncollaborative environment lead to frustration, burnout, and staff turnover. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time. This activity helps you articulate why a culture of philanthropy is important, your values, and the way you work.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2023

Your mission statement should articulate your organization’s purpose, values, and goals. Define the problem: Identify the specific problem or issue you want to address through data analysis. Collect data: Make sure your data is relevant to the problem.

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