Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

Guest blogger, Patti Anklam , author of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World , explores the role of organizational leadership in a network world. The formal organization is represented by the (usually) hierarchical organization structure. Photo by Eric Eugene Kim.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

When making a technology change, change management is a process of applying a structured approach to transition from the old system to the new system. It should not be so broad that people have trouble understanding its significance to their role, nor so specific that it fails to inspire people. Easy to communicate. Reinforcements.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? For example, you might seek board members who have former leadership experience, work well within a team, and are impeccably organized and punctual. Examples CARE Mission statement: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. Think like an owner.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Grantmaking foundations have the financial resources that nonprofit organizations need to accomplish their work. Nonprofit organizations are doing the work essential to further the grantmaking foundation’s mission. The leaders of a foundation must ensure that the foundation’s mission is clearly defined and articulated.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. Think like an owner.

Job 52

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? Fortunately, his book presents solutions to those challenges – especially ones so many of us find ourselves facing during the COVID-19 pandemic work environment. Think like an owner.

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Like other successful entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs have the will and skill set to get things done and the traditional public charity structure and requirements may seem like burdensome barriers to moving forward. Founders need to well articulate their vision and involve others in developing plans to implement the mission.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

When asked what aspects of the executive director role leaders find most depleting, Daring to Lead respondents named human resources more often than any other job function. Yet, executives also report enormous satisfaction in working with talented, dedicated, and inspiring staff members.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2012

Too often, eager to fill a vacant seat or secure a well-known name, we fail to clearly articulate expectations of service to prospective board members, or downplay the expectations of service. “Board manuals can be a key resource in facilitating the work of a board member. Board Manual.

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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.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. She works over at CCS. Which by the way, if you work at CCS, this is pretty serious people if you know that agency. Elizabeth: Yes.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

It is the glue that ensures a site's design, content, and code work together in harmony to express the entirety of an organization's mission, strategy, activities, and impact. Over many years of working with social change organizations, my firm, Constructive , has developed an approach to website design. Putting It to Work.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The cornerstone of their presentation rested in the necessity for nonprofits to think strategically about communications plans, working with a definition of strategy by David La Piana: "Strategy is a coordinated set of actions designed to create and sustain a competitive advantage in achieving a nonprofit's mission.

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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. Works with measurement consultants or specialists to improve skills and capacity. DoSomething.Org: A Data-Driven Nonprofit In Action.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2021

Lack of a structured process for quality assurance (QA) testing and remediation. Here are ten tips on preparation, evaluating proposals , and red flags to watch out for in working with digital vendors: Seek productive conversations as a starting point. Have they worked on any projects in the past? Going over budget.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Organizational Structure. There are other types of nonprofit organizations such as fraternal beneficiary organizations, or horticulture, labor, and agricultural organizations that are structured as nonprofits as well…so be clear here.). Talk about how lives are changed because of the work your nonprofit does. Marketing Plan.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

They play a pivotal role in fostering collaboration, advancing causes, and driving change across diverse industries and sectors. How Memberships Work for Associations Membership lies at the heart of the association business model. Membership Structures Associations can be structured in a number of different ways.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Below we’ll explore four things to consider in nonprofit storytelling: The narrative structure The content The medium The donor experience Managing all of the moving pieces of your nonprofit can be tough; sharing your authentic story as a change-maker doesn’t have to be. We are constantly seeking purpose and significance in the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. We also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work. We do it in a number of ways.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. We began, essentially, organizing a union of low-wage workers, unemployed workers, to try to improve both the living conditions and the working conditions for low-wage workers here in San Francisco.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

So, for those of you who don’t know Big Duck, we are a communications firm that works exclusively with nonprofits. Advomatic builds and supports websites for nonprofits and also works with a lot of great organizations, some of whom are in the room. We’re good to go? Steven: Yeah, it looks great. Sarah: Okay, great.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This post will cover key considerations after you’ve thoroughly defined the project, secured sponsorship, and documented risks: getting the right people and team structure in place, managing changes to the project, and preparing the user population for a successful go-live.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. As you look back on your early days of working with nonprofits, how did the reality compare to your expectations? We have more work to do in this area.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. As you look back on your early days of working with nonprofits, how did the reality compare to your expectations? We have more work to do in this area.

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

So I’m coming to you from Columbia, Missouri, where I am speaking with a lot of leaders from across the state that work in conjunction with my organization. Oh now the GIF works. Corinne: Now, the GIF works. Some of you have already started to list in the chat other terms that you all use for your organization.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While it’s good that people are passionate and want to get involved with issues they care deeply about, cash, for nonprofit organizations, still matters — and often is the most important factor in an organization’s ability to do its work and advance its mission. Update your organization’s structure. What’s a nonprofit leader to do?

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

The role of nonprofits in a post-affirmative-action world. Nonprofit funding is vital in addressing discrimination against historically marginalized groups (the central principle of affirmative action), even as funders fail to prioritize this work in a way that is proportional to other giving. Last June, the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? The six topics are: How do you plan for the future?

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