Bloomerang

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Do you have volunteers who are volunteering multiple times each month? . With that in mind, use storytelling techniques to draw them in, show them how they can be part of the solution, and ask them to donate. . So ask yourself: Is the right person making the ask and are they asking at the right time? Make the ask. . “In

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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. Offer time off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It isn’t a one-time fix. As fundraisers, we spend so much time trying to connect prospective donors to the mission of our organizations, but we don’t always remind our teams how their own work is vital to the mission. In the spring of 2020 when the pandemic changed the world, we all moved into a time of unknowns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

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. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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Professional Build Journal Facilitation 114

VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The most common topic of discussion in meetings lately and the theme of many sessions during this unusual fall conference season is the need to advocate for volunteer engagement as a strategy to help sustain organizations during these challenging times. Could there ever be a time when our organizations need to be more adaptable than now?

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Organization Volunteer Virtual Articulate 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018!

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Take some time to think through and write out all of the details. . Time-bound – By what date do we need to achieve the goal? . Do they articulate an understanding of and/or demonstrate affinity for your mission and vision? Project details. These will likely include: Goals – The S.M.A.R.T. How will we reach this goal?

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Consultant Process Proposal Nonprofit 125

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

These details will help you and your staff make effective proposals instead of wasting time and energy reaching out to sponsors that don’t fit what you need. Tip #5: Don’t Rush Into It Building and maintaining sponsorships are big time and energy commitments. That small business may be the perfect partner! Easy, right?

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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. If you have to, make a list of your top donors and keep it with you all the time. You need a big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) to attract tons of attention and support for your cause. If you work for an animal shelter, how about becoming no kill?

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Tools Fundraising Websites Raise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Professional Facilitation Journal San Jose 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

These are key questions of our times. We are also seeing that our hopes for toppling dictators are diminishing because the authoritarian leaders are mastering new power techniques. It goes like this: The Crowd Leader: Combines new power leadership model with a commitment to, and articulation of, new power values.

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Participatory Leadership Model Skills 116

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I was able to develop dynamic, innovative, and knowledgeable courses using e-learning tools such as Articulate, Camtasia, Microsoft Office, and worked with graphic artist to develop custom interactive multimedia instruction (IMI). Looking for nonprofit professional development opportunities? The Nonprofit Management Institute is for you!

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Professional Develop Instructional Design Phoenix 77

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

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!) Learn more about donor stewardship in the article: 3 Stewardship Techniques to Scale Your Fundraising Efforts.

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Adopt Service Fundraising Articulate 29

Forj

APRIL 24, 2018

They have little time, they can usually find most information they need, and they often work at institutions that already provide free access to incredible information resources. Respect their time. Never use the Articulate setting that forces the learner to listen to every second of voiceover. Help them find the time to learn.

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San Antonio Tips Technique Articulate 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

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. Does data collection from time-to-time, but not formal reporting. Articulating measurable goals.

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Results Data Charlotte Measure 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs. Maybe it is healthy snacks in the break room or lunch time yoga. What are the artifacts, cues, and rituals in your work place that nurture healthy and happy?

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Culture Nonprofit Articulate Attitude 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

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. It requires clearly defined time frames, audiences, and outcomes.

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Measure Social Media Media Social 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? In order to do this, you need to give people a brief context and articulate the interaction rules. I suspect I’m not alone. I also pinged people in my network from different countries. My takeaways: 1.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 9, 2014

Leveraging board members to tell their personal stories can be an effective technique for articulating the broader “why” of your organization. So, will online fundraising be replacing major gifts from board members any time soon? Not All Board Members are in the Same Position. No, of course not.

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Online Fundraising Gift Articulate 91

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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Culture Data Create Reflection 50

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.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time. Effective collaboration happens when teams create the time and space for learning across an organization and when it becomes ingrained into an organization’s DNA. One useful technique is called “walk-a-mile-immersion.” What does this look like in practice?

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Culture Philanthropy Marketing Create 47

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. He can’t do all the media interviews he wants, so this places some limits on it – and frees up time for other pursuits. Essentialism is about the relentless pursuit of less but better.

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Interview Exercise Life Children 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. There was a lot of synergy and points of reciprocity.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

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. Step #4) N – Narrow your objectives Now that you have a goal articulated, you will need specific activities to ensure that the goal is achieved.

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Grant Award Project Proposal 97

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

We just posted a part-time position at my museum for a Community Engagement/Marketing Associate. This is a big step for us, not because we haven't had a dedicated marketing person for a long time, but more because I wasn't sure we would ever want or need one. For a long time, I thought this was the best approach.

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Job Marketing Difference Museum 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Does data collection may occur from time-to-time, but not formal reporting. Monitors feedback from target audience in real time but balances with trend or survey data. Documents quantitative results against goals and value when asked by senior leadership. In the end, it comes down to leadership.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

This requires carefully thinking about comment moderation techniques and part of this includes articulating a clear policy about use of moderation. While I initially liked that they told me right at the time that I made the comment, I wondered if editing someone's comments and then posting could lead to any legal trouble.

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Comment Difference Spam Ning 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. We want our donors to be advocates. How can your organization apply this?

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Charity Lesson Marketing Digital 128

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Years ago, I was running a workshop at a conference introducing a creativity technique to museum professionals. Discussions about what type and level of risk is acceptable and when risk is acceptable (early in the development process, contained to a defined time period or clearly articulated experiment) are useful here.

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Place Museum Environment Problem 52

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Are you up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques in your area of focus? Jennie Anderson of AIDS.gov and William Neuheisel of DC Central Kitchen, who work on communications at their respective agencies, share some of their tactics and techniques. Clearly articulate the issue -- and your plan to solve it. Are you credible?

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Communication Online DC Wiki 57

Forj

JUNE 18, 2018

For the last 17 years, Clark Aldrich has been pushing for education to break outside of both traditional media and strictly linear techniques. Widely available scenario-focused programs, such as BranchTrack , or all-purpose educational software, such as Articulate Storyline , can be used to create Short Sims.

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Education eLearning Game Lecture 8

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Since I dabbled a bit in podcasting before I plunged into vlogging, I got to pick his brains on his techniques, process, and tools. He spends a lot of time researching the Web to find ideas for stories and then will has a formal list of questions he uses that he makes available in advance. The show list is here.

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