Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

For quite a few years now there have been sustained clarion calls for the development of learning organizations, more responsive and flexible cultures and for changes to fundamental assumptions and models of effective leadership and management. This is where social software and methods like crowdsourcing can shine.

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Aggregator Model Leadership Method 82

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. But we can and SHOULD change this! Chew ‘em up.

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Retention Donor Change Blackbaud 37

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team. Concluding "Rant" :-).

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Open Source Open Application Oracle 88

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Today it’s 27%, and even lower in some industries. Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed.

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Retention Donor Change eBook 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

For the Environment: An Inconvenient Truth. Summary: Followed by a more detailed explanation. Situation : We are living in a time of a major shift in culture. The world is so connected, and hence now so complex, that our simple Industrial Institutions can no longer help people. Then comes isolated action.

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Story Action Model Adopt 79

Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

I’ll say at the beginning of the pandemic, there were so many stories of friends and family who were being like go, that there was a culture of uncertainty and through this whole last year, there’s been a period of navigating through uncertainty, which I think is challenging overall. I like that attitude and the way you framed it.

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Job Video Interview Nonprofit 108

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

She says those reasons are: Leaders tolerate low performance ROI is not enough of a motivator Culture is more than free Panera Leaders often treat their employees like a number Elizabeth McLeod and her mother, Lisa Earle McLeod , are a mother/daughter consulting team whose clients include Google, Roche, Hootsuite, and G Adventures.

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Management Support ROI Job 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

She says those reasons are: Leaders tolerate low performance ROI is not enough of a motivator Culture is more than free Panera Leaders often treat their employees like a number Elizabeth McLeod and her mother, Lisa Earle McLeod , are a mother/daughter consulting team whose clients include Google, Roche, Hootsuite, and G Adventures.

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Management Support ROI Job 40

Gyrus

OCTOBER 18, 2016

A goal is something that is imposed by leadership but a truly awesome customer experience is the natural result of a corporate-wide culture of excellence. There will be no long-term improvement in customer service because you can’t change employees’ attitudes through a memo or ad campaign. It flows from the top down.

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Service Training Train Management 68

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Attitudes of executive directors towards the Internet – ED’s have gone from “why should I pay attention to the web” to spending a significant amount of time worrying if their web site is interactive, if they are doing all they can to effectively engage donors, and how they can raise more dollars online.

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Attitudes of executive directors towards the Internet – ED’s have gone from “why should I pay attention to the web” to spending a significant amount of time worrying if their web site is interactive, if they are doing all they can to effectively engage donors, and how they can raise more dollars online.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28