Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2012

They don't seem to mind our watching them, although they are wary. I am acutely aware of my human-ness here. It's as though my body remembers what it is, and can't help but be aware of other bodies, other kinds of beings sharing this space. . I wonder if we thought of them as tonight's dinner, would they notice?

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation. Don’t let “out of sight” become “out of mind.” If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. Provide a mix of multiple-choice and open-ended questions allowing for individualized responses.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They will reward you by crafting messages that move the hearts and minds of your most important audiences and reinforce brand identity. These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration. Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

What processes and procedures should low-coders be aware of while creating low-code workflows? How can your organization embrace the speed and power of low-code development and still have the peace of mind that your data is protected ? How can you help low-coders keep security considerations front of mind?

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A week later, we were open for business.” An open mind and the ability to connect and collaborate with diverse groups and people (especially those who don’t share your point of view) creates the nuanced vision needed to imagine multiple outcomes. Those clients hadn’t gone live yet, and they needed our help.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

Pockets of time opened up. Synchronistically, later in the week I listened to a free call with Jennifer Louden , Bridget Piloud, Marianne Elliott , Tara Gentile, and Tara Sophia Mohr , about Self-Care, Mindfulness and Social Media. Tara Sophia stays aware that social media can be addictive. It was awesome. My head was clearer.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Brad Jacobs Some of my favorite leadership lesson takeaways from the book, written in an easy-reading, conversational and friendly style, include: Successful people are self-aware enough to avoid the following three impediments to effective leadership : The belief that you’re right, no matter what. No side conversations.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

In case you’ve been living in a yurt in Mongolia, ChatGPT by Open AI launched in November 2022, is the Einstein of chatbots. In quick response to Open AI’s bid for the spotlight, Bard, Google’s competing product made its debut in March 2023. It is important to be aware of my limitations, and to not rely on me too heavily.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

They will reward you by crafting messages that move the hearts and minds of your most important audiences and reinforce brand identity. These are tips to help them make the journey toward collaboration. Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

No leader can succeed by being only tough-minded or only tender-hearted. The perfect balance is to be both tough-minded on the issue and tender-hearted with people. It just means that when you need to make a tough-minded decision, you are acutely aware of how it will affect the people involved. Ask often, "How can I help?"

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

Won’t move people along a continuum of connection with you – from awareness… to interest… to engagement… to investment. Unless the email is paired with a very important action… people must open your email. Mostly, people won’t open your email. The average nonprofit email open rate is 23%. And guess what?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter. Like breaking news, cause awareness and giving day tweets have a short news cycle in the here and now that Twitter users respond to. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations.

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TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

Are you just looking to raise awareness? Without an end goal in mind, nothing can be accomplished. By having the goal of your newsletter in mind, and all of your content in hand, you are ready to start designing your newsletter’s template. Emails that resonate most with recipients are ones that are sent with them in mind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

Now your team can boost your open rates to 37% just by adding video! This opens the possibility for multiple activities to occur at once, such as games , a meditation activity, presentations, auctions , and more. Pro Tip: In 2020, nonprofit professionals overcame a mountain of obstacles to perfect their virtual event game.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. Both participants must be aware of the unspoken emotional dynamics and backstory that might influence the conversation.” These are qualities to look for: Confident thinkers who are comfortable with ambiguity.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

But with newsletters being so popular today, how can you stand out in crowded inboxes and create a member newsletter that your members open and—equally important— want to read? In this article, you’ll find four tips to keep in mind when building your newsletter and 14 ideas for your newsletter’s content. Let’s get started!

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This summer, they attended the Social Fresh Conference and came back with five takeaways and trends that nonprofits should be aware of. If you’re a mission-driven organization trying to create impact and awareness through social media, you may want to rethink where you’re putting your dollars. Short form video is king.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2023

The shift towards online fundraising has opened up a world of opportunities for nonprofits, allowing you to reach potential donors from anywhere and at any time. This transition has also brought new risks that nonprofits should be aware of. Was your solution designed with nonprofits in mind?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 14, 2021

No leader can succeed by being only tough-minded or only tender-hearted. The perfect balance is to be both tough-minded on the issue and tender-hearted with people. It just means that when you need to make a tough-minded decision, you are acutely aware of how it will affect the people involved. Ask often, "How can I help?"

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Achieve

MAY 5, 2023

Your organization can use peer-to-peer fundraising to encourage event participation, spread awareness for your mission, or simply raise more! There are a variety of P2P fundraising formats to choose from, ranging from awareness campaigns to online challenges or even ambassador-style campaigns. Choose your peer-to-peer campaign format.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. Then help implement these tools. Prospecting.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

Won’t move people along a continuum of connection with you – from awareness… to interest… to engagement… to investment. Unless the email is paired with a very important action… people must open your email. Mostly, people won’t open your email. The average nonprofit email open rate is 23%. And guess what?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens. It may seem counterproductive to ask your subscribers to opt into your emails twice, but some research on open rates suggests that customers may prefer a confirmed opt-in (COI) email more than a welcome email.” Keep Compliance in Mind Understand U.S.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Maybe you’ve made a language guide to be mindful of how your chosen words may fall short of respectful representation. Whenever video content is being created, having open captions designed to fit your nonprofit’s branding and to be as accurate as possible will better serve both your audience and your own goals. . And heads up!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Events are a great way to bring like-minded people together and have a good time in the name of your cause. It can attract potential new donors and partners, keep your current donors close, sustain excitement about your cause, and build awareness in the community. So, what’s the RIGHT event for your nonprofit? Keynote speaker events.

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Keep in mind that a corporate partnership should be a mutually beneficial opportunity, it is not a one-sided relationship. Promoting corporate sponsorship opportunities can help your nonprofit fund initiatives and drive brand awareness for sponsors. Workplace Giving. Cause marketing. How to find corporate partners.

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Media Cause

MARCH 25, 2021

She’s talking here, of course, specifically about the practice of mindfulness (or insight) meditation. Essentially, when you meditate for the sake of meditating, the ripple effect of being more aware, more present, and more compassionate in everyday life happens on its own. Achieve objective.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens. It may seem counterproductive to ask your subscribers to opt into your emails twice, but some research on open rates suggests that customers may prefer a confirmed opt-in (COI) email more than a welcome email.” Keep Compliance in Mind Understand U.S.

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Qgiv

MARCH 9, 2022

However, peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to raise money for human services organizations and, more importantly, it’s a grassroots way to build awareness of the issues facing the unhoused community. But if you need inspiration, National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week is November 12-20, 2022. When should we host our event?

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VQ Strategies

JULY 22, 2021

As I gratefully opened the bag of pretzels, I could have been thinking about what time I might eventually make it home or the plans I’d be missing that evening, but instead, my mind turned to volunteer engagement and how the past year has delivered so many unexpected changes in plans.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

This week brings the new book, The Mindfulness Edge , a fascinating manual that teaches you how through mindfulness training you can become a better leader. Mindfulness training also helps leaders to make decisions that have better impacts on gross margins and expenses," explains the book's author Tenney.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

You open TikTok to recharge your brain and treat yourself to some bite-sized videos. How nonprofit organizations choose to utilize trends can bring awareness to their organization, aid in calls to action, and even fundraising (we’ll save that for another day). Read Time: 4 minutes It’s lunchtime.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Hyper self-awareness occurs when we are forced to view our own faces while we are interacting with others. Social anxiety for some because we are opening up our homes, our personal spaces, in professional contexts (although this can be mitigated with the use of background images or being off camera) ( Axios ).

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but mental health in the nonprofit workplace is a topic that calls for an honest conversation all year long. Your Takeaway: Employees need a work environment that encourages open communication about mental health awareness and opportunities for self-care as they experience feelings of burnout.

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Forum One

JUNE 17, 2021

Whether we are always aware of them or not, we all deal with and react to these systems every day. . Ideally, DEI should be baked into the organization at every level so that it’s front-of-mind when making any decision, but it’s impossible to develop any messaging around DEI (or anything!) They’re bigger than ours. Create goals.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Although we are aware that mistakes are necessary for learning and progression, we are still afraid of admitting our failures. Four Ways to Promote Healthy Risk-Taking: Open Communication: Nonprofit leaders can begin promoting healthy risk-taking by encouraging staff to embrace failure through safe discussions and reflection.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The opportunity to grow brand awareness, generate and capture leads, and to convert sales is almost always worth the initial investment. . Virtual event organizers and planners design their event content and marketing strategy with very specific audiences in mind. But does the same hold true for virtual events? .

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