sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. Or cover it during a conversation instead of the application. Take it out. Streamline your process!

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

This blog is the third in our series on MarTech for nonprofits. If you want a refresher on what MarTech is, check out the first blog here. If you want to know why every nonprofit organization should have a MarTech stack, read the second blog here. In this way, the MarTech stack also helps shape part of the user’s journey.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

For example, you might attract 150 new donors and retain 55% of your existing donors within a year. Evaluate past fundraising and acquisition campaigns. Craft a conversion journey. When the entire donor journey is addressed in your plan, conversion rates for donor acquisition are much stronger. Launch your campaign.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Some examples include: Data specific – What data empowers you? An example is how many new members did we acquire last month? Check out our blog on overcoming your fear of dirty data. Read our blog on Creating a Data Culture for Your Association.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? You can ask your grantees for feedback through surveys, interviews, focus groups, or informal conversations. Are organizations of a certain size more likely to abandon an application or submit it late, for example.

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 88

Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

While researching and writing our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human Center in an Age of Automation , we found many examples of chatbots misbehaving in the world. As the example of NEDA’s chatbot Tessa clearly shows, AI cannot and should not be considered an inexpensive replacement for human staff or volunteers.

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Literacy Advice Test Training 138

Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

is an opportunity to have meaningful and deliberate conversations that lead to greater involvement. This allows you to successfully test and evaluate your personalization strategies and tactics. Examples of basic personalization. Examples of intermediate personalization. Examples of advanced personalization.

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Personal Test Demographics Analytics 101

Candid

JULY 26, 2023

In this blog, we will revisit the basics of in-person meeting prep and provide suggestions for setting up successful hybrid meetings. Prepare with time on your side Once you’ve scheduled your meeting, evaluate your conference room and technical setup. The post How to run a successful hybrid meeting appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Note from Beth: If you’ve been following my blog lately, you know I’ve been having this conversation with Marnie Webb about abundance. I asked Jim Richardson, who blogs at the Museum Next Blog and is the brainchild behind the event, a couple of questions: How did #askacurator come about?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

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Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

These hurdles are a few of the challenges facing school business offices and nonprofit organizations doing their best to evaluate and keep track of employee purchases day-to-day. Of course, there are caveats to consider when evaluating new tools. Lost receipts, multiple tracking spreadsheets, and unchecked spending, oh my!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up! . You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —–. For example, maybe you notice that you check your email and then go to Facebook. Try this: Stop working for just five minutes. What do you do?

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Business People Podcast Broadcast 241

Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Examples of nonprofit social media posts To help you understand what effective social media looks like and how it can help you engage with your community, you can check out examples of other nonprofit’s social media posts to see what works best for your goals. Conversions. Interactions.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Here are a few examples of how AI can save you time while helping build better relationships: Streamline administrative tasks : When you’re juggling 100+ major donors in your portfolio, your whole day could be spent sorting through donor lists, sending emails, and updating multiple systems.

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Gift Game Philanthropy Fundraising 81

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Each year we write a fundraising trends blog post, just like this one, but unforeseen events and variables in 2020 made writing this year’s post, without a doubt, the most difficult yet. For example, we saw the Cleveland Clinic livestream the kickoff parties for their big annual endurance event, VeloSano, to build momentum through launch.

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Trend Fundraising Virtual Haiti 261

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

Giving circles are a prime example of this phenomenon. Connecting the dots between research and practice, the symposium will facilitate reflective and thought-provoking conversations about big ideas like the intersections of gender, philanthropy, equity, and impact. Women give collectively.

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Honduras Philanthropy Iran Michigan 77

Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As we head into the new year, you’re likely evaluating last year’s successes and shortcomings, making this the perfect time to adjust your marketing strategies. This could easily spark a conversation or inspire others to research your organization on their own and become new supporters. Maintain an updated blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Can’t wait!

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

Check our blog – you will find that we periodically report on the aggregated polling results. QUESTION: Do you also help clients evaluate database management systems to determine a best fit for a client? QUESTION: Can you provide examples of data standards policies? A few comments about the poll results. GARY: Yes we do.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

We had also blogged earlier on the topic. QUESTION: When you gave an example of a data management plan, you started from a fundraising plan. For example, one initiative might be to re-engage lapsed donors, using three outbound communications over a three month period, one per month. There are a number of options. GARY: Ditto.

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Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore how to determine what information to retain and the best way to store it. Metrics: Select quantitative measurements like Pageviews, New Users, or Conversions. For example, you could segment your Sources/Mediums report by country or device. 2021-01-31), relative dates (e.g.,

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

Assess your goals for the platform, re-evaluate why you’re there, and decide if it still makes sense to actively use your Twitter account. Look at your data Evaluate your Twitter metrics to see how much the recent changes at Twitter have impacted the number of followers you have, how often people see your content, and how engaged users are.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In this blog post, we'll review the research results, discuss implications, and identify the soul-searching needed to move forward in new alignment with our values. Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent).

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AccelEvents

JULY 7, 2021

Live events have been critical to the success of leaders in the tech sector , for example, and events are often considered as a solution to common conversion blocks. . So, marketers need a more hands-on approach to securing and increasing conversions. . Here are our tips for using events to optimize B2B sales: .

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

And if they aren’t getting applications from the organizations they want to see more of—such as minority-led or reaching refugee communities, for example—they can do the work to close that gap. The post Trends in Grantmaking: Putting Equitable Grantmaking into Practice first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. Here’s some additional thoughts sparked by our conversation after reflecting on various blog posts I’ve written and others. The notes are here.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

By using both Facebook and Tiktok, for example, you can reach different generations of donors. For example, a donor may first see an email about your upcoming fundraising event, then come across a post about the event on Instagram the next day. Conversion rates (from email, social media, and your website). Social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. Maybe the scaffolding for learning in public for an evaluation goes something like this: Transparent: This is the first step to make learning products visible. Maybe it leads to other collaborative creation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. All evaluations are private; all artists are unnamed.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2014

Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share. If you’re not already subscribed to Beth’s Blog, find it here , or follow her on Twitter at @kanter.

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Facilitation Leadership NTEN Track 95

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 15th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. I went to the Learning in Public session expecting to hear that the process the Packard Foundation used to evaluate their capacity building work was wildly successful.

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Public Action Challenge Learning 93

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. For example, the U.S. Re-evaluate your messaging. This blog was co-written by Christin Grissom and Kimberley Martin. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Adapt your marketing.

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Education Student Award University 77

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here’s my latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Blog or below. If you share feedback or examples that make their way, I’ll certainly give you credit. But this time I wanted to wait until we got this far into the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

This is an example of how you can use social media to crowdsource your professional development and learning. Replies only appear in your intended recipients stream and in those of people who follow both you and the recipient, so don't be afraid to have conversations with your supporters. Thank you Kevin!

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