sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way. Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. Questions are critical tools for good grantmaking.

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Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 83

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. Where do we go to learn about our website’s performance?

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Build Map Platform Integration 59

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.

Leadership 90

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 90

sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the significance of advancing equity in philanthropic grantmaking and discuss actionable steps that donors, organizations, and social changemakers can take to make a meaningful impact. This means moving away from rigid funding structures and timelines toward more agile and responsive approaches.

Philanthropy 83

Philanthropy Action Structure Law 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning.

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Public Learning Wiki Taxonomy 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Learning in Public Challenges and Actions – guest post by Annie Hernandez. 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. Would this make sense for an evaluation you are in the process of completing?

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Public Action Challenge Learning 93

Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Learn More! 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. Evaluate your progress and course correct if some of your strategies aren’t resonating with your audience.

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Fund Donor Strategy Search 52

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. Does it ask for information that helps you measure your progress, evaluate your impact, or learn from your failures?

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

What have you learned, Dorothy? She had to learn it for herself.” ” Tin Man: ”What have you learned, Dorothy?” I often think of the above exchange when foundations talk about learning. What have you learned? It also sounds less costly and complicated than evaluation.

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Conference Learning Effective Organization 92

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I recently had a conversation with a friend and colleague about what I perceive to be a revolution in progress. It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

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.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Adaptive learning models can empower teachers to customize instruction for each student’s needs, and students can even personalize a digital tutoring experience. While our upcoming session at bbcon 2023 will focus on where the tools are, we also hope to help shape conversations about where generative AIs are headed. See you at #bbcon.

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Generation Education Blackbaud Model 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2010

Photo by HeyDee Almost a year ago, Allison Fine and I finished a reflection paper on the lessons learned from the first America's Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. This year, we are experimenting with incorporating social media techniques as part of the evaluation process for the second America’s Giving Challenge.

Case Study 89

Case Study Social Media Conversation Studies 89

Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

We need a bit of time to take a step back, evaluate what worked and didn’t work, and realize we’re not in a “new normal” but an “interim normal.” The conversation must be reset, moving away from how do we do this to why are we going to do this and finally to how do we build from there ? AD = After Disruption. AC = After COVID.

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Digital Strategy Nonprofit Phase 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training Session. I nominate #14ntctrain.

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Training Train Reflection Resource 100

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Share the hard data with your Development Committee and have a conversation about it. Refine your approach for next year by learning from what worked and what didn’t. Evaluate and adjust Continuously monitor the performance of your post-GivingTuesday campaign and make adjustments as needed.

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Gift Mobile Phone Demographics 79

Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. Your first step is to do no harm appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Literacy Advice Test Training 138

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The entire social sector learned a valuable lesson in 2020: even the most rigorous planning can’t insulate us from the need to be flexible and adapt to the changing world around us. One key lesson we learned in 2020 is that we’re truly stronger when we work together. 5) Remaining Nimble Is Now a Strategic Imperative .

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Trend Fundraising Virtual Haiti 261

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Half-Day Session : Social Media Strategy Game which included small group work for participants to come up with a strategy for both external communications and an internal learning network to share best practices. But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public.

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Public Learning Conference Social 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Fine Blog Lucy pointed me to this great post on Change.org about Tori Hogan’s video series called Beyond Good Intentions. I’ve been thinking about conversation lately. Conversation is the natural, driving force of social change. Social media speeds up the conversations and allows more people to participate and shape them.

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Conversation Iowa Evaluation Industry 50

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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Nonprofit Track Doc Evaluation 72

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

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. Learn more and register online at: [link] Want to learn more about what this means for grantmakers? Michigan Avenue.

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Honduras Philanthropy Iran Michigan 77

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. Your website analytics can inform the kinds of content you create, including blog posts and webpages, based on traffic and engagement data.

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Personal Test Demographics Analytics 101

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!

Social Media 102

Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

By analyzing donor data, AI models can help you learn more about your donors, prioritize outreach, and identify new major donors. Learn on-demand: Register for Blackbaud’s free AI webinar series AI capabilities integrated with your existing fundraising software simplify the adoption of this new technology.

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Gift Game Philanthropy Fundraising 81

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. Learning, we do naturally.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If they do, make sure you learn not only what their training catalog includes, but also who has access to it. This is a great way to learn best practices and see how other nonprofits are using the fund accounting system. Request a Demo The post 5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Fund Question System Integration 82

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Whether you consider yourself a leader or not, there are specific nonprofit leadership skills you can learn that will help you reach your goals and fulfill your organization’s mission faster. Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged. Additional Resources Blog post: Are you creating magic in your nonprofit?

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Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

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. Learn how to optimize for search engines.

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Audience Marketing Nonprofit Search 98

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

I have a guest post up on John Haydon’s blog ! You can visit his blog to read the post and join the conversation there. Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Before sitting down to work on your social media strategy, evaluate what kind of capacity you already have in your network.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

employees report being at least somewhat likely to leave their current employer for another with a reputation for investing in employee learning and development, according to a Harris Polls study and as called out in the new book, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Seventy percent of U.S.

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Develop Advice Poll Exercise 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

We are tracking the conversation and resources about AI and Nonprofits and social good. Google.Org is giving away $25 million to humanitarian projects that use Google’s machine learning technology. Here’s an overview of the book from the authors blog. Here’s this month’s roundup. Philanthropy and Fundraising.

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Cancer San Diego Social Calendar 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Four Early Lessons Learned in the Quest to Improve Feedback Loops in Philanthropy – Guest Post by Melinda T. They use a variety of methods including focus groups, surveys, and one-on-one conversations. More is Not Always Better—Evaluate Frequency. That’s why I’m honored to share this guest post from Melinda T.

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Lesson Philanthropy Learning Survey 50

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

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. " Tags: roundup bookmarks broadband casestudies evaluation list postalicious report research resources volunteering.

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Web Bookmarking Evaluation Lesson 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. I had the opportunity to facilitate a table conversation about capacity building in transition.

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Foundation Build Seattle Conference 95

NetWits

MARCH 20, 2012

In 3 seconds, you evaluate their overall look: Clothes, Hair, Smile, Approachability, Confidence and even hygiene. Do you say hi and open up the conversation? Creating that emotional connection will encourage a user to linger long enough to give them the chance to learn more. Then in an instant…. ….you

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Websites Tips Evaluation Nonprofit 168

sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Or you can learn from the experts, following the lead of four successful P2P events that have cultivated one-time participants into committed supporters. With HJC’s help, they developed personas and envisioned their journey as a funnel, with lead conversion at the top. It’s a common practice for commercial enterprises.

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Donor Registration Map United Kingdom 72