.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. The goals were to talk about the great things that restaurants do in their communities. The pandemic will not be the last catastrophic disruption or paradigm-changing event. More likely to achieve their goals.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

Fixed mindset leads to focus on limitations, reluctance to face challenges, resistance to change, and an aversion to anything new and risky. In the context of this column, growth is not about structured acquisition of new knowledge or skills but focused on learning to apply knowledge in unexpected ways and stretching boundaries of comfort.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Associations have a long history as thriving communities of individuals and companies with common interests and goals. Certainly, there have been some changes to the way members pay (for example: monthly installments and multi-year memberships), but the concept of annual dues remains largely intact.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

Changing the narrative is a significant piece in constructing and promoting narratives that challenge existing narratives and the stories to drive change for issue-based organizations, such as social justice organizations, like Color for Change, or non-profit organizations. Putting narrative change into action for impact.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

If your association is struggling to launch a strong diversity initiative, these activities will help you get closer to that goal. People are fearful of change. However, activities that involve gaining people’s cooperation and changing their behavior require time and effort. Build Excitement Goals create excitement.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. Why Change Up Your Questions?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2024

Unmasking the myths Myth 1: “Too much process and structure make us feel too much like a business.” But the truth is, being organized and efficient is crucial for us to achieve our goals. Let’s focus on the benefits of being structured and efficient in our work. There is no in between.”

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Helping members identify challenges and opportunities before they become mainstream is a goal for.orgCommunity. Our job at WRA was to help restaurant operators navigate that patchwork of regulations, extensions, and changes. Our goal was to support our members however we could,” Nancy recalled. “We Our plan isn’t perfect.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Notably, both of these advisory committees have different foci (that should absolutely be defined in advance).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. They have joined forces and along with John Cleveland, have written “ Connecting to Change the World.” Generative Social-Impact Network.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we step into 2024, I know that our mission-driven partners are trying to achieve big goals while navigating an ever-shifting digital landscape. At this sea-change moment, we’re working with organizations to set holistic AI strategies and governance as part of their core organizational strategies, not just digital strategy.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

However, our recent Status of Fundraising research found an interesting link between income performance and innovating and trying new or different kinds of fundraising activity – it was one of the main drivers of income growth. If you are looking to launch a lean and agile innovation culture, you must change your mindset to overcome inertia.

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Culture Create eBook Attitude 79

M+R

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Read time: 2 minutes Elections present a myriad of challenges — the proliferation of misinformation, the widening gulfs of affective polarization and fragmentation, the rise of conflict entrepreneurs, and the weaponizing of difference all contribute to an atmosphere of deep discomfort and uncertainty. Register here.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing refers to all of the different strategies your organization uses across the various channels of communication to spread awareness about your cause and gain new supporters for your mission. Nonprofit marketing goals often focus around building recognition, fostering community, and increasing your funds raised.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

While these techniques can’t change the past, here are some design ideas to help your organization adjust and optimize your website in the future. Know your audience’s goals and mindset. If you offer many different paths on your site, a good strategy is to let users pick their own way forward. Changes to services or hours.

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M+R

MARCH 1, 2024

Elections present a myriad of challenges — the proliferation of misinformation, the widening gulfs of affective polarization and fragmentation, the rise of conflict entrepreneurs, and the weaponizing of difference all contribute to an atmosphere of deep discomfort and uncertainty. Register here.

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Conversation California Press Structure 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

In our rapidly changing world, adaptability and influence are key to success. The book is a comprehensive guide designed to help young professionals and career changers navigate these changes,” says Dilenschneider. The book is structured into 15 insightful chapters, each focusing on a unique aspect of power and influence.

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Influence Build Lesson Chapter 73

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. These convenings are often driven by the needs and goals of participants.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2022

Innovators introduce new ideas, inventions, or discoveries to our ever-changing world. Do your mission and values align with your current strategic goals? Are you on track to surpass your annual goals? Like those innovative giants from Silicon Valley, your association can strive to do things differently. Be a trailblazer.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 27, 2024

Change organizational culture to impact the bottom line Know thyself. This can include incentive structures, remembering that women’s philanthropy is part of thinking more inclusively in programming, speakers, professional development, and etc. Women give, and you want them to give to your organization!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

And once shared effectively, storytelling will change the game for your organization. Step 1: Understand story structure. Effective stories are told in a three-act structure. All well-crafted stories fit a three-act story structure. Since childhood, we have been taught to expect a certain structure for stories to follow.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Many organizations take a step back at the end of the year to set their strategic goals, define their annual budget and inspire their team with a vision for the future year. February is the perfect time to reinforce, reestablish, and recommit to those big goals you dreamed about as the ball was dropping on New Year’s Eve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

I’m giving away a free registration to NTEN’s Leading Social Change Summit. NTEN is hosting the “ Leading Change Summit ” in San Francisco from September 3-6th. (Early bird registration ends on July 31 and scholarship information is here. I’ll pick a winner by July 3oth.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Step 1: Identify the goals and purpose of the community. Aligning your staff with a narrow set of goals for the community will guide many aspects of the process, from the way you promote it to the community activities you organize. Some common goals that an online community can help you reach include: Developing members’ skills.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2023

Every organization has different goals that they will need to track against, and different challenges that make tracking website success difficult. That is an indicator that your site structure or terminology is confusing to your users. Unfortunately, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to this process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Photo by Trav Williams.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

When you’re starting an association, it’s usually in the service of a simple but powerful goal: bringing people together to advocate for their shared interests. But even the simplest goals aren’t necessarily easy—and they usually require a pretty sophisticated strategy to back them up. Start by outlining your organizational structures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0 or “collective impact,” this work is characterized by a very different mindset, approach, and set of tools than traditional grant-making or nonprofit work, which has historically focused on supporting programs and organizations, and scaling those up. Call this “social change 2.0”.

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

However, you also know these cycles of boom and bust aren’t always efficient or effective at building a truly successful program—instead, retaining advocates year-round and between campaigns is what will help you build more power and make a deeper impact in alignment with your long-term vision and goals.

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Advocacy Local Audience Poll 143

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Your school has a wealth of vital information—enrollment applications, student records, financial records, donor and alumni records—and stakeholders with different requirements and abilities. Still, we did not want, for example, an enrollment clerk to be able to change information upon which a business officer relied.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is perhaps the most important asset to further your mission and accomplish your organizational goals, so when it’s time to undertake a redesign, planning is of the utmost importance. Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s important to note that every nonprofit’s data warehousing needs and use cases will vary depending on everything from their cause to supporter base size to strategic goals and more. A strategic plan helps you bring the vision for your organization’s future to fruition by setting goals and objectives.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Together, we’ll unlock the potential of using your plan to thrive in changing circumstances. Take a look at your fundraising totals for the year so far, along with any changes in your organization’s budget that need to be accounted for. Are you on track to meet your goals? Perhaps you’re even ahead of the game?

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

Staff feel like they are supposed to be able to anticipate the founder’s thoughts, adapt to different working styles, and mimic the founder’s professional instincts. They may hew to an established strategic plan or question ambitious fundraising goals, for example. That desire doesn’t change.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

What difference will their money make? Set goals for your fundraising appeal. At a minimum, consider these goals: The largest number of gifts possible (exactly how many would that be for your nonprofit?). See the difference? Instead, tell a story about someone whose life has been changed by the work your nonprofit does.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The challenge is due in part to data silos , or groups of raw data isolated from different departments. Often, organizational structures within individual facilities and departments create their own data platforms and workflows that are not aligned with one another. So, how do healthcare organizations overcome these data silos?

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 18, 2023

In today’s ever-changing landscape of nonprofit organizations, effective volunteer management is crucial for achieving impactful and sustainable results. Understand Volunteer Motivations: One of the primary goals of a volunteer engagement survey is to gain insights into what motivates volunteers to get involved.

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