NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Over the last few of years I've had a the opportunity to work with a team of intelligent and thoughtful colleagues, speak at conferences, and collaborate with other facilitators and community builders. During this time, I've help create community maps and strategic plans with my own team and with many other groups. Community Map.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2012

The first webinar in this series, Mapping Philanthropy: How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good , was held on March 29. Remember: your goals may be slightly different, but do not forget to have them clearly mapped out ahead of time. geospatial resources – a collection of visual maps illustrating U.S.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

But you must learn to manage numbers if you want to grow your nonprofit, fulfill your mission, and make a big difference in the world. We’ve worked with nonprofits that ignored their Quickbooks and just did the minimum to get by. While Donor Management is crucial, it’s crucial for different reasons. Maybe that’s you!

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

Because each can attract a different audience, and may be better-suited for certain types and lengths of content, coordinating among them all can be difficult. In a recent survey of NTEN:Change Journal readers, we learned that organizations are using an average of almost four different channels as part of their communications mix.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. Use different links on different sites to see what really gets people clicking through. Community Mapping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2017

The workshop includes a facilitated process based on the “ World Cafe ” method where participants work in small groups to discuss the challenges in the workplace and how to address them. They capture their discussion by taking notes on the “tablecloths,” (in this case, it is flip chart paper).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

If you have a room where everyone can sit, and an hour or two to bring everyone together, I really recommend you use this topic as an opportunity to hear what each department identifies and shares when working through the process below as the conversations that come up can be another chance to break down silos inside your organization!

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Repeat what works – Run successful ads repeatedly until they stop selling. Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. A great tool to see how different companies make their product the hero is by looking through swipe files curated by sites like [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone. Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

It works by replacing ads with questions in smartphone and tablet apps. First, overall: And when you click on “What does this chart mean?&# it actually tells you, with much richer context: I personally love data-map mashups and Qriously uses them brilliantly! Do you believe you can change the world? Campaigning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

For those of us who work on social media and networks, “content fried” is an occupational hazard. So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening. The latter requires a different type of attention and whole new set of information coping skills.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2013

Oftentimes with other applications, data needs to be prepped before it can be converted into visual form (such as a graph or chart), whether that means adding a column, combining data sets, inserting a new formula, or the like. Share your SAP Visual Intelligence works of art by attaching them as images to emails. Images: SAP.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

The co-facilitator was Amy Hedrick who works in Product and Design Innovation at Intuit. Next, each person got to introduce themselves and their challenge, while the instructor, Pete Maher, expertly facilitated a network map on the wall. ” What is Human Centered Design? Making: Methods for Envisioning Future Possibilities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

Mobile Beacon offers Wi-Fi hotspot devices with $10 unlimited 4G mobile broadband data for use when you’re working or traveling in places without Internet access. Tableau is professional-grade data-visualization software that helps you create powerful, interactive data visualizations in the form of charts and graphs.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

What a simple way to humanize and share information about the people with whom you work. Org charts, like maps, aren't given the attention they should be, especially in large institutions. Org charts are not just about putting people in their place. But we should have linkable, searchable charts with all of our skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2015

He has organized clusters of tools around different concepts of use that a social media professional might need. Information Design: Good content curators categorize according to the needs of their audience. This list of tools is organized into 7 work flow areas that journalist using social media tools will use.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event. You should also choose a peer-to-peer platform that has resources that participants can use for support as they work to raise money and that makes the fundraising process easier for your organization as well.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Create a work environment where everyone can thrive. Think about your personal daily work routine and all the tasks and goals that fall by the wayside because one person can only do so much. Draw it out into an organizational chart so you can see who will report to who. Then, see who wants to come work for your organization!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

25+ Fundraising Apps for Your Nonprofit to Consider Fundraising apps can be powerful tools for raising more for your mission, but each one is different and will provide different benefits to your organization. It helps your organization work smarter rather than harder. Let’s explore both kinds of apps in the next section.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. “Map out the story you need to tell. She now gives back through her work with various charitable organizations to diversify the artform and make arts education available to all children, not just some children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

Each branch, tarsus, or arm has its own, smaller offshoots, also crucial for the whole organism to work. The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. Why use mind maps in your nonprofit practice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

A good facilitator knows how to shift or tweak the lesson plan in real time if it isn’t working as planned. Pivots can make the difference between a successful session and disaster. Pivots can make the difference between a successful session and disaster. What do you want to learn from working together?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

As organizations or community builders active online, working to practice and create quality engagement, we are often trying to guide, collect or herd conversations and interactions into spaces that we have created or monitor closely. I’ve talked before about how to map your community and the messages within it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Measurement springs from many different motivations. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Consider these two sample audiences: “Canadian women” or “18 to 30-year-old women in BC or Alberta who live in cities with more than 100,000 people” Of course, most NGOs can’t afford to hire the kind of market researchers you’d need to produce a sophisticated work-up of who your core audience is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2015

The most important stakeholders in your work are the people you intend to help. Batchgeo is a free mapping tool that helps you visualize the data that lives in your spreadsheets. Here are some tips and tools to help you Listen, Act, Learn, and Repeat, thereby helping your organization become more effective: 1. Try the free version.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

Stories can also be found in the multitudes of information created through the work an organization does. Data visualization presents an opportunity to tell stories that foster community building in a different and compelling manner. Charts, graphs, or maps are a common and practical way to relay information.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

The Ambassadors are senior NetSquared leaders who offer their support to other organizers in their country or region, allowing us to serve members in different time zones and in languages other than English. Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Bring Your Work! Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Bring Your Work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the Barr Foundation web site back in 2006. Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor co-wrote " Net Gains ," one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

A Communications Evaluation Guide by Asibey Consulting I've been exploring different ROI and communications evaluation approaches and how they might be adapted for social media strategies. The guide is an excellent road map for designing and planning an evaluation of your overall communications plan.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I set the timer for five minutes and started working. After an hour, I had 12 different versions of our staff structure, each in its own little box. When we had seven people, we barely needed an organizational chart. And so, with the blessing of our Board, Keri and I worked together on a plan. As we succeeded, we grew.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

Making people aware of all the great work being. about providing feedback at every turn – they are sticklers for data and statistics that you can toggle into charts or hard numbers to find out. YouTube branding, and free licensing for Google Earth and Maps. In order to work with organizations of all. Change.Org.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

This means you can start working on a document on your desktop and then continue where you left off on another computer, laptop, or tablet because Office saves your work in the cloud as you go. Plus: You can start working on a document on your desktop, then continue right where you left off on a different computer or tablet.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

So if any of you work overseas you might want to connect with him as well, even, especially if you’re in the ministry world too. . Yeah, looks like it’s working. I was sharing with Steven earlier, you know, we’re working in about 20 different countries and are managing $50 million in development costs.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

For example, the Executive Summary might have a very different focus if you are trying to recruit an expert in your service sector to the Board versus applying for a small business loan to open a gift shop. Talk about how lives are changed because of the work your nonprofit does. Organizational Structure. Marketing Plan.

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