Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . Dear Charity Clairity, Every time I attend a conference or webinar on the subject of major donor development I learn about the importance of meeting with major donors in person.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

For example, when presented with a grant description describing programs serving low-income populations, the system would often also predict that the grant was serving “People of African Descent.” We continue to refine the data we use for training and evaluating our grants auto-coding system. What can bias look like in the data?

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the concept of community leadership in foundations and discuss how they can support their grantees beyond the dollar. Foundations can play a pivotal role in enhancing the capacity of their grantees by providing technical assistance, training programs, and mentorship opportunities.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

HBCUs have been critical in educating Black people, developing Black leaders, and addressing inequality throughout U.S. This evaluation looks at one such program, Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED). This evaluation looks at one such program, Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED).

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Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These tend to be the easiest to report on, because they can usually be completed by the development team with a pre-prepared overview of what the organization is working on. Instead, in December of each year, our development team creates one exhaustive document that covers everything we anticipate we’ll need for grant reporting.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

These solutions can also help you develop personalized strategies that speak to each donor’s unique needs and interests based on their past interactions with your organization. Developing personalized messaging for different segments Use targeted AI prompts to help develop content that specifically appeals to different groups.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2016

The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups and Small Businesses. With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. Skill-Gaps.

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Pre-Award Stage Generating Grant Guidelines Developing grant guidelines requires creating a comprehensive outline of the grant’s objectives, eligibility requirements, application procedure, and evaluation metrics. They often handle the creation of grant guidelines, applicant outreach, and oversee the grant evaluation process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? At the Packard Foundation our commitment to effectiveness directly plays out in our evaluation and learning culture and practices.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

There were a million scenarios and questions going through my head related to COVID-19, teaching remotely/hyflex/in person, reviewing assessment strategies, evaluating digital learning tools, maintaining student connection and community, etc. Blackbaud’s SKY Developer Community is also thriving because of innovators like Nick.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift? At the 2022 Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) conference, a few fellow evaluators and I discussed the findings of the AAPIP report Seeking to Soar.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Share the hard data with your Development Committee and have a conversation about it. By taking this step you’re infusing data-driven strategic thinking into your fundraising program. Sustain engagement How many of your GivingTuesday donors joined your monthly giving program ? They’ve done the work for you!

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a computer science field aiming to create programs capable of mimicking cognitive functions and automate tedious tasks. The three main types of AI you should know about: Generative AI are programs that can use your input to create new content, from images to texts to music. How can charities use AI?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. Your committee can evaluate solutions and the benefits and challenges of new software while helping educate your school’s stakeholders on how complicated and sophisticated data management can be. Keep data security top of mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I also served on the program advisory committee. It was a lot of learning in a short time-period and I’ll be unpacking and sharing it here on this blog over the coming weeks. One of the simplest ways to practice continuous improvement is to incorporate a process evaluation. Review it together in a meeting and summarize.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Now let’s take a moment to consider this value in terms of fundraising, marketing, and program execution. Recruit Volunteers: The first step in any volunteer program is to find volunteers. Most nonprofits use marketing tactics to recruit, like emails, social media posts, blog posts, and web pages. Communicate with Volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2018

As a member of the NTEN Board, I used this framework to help us work through our performance evaluation process. At the same time, many in the group, the Leap Ambassadors Community , were passionate about meeting the needs of small nonprofits, such as youth development programs, environmental programs, churches, arts programs, and others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. Many times, nonprofits, especially smaller ones, do not have the resources to hire outside consultants to measure the impact of their programs. Set Program Goals & Metrics. Report Out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

What kind of digital touchpoints did you incorporate into your development strategies? 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.” Are you keeping up with your blog or e-newsletter? . Did you host virtual events ? .

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Some well-paying jobs only require trade school or technical education programs, and those certifications take far less than four years to earn. For some tuition-dependent schools, that increase necessitated cuts in academic programs and personnel and created an inability to backfill positions when tenured faculty retired.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2019

It’s so easy to get caught in the day-to-day of our jobs and think of “professional development” as something that only happens at work or that requires a lot of extra time or money (or both). Start blogging . Check if your favorite social good blogs accept external submissions. Join a reference program .

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition. Blog Commencement. In order to properly write this blog post, I will be writing in accordance with the rules of the first Presidential Debate. What can we do to make our training and development offerings exciting? This being, how do we engage users?

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

My much-loved client, Community TechKnowledge , recently asked me to serve as the curator of their new guest blog. Since 2005, I've been murmuring that the future of blogging is not with individual blogs like mine, but with well-designed web sites that feature clusters of blogs by diverse authors who are focused on a coherent mission.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 2, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll walk you through how to design a volunteer engagement program that fosters a positive experience for both your nonprofit and your volunteers. Develop a recruitment strategy that targets the ideal volunteer demographics. Recruiting Volunteers Ready to find your dream team of volunteers?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

She compares AI with traditional rules-based programming, where you define exactly what should happen in a given scenario. That’s rules-based programming. That’s because a prospect development professional can use their expertise to disqualify certain prospects. We also need to consider whether we should use AI.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Phillips , authors of the book, Show The Value Of What You Do , developed the ROI Methodology in the 1970s and refined it in the 1980s when their first book describing the process was published. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As we continue to explore this topic, I’ll be posting more regular updates about new developments. Priority should be given to retaining and emphasizing human characteristics in decision making processes and evaluations. . See Nethope blog post that provides a summary of how AI is currently be used in the humanitarian sector. .

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Inconsistent terminology, incomplete information, and conflicting recommendations are all challenges that foundations face when developing grantmaking practices. Evaluate to learn. Foundation leaders should prioritize evaluation, provide resources to ensure adequate evaluation is done, and be open to adjustments based on results.

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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. Developing a positive brand image in the community. One of the most well-known is sponsorships, where partners fund specific programs or events.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? To start off, an eLearning consultant is an individual who provides advice and guidance to help organizations create successful eLearning programs. Creating a content development strategy. Measuring the efficacy of your eLearning programming.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations. For example, the National Council of Nonprofits offers a range of resources, including information on board diversity and inclusion , as well as leadership development programs.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For example, a fundraiser will need to focus on donor management , while a program manager will need to learn how to track program outcomes. Customize training materials: Develop user manuals, best practice guides, video tutorials, and FAQs that support each team’s CRM journey.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. The basic roadmap for developing a digital donor acquisition plan looks like this: Identify your audience and get to know them. Evaluate past fundraising and acquisition campaigns. Prioritize educating donors first.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When evaluating your learning program, are you making the most of what is available to you? Here is a quick guideline in evaluating the free content available to you, and how to augment your learning program with what you find. Evaluate Current Content. Evaluating the Free Content. Conclusion.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition to reviewing and updating your nonprofit operating budget each year, your financial team should also regularly evaluate your process for creating that document. Include members of your leadership team who develop the organizational goals, bring in revenue, and need to stick to the budget created for them.

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