Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed. As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. Often, this means conducting periodic focus groups, needs assessments, or surveys.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

Here’s what we’ve learned so far: Successful organizations have chief executives that work cooperatively with their Board. These are organizations that are not going back to their pre-pandemic structures and offerings. What are some of the themes that are emerging? What do successful organizations all have in common?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

This volatility may become a huge difference from traditional fiat giving trends that show that Q4 is when most donors choose to give and lock in profits/losses in equity markets. Belief in community-run/owned decentralized structures. So every client we work with, even on the lowest end there’s an active strategy.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2024

When it comes to working with boards, things can get confusing, making it hard for everyone to work together. Unmasking the myths Myth 1: “Too much process and structure make us feel too much like a business.” Let’s focus on the benefits of being structured and efficient in our work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

He suggests that all social entrepreneurs should balance the following four factors when deciding on a legal structure for their venture: Motivation: how strong is our motivation for a social mission vs. making a profit? Although not yet available in Arizona, several other states are using these legal structures.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

Here are 10 mindsets and recommendations for when a donor prospect doesn’t respond to your ask Accept that everyone is different from you. This applies to a multitude of characteristics including personality, work habits, reporting structure and much else. To put it kindly, I have a hyper personality and work ethic.

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Candid

APRIL 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is radically changing the way organizations work. Today, our AI policy—which focuses on best practices, not specific tools—is integral to how we work and helps us use AI in a way that amplifies our mission. Given Candid’s varied technology needs, we use a variety of AI tools across different departments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play – guest post by Meghan Ventura. One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions. She previously worked with the Washington, D.C., You can register here. Around Gender.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Author: Seema Rao This month we’re talking about work. Not the work we do, but the ways we do that work. or 38 hours of work a week, most of us put in way more. The whole issue of wages gets at the heart of the faulty systems of capitalism, the culture of women’s work, and museums as privilege-concentrating institutions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

You’ll need to understand both elements and how they work together, for a successful end product. Who will help with hands-on work? Together, the data from analytics and user feedback can help inform improvements, structure, and enhancements to your redesigned website. Recommended resource: Writing a web redesign Scope of Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Brainstorming is very useful for staff meetings to generate ideas for different programs or campaigns. It can also be used to create work norms or processes. Then you reflect on the difference in creative energy – typically yes and has more of it.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

They go by many different names – volunteer councils, auxiliaries, “friends” groups, and more – but regardless of their varied titles, such groups share a great deal. Long-term volunteers are still able to do the work they love, while benefitting from some more flexible options as well. Lessons from the Field.

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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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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

Here’s what we’ve learned so far: Successful organizations have chief executives that work cooperatively with their Board. These are organizations that are not going back to their pre-pandemic structures and offerings. What are some of the themes that are emerging? What do successful organizations all have in common?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

We are only about one month into the world’s largest work from home experiment. A few tips include: use the phone instead, switch to asynchronous modes of working, or use a few camera tricks. Participants can be placed into the rooms automatically (randomly) or you can manually assign people to different groups.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. Every meeting hosted as part of your capital campaign will look different depending on where you are at in the process, which specific committee is meeting, and what they’re aiming to accomplish. This builds a standard structure into the process from the start.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

You must be able to customize the CRM to so it works for you. You can also track engagement in different aspects of the organization. This is especially important if you have a team that working externally, as they might not be able to get access to a desktop to use the CRM technology. Divide Contacts Into Subsets. Conclusion.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 27, 2024

Right at the fingertips of so many organizations moving the good work forward, and yet there is still not a greater prioritization of engaging women donors. Because this work is so incredibly important to me, each year, I update my own personal best practices for inclusive philanthropy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Today brings a must-read book for anyone who makes presentations at work, a club, a non-profit, or to any group of individuals the reader wants to persuade to take action. Don’t rely on your visual aids to do all the work. The answers will be different depending on if you’re coming from the perspective of the Presenter or the Listener.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

How to Change Up Your Questions Changing up your questions can mean different things, depending on your context and needs. You can also solicit feedback from your grantees and your reviewers to see how any of the changes are working and what else can be improved. Can this question be interpreted in a different way?

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Which strategies have worked well to keep donors engaged with your mission? That’s why software integrations are extremely valuable for any organization that relies on technology to get its work done, including nonprofits. Illustrate your mission, work, and community to make compelling cases for support.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Meet the demand for direct and intentional forays into the heart of power structures, forces, and accepted traditions. As I worked with hundreds of leaders in organizations large and small, across industries and with very different business models, I began to construct an approach that would both create and ensure belonging.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

The term encompasses a wide range of tools and practices that can support an equally wide range of work and strategies. 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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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

That’s because some fee structures work better for different-sized organizations. Small nonprofit with fewer transactions: A pay-as-you-go or flat-rate model works best for these organizations. Carefully assess your nonprofit’s needs and compare fee structures to find the right fit for your fundraising efforts.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

Then, track those different groups. It’ll help you find out the impact different variables have on your goals for email engagement. Compare your present performance to your past performance, and then looking for outliers to inform how you structure your communications going forward. How many people open each email?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

It’s important to understand your traffic sources so you can attribute revenue to different ways you’re trying to find more donors. Are your conversion rates different for different audiences? They’re an industry-standard way to categorise traffic from all your different marketing initiatives. What are UTM s?

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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. Collaboration: Working collaboratively is the only way to combine ideas and perspectives.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 12, 2022

Even though motivation and passion are high amongst employees entering the nonprofit sector, there seems to be high burnout and a desire to leave nonprofit work behind all together after a short amount of time. Structured recognition programs are critical for employee engagement. Onboarding process. Recognition.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

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. See the difference? Be sure to keep your call to action clear and limited.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels. Refine your approach for next year by learning from what worked and what didn’t. They’ve done the work for you!

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 19, 2021

How do Tags work? That can be scary territory unless you are familiar with the inner workings of your website. How does Google Tag Manager work? . Creating a container is the first thing you will need to do when working with GTM. Creating a container is the first thing you will need to do when working with GTM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. It required more structure, planning because of the risk associated with failure. The presentation is here.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

and learns not only about the content of that data but also how the words and phrases in it have been structured. If you’re still curious about how ChatGPT works, we hosted a webinar that goes into greater detail about ChatGPT and its various uses for nonprofits. But it’s not as simple as ChatGPT doing all the work for you.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 13, 2021

Start to put some structure to your ideas. Punctuation, spelling, sentence structure. Now it’s time to share your work! Chances are good you already determined which platform you want to share your work on. Shorter works serve better on social media. . Then set deadlines for different content. Drafting. .

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

We wanted to fill you in on what SOC 2 is all about and what it means for those who work with Accelevents! . With the support of the information systems team, the talent team worked to document internal processes, procedures, and company structures in order to satisfy the audit. What is SOC 2 Certification?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 29, 2023

You want your donors to trust your work, your impact, your stewardship of resources, and your connection to the community, and stand out in a sea of information. Founder Scott Harrison mentions in his book, Thirst , several instances along the way where wells couldn’t be drilled, wells didn’t work, or they had disagreements with major donors.

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