ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. There are different approaches to evaluating a program. As part of a.

Research 82

Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. They bring a fresh perspective to your organization. Discuss that too.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Policy Advocacy Awareness 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

The workshop focused on how nonprofit leaders can activate a culture of wellbeing in their organizations. If we lack the skills to avoid collaborative overload, manage difficult conversations, learn from failure, the resulting physical, emotional, and mental strain gets in the way of a nonprofit organization’s success.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Teaching them to use creative tools responsibly?

Literacy 134

Literacy Education Digital Teach 134

NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

For many nonprofit organizations, diversity and inclusion are considered a top priority in their annual goals, and for a good reason. However, infusing diversity and inclusion into your organization will likely require new practices to be put in place. Build relationships with volunteers. Make sure volunteers feel appreciated.

Volunteer 110

Volunteer Ideas Develop Management 110

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. Likewise, the easier you can make it for your organization to receive donations, the more you will secure your future. It’s a good time to evaluate where you may have gaps in your technology. Philanthropically.

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 137

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

NTEN believes that finances should not be a barrier for small organizations to be able to access the resources and connections that the Nonprofit Technology Conference offers, so every year they offer scholarships to those who might not otherwise be able to attend. How is your organization leveraging Giving Tuesday?

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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. Organizational readiness can be determined by looking at an organization’s internal staff and environment.

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eLearning Consultant Guide Associations 69

Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

If a capital campaign is the right move for your organization. For many types of organizations, the pandemic has directly affected their readiness and need for a major campaign. For many types of organizations, the pandemic has directly affected their readiness and need for a major campaign. Let’s dive in. showing appreciation.

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Campaign Phase Studies Consultant 98

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. You might even make a statement about evaluations. Discuss what you do today.

Volunteer 97

Volunteer Training Train Ideas 97

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Donors know only one organization. Anyone in your organization can make a values match — whether as ambassador, advocate, or asker. .

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Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes.

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Measure Social Media Media Map 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. But even when our brains are resting, according to research , our minds are perpetually active internalizing and evaluating information.

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Brain Work Guidelines Nonprofit 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In the comments , there was some thoughtful discussion about best practices for identifying, screening, and cultivating board members. Recently we started asking umbrella organizations, such as legal and nursing associations for help recruiting board members. This was my chance to put my teachings to work for Praxis.

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Linkedin Work Homeless Connecticut 121

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Recently, I was on a call with colleagues to plan our NTC session on training , and co-presenter Cindy Leonard said to me, “You are using ADDIE !” Your design is not just about content.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. ” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network.

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Content San Francisco Technique Skills 123

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be. Discussion. I think that we have a lot to learn about where gamifying is most helpful, but we are so far from the saturation point that we should push ahead with full speed so we can evaluate what works and what doesn’t and make adjustments.

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

” I often hear nonprofits say, “We don’t have those skills within our organization so we don’t do measurement.” They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. Has your organization from a data nerd to help you?

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Data Help Measure Analysis 109

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

Increasingly, nonprofit organizations are looking for new ways to measure (and thereby validate) the importance of their work. Our organizations have been measuring outputs in one way or another for as long as there has been philanthropy. Now the discussion is shifting to moving beyond outputs (e.g. We cringe when we hear it.

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Memphis Measure Arizona Nonprofit 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits. Adjunct Professor and Guest Teacher: This past year I enjoyed my first experience teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education.

Instructional Design 50

Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

Your chair and ED must do a delicate dance around creating a decision-based agenda, one that keeps the meeting focused on discussion and voting around issues that require board verdicts. Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization.

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DC Government Nonprofit Classroom 40

Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. " The Role of Libraries.

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Digital Literacy Community Build 66

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Either way, we’d guess it looked quite different from the eLearning assessment types we’re going to discuss today. There are a variety of types of eLearning assessments that you can use to evaluate your association’s members. In the continuing education context, a great example would be online discussion boards.

eLearning 69

eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

As a member of the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact’s new advisory board and CEO of NextAfter , Kachuriak discussed how using human data can transform the hiring process of your organization and ensure that top candidates are the best fit for the role. Step 1: Reboot how your organization thinks about acquisition.

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Team Data Retention Nonprofit 27

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. They’ll compare their compensation to their co-workers and use that information to decide how much the organization values them.

Research 69

Research Raise Arizona Structure 69

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. There’s another piece that, while it is a cornerstone of our organization, complicates the picture even more: we hire local talent.

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International Project Org Technology 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Over the past twenty years, the Brainerd Foundation has invested nearly $50 million in organizations working to protect the environment in the Northwest. This was followed by a presentations and discussion with four thought leaders who shared their insights and knowledge around four different themes: New Power : Henry Timms, 92nd Street Y.

Design 50

Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2006

These are the characters in the Community Organizing Toolkit (BETA SITE). The computer-based component (the game) is used to introduce concepts, prompt discussion, and allow residents to practice skills in a safe, non-threatening environment. The initial focus is to teach Doorknocking, a local organizing technique.

Game 50

Game Evaluation Technique Teach 50

BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

One of a board member’s main roles—while rarely discussed—is to support the executive director (ED). One of a board member’s main roles—while rarely discussed—is to support the executive director (ED). Be creative, but don’t forget to focus on the primary mode of support: an annual performance evaluation.

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Director Support Roles Relationship 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

What is needed for nonprofit organizations to make this shift? Dormant: At this stage, the organization does not know where to start. Testing and Coordinating: At this stage, the organization is regularly collecting data but in a bunch of different spreadsheets and collected by different people or departments.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. The nonprofit technology community is a robust knowledge sharing network widely dispersed across many blogs, tweets, discussion boards, Facebook walls, etc. tagging capabilities to keep things organized.

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Knowledge Share Network Community 86

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community. What’s our role?

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

This process has been significantly augmented by social media, instead of limiting the practice to a regional endeavor where only local personnel can apply their skills, members of the organization in satellite offices can now contribute to the learning environment as a whole. If you Google it, an answer shall appear.

Learning 54

Learning Social Learning Environment Classroom 54

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I will be discussing a total of six topics, each of which I will only allow myself 15 minutes to write. Systems are capable of not only organizing Instructor-Led Training (ILT), but they now house E-Learnings, Gamification, Mobile Learnings, and alternative learning objects. Topic 3: Implementation – An off the cuff walkthrough.

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Develop Learning Industry System 61

Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. is vital to any nonprofit organization. There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience.

Knowledge 60

Knowledge Effective PDF Evaluation 60

Forj

MAY 25, 2021

The goal of this piece is to ensure that the next CME LMS you invest in supports your organization effectively. But, before we dive into the five features that you should seek in your next CME LMS, let’s discuss why you’re seeking a new solution to begin with. For your organization, the above scenario is one to be avoided.

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Associations eLearning Module Course 36

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

That's teaching. Fundamentally that's what teaching should be. Discussion What do you mean about innovation and improvement with education? I think the cross section of everyone getting into the development and gaming means we will need to evaluate what is quality and what isn't. So how do you do that? That's innovation.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60