Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

When you’re a busy fundraising professional, it might seem like you’re jumping from one campaign to the next. Evaluate post-campaign data. Meet with everyone on your staff involved with the fundraising campaign to review your campaign goals, discuss the campaign results, and talk through lessons learned. Access your 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. Evaluation and Learning: Foundations can provide grantees with robust evaluation frameworks and support them in measuring their impact effectively.

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Kindful

JULY 8, 2021

Whether it’s a gala, golf tournament, marathon, trivia night, or online wine tasting, the number one thing that gets overlooked in evaluating event costs is the human capital required to produce the event. To get better at understanding the trust cost of an event, you need to evaluate the event’s return on investment (ROI). .

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Let’s briefly discuss what resources are needed to pursue grant funding and if your organization is in a position to do so. On the other hand, if your organization doesn’t plan to do the grant writing internally, do you have the financial resources to hire a professional grant writer?

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

To mitigate this, work as a group to evaluate AI outputs across different demographic groups and address disparities. Impact measurement: Have open discussions about the effectiveness of AI and decide how you will monitor its success. For instance, you may dedicate a portion of your AI training meetings to discussing these experiments.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

When asking for a legacy gift from a donor to your nonprofit, it’s important to approach the conversation with sensitivity and professionalism. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact. Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Post this job description in multiple locations such as your company website, industry-specific job boards, professional associations forums, and any other relevant networks to spread the word. This could be a panel interview for a more comprehensive evaluation or an interview with a different department head for an additional perspective.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Post this job description in multiple locations such as your company website, industry-specific job boards, professional associations forums, and any other relevant networks to spread the word. This could be a panel interview for a more comprehensive evaluation or an interview with a different department head for an additional perspective.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2021

Outsourced experts make it their business to stay up-to-date (unlike IT staff who have to juggle professional development against day-to-day tasks), giving them—and through them, you—access to the best resources and tools needed to help your organization grow and reach its goals. Want to learn more? Register for the webinar.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. The 2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report: A Tale of Two Sectors. Evaluating a Culture.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

In a survey of the charitable community through the Independent Sector (PDF), nonprofit professionals admitted that they need more engagement with their stakeholders. These program practices include needs assessment, decision-making, program implementation, and evaluation. Obstacle 4: “We do not believe evaluation is important.”.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Come to board meetings having read all the materials that have been sent to you in advance with an idea of what you hope to discuss and accomplish. COVID forced them to pivot to online sales, a move that had been discussed at length in the past but might not have happened without COVID. Be prepared. Be an enthusiastic optimist.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Fast forward to today….

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

At Web Courseworks, we provide professional services to help associations like yours build their ideal learning business. What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? We begin by evaluating organizational readiness, also known as the capacity that your association has to make changes to your learning business.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

And third, we see a number of individuals from established organizations who are looking for professional development or to learn new skills. We find that the Center is best positioned to serve experienced nonprofit professionals and established organizations that are seeking to increase capacity at a higher level.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a well-crafted fundraising development plan. Let’s discuss how you can adjust your goals to regain momentum and set the tone for the remainder of the year. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

My colleague Heather Cooper Johnson , Senior Principal Solutions Consultant for Fintech at Blackbaud, joined me for a webinar to discuss how nonprofit leaders can use these three initiatives to shape their futures—while stewarding donations appropriately and staying aligned to their missions. Identify Ways to Reduce Waste.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. For each of the topics we cover in the class, students are assigned reading and I do a brief presentation of examples, frameworks and open it up for discussion. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Join me at Markets for Good on December 6 at 1 pm EST for a FREE roundtable discussion about the new Data Playbook. . There are more and more resources and opportunities for nonprofit professionals seeking to learn about how to use measurement and data. The Playbook gives you an examples. Meaning Making.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2013

It’s a practitioner’s guide for planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies that engage constituents across many channels, wherever they may be, and how we as organizations need to structure our work to deliver that experience. Imagine that you are you, enjoying some personal, non-professional time, then go online.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2023

For individuals, Meico also suggests spending some time evaluating your inputs and how they are making you feel. Another important focus area for individuals is to make sure your day-to-day work aligns with the legacy you want to build, both professionally and personally.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Potential criteria include but are not limited to: Skills, credentials, and professional experience. Evaluation matrix .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

Engage with a DEI professional. Working with a professional will help facilitate discussions, allow everyone to participate in the dialogue, and shape a process to create a plan of action. Is the organization comfortable discussing other terms like racial equity, implicit bias, and microaggressions?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For those social impact professionals who haven’t lived both lives, the empathy divide is real and must be overcome. As a re-grantor, my favorite experiences included deeply listening to and honoring the experiences of community organization leaders as they discussed obstacles and we co-created plans to overcome those challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being. Participants prioritized the ideas by combining and evaluating the cost/impact, boiling down to a couple of ideas to present to the whole group.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

Many CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) professionals have shifted their employee and community engagement strategies as the world shifted to virtual and socially distanced work. We also saw this trend in our industry report as CSR professionals stepped up with disaster relief campaigns that specifically supported social justice.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

While you’re discussing “why are you here,” discuss what skills they are expected to bring to the board. These may be professional skills, a deep interest in your mission, personal or professional connections, or some combination of these. Discuss that too. Did you scan a list of community notables?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Professional development officers are relationship builders. In a recent Blackbaud webinar , we discussed four critical elements of managing and retaining development officers: consistency, clarity, accountability, and solidarity. When discussing performance, use goals and progress as an opportunity to coach, not punish.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The participants are the content – and the design of getting participants into small group discussions where we can discuss topics related to our work that we are passionate about and want to explore and learn. These discussions are not lectures or traditional panels and are participant driven. Organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

The team at Giveffect , comprised of former nonprofit professionals and technologists with experience working closely with nonprofits to build the best all-in-one nonprofit software solution, compiled the top three tips to increase volunteer engagement. The keyword is Volunteer Management. Have a shift change?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Orlando, FL/ $625.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2021

As development professionals, many of us see signs of an inequitable recovery in our daily work. Establish a program evaluation cadence and set goals to take your program to the next level. We’ll discuss how to adapt these strategies to your team’s capacity. Keep growing. There’s always room for improvement. No problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

We were introduced to the crowd of over 2,000 nonprofit professionals gathered at the conference to network, learn, teach, and well, party too. Many of the professionals are working on important programs and services, often working for and with disadvantaged communities. The NTEN Board Giving Tuesday Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion. What might a growth mindset intervention for a nonprofit look like when going through a program evaluation process?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Carefully evaluate each idea so you can choose the one that will bring you the most money and awareness for the least investment of time and money. Or recruit a professional to host a virtual class. Other ideas include: Cupcake or cookie decorating : Enlist a professional to share secrets for creating tiny, edible masterpieces.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2021

To ensure that we continue to look to the future and plan how to better create practices and projects with equity at the center, I have met with all departments to discuss the upcoming fiscal year. Together we identified goals and ideas that each department can work towards in the next fiscal year. Alt Text for images/photos. Captioning.

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