Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Training and Workshops Your nonprofit can offer training programs and workshops where members enhance their skills and industry knowledge. Feedback & Evaluation Benefits Don’t be confused: We’re not saying that you should offer to evaluate your members for free. Let’s get at it!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. Facilitator Guide: [link]. Additional Reading.

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Practice Thailand Asia Reflection 105

CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

They are living documents, serving as a “north star” to guide your organization to success. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets. Optimize existing strategies: Fine-tune your existing fundraising strategies by incorporating lessons learned from your evaluation.

Develop 77

Develop Fundraising Pledge Track 77

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Growing a nonprofit takes more than just passion: you also need creativity, persistence, and a handful of nonprofit leadership skills to guide your organization through the growth years and fulfill your mission. Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged. Without good leadership, everything falls apart.

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Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

While the reports are guides to funders, if you do work as a capacity builder, you will find some useful insights for your practice. Other areas include: communications, executive transition, evaluation/learning, networking/convening, and professional development. Engage grantees in the evaluation design and implementation.

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Report Build Evaluation Nonprofit 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

One thing I have noticed when co-designing workshops or gatherings with other facilitators, is that some facilitators like to specialize and or have a preference for one method or philosophy. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference. Community Organizing. Any many more.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications).

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Measure Social Media Media Metrics 115

DNL OmniMedia

JUNE 8, 2023

But, as Fonteva’s guide to Salesforce event management explains, managing your events within Salesforce allows you to “access all relevant data in one centralized location,” meaning you won’t even have to leave the platform. The most important step to complete before getting started is to evaluate your organization’s needs.

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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. The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers. by Jane Bozarth, Editor.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

Could funders prioritize storytelling as a reporting and evaluation mechanism? Is there a need for an online platform or marketplace for people to learn and contribute skills, see examples, and download guides? What role could digital medium-specific competitions or contests play in increasing demand?

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Storytelling Digital Report Impact 115

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Step 1: Evaluate your organization and see if you’re ready to apply for grants. For even more information about finding, applying for, and managing grants check out the Blackbaud University Organizational Best Practices workshop “ OBP: Fundraising—Grants.“.

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Grant Articulate Application Guide 30

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “ The Talent Development Platform ,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. Evaluation. This may be a foreign concept in our sector. Agreed upon plan. Is it worth it?

Develop 50

Develop People Change Mentoring 50

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 190

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills.

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Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

If an organization does hire an evaluation specialist to help with measuring impact, what makes for a good relationship? The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. … Read More Measurement'

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Measure Impact Program San Francisco 50

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If you want to handle event planning, ticketing, registration, communications, and fundraising by hand, we salute you—but you probably wouldn’t be reading this guide to event management software for nonprofits. Cost Structure: Understand the pricing model of the software you’re evaluating. We’re here to help!

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Software Management Guide Registration 52

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

Resources include staff knowledge and comfort with different tools, experience levels of staff working with supports, volunteers, and the public, staff with time available, staff with appropriate job duties to include social media, available budget for training or workshops, etc. Evaluation. Identify what success will look like.

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Social Media Process Media Social 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

BoardAssist

MAY 27, 2014

Self Evaluation Process. They have a board self-evaluation each year and they discuss it frankly. Her Fired-Up Fundraising Board Workshops have inspired thousands of board members to get actively involved in fundraising. They encourage all other board members to give. They are clear on what the message is. Monitoring Progress.

Practice 65

Practice North Carolina Fun Discussion 65

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports. Register now!

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Research San Francisco Montana Homeless 65

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2014

The finalized schedule for the demo stage will be added to myNTC as well as the printed program guide. We hear that often in NTC evaluations, but we feel that having too many great choices is a better problem to have than too few. Full Pre-Conference Offerings "There''s just too much to do!"

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NTC DC Drupal Conference 65

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports. Register now!

Research 61

Research San Francisco Montana Homeless 61

BoardAssist

AUGUST 23, 2016

Now, use this checklist and evaluate your next appeal letter! Her Fired-Up Fundraising Board Workshops have inspired thousands of board members to get actively involved in fundraising. Gail’s book, Fired-Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion into Action (Wiley/AFP) is the “gold standard guide to building successful fundraising boards.”

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Donor Gift Arts Results 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2010

As Visiting Scholar in Nonprofits and Social Media at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I am coaching grantee organizations and leading workshops and peer trainings on how to become a Networked Nonprofit. The program includes two face-to-face workshops. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Social Media Network Media California 99

Forum One

JULY 26, 2010

Securing funding, kicking off a project, running the project, evaluating progress, and following up: at each step in the program lifecycle, grantees have different needs. During the assessment and evaluation phases, grantees may be more motivated to share their work and show off what they have accomplished.

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Collaboration Time Synchronous Influence 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

Or as Inga Broerman, Guide Star VP of Marketing said, “You won’t know what to say no to.&#. For program strategy, the organization uses techniques like crowdsourcing to get feedback on program design – whether it is help design a pilot, feedback on an evaluation, or rethinking of a program.

Social Media 101

Social Media Practice Media Social 101

Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2009

Two weeks ago, I conducted a participatory exhibit design workshop with staff at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Every program, old and new, should be evaluated against the mission (and the business model) for soundness. I used to think of mission statements as fluffy pieces of fakery.

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Slides Process Video Open 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

I will be leading several workshops called " Exploring Cambodian Culture " at the Sage School (preK-8 school for gifted students) during "Cluster Week." " Cluster Week concept is based on Joseph Renzulli???s

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Culture Cambodia Classroom Student 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

This word cloud is from a virtual workshop I facilitated asking participants what the barriers to effective virtual meetings are: technology, engagement, connectivity, and participation. I’ve used in many face-to-face workshops, but it can easily be done online with “Emoji” voting. Additional Tools and Techniques.

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Facilitation Virtual Effective Technique 163

Candid

JULY 5, 2023

People can also create user guides on their personal working styles. A guide could include personality assessment results, but it can be just as useful to skip the assessment and share things such as: Priorities Individual goals Professional strengths Communication style and pet peeves Preferences for receiving feedback and praise 2.

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Team Build Tips Exercise 84

CauseVox

JUNE 23, 2022

With your donors, you should be playing the role of the sherpa as you guide them along the path of fundraising online. We’ve put together a free workshop to help you with this process. We evaluated the power of “why” questions for your donors in a recent webinar. Check it out ! Where Are You Now? Compare To Other Nonprofits.

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Communication Effective Donor Online 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Site More Usable. A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Website. Smart Social Media Tips, Tactics, and Tools Most of the resource organizing will be taking place over at the WeAreMedia wiki in preparation for the workshops taking place in 2009. Whiteboard: Why Less is More in Design.

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Goal ROI Wiki Metrics 50

Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

These statements will serve as the guiding principles for your business plan and will help to ensure that all of your activities align with your organization’s overall purpose and direction. Create a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of your programs and activities. Step 2: Conduct Research.

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Effective Business Create Tips 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

That’s why I’ve added a new workshop on running and facilitating effective virtual meetings. However, as this word cloud from a recent workshop I did on virtual meetings illustrates, there are many challenges to running effective virtual or hybrid meetings. 7-Ways To Evaluate and Continuously Improve Virtual Meetings.

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Facilitation Virtual Effective Practice 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Finally, I taught two social media strategy workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners before having two days to get a taste of India and then a 24 hour journey home. . I usually prepare a trainer's guide for myself and generally follow it, but also adjust on the spot.

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India NGO Social Media Reflection 96

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Where Dialogue in the Dark is a tactile and auditory experience led in complete darkness by blind guides, Dialogue in Silence is an exhibition of interpersonal challenges that must be completed in total silence. How can a device-based guide offer the same range of experiences packaged in a small container?

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Reflection Research Question Museum 20