Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. Sponsorships are the model that we’re all most familiar with. Evaluate your current community and identify where expanded representation might be beneficial. The pandemic was a wormhole.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Collaboration Associations 221

sgEngage

APRIL 25, 2024

If you are unclear about your needs, abilities, and opportunities, you will quickly find it difficult to vet vendors and evaluate CRMs, not to mention bringing internal stakeholders onboard or getting sign-off at key stages. You are ready to stary evaluating vendors to find the best partner and software to invest in!

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Identify staffers who will be ambassadors and fill these collaborative roles: Identify employees across the organization to be ambassadors. They are role models who inspire teams to see from a different perspective. ” Engage Broadly To promote that collective focus, engage employees across the organization.

Leadership 170

Leadership Associations Skills Digital 170

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Adaptive learning models can empower teachers to customize instruction for each student’s needs, and students can even personalize a digital tutoring experience. Imagine empowering a teacher with generative AI to improve question-building workflows for online assessments and open-book evaluations.

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Generation Education Blackbaud Model 93

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2018

Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. So what did we find? Reporting and Visualizing.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

But scenarios are also a tool that can be used to evaluate longer-term initiatives. CEOs must be role models for their teams. Over the last two years, I’ve written several posts about the value of using scenario planning for decision-making in a crisis. But, according to Sharon, leadership is the bottom line.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. Set clear expectations and roles from the beginning. Resist the temptation to model the competition. A contemporary approach must incorporate continuous transformation. Be the disruption. CEOs: Run your board right.

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Advice Course Associations Change 170

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

What is funder’s role to support good measurement? Now many funders have funded measurement via third-party evaluations and as a result think they’ve funded measurement. The St Luke’s Foundation in Cleveland realigned using the premises of Leap of Reason and has redefined its own role and purpose: Bigger Investments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

After reading the book The Spider and the Starfish, the Lumpkjn family had been inspired to not follow the recommended model of endowing a nonprofit center at the local university. The effort is currently undergoing an evaluation which will direct its geographic focus and future online presence. What do members give to get?

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Roles Illinois Evaluation Boston 88

sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

Cultivating belonging in a high-level team and within the broader school community is an essential role of today’s school leaders and can be the secret to recruitment and retention.

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Blackbaud API Empowerment Nevada 83

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

In the panel Rethinking Strategy: The Intersection of Impact, Brand, and Business Model, three experts defined these terms and illustrated their use for effective nonprofit communications. Jara Dean-Coffey discussed impact, with a focus on how organizations should be evaluative , rather than simply doing evaluation.

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Model Impact Business Case Study 55

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. If that funder’s application includes lots of jargon or technical phrases such as, “Tell us about your Theory of Change,” or, “What is your program’s Logic Model?” would those questions reflect that funder’s value of equal access?

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Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 82

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 health crisis in health access, education equity, underinvested neighborhoods, and lack of or underemployment, all play a role in the disproportionate impact the crisis will continue to have on Latino and underserved communities nationwide. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. Start-up organizations often adopt a “working board” model due to limited funds or the desire to generate community buy-in with a 100% volunteer-led mission. An organization transitions into a “governing board” model when an ED is hired.

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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. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

It also seeks to provide a common baseline of the diversity of the field, as well as ensure that demographic data is available to those who can make use of it to evaluate their programs and assess progress around equity. Turns out that nonprofits’ subject areas play a role in which organizations share demographic data.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 16, 2022

Registered Apprenticeships are proven models, validated by the U.S. Talent for Good completed a rigorous evaluation of its recruiting, training, and placement processes in order to achieve the nationally recognized credential. Department of Labor, the first in the Salesforce ecosystem.

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National Program Dallas Press 97

Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

It’s not a business model. . Develop an evaluation and performance model. . Establish a logic model and identify inputs, outputs, activities, and intended outcomes. . This usually fails to evaluate the future needs of the organization and is c ommonly known as the Bubba Theory. . Why is that important?

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Organization Files Nonprofit Grant 128

Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Candid : What would you like people to know about your services and how you view your role in the community? The self-service model of public libraries allows individuals to explore at their own pace, and a librarian like me can help guide the process by sharing vetted tools and resources and how to maximize their impact.

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Library Grant Local Roles 98

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Product Maturity: Evaluate the CMS’s reputation, support availability, and roadmap projection. Licensing Methods The licensing model of a CMS plays a pivotal role in long-term costs. On the other hand, subscription models can offer flexibility and consistent updates but might become more expensive over time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

One CEO of a local behavioral health and human service organization found value in program evaluation measures in his organization where there was no prior initiative to evaluate programs. Investing in a program evaluation department helped the leadership team develop a clear strategy with their first strategic plan.

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Measure Culture Arizona Evaluation 52

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

So, if a leadership role interests you, look no further than the approach you bring to the position. Development professionals employ six practices to be successful in their role. Before committing to a collaborative venture, you evaluate each potential partner to ensure alignment with your organization’s mission, values, and goals.

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Professional Leadership Develop Proposal 70

Volunteer Hub

APRIL 3, 2023

What is your role with WHAM? My role as a volunteer manager is to oversee all three programs, in terms of volunteers. I am hoping other volunteer managers will listen to this conversation, and can model what we have done to grow our program. What is the day-to-day like? How did you manage volunteers before VolunteerHub?

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Houston ROI Audio Volunteer 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

And while this model is describing individual behavior, individuals make up organizations – so I think it is important for people working in organizations to understand, whether they are the executive director or the social media manager. Oftentimes, they fail because the previous steps have not been given enough thought or time.

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Technique Training Train Learning 127

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

However, here are some potential use cases to help you visualize the role a data warehouse could play in your organization’s operations: Identify specific audience segments for marketing purposes. Ensure each team member understands their role and responsibilities in the data warehousing project.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Clarify roles and responsibilities. Development officers should be very clear and unapologetic about that role, especially when establishing relationships with donors. Be clear in how you measure job performance so everyone on your team understands their duties and the expectations around their role.

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Develop Management Gift Proposal 73

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Coming into the association space as a developer eventually shifted into combining my technical skills with my people and business understanding and becoming an Applications Analyst and several other roles. You can evaluate where you’d like to go back to and spend more time. Fun fact about Dave. Fun fact about Sanchi.

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Celebrate Fun Associations Product 135

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Finance leaders should be able to calculate the projected ROI of their decisions—to make the business case for every hardware purchase and software subscription, report on the impact of those investments, and evaluate the need for upgrades or new technologies on an ongoing basis. Identify Ways to Reduce Waste.

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Digital Gartner Nonprofit Fund 70

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

The Role of Trust-Based Philanthropy The growing interest in giving larger, unrestricted—and in many cases multi-year— commitments reflects a widening embrace of “trust-based philanthropy” (TBP) among select funders. When funders model vulnerability and power-consciousness , it signals to grantees that they can show up more fully.

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Philanthropy Literacy Gift Grant 71

Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Operations & Leadership Programs Nonprofit Membership Models: The What, Why, and How 10 min read Read Now 3. Outline Governance and Prioritize Development Whether your association operates with a board of directors, committees, or specific leadership roles, a well-structured governance plan sets the stage for effective decision-making.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Julian Egelstaff, Technical Architect, Freeform Solutions Who are our IT role models? Often, the engineer role is filled by an outside developer, consultant, or firm. Defining the different roles helps avoid this. Where do our ideas about IT come from? In the nonprofit sector, we have some big challenges in this area.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. They should be role models who inspire colleagues to see from a different perspective. These roles need not be filled by the management team.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will.

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 74

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

These include the lack of funding and difficulty securing adequate funds, funding structures that incentivize counterproductive practices, strained relationships between funders and nonprofits, and shifts in funding models and strategy. Evaluate to learn. Jessica Tudyk is the Program Officer at the Mary E.

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Adopt Foundation Practice Support 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 25, 2022

Leaders need to evaluate their leadership approach to ensure the style employed is designed to positively influence and empower their staff, promote success, and build collaboration. Kanter & Sherman remind us that respect, kindness and compassion must be modeled from the top-down in order to become an organizational norm.

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