ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The Vera Institute (2015) offers this definition of social impact bonds: “In a social impact bond, private investors fund an intervention through an intermediary organization—and the government repays the funder only if the program achieves certain goals, which are specified at the outset of the initiative and assessed by an independent evaluator.”.

Program 58

Program Management South Africa Evaluation 58

Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

You can see visual representations of an individual donor's giving summary as well as a timeline of every interaction with your organization. You can use templates and refer to helpful hints on how to get the most out of your message and capture your donors' attention. Manage Your Donors. Manage Your Emails. Case Studies.

Management 58

Management Donor Software Hints 58

NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In addition to the detailed review of 11 systems -- including both proprietary and open source -- the report provides some helpful overview for approaching the CMS evaluation process in general, as well as some recommendations for making your selection process more focused and effective.

Review 72

Review Guide Comparison Open Source 72

Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

It refers to when a person cuts off all communication with a friend or person they’re dating – with no warning. To keep members from going silent on you, be sure to continually evaluate your organizational strategy to ensure you’re providing value throughout the member journey, from recent grads to retirees.

Associations 60

Associations Studies Benefit Attention 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you’ll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and resource lists. We summarized what we learned in two guides that are designed to help civic tech innovators monitor progress towards their intended outcomes and evaluate the impact of their efforts.

Metrics 50

Metrics Method Tech Government 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

Here’s a summary of tweets from the session, but he made some good points about how to encourage a culture of giving in the work place: Get right people on the bus. He evaluates every request with a question, “Will this compromise his ability to help the people he wants to help?” Reduce the costs. Show the impact.

Grant 100

Grant Learning Studies Research 100

BoardAssist

APRIL 12, 2016

Refer to Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, “Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity” , for common ways grantmakers support capacity building along with benefits and limitations). Evaluate each nonprofit on the list and determine the best candidates. What other options do CEO’s have to identify partners?

New York 40

New York Collaboration Nonprofit Analysis 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The first C, Content, refers to the idea that social media tools allow everyone to become a creator, by making the publishing and distribution of multimedia content both free and easy, even for amateurs. The4Cs Social Media Framework in Summary. So, let’s look at these 4Cs in some detail. The First C: Content. The Third C: Community.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Social Aggregator 106

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Customizable tabbed pages show general employee information, emergency contacts, wages, performance evaluations, notes, and associated documents — all of which can be customized by administrators. If their references check, your organization may have need of software such as Dreamweaver CS5.5 Start Fundraising.

Software 58

Software Audio Nonprofit San Francisco 58

Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Distilling ideas into concise summaries presses for greater coherence. Evaluate if the style and tone fit the intended audience and goals. Provide feedback on how well the summary captures the essence. Constructive feedback identifies weak points to address through rewriting.

Guide 52

Guide Model Summary Structure 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

One hopes that nonprofits deciding to roll their own social networks, aren't creating their own social silos and have gone into it with a solid strategy, clear objectives and measurable metrics , and can evaluate the ROI. Drop a comment or link back and I'll round it up for next week's summary. What do you think? And if you???re

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Network 50

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

QUESTION: At our organization, we are re-evaluating our fundraising technology needs, but nobody is talking about strategy or data. Can you talk a bit about why these three need to be evaluated together? Jumping to the technology evaluation without first re-evaluating strategy is a mistake. Let me know if we can help.

Data 100

Data Technology Strategy Fundraising 100

Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers. Summary of Findings. References. Ask board members for an extra gift” and “reduce our staff” were tied as the third more frequently chosen option.

Time 20

Time Donor Research Issue 20

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

The “smooth” part refers to ClientTrack’s ability to facilitate (i.e., By “effective,” I refer primarily to the ability to track client-level information across a number of community services. Additionally, through this model, AFC is in an unprecedented position to evaluate client-level information from a system-wide perspective.

Interview 144

Interview Collaboration Chicago Boston 144

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. How do you evaluate and recognize “critical mass” of a free agent community?

Reflection 150

Reflection Doc Lesson Cancer 150

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

In addition to the summary, the music director is blogging about on how the story can combine with some music and acting and singing to become a finished piece. How do you evaluate this? The story is line is being summarized regularly on the blog. Here's Act 2. Anyone can contribute. Just tweet your line of the story to @youropera.

Analysis 88

Analysis Music San Francisco Mashup 88

Forum One

JANUARY 7, 2009

Most propose an outline which includes the following: * Summary / Key Information. References. Evaluation Criteria. There are many good, standard articles on "how to write an RFP" (found through a quick review of Google search results ). Background. Objectives. Requirements. Vendor Details. Contact Information.

Proposal 52

Proposal Summary Guidelines Contest 52

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Now, my second pro tip is to aim for a manageable list size, because you’re going to have to review and evaluate each of the funders. Then that’s my third tip, which is to evaluate the shortlist of potentially aligned funders. These are great ways to evaluate their alignment for you. . Use funder websites and 990s.

Grant 74

Grant Lesson Tips Video 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. I also don't want to get too deep into geeky measurement crap. We have a history and culture and expectation for objective web site measurement.

Metrics 56

Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The conclusion of your article is a condensed summary of your major points and if possible should be no longer than 2-3 sentences, or about 50-75 words. By outlining your article, you’re able to stay on track while referring back to it as a guideline. Conclusion. A good rule of thumb to keep in mind is the rule of three’s.

Process 98

Process Content Digital Marketing 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2016

Although the full report was not released publically, Kimbia shared a summary with Give Local America participants. They have trained their front line staff to refer nonprofits and donors to the page and go through a series of diagnostics to determine if the technical problem is system-wide or for just one user.

Learning 50

Learning Giving Exercise America 50

Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2019

Once you decide on your own parameters, if you pull the list and it’s more than one-third of your contacts you may want to pause your plans and evaluate—how have you collected these emails? For the Tidying Up campaign, we used popular show references like “Do our emails spark joy?” Mostly unbeknownst to these people?

email 35

email Campaign Experiment Test 35