The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

So many of us resolve to exercise more, be kinder, spend more time with family, and so on. For example, if one of your goals is to make your organization’s join process better, your action plan might have these steps: Look at Google Analytics to see what kind of traffic the join page gets and where people abandon.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

For the Professional Social Media class I teach at Sonoma State University , I created an exercise designed to help folks practice both content creation and looking at metrics. Here's how it works: 1. We review which updates got the most and the least engagement, and I ask folks to suggest why they think something worked or not.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance. Working with Sharon, we were able to create a governance plan that aligned perfectly with our life cycle stage,” CEO, Andrea Bennett, noted. “We

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Whole Whale

MAY 16, 2022

Train like a champion, diet, exercise, or take performance-enhancing supplements? Many AI writing tools are already built into our work but the real game-changers are still developing with advances in GPT3 that allow large amounts of text to be analyzed and written. Wait, what is an AI writing tool? AI Writing Software Tools.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

It may make sense to hire someone to give you that help, especially if that person has the skills you need and can work remotely. A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who provides services for clients while working from their home office. Be sure to ask for work samples if appropriate for the work you are requesting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

No doubt, change is always in the works in the nonprofit world, but the pandemic forced many organizations to change more than usual; to pivot and regroup. Work with them to get input from a good cross-section of stakeholders to understand goals, strategies, and perceptions so that you can turn them into communications that make sense.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

So many of us resolve to exercise more, be kinder, spend more time with family, and so on. For example, if one of your goals is to make your organization’s join process better, your action plan might have these steps: Look at Google Analytics to see what kind of traffic the join page gets and where people abandon.

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Websites Analytics Podcast Map 130

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to the calendar, we’re supposed to start counting our blessings around Thanksgiving and work our way up to total and complete joy by New Year’s Eve. If you feel mired in stress and anxiety, you might have a tough time with this exercise. Gratitude is a muscle that needs exercise. That’s okay. Do you have running water?

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

It’s an exercise that will provide the opportunity to explore lessons learned in training and reflect on how they impact real-life situations. We strive to include diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work. If you don’t already have a diversity statement outlining your vision is an obvious step.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Deciding how to handle donor recognition on social media is a complex exercise. The digital team works hard to produce social content that balances sharing stories of the people they serve, the impact of their work, and the generosity of their supporters. They maintain a standard number of posts per day for optimal performance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Those thoughts are also a source of existential dread, even for people working at a tech company like Eventgroove! To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you. The following prompt will help you get started!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Below are three examples from three different nonprofits: 1) e-Newsletter opt-in on the Marshall Project blog. Below are three examples from three different nonprofits: 1) e-Newsletter opt-in on the Marshall Project blog. In the example below, the Rainforest Alliance published a guest post about sustainable tourism. ” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2020

If that wasn’t enough stress, I’m either living at work or working from home, along with my entire family. 1: Get Enough Sleep, Nutrition, and Exercise. Focus on these three activities: sleep, nutrition and exercise to help strengthen your immune system and feel better. 5 Incorporate Quiet Time During Your Day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Chris works very hard to capture the essence of the cats and then craft that into a video that is inspiring and has elements of humor to make it go viral. Who maintains your social media campaigns? Are they paid, full-time, part-time?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Social skills— along with empathy, help teams successfully collaborate to get work done. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2023

For example, one customer mentioned that they can review up to 500 funder profile pages in one day using Candid’s Foundation Directory , a time-consuming and tedious exercise! Sometimes we encounter unexpected insights or novel ways that people use our products. We do this through a program called Follow Me Home (FMH).

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your goal should be to write a power-packed thank-you letter that makes the donor think “I love this nonprofit – they do such good work.” Here is an example: We recently met S., a mother of three who works in childcare. You are so important to our organization’s work!” Send your thank-you quickly.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Deloitte AI Institute Understanding the Basics of AI But human oversight requires at least a high-level understanding of how AI works. Then, you provide an algorithm with examples in the form of sample data, and you allow the algorithm to identify the best way to get to that outcome. That’s rules-based programming.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

Cynicism towards work: feeling negative, irritable, or jaded towards your colleagues or clients, or a loss of belief in your work or organization. Lack of accomplishment: struggling to be effective or efficient at work, noticing lower productivity or capability, or feeling low on morale and coping skills. Sound familiar?

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

Over the years, I have worked with many founder-led (or until-recently-founder-led) organizations. For staff, working in a start-up nonprofit is often an exercise in mindreading. They may hew to an established strategic plan or question ambitious fundraising goals, for example. That desire doesn’t change.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

Ask Questions About the Tools You Already Use When Media Cause helps a nonprofit audit their MarTech tools, the first thing to do is ask questions that are designed to start a fuller conversation about the technology used to make the work more manageable. As your nonprofit team begins that conversation, be sure to write down the answers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. We had a very competent interpretation team of 3 people – who were the best team I’ve worked with and were able to do simultaneous translation.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2022

She has been both volunteer and activist for organizations working on human rights, poverty elimination, non-violence, and cultural exchange. Her passions are community-building and behavioral psychology, and so she is excited to be working at their crossroads in nonprofit technology. Highlight new initiatives and.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The program is specially design to leverage the power of technology in supporting women’s rights and social justice leaders and organizations to advance their work and impact. These amazing activists work every day on the front lines of communities across the U.S., Then it was time for a simple exercise.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

For example, a nonprofit looking to hire a volunteer manager might list 2-5 years of leadership experience in addition to a certain amount of hours spent volunteering and an undergraduate degree. For example, a healthcare organization hiring for a data analyst position may list analytics platform proficiency as a preferred skill.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

For example, a nonprofit looking to hire a volunteer manager might list 2-5 years of leadership experience in addition to a certain amount of hours spent volunteering and an undergraduate degree. For example, a healthcare organization hiring for a data analyst position may list analytics platform proficiency as a preferred skill.

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Strategy Interview Skills Retention 52

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. Level 5: Fulfillment Factor – Do people feel like they are inspired and working towards a higher purpose? Remote working policy with flexibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Take for example my colleague Eugene Eric Kim who shares his facilitation toolkit which includes links to his favorite Post It notes and markers. For example, with board thing, we all have control over organizing and taking notes on the “sticky notes” – and was interesting to see our emergent collaboration.

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

At least 20 minutes of the agenda should be dedicated to education and training, such as role-playing exercises, making calls to donors, or even guest facilitators. For example, if a board member is a marketing expert, they could help develop a fundraising campaign or create marketing materials to promote the organization’s mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. The format of the concept poster was more open then the close-ended set of exercises and questions on the worksheet.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

New employees were given a variety of simulations to see how they''d respond and work together in different scenarios. They discovered three things: Millennials focused on individual strengths to determine how to divvy up the work. Many engaged in the pre-session morning exercise program and the post-session fireside chats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. 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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It can also be used for those who coach, mentor, counsel and advise early career women, with insights and exercises for those you are supporting. For example, from a race perspective, in most settings, this is white women. The work-around? Invest in data, not assumption and in turn, minimize overwhelm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2015

Source: Tony Schwartz - The Way We Are Working Isn't Working. That is a slogan on a t-shirt, and while meant as a joke, it is all too familiar for many nonprofits. Meetings that waste your time! ” This means if your default is to schedule an hour meeting, than the meeting will take an hour – and many times run over.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

The specific indicators of program success are below and were identified with input from participants: 100% of participants will develop an integrated and measurable social media strategy that furthers their communications work in population and reproductive health that aligned with institutional goals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Fortunately, history shows, and Nailing It reveals, inspiring examples of successful people who experienced delayed progress in their 20s, forced to take circuitous paths to their life callings, even overcoming tragic starts. And they had a plan, and they worked the plan.

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