ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Every nonprofit leader must be comfortable making decisions and be willing to own the outcomes no matter what. An effective strategic plan will not only provide direction for the organization, it can give nonprofit leaders guidance in day-to-day decision-making and promote more predictable outcomes.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2016

From there I dug in to learn as much as I could about outcomes measurement and results from consultants, think tanks and other leaders in the field. What did I learn about outcomes and measuring results in those early days? Outcomes are changes in the behavior of, or the situation for, the program participants.

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Measure Results Grant Guidelines 20

Nonprofits Source

JULY 25, 2023

Recruit Well-Connected Supporters Picking the right ambassadors can greatly impact the success of your marketing and your fundraising outcomes. Provide Training, Guidelines, And Resources With the right ambassadors on board, it’s time to get them ready to market your fundraising campaign or event. Let’s begin.

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Marketing Tips Fundraising Contest 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Are there specific guidelines and checklists they must follow? Vulnerability Empathetic connections can transform your relationships and outcomes. We are shown that if we are “wrong” and if we fail to meet the outcomes we promised, we will be punished. Who will find them at fault? What would a penalty look like?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With AI, you first define some outcome, some question you want answered. 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. What outcome are you trying to predict? It will do so based on patterns it finds in your sample data.

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Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Follow accessibility guidelines! Align your strategies with the desired outcomes, and incorporate specific actions to ensure equity in the project, such as working with a designer who reflects the audience to create creative content. Measure Impact: Define the metrics that will help measure the impact of your digital campaign.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

our journey to tracking outcomes and results began and we started to ask ourselves tough questions like: Who is different because of our grants and what is different for them? And by asking those questions and looking through the outcomes lens for all of our initiatives, our results story began to demonstrate real impact.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 14, 2023

A project manager’s objective is to navigate each of these moving parts and steer the project toward its desired outcome. Whether it’s time, budget, or materials, it’s paramount that project managers allocate resources effectively, keeping the project within its guidelines.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

You don’t see the value in having brand guidelines. . A brand guidelines document is a set of rules and standards defending the use of different components of your brand. Last year, I wrote a post about the five reasons nonprofits need brand guidelines. They are like a blueprint for your organization.

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Guidelines Nonprofit Audience International 72

Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This means clearly communicating to volunteers what their roles and responsibilities are as well as outlining any rules or guidelines they must adhere to while working with your organization. The first step in supervising any volunteer is establishing boundaries and expectations.

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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

These programs make the original donation go twice as far, so you should encourage your donors to look into their companies’ guidelines. From increasing donors’ impact to forming valuable corporate partnerships, you can open up the door for greater community outcomes just by promoting matching donations. Let’s dive in!

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

If there is a general appreciation for internal controls and a standard practice of following them—from all levels of the organization—your risk management efforts will be easier than if your internal controls are seen as more of guidelines.

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International Nonprofit Review Process 83

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This rule on Facebook is based on the Federal Election Commission’s advertising guidelines , which include regulations on disclaimers for authorized committees, PACs, party committees, and other groups or individuals. Visit Facebook’s Business Help Center to get more information on how to create and manage disclaimers.

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Facebook Guide United States Georgia 84

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. Set concrete guidelines. These will include the engagement start and end dates, budget, and expected outcomes or deliverables.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

After all, you’re not starting a new program to make a line go up on a graph—you’re starting it to drive more and better outcomes for real people. Develop an agenda and invite stakeholders to review the grant’s purpose and guidelines, as well as the data and stories you’ll need for writing a well-rounded proposal. Overwrite, then trim.

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Storytelling Grant Tips Proposal 52

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Provide guidelines on how employees should handle and store data within the CRM system to maintain data integrity and confidentiality. For example, a fundraiser will need to focus on donor management , while a program manager will need to learn how to track program outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Your organization should avoid having after hours email become a cultural norm because it perpetuates stress and steals the motivation and creativity that are important to reaching outcomes. Here’s a good guide to writing precise emails. Set up internal chat lines for sharing photos or brief social updates.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By illustrating data-driven outcomes and real-world, human stories of the individuals your nonprofit has helped, supporters can better see the tangible connection between your nonprofit’s work and its direct result in your community. Impact stories.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

They help potential partners, supporters, and beneficiaries see the tangible outcomes of your work. Developing a Testimonial Toolkit Create a ‘Testimonial Toolkit’ that includes guidelines on what makes a great testimonial, consent forms, and tips on how to share one’s story effectively.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

Comply with web accessibility guidelines — Anyone should be able to engage with your site, no matter their location, language, or ability. As Founder and CEO of Kanopi Studios, Anne helps create clarity around project needs, and turns client conversations into actionable outcomes. About the Author: Anne Stefanyk.

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Channel Websites Tips Fundraising 72

Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Work within your CMS to update your content according to Google’s guidelines. Optimize your web design Your website is likely the first place that prospective donors will turn to for more information about your organization and cause. Post high-quality educational content that satisfies search intent and is useful to readers.

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Digital Strategy Fundraising Google 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

However, in the comments, readers point to the benefits of a folksonomy and suggest that combining the two approaches can lead to a best-of-both-worlds outcome. " What do those guidelines look like? Gavin's post does a great job explaining the definitions and the advantages of a taxonomy over a folksonomy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

Another option is to create a Theory of Change or Logic Model , which should include inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact. Clarify quantifiable outcomes or metrics that can be easily measured on a routine basis. Set Program Goals & Metrics. Start with the question, “what does success look like?” Report Out.

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Measure Impact Program San Francisco 50

Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

The following steps and set of guidelines can be used to better understand what your narratives need to do to help establish the desired outcomes that are most relevant to and appropriate for your organization’s strategic goals and objectives and help to build support for real change that shifts people’s focus.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Some guidelines: Don’t purchase wealth screening tools if your plan is to use them to reach out to people merely because they have money. I would, however, recommend doing this only when you are fairly certain the outcome will support the direction you want to take. I can’t ask Joe yet because we don’t have all the data” is a cop out.

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Campaign Research Database Model 85

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Program management: Monitor program outcomes, track beneficiary interactions, and demonstrate the impact of your work to stakeholders. Both are less-than-ideal outcomes after you’ve spent valuable time and resources configuring your Salesforce instance. Or, knowledge will get siloed into one or two individuals.

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Consultant Nonprofit Integration Review 52

Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

In addition to meeting the USPS guidelines, catch those who do not complete NCOA forms and append addresses to make sure they are deliverable. If you have the bandwidth, establish benchmarks and guidelines for ongoing portfolio and pipeline management. Can’t do it yourself? Ask for help! Update addresses every 90 days. Ask for help!

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

NPOInfo’s donor data management guide recommends developing data entry guidelines with standard formats so your full team is on the same page about how to update your database. Measure the impact that changes to your online engagement approach have on your fundraising outcomes.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

This includes those event-specific logos to use in all your marketing as well as guidelines and samples of donor engagement strategies. These should be true success stories with local characters and positive outcomes to showcase the amazing work your library is doing for the community.

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Library Giving Literacy Social Media 64

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Choose your own outcome books have been commonplace in bookstores for years. When importing the concept into your Compliance Training it is imperative that the employees can see for themselves both the hazards of selecting the wrong outcome, as well as the success of maintaining compliance.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

After the donation has been completed, you can easily provide donors with the link to their matching gift submission form and program guidelines. Blackbaud works with a variety of organizations to empower them to overcome their greatest challenges and achieve transformative outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers. These are simply a guidelines to help think through what to measure – or what metrics that will help your organization demonstrate progress towards an objective. .

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Agreed-upon guidelines will help you find a sponsor that aligns with your mission and needs. Tip #10: Use Your Data to Tell a Compelling Story Your data will help you articulate the connection between your sponsor’s dollars and your nonprofit’s outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2010

If a contest or program does not lead with social outcomes and if big money is thrown on the table, it encourages social innovation of another kind. In all fairness, in the contest guidelines , it doesn't say that this technique is a violation of the contest rules. Leading with Social Outcomes (theory of change).

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Read our submission guidelines and get in touch! How to Keep Donors Engaged When Everything is Changing by Keri Kallaway, Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation. Interested in contributing to sgENGAGE in 2021?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Stress the importance of tracking outcomes and regular reporting for this project or program. If the grantors don’t ask for specific impact or outcomes, consider reaching out to them and offering stories, data, or other information about the work your organization is doing.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you believe your charitable organization has a request that fits within their guidelines, they suggest that you send them by regular mail a preliminary letter of no more than two pages. The Kresge Foundation works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing. Lilly Endowment Inc.’s

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