Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

Service 119

Service Community Environment Empowerment 119

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data silos are a common problem across all industries and can cause serious pain points, especially as data volume increases. Specifically, this issue is relevant for the nonprofit healthcare industry, which generates nearly 19 terabytes of clinical data each year and must leverage that data within their current decision-making processes.

Integration 79

Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 79

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

When you are working on a tough issue or an innovative solution, sometimes it helps to learn from others who have tackled that problem or are working on a similar idea. Trends in Impact and Outcomes Reporting in Grantmaking Measuring the impact of your grantmaking can be difficult and time-consuming.

Blackbaud 92

Blackbaud Denver Demographics Case Study 92

.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. If there is tension between the CEO and the Board, the contentious issues must be addressed before you attempt initiatives that require more candid dialogue. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

Evaluation 251

Evaluation Government Director Facilitation 251

Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

What are some environmental issues that are relevant to you? Organizations that engage with the right audiences, at the right times, with the right content, and in the right places enjoy greater loyalty, retention, and positive word of mouth. We’re always eager to problem-solve with you. Copyediting.

Social Media 80

Social Media Images Video Media 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Using the scientific method for experiments can yield insights about how much time and effort – whether our effort has to reach perfection or not. Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. What are the right tools to help measure success? Sprout Social.

Social Media 119

Social Media Channel Difference Media 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Once we’ve hooked them, we engage with our community until they own the idea and run with it.

Measure 97

Measure Policy Social Media Green 97

sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

But once the risk is identified, it can be measured and planned for. The annual financial audit is a great time to review your statements through a risk lens and search the corners of your financial statements for long-forgotten issues that could contaminate an entire balance sheet. This will help you prioritize solutions.

International 86

International Nonprofit Review Process 86

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If you’d like to talk about these issues, join us on Nov. In their DNA, they don’t see a problem. Worse, many stick around for a long time creating a tremendous disadvantage for your nonprofit. If you’d like to talk about these issues, join me on Nov. These are the issues we’ll discuss in the webinar.

Nonprofit 107

Nonprofit Government Director Associations 107

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Why You Should Run Your Nonprofit Like a Business. However, all corporations, whether “for profit” or not, need to solve a problem and create value for others. However, all corporations, whether “for profit” or not, need to solve a problem and create value for others.

Business 105

Business ROI Nonprofit Profit 105

Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2024

Strengths like persuasion, problem solving, and persistence come to mind quickly. Fundraising is a profession directed at nurturing friendships that culminate in gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Here are 10 issues around fundraising ethics from my time leading advancement programs for higher learning institutions.

Education 85

Education Fundraising Guidelines Gift 85

Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

Have you allocated time for routine maintenance? The scope of the problem seems really big…but is bad data really preventing you from getting your work done? Tackle the clean up one step at a time. You have identified your data issues and prioritized what data fields to address first. Lots of challenges, right?

Data 169

Data Analytics Associations Registration 169

Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

When we first started researching the use of AI in nonprofit organizations, we described the key benefit of AI as the “dividend of time.” Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI. Yet using AI adoption primarily to maximize time and cost efficiency will only exacerbate the burnout crisis in the sector.

Adopt 98

Adopt Strategy Skills Job 98

Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Proposal Application Metrics 52

Media Cause

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

This can be a significant problem because many of your common pixel tags are surrounded by script tags; so, adding them without breaking is the main issue. Discover how to integrate GTM without problems using the following steps: 1. Much like the process above, this must be done each time a new event is created.

Google 59

Google Tag Analytics Script 59

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2020

Also, remember that change happens over time or along a continuum and not every participant of your program will achieve the same level of change or impact. Patient becomes aware of potential health issue. Patient is told of options and additional clinic resources to help them address health issue.

Impact 28

Impact Program Measure Data 28

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

“Resources, symbolic attraction of alliance members, and expanded networks” as stated in a review from AIM Alliance , are all compelling benefits to joining forces, however, organizations should proceed with caution as these solutions are not sole problem solvers. Measure and share impact. So where should nonprofit leaders begin?

Collaboration 98

Collaboration Los Angeles Strategy Indiana 98

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For example, you’re working to solve a problem. You need to find a creative way to get your supporters to feel like they really understand the problem you’re trying to solve from the perspective of the people struggling with that problem. . First, take the time to consider how your audience experiences the world.

Storytelling 100

Storytelling Skills Develop Help 100

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Collective Impact requires collaborating organizations to: Identify a common goal: Understand a problem and the pathway to solve it together. Communicate openly and timely.

Impact 98

Impact Raleigh Arizona Collaboration 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If you company is experiencing a constant or newly presented problem, a change will need to be made. Remedial Change – when a problem is identified and a solution is implemented. It is important to get your team on the same page, create a strategy for execution, and monitor/measure the progress, outcomes, and result of the change.

Change Management 108

Change Management Change Management Phase 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

Data 107

Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Abby : Nonprofits know they shouldn’t be asking EVERY time they post on social media, but a lot of people are looking for some inspiration for what to post when they’re not making appeals. But you can get away with asking 20% of the time. And 20% of the time you can make withdrawals. 20% can be promotional. Summarize it!

Social Media 138

Social Media Media Tips Social 138

Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you think it may be time to update your nonprofit’s branding, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process. You’ll need to dedicate time and resources to the rebrand process. It may likely take longer than expected, so it pays to build in extra time for any unanticipated bumps in the road.

Nonprofit 119

Nonprofit Audience Library Research 119

Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

Grant funding is great, but often comes with requirements such as financial tracking of the award, measuring the program, reporting to the funder, and more — so look before you leap ! After all, you’re a busy nonprofit professional, and you maybe don’t have time to be clicking extraneous links and asking yourself questions and whatnot.

Grant 92

Grant Award Fundraising Fund 92

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

The problem with ratios. They often use financial ratios to measure a nonprofit's impact, but these do not most accurately showcase a program's efficiency. Storytellers strategically place the donor or prospect into the story, allowing them to help solve a problem, making them a hero. Story: How are you telling the story?

Impact 52

Impact Communication Effective Ratio 52

3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

When was the last time you cleaned it up? Your response rate falls from 60% to 40% to under 30% over time. Your success, however, is masking a serious problem. It applies to outcome measurements, web traffic, social media data, emails, image files, document versioning, backups, backups of backups, etc. Got rid of dupes?

Data 100

Data Donor Database Mail 100

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As bad as these corrupt nonprofits are, they're not the biggest problem facing the social sector, according to Berger. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead. The biggest problem, as he sees it, is that most nonprofits can't prove their work has any real impact.

Social 67

Social Measure Charity Library 67

sgEngage

JULY 20, 2021

As I looked a little deeper into social justice issues that companies try to address with their programs, I found that these initiatives can look vastly different around the globe. 59% of Americans say it is no longer acceptable for companies to be silent on social justice issues.

Government 97

Government Social Blackbaud Companies 97

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Data Security: Explain the measures in place to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations, such as GDPR or CCPA. Encourage open discussions and problem-solving within the group.

Training 52

Training Train Team Data 52

AccelEvents

AUGUST 12, 2020

But now, with safety measures relaxing slightly, shifting to a hybrid event style will give you the best of both worlds. If this is your first time planing a hybrid event, know that you are not alone. Hybrid events are a great way to bring people together at the best of times, let alone during a global pandemic. Hire support.

Tips 90

Tips Virtual Hosting Feeds 90

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Identify the organizations in your community (if any) that are already working to solve this issue. Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. For example, you might fill your calendar with various recurring and one-time opportunities based on your program’s needs.

Volunteer 90

Volunteer Program Roles Training 90

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

And, do your best to banish these common objections when solving for new problems and forging new paths: We don’t have the budget. What percentage of your time do you spend on “bureaucratic chores” (e.g. To what extent are your interactions with your other leaders focused on internal issues (e.g. We'll never get it past legal.

People 52

People Create Organization Headline 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

And, do your best to banish these common objections when solving for new problems and forging new paths: We don’t have the budget. What percentage of your time do you spend on “bureaucratic chores” (e.g. To what extent are your interactions with your other leaders focused on internal issues (e.g. We'll never get it past legal.

Headline 52

Headline Mentoring Authoring Problem 52

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Articles, reports, podcasts, and videos: The Problems With Philanthropy, and What We Can Do to Fix Them. It’s Time For Philanthropic Billionaires To Share Power.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

And, do your best to banish these common objections when solving for new problems and forging new paths: We don’t have the budget. What percentage of your time do you spend on “bureaucratic chores” (e.g. To what extent are your interactions with your other leaders focused on internal issues (e.g. We'll never get it past legal.

People 52

People Create Organization Headline 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act. Why Climate Justice? Isabella received her B.S.

Impact 116

Impact California Conservancy Bolivia 116

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

We forget that we have social and economic issues that are massive in scale: 12% of the US population is homeless. The point is these problems aren’t going to solve themselves. This means that the nonprofit sector has not been able to wrestle any market share from the for profit sector since we started measuring it in the 1970s. –

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Internet Time Social Philanthropy 55