Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Reflecting on the past success of your fundraising efforts while also learning about emerging fundraising trends can help you decide how to best allocate resources for the upcoming year. It’s important to note that AI, automation, and machine learning are increasing in usage and popularity and aren’t going away anytime soon!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2018

Small, But Mighty: A Resource for Small Nonprofit Leaders by Debra Natenson and Karen Walker. Strategically, this decision made a lot of sense because undertaking the work of the PI requires significant resources, which are often unavailable to smaller organizations. Experimental impact evaluations are too expensive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The nonprofit sector, often stretched for resources and expertise, is uniquely positioned to benefit from the efficiencies and opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Each of these tools could be the subject of its own article, and the internet abounds with resources on how to utilise them.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Develop a chatbot that recommends relevant resources, such as whitepapers, webinars, or online courses, based on a member’s current needs and interests. How you proceed will vary depending on your organization’s goals and resources. Pick the Bot’s Brain AI powered chatbots learn from user interactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can watch the video here as well as the human curated resources shared and a Copilot created summary transcript here. If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. Below is my fully human-generated reflection.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Now that we’ve done our audit (at least until next year), I’m taking a moment to reflect on key takeaways from our compliance initiative that all nonprofits can benefit from. In this blog, I’ll share lessons learned from our SOC 2 audit to help you build a culture of nonprofit compliance.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over time, they are unable to engage in honest dialogue; others learn not to confront them with reality.” I can’t over-emphasize the benefits of learning from people with a variety of perspectives and experiences. Be an Active Listener A group of advisors is an invaluable career resource. Make time for reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

One of the most valuable is to incorporate a process evaluation, capturing what actually happened as the event or program unfolded. You can always learn from documenting as an event unfolds and having a formal reflection or debrief post program or event. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 21, 2021

When writing any online content, whether it’s for your blog, about us page, store or resources, you must always consider the Google gods, and craft your content accordingly. Natural language queries are web searches reflecting your normal spoken language like you might express if you were asking the question verbally of another person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Recently, a nonprofit professional said to me, “I don’t have time to learn anything new because I have too much work to do.” Yet, we know that learning continuously in a complex world is critical because otherwise our skills are quickly outdated. That’s the future.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. You want to ensure all voices from the communities you serve are reflected throughout your organization, especially on your board.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. Give them names that reflect the content and your keywords. jpg could be “children-learning-to-grow-food-community-garden-seattle.jpg.”

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

The chatter is everywhere, and it can be challenging for organizations, especially those that tend to have fewer technical resources on staff, to know how these new tools might help (or hinder) their work. To do this, we use a process called machine learning that allows us to “teach” computers how to tackle these tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

There are more and more resources and opportunities for nonprofit professionals seeking to learn about how to use measurement and data. You will also find a well-curated resource toolkit that includes articles, books, tools, and resources. The four key questions are: What data to collect? How to collect data?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

They are wise stewards of our resources and visionaries who identify strategies for future growth. The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Preparing a board matrix is a learning experience.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Along with the staff, the board is your most significant human resource. The idea is not to find fault but to discover opportunities for learning how to work together more effectively. Reflect Positive Outcomes Yes, it can be hard to put behavior in the spotlight. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Talk to us to learn more about how our platform and partner ecosystem can help you power your purpose!

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. But, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) frameworks and approaches may not be as objective as they seem.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fast forward to today, and PEAK is now in the season of its fifth principle: Learn, Share, Evolve. These three simple words each pack their own challenge for a sector that often fails to prioritize learning, where knowledge hoarding is pervasive, and where the pace of change can feel extremely slow. Evolution is an ongoing practice.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

This statement is crucial for demonstrating how effectively your nonprofit manages its resources. This walkthrough isn’t just a cautionary tale—it’s a roadmap to ensuring your financial narrative remains clear, accurate, and reflective of your nonprofit’s integrity and mission. Let’s dive in!

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In a conversation with Candid insights, WAWF president and CEO Dr. Tamara Wilds Lawson highlighted key findings and reflected on the challenges faced by Black women and Black gender-expansive leaders. This disparity underscores what the leaders in the report say about the need for equitable support and resources. “I

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Learning from challenges is one of the hardest things for me. So, if you’re not quite ready to learn from 2020, that’s fine. But here are some of my reflections from this year in museum work: Camp Life: I came to camping late and through my children. We did many of the things we did before, but with many fewer resources.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

This, in turn, helps them learn “how to navigate pathways” through complicated systems, explained Dugan. Service provides pathways to social connection [and] purpose and reflects their vision of the world as it could be, not as they are experiencing it today,” said Cilente Skendall.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At Candid, we recognize that nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals, particularly those working at small or under-resourced organizations, need access to the nonprofit training and resources that equip them to do good. Courses are not only offered in a “live,” real-time format.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them. Jane Hart: Jane has been blogging for many years and writes about informal and workplace learning. Why is learning the new important?

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Reflecting on the anniversary of 9/11 this year, we honor those working in the Towers, the first responders and all of their families and friends—and all Americans who woke up to a changed nation. We learned that working in silos didn't work. And we learned that technology would have to change to keep up with this new approach.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 26, 2021

This month, we’ve finished redesigning our online learning videos to reflect the many changes we have seen in Wild Apricot in recent years, and now we're happy to announce that Boot Camp 2.0 We've also added several new resources. is now live!

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Check out our last installment here ! Alternatively, you can highlight your supporters’ stories!

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn more Clearly demonstrate impact to funders and donors Impact reporting Reporting tools help you visualize and analyze data, develop comprehensive reports, and generate compliance reports. Learn more Safeguard program and participant data Secure data management Having a secure data environment is imperative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Needless to say, I learned a lot and wanted to capture some of it here as well as the Tweet transcript. Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. They also had a chance to interact with peers with different styles to learn more.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2022

International Women’s Day is on March 8 th , 2022, and it’s a time to reflect on the state of women and girls worldwide, how current events may make violence and abuse even worse than they were, and how to move forward by empowering each other. The lagging of representation and resources for organizations that address violence against women.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

In today’s world, organizations simply cannot afford to invest their time and limited resources in initiatives that do not demonstrably deliver outcomes that support their goals. And having the right combination of technology and human resources ensures you can get dependable reporting in this area. Brainstorm Leading Indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Note from Beth: I first learned about this project last year, when Shiree Teng, the project leader, interviewed me as part of some research on capacity building consultants that lead to the design of ImpactRising. Earlier this week, I woke up to learn that Dan had passed peacefully in his sleep at 89. A model of generosity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

” Workshop curriculum should include time for participants to synthesize what they learned into some ”reporting out and up” takeaways to share with their organization. .” She said the workshop gave her the time to get started working on it and was confident that she’d be putting it into practice immediately.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But you also want to respect your grantees’ time and resources and avoid asking them for information that you don’t use or that they have already provided elsewhere. If your application has not changed in more than three years, it may not reflect your current goals, strategies, or priorities. It’s getting buy-in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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