The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Treat your Email like a conversation rather than a lecture. Instead of just listing off dozens of statistics about the impact your organization has had, work the supporter into your story. What has made your email appeals successful in the past, and what do you plan to do differently this year? Let us know in the comments!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 6, 2019

Trained as a medical doctor, Watkins became an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London and an affiliate professor of leadership at the European School of Management, London. Metaphors : stylized stories used to reflect culture. Stories : key bind narrative of culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You throw away your backup plans and your push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own successes.” Higgins is co-founder and CEO of private investment firm RSE Ventures and a lecturer and Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. There is no preordained sequence to success. What is it?

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

This year, the theme has been designated as “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.” Do some research and see if there are any organizations or schools near you that are hosting workshops, lectures, film screenings, or other educational opportunities you can attend! million workers and generating $1.8 trillion in receipts in 2019.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 18, 2014

Trained as a medical doctor, Watkins is now an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London and an affiliate professor of leadership at the European School of Management, London. Metaphors : stylized stories used to reflect culture. Stories : key bind narrative of culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Trained as a medical doctor, Watkins is now an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London and an affiliate professor of leadership at the European School of Management, London. Metaphors : stylized stories used to reflect culture. Stories : key bind narrative of culture.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

She was one of the first to publish about using social media for social impact and has lectured at Stanford University. Her fundraising blog is one of the longest-running on the web and focuses on networking, social media, marketing , data, and social engagement as the keystones to successful fundraising in today’s interconnected world.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

That success has many nonprofit leaders wondering … should a virtual fundraiser become a regular line item on our fundraising plan? But with so many success stories out there, it’s clear that virtual fundraisers can be just the right thing at the right time for the right organization. The answer is … maybe!

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Ready to adopt a more human donor loyalty philosophy and wrap it into a written strategic plan that holds people accountable for seeing it through and measuring success? These can range from saying a simple “thank you” to giving them delightful “wow” surprises to telling stories to offering useful information. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Trained as a medical doctor, Watkins is now an honorary senior lecturer in neuroscience and psychological medicine at Imperial College, London and an affiliate professor of leadership at the European School of Management, London. Metaphors : stylized stories used to reflect culture. Stories : key bind narrative of culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. Being geeks, we thought of ways to address this challenge with technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

The New Media for the Networked NGO Networking Conference provided NGOs who participated in the E-Mediat program the opportunity to come together to share best practices, successes, challenges and lessons learned from their use of social media to effectively advance their organization’s work. 12 training centers have been established.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

We had a range of participants at different levels and a room with fixed seats or what I call “University Lecture” style. While this was a little at odds with an interactive format, we made it work. Know What Success Is. They shared the story of one of their YouTube videos getting 1.5

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For example, you’ll need far fewer volunteers at a small lecture event than you will at a community-wide dance-a-thon. Some groups who may have cancelled in-person events due to COVID-19 may be back to hosting in-person guest lectures, while others have resumed events online. Use current volunteers as a resource.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Do you constantly lecture yourself to work smarter? Slack has been successful in moving people out of email and into a more organized and efficient way to communicate. Or maybe you have a great story to write up for your website. The goal is to set yourself up for success! Do you feel drained of energy all the time?

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . s not only helps you plan ahead, but gives you a baseline to measure success against throughout the year. Does the imagery we’re using visually tell our story? . Share impact stories. AFP Florida. ).

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Cause Camp is more than two days of lectures, it’s an experience dedicated to education, collaboration and inspiration to keep your (camp) fire alive. When she’s not speaking at conferences around the world, Lori works with nonprofit staff and board members to powerfully share their stories. And counting.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

Successful mobile apps are almost always the result of continued experimentation, learning from failure failure , and gradual improvement over time. Louis’ storied past. It’s a lot of fun to browse the stories that are relevant in different countries and see the angle each paper takes in covering shared global events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I teach a seminar course on integrated social media strategy for international nonprofits and a session for students to learn how they leverage their professional networks for career and learning in a flexible classroom space. I also had was a guest lecturer for a Berkeley MBA Class on networks and New School for Public Engagement.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Tom Ahern makes his living by writing cases and direct mail … by doing audits, reviewing and recommending fixes for donor communications … and by teaching others what he’s learned during decades of trial, error and the occasional spectacular success. Ahern didn’t start in fundraising. He is a William J. John Haydon. JohnHaydon.com.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 13, 2015

While I wasn’t able to attend every lecture that day, I know that every speaker dished out some seriously awesome knowledge to our lucky attendees. When looking for a video production company, nonprofits should look for budget and culture alignment, work that moves them and a group that knows how to tell stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Event formats — for example, a lecture, a panel, a world cafe, or speed dating, and how keep them effective and manageable. Austin, Texas: Crowdfunding Success: Crowdrise, Indiegogo, and Kickstarter. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Durham, NC: What You Want to Know from NTC.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They produce work, and they measure success by the extent to which it is seen/discussed/debated/loved/hated--both by people who directly experience it and those who do not. Adam encourages his staff to develop programming as "tight stories that can be shared, even with those who won't attend." It makes sense.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Environmentalists will lecture you much about how the polar bears on the Arctic ice cap are so hopeless that you’ll want to jump off the iceberg yourself or ignore the issue. The steps include reading, commenting, and sharing stories of personal behavior change. If they aren’t successful, the consequences are dire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Both shared tips and practice advice. Spreading the Seeds of New Ideas: Content Curation.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2019

This ma kes her feel that she had a team behind her, collaborating for her success. . This gives her the opportunity to tell her story of how her school has impacted her life. . He attended various alumni lectures and could see the impact that donors made at the university.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. March for Women's Lives allowed people who couldn't march to post messages and stories on the March for Women's Lives' web site. March of Dimes' Share Your Stories allows families of babies in the NICU to share stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

The Webinar format which lends itself to lecture is out of my preference zone. I told Marnie's story about the Northern CA Homeless Group story and someone pointed out that the homeless photo I used was from Washington, DC. Note to self, change the location of that story). Remember that "aztex ascii garbage."?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. We work with people on programs in their neighborhoods, relevant to their stories, so that people get personally connected. Bridging is another story. As Jane Jacobs noted , "self-destruction of diversity is caused by success, not failure."

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 8, 2010

Do you get scintillating insights and stories from people through these mechanisms? I've worked at several museums where we gave educational program attendees surveys to fill out at the end of a workshop or lecture. Probably not. I just want the problem fixed so it doesn't happen to anyone else."

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I’m going to weave in stories that are connected to … oops, there we go. Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . Tell me your story. This is not me necessarily lecturing any longer. Tell me your story. What makes you feel that way?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

a slogan, perhaps, or a compelling human-interest story â?? an open class discussion, or a traditional front-of-room lecture from your teacher? Consider the different ways you might measure the success of a specific process (e.g. Grab your audience with something that commands attention â?? impacts on decision making).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

To be successful (and hopefully essential), museums and libraries need to pursue new models in which we provide platforms for social engagement, transitioning from providing designed, controlled experiences to comfortable venues for people and discourse. Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This can include the history of the organization, testimonials, ways to access important documents or files held by the nonprofit, stories of impact, personalized swag, and a welcome letter, or more. Invitation to an intimate post-show, post-lecture, or post-keynote “talk-back.”. Welcome packet. You can also send fun cards using Felt.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Use an emotionally compelling image or a short story at the top of your form that illustrates what kind of positive impact your donors are having on your beneficiaries. You might tell a story about a person affected by your organization or about a particularly dedicated volunteer. Show the impact of each donation.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Jason Nelson is a lecturer in cyberstudies/digital art/digital creative writing at Griffith University in Queensland, AU. What do you think has made you successful? As an artist and a lecturer at the university, I'm expected to put my work up in competitions as art. At first, it was a surprise. game, game, and.

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