Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. How to build your organization's capacity to be networked one small step at a time.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Defining ‘community service’ broadly Based on surveys and focus groups, Leveraging the Potential of Youth Service found that young people ages 18 to 25 defined “community service” broadly, beyond volunteering with a nonprofit organization. reported for “informal helping.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

Despite the growing use of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the nonprofit sector, there are pervasive disparities among who is leading these organizations. This demonstrates the need for BIPOC serving nonprofits in particular to have leaders of color throughout the organization in order to truly understand the community’s need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Data Analysis.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Think about that for a moment — we have over 300 consulting and product partners that are serving thousands of organizations and institutions globally. Yet, each year for the last six years, they come together to share best practices to make each individual and firm better at serving those organizations. She has a B.A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. It helps avoid burnout and improves attention. You can find the free assessment here.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

Salesforce is a platform that can transform the way an organization conducts business. To make the transition to using Salesforce as seamless as possible, it’s always helpful to learn tips from other organizations in their use of Salesforce. Learn more about how your organization can get started with Nonprofit Cloud.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Our latest 4th edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report reflects a set of organizations struggling with this imbalance while navigating a rapidly-changing future. Mackenzie Scott garnered plenty of publicity in the past year, with very generous distribution of large sums to a diverse array of organizations. and 26% in Australia.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

As organizations serving public interests, nonprofits answer to the voices of multiple stakeholders. The complex accountability relationships facing nonprofit organizations include responsibilities to donors, clients, community partners, staff members and volunteers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow and a research affiliate of the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, his writing and data visualization have appeared in The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, Vox, and many other publications. Priscilla Chomba Kinywa. “I’m Isabella Gonzalez Potter.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Therefore, when a funder requests administrative costs lower than what is needed, or state they will not fund administrative costs, organizations make it work. The Overhead Project speaks to the difficulties that organizations can face when they do this: “Community nonprofits typically have overhead that is much too low.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success. How Do You Measure Up?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University. As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Nonprofit organizations, and civil societies long before that, have always sought to bring like-minded and motivated people together to build community and solve social issues. When considering performance in the nonprofit sector, it is difficult not to jump to conclusions about measurable outcomes and impact. Build trust. Look inward.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 23, 2023

In fact, over 36% of volunteer coordinators leave an organization before reaching two years of employment. Investing in volunteer management software is one of the best ways that your organization can setup a new volunteer coordinator for success. Running reports and measuring data. Training new volunteers.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Meaningful data is a tremendous asset to advocates, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Know your audience.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If your wondering how your organization measures up in the online world, you might find the Digital IQ Index: Public Sector (PDF) study interesting. While it isn't too surprising that NASA and the White House.( read more ).

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. They published “ Ten Rules Simple Rules for Meaningful Meetings.”

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Put a human face on the cause through case studies, testimonials, and videos.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

& Management Student, Arizona State University. This week we welcome Mary McGillicuddy, one of the researchers who worked with the ASU College of Public Programs on a project that analyzed and mapped the social network of downtown Phoenix nonprofit organizations. Mary McGillicuddy , Nonprofit Leadership.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

Involving beneficiaries can save organizations money on projects by utilizing untapped beneficiary talent, according to an article from Public Administration and Development. This can translate into long term commitment to the organization, which would mean less time and money spent on training and education.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

According to the Impact of Diversity study , nonprofit boards are 78.6% Other avenues include the community served by the organization, volunteer networks and social platforms like LinkedIn. It is a good idea to have specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-based - SMART - goals. African American and 2.6%

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. How do you measure that? Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Telling the wrong story.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Her goal is to see more nonprofits become true “sustainable social benefit organizations”– those that help people be the change they want to see in their communities and the world. They saw organizations using best practices in ways that weren’t producing results, and decided to do something about it. NTEN CONNECT BLOG.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. Make sure your organization is ready for capacity building. Has the organization embraced policies, resources and a culture that supports evaluation? Assess the organizational context.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

3:00 pm New Zealand Standard time / 3:00 am Coordinated Universal Time. Topic: AWESOME Digital Storytelling case studies. 10:00 am India Standard time / 4:30 am Coordinated Universal Time. 3:00 pm Australian Central Time Zone / 5:30 am C oordinated Universal Time. Topic: Measuring the Effectiveness of Stories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. Funders are increasingly conditioning grants upon the delivery of specific measures.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

As Amy wrote recently, many of you have told us that 2013 will be the year you really tackle the data at your organizations. (If If you missed that post, check it out for case studies, webinars, and other resources that might help.)

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Working in marketing at a university is one of the hardest jobs in the world. That means your university is competing with many other higher education institutions across the nation that are all catering to your potential students. Taking the time to invest in it produces measurable results over time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 3, 2019

The stories teach you how to transform an organization from one that: Functions as collections of Human Resources to communities of human beings. Measures like mad to one that serves with soul. An effective organization is an interacting network, not a vertical hierarchy. Must be the best to one where they do their best.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. Bloomerang recommends finding donor management software that lets you maintain comprehensive donor profiles with details about supporters’ past interactions with your organization and personal information. Review your donor demographics.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

Studies show that donors ask less about where their money is spent and more about the impact their donation is making. But nonprofit leaders do not always know how to communicate their organization's impact to retain donors and attract new ones. So, how can nonprofit leaders effectively communicate impact to stakeholders?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. At the time, I was working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author KD Paine. I first heard Laura speak when she launched her book , Giving 2.0, at Stanford two years ago. 3) Giving 2.0:

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Once you have looked out for the safety and well being of your employees by implementing work from home, social distancing, and community hygiene, it is critical that you turn your attention to your organization’s future fiscal health. This was especially true among organizations lacking diversified revenue streams. Of course you do.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As we wrapped up the webinar we realized there’s an entire universe of fundraisers that could benefit if we shared the data and questions we received, so we’ve pulled it all together for you to share with your team. Is anyone being measured on their goals? “What are creative ways of showing the problem for an arts organization?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

Increasingly, nonprofit organizations are looking for new ways to measure (and thereby validate) the importance of their work. Our organizations have been measuring outputs in one way or another for as long as there has been philanthropy. This is not without good reason. So there is that dirty word, failure.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 2, 2019

A 2015 Stanford study on boards of directors in nonprofit organizations found that “over two thirds (69 percent) of nonprofit directors say their organization has faced one or more serious governance related problems in the past 10 years.” So how does an organization improve effectiveness and increase board performance?

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