The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

This way of thinking is reflected in your actions and demeanor, modeling behavior for those around you. Cultivate curiosity and resolve to stay informed about trends impacting your work. As a leader, you both set an example through your own actions and by influencing organizational culture and policies.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

The continuously high re-enrollment numbers at Donna Klein Jewish Academy (DKJA) reflect our efforts to provide the best possible experience for students and families. Thankfully, Blackbaud support was able to help us navigate these challenges, with some things still in the works to accommodate our new processes. Transparency is key.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2022

When nonprofit employees, leaders and their boards are not reflective of the communities they serve, they jeopardize mission attainment and the implementation of ineffective strategies to address social issues. Research indicates progress on diversity is dependent on nonprofit boards, which impact nonprofit performance and policies.

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M+R

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s the time of year when millions of Muslims around the world take time to reflect, fast, pray, and give. You see, we work with a number of organizations who receive Zakat donations during Ramadan. We get it: this policy is intended to prevent hate speech. READ TIME: 3 minutes You know Ramadan, of course. Well, sort of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

During the part 1, there was an interesting discussion and insights shared by a participant from the City of Palo Alto as their process of developing a social media policy. The process of developing a social media policy includes not only the written policy, but also the discussion. Palo Alto Community Fund.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

Does it still reflect your mission, purpose, strategic goals, and the ways your audiences use the internet? As communications director Melissa Franqui explains, “Any communications department, not only ours, has to be continuously asking, is the site communicating our mission, our current work, and our values to our intended audiences?”.

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

This training data reflects the racial biases, stereotypes, and disproportionate perspectives of the world where the data comes from. Define clear “red line” policies. Work with AI ethics groups to implement debiasing strategies and constrain model behavior. This is complex work requiring diverse stakeholder input.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Learn more: Using Data to Make Annual Giving Work for You Measuring Outcomes Outcome metrics are powerful, necessary tools for demonstrating transparency and accountability. They measure non-financial or financial criteria that reflect the efficacy of an organization, program, or initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Below is my fully human-generated reflection. The worry about a steep learning curve is more of a mindset change, from letting go of doing the work from zero to 100% and shifting to focusing on the 80-100%. These examples of micro productivity examples can applied easily to working.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Note from Beth: Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley Boyd,Campaign Director, for MomsRising.org who told me about Joyful Funerals. Ashley and her colleague Anita – as well as the whole team at Momsrising does a fantastic job of reflecting after each campaign on how it could be improved. What Worked.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

As such, effective approaches to measurement and learning reflect a multiplicity of stakeholders. Based on that feedback, the fund works to reduce the burden on potential grantees and identify barriers that might discourage them from applying. Remember, though, that collaboratives also work across stakeholders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2011

What’s In A Social Media Policy? The tone and philosophy in a social media policy depends on the risk appetite of the organization. As this was explained in the discussion on Facebook , organizations with a stronger risk appetite/tolerance for their activities might have a more “permissive&# social media policy.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. My experience with Candid reinforced the notion that the best work gets done when the board and staff collaborate closely.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

A recent Salesforce survey found that more than a quarter of respondents are using AI tools at work, more than half of whom are using AI that is not approved by their organizations, including in the social sector. Candid has established AI policies for staff, one of which is that AI outputs must be verified for truth and accuracy.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed. As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. Often, this means conducting periodic focus groups, needs assessments, or surveys.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

We have a committee standing to assist me, however, because DEI is ever evolving, we spend a lot of time discussing the changes and our work hasn’t been fully realized by all. How do we incorporate that into a DEI policy? Question: I am preparing to take on a leadership role in DEI for a large organization.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn more How it works See how our case management tools can help you demonstrate impact Collect the data funders and donors want to see Collect the right data to demonstrate your organization’s impact with easily customizable forms. Learn more Stronger data, stronger outcomes "Here’s what I believe: do the work and the outcomes will show.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

PEAK Grantmaking’s work centers on five core principles , each challenging our community of 8,000 philanthropy professionals to critically consider their internal grantmaking processes and perspectives, as a means toward operationalizing equitable grantmaking practices. Because someone got to “best” and then stopped pushing for even better.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 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.  But the real test is whether or not they’ll do the work of volunteering time and effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. Perhaps I didn’t ask the question well.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

The sector missed a great opportunity with these listening sessions for Black non-profit leaders to share their hopes and dreams for their communities and the work of their organizations. There is a breadth and depth of the work done by Black-led organizations; however, funders have made decisions about what causes are “important” to fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

” It is the work flow documented and visualized that answers the question, “What if we get a negative comment? ” It requires more than having a social media policy in place, although that is the first step no doubt. Does your organization have a social media work flow? How did you develop it?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. But is this the right question?

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

Candid’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) commitment statement provides general guidelines and insights as to how the organization supports, prioritizes, and maintains an inclusive work environment that fosters a sense of belonging and trust. We incorporate equity, inclusion, and respect for diverse perspectives in all our work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

.” The participants were a cross-disciplinary group and included people who work at different foundations in the areas of evaluation, communication, social media, and programs as well as people who work for nonprofits and as consultants who work in evaluation, social media, network analysis, data scientists, and others.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Evolving organizational priorities ( such as a commitment to having a staff and volunteer corps that reflects the communities being served ), volunteer engagement trends (such as increased desire for short-term and flexible volunteer roles), and challenges filling leadership positions go a long way to establish a need for change.

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Forum One

APRIL 21, 2021

As we take this week to reflect on the substantial work that so many organizations do day in and day out to protect our planet—from rallying volunteers to shaping public policy—we are thrilled to shine a light on our clients at NRDC who recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. Learn more about our work with NRDC.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

2021 was an eventful year at NTEN as we continued to promote, work towards, and model equitable practices internally and externally. This post is part of our continued efforts to share updates about internal and external efforts and outcomes to more directly invite accountability and collaboration in this work. 2021 review highlights.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

As we make the transition into 2024, I have been reflecting a lot on the last year as well as my dreams for the year ahead. We have different feelings, perspectives, and approaches to our lives and our work. For many , this led to changes in terminology and language used to describe the work. At our core we are all human.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

The workshop was a tango dance between English and Spanish — and it worked! I always like to start with an icebreaker that allows participants to reflect and identify burning questions. I like to teach a combination of online technical skills and leadership professional development which worked really well with this group.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2019

How Does the CCPA Work? Any information collected to create a profile that reflects the individual’s preferences. In order for businesses to become CCPA compliant, they will have to update their privacy policies and do a lot of work to figure out what data they have on customers. Read on to find out more. .

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2021

NTEN is proudly community-centered, with members guiding its work by participating in planning and decision-making. Together we create processes, policies, and content that reflect the full diversity of our community. If you’re interested in sharing guidance with NTEN, please apply for a committee by June 30, 2021.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

Cynicism towards work: feeling negative, irritable, or jaded towards your colleagues or clients, or a loss of belief in your work or organization. Lack of accomplishment: struggling to be effective or efficient at work, noticing lower productivity or capability, or feeling low on morale and coping skills. Sound familiar?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. Upload work projects, such as presentations, videos, or special fundraising campaigns. For example: 1.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Unfortunately, 50% of nonprofits do not know how data can support their work, and 31% do not know what to do with this information. Recognize that your organization may need to pivot, and doing things the same way may no longer work. If you need help figuring out where to start, work with an expert to help !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Having a formal and consistent way to recognize staff who work hard can motivate others. Weave reflection Into Meetings: Incorporate formalized reflection activities such as “ After Action Reviews ” for large projects and campaigns. One nonprofits gives the employee a comp day off on their birthday or work anniversary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

According to Creator Feed Podcast , we will likely see many more creator apps and more and more creators adopt these tools.They also predict an increase in regulations and policies aimed at addressing ethical concerns – specifically around copyright and commercial use. We call this the dividend of time in our book.

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