The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I’ve been writing fundraising copy since 2010. Practice, patience and time are your friends if you want to improve your writing. Understanding that I’m not merely trying to achieve an outcome like a fundraising email, but instead I’m completing milestones on the way to an outcome significantly changed my relationship to writing.

Professional 67

Professional Profit Fundraising Tips 67

VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From lockdowns to mask-wearing to vaccination, COVID-19 has been one of the most polarizing issues of our time. However, according to research by Points of Light , post-pandemic Gen Z (those born 1997-2010) are more likely to volunteer. Of course, diversity is not limited to race. Program Stability.

Intergenerational 52

Intergenerational Generation Volunteer Canada 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

But I have really come to believe that the way that we work with people is as important as the “final&# outcome. In the last few months, I was involved in helping three organizations choose vendors for varied technology projects, and in the course of that time, I talked with almost a dozen technology vendors of one type or another.

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Evaluation Reflection Open Source Journal 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

He thinks that time-based billing is bad. On one hand, he feels that consultants should base their fees on the value they bring to the consulting relationship, not the time spent. But some of his ideas are interesting, especially the notion of setting the fees on the value you bring, rather than the time you spend.

Review 100

Review Open Source Consultant Profit 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In February 2010 I organised an event called Follow a Museum , this was prompted by the low number of followers which I felt most museums had on Twitter and simply aimed to boost those numbers. What were some of the outcomes of the #askacurator event? Of course, there are challenges. What was the objective?

Arts 101

Arts Twitter Examples Los Angeles 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Part III: Blogs, Podcasting and Vlogs September 27, 2006 When I start out these series, I seem to have an idea in hand about how to organize them, which, invariably, gets rearranged in the course of writing. Which, of course, is why many people and many organizations don’t need blogs. Such is life. That’s part of the point.

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Vlog Podcast Web RSS 100

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

There was a time when external data could be keyed into a database or into a spreadsheet of manageable breadth for easy import. Over the course of the past ten to 15 years, functional and technical software solutions too numerous to mention have been fully built on cloud technology and deployed to companies, nonprofits, and individual users.

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Integration Database Data System 28