Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Mission-driven organizations face a number of unique challenges when it comes to building digital products. Composable Architecture can bring a whole new set of capabilities to an organization’s digital stack by providing the means and the way to do all of the above and more, but is it right for your mission-driven organization?

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Digital Experiment Drupal API 90

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether you are thinking about applying for your first grant or your organization manages several grants each year, it’s important to have clear processes to meet those mandates and avoid straying outside your mission. Learn the language and history. Adopt a robust fund accounting system. Seek clarity.

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Grant Process Management Tips 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. Her answer to the question about capacity building programs leading to better impact will surprise you.

Results 94

Results Program Build Help 94

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

When you started your organization, you drafted a set of nonprofit bylaws which are the rules spelling out how your new venture would operate and how your Board would govern it. Many new organizations draft bylaws based on a template or an existing organization’s bylaws. Now, you are not so new anymore.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

If your nonprofit organization is eager to harness the full potential of your digital fundraising efforts and give your donors what they expect, it’s good to have a guide. Embracing Modernity: The Path to Frictionless Giving How can contemporary strategies and technological advancements redefine the donor experience for your organization?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Imagine empowering a teacher with generative AI to improve question-building workflows for online assessments and open-book evaluations. But if we’re genuinely committed to leveraging technology that builds a better world, I can think of no more relevant lesson plan to get right for 2023. See you at #bbcon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website. Write tweets in clear, concise language. Like all social media today, organic reach is very low.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

The following is a comprehensive guide to help organizations looking to build a conversational AI that is enhanced by the use of RAG, including considerations for planning, design, and technology stack. Conversational AI frameworks such as the Vercel AI SDK can be leveraged to build a high-quality user experience.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

This completes the cycle and sets the stage for your organization to receive another gift from the donor. Given how important the donation receipt is in securing a future gift and inspiring the donor to tell others about your organization, crafting the perfect donation receipt is hardly a clerical task to check off your list.

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Donation Online Create Gift 98

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To touch their hearts, you have to make them feel fantastic about giving to your organization. To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Yes, daily!

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Gift Donor Language Donation 119

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

One final bit of context: we recognize that language is subject to regional differences as well, meaning that even though we are sticking to English here, there are still undoubtedly many English words that we might have missed or not addressed. Many organizations that use this language exist because there is something that can be done.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Let’s talk about the return on investment with the traditional approach and an alternative way of building out your library of materials that could result in greater benefit. The result was messaging and imagery entirely branded in our voice, which would be disjointed coming from outside our organization.

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Demographics Alternative Library Social Media 105

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This isn’t a surprise — the world was becoming more digital prior to the pandemic — but the shifts we’ve all made in the past two years have really accelerated digital adoption for the impact sector. Organizations can use a donation form on their website or social media channels to solicit donations from anywhere in the world.

Online 103

Online Tips Fundraising Nonprofit 103

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

A tech-savvy team is essential for nonprofit organizations that want to thrive in the digital age. Determining what technology skills your organization needs Skill requirements are not one-size-fits-all. One approach to documenting skill requirements could be to create a matrix of skills and roles for your organization.

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Kindful

MAY 12, 2021

With the right strategy and approach, you can help your future supporters find the answers and solutions that your organization provides. Organize your keywords. SEO for nonprofits is a marketing strategy that connects potential supporters and beneficiaries with your organization’s solution. Your nonprofit and SEO.

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Online Fundraising Adopt Search 73

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

According to Huiquan Zhou and Shihua Ye, “The rapid development of information technology has boosted nonprofit organizations’ ability to reach out to a larger and more diverse audience… in a fast and affordable way.” Utilizing the internet, email and social media has substantially expanded the visibility of nonprofit organizations worldwide.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

And even if you cannot imagine an endowment in your near future, adopting an endowment mindset can put you on a path to financial security. Adopting an Endowment Mindset Most small nonprofits live in the moment, fundraising today for programs happening tomorrow. What amazing work will your organization be doing in three years?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2019

In 2015 all the United Nations member states adopted the impact measurement framework which consists of 17 broad goals, 169 targets and, currently, 232 indicators. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “the world’s best plan to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030” according to the United Nations. Town halls.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

An integral part of social media management is building and monitoring your community. This builds trust and a sense of belonging among a network of people with shared interests, all while deepening an authentic relationship between brand and supporter. Build community guidelines and post/pin them in post comments when necessary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

During a discussion about the merits of email versus the fax machine (I'm not kidding), someone shared this insight, "I feel like a stranger in a foreign country and I don't understand the language." I am thinking about the Concerns-Based Adoption Model which is based on extensive research on why science teachers didn???t

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Forum One

JANUARY 24, 2023

Mission-driven organizations face a number of unique challenges when it comes to building digital products. Composable Architecture can bring a whole new set of capabilities to an organization’s digital stack by providing the means and the way to do all of the above and more, but is it right for your mission-driven organization?

Digital 70

Digital Experiment Drupal API 70

sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

The low-code, no-code revolution has made it possible for anyone at your organization to create software applications without all the extra overhead of traditional software development. How can your organization embrace the speed and power of low-code development and still have the peace of mind that your data is protected ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

For now, LinkedIn Pages outperform Facebook and Twitter in organic reach and engagement. To begin, and this is important, your nonprofit should conduct a search on LinkedIn to see if a page already exists for your organization. Otherwise, focus on building a following for your primary LinkedIn Page and do not create Showcase Pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Organizations’ communications strategies have more impact individually and collectively. Content Curation on Twitter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Social Media Training Train Network 97

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Meeting such high expectations for transparency and ROI requires a lot of time and resources from staff, but the right technology can help your organization operate more efficiently and responsibly, allowing you to focus on your mission and grow your impact. How to Evolve Your Systems from Good to Better to Best.

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Tech Fund Nonprofit System 79

sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

The impact of burnout is particularly significant for nonprofit organizations. Think of automation as a tool to help your team focus on the uniquely human skills of creativity, relationship building, and critical thinking that only they can bring to their fundraising roles. Elements of those tasks are perfectly suited to automation.

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Knowledge Worker Fundraising Gift Gartner 64

Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

If you were paying close attention when GDPR came around in 2018 and your organization is confidently GDPR-compliant , you are probably in good shape beyond some updates to privacy policy language. How does the CCPA apply to my organization? How does the SHIELD Act apply to my organization?

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Law Digital Guide New York 52

Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

While it may be a bit early to start posting the job description, the upside to having an AI adoption lead on your team has incredible potential. Just as social media once seemed like a novelty, AI technology is quickly becoming a mainstream tool that nonprofits cannot afford to ignore.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. The organization was recruiting women who had spare time—which left out many of the younger, more diverse voices who had children, school, and multiple priorities.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Private, public, and nonprofit organizations are seeing that the more they invest time and resources into their communications, the more likely they are to create impact and inspire real behavioral change. . It is important to start small and build up: begin with a clearly defined target audience, a communications channel strategy (e.g.,

Communication 55

Communication Strategy Audience Press 55

NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 29, 2016

“Donors need to know they are helping the organization make a difference,” Green said. Organizations need to thank their donors and share updates at least once a month, preferably more often.”. To stay audience-centered with your communications, Green suggests keeping the goal of building that unique relationship front and center.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Our latest Impact Lab cohort on climate justice built an open-source tool for climate community-based organizations to access grant funding more seamlessly with the Grants Content Kit. In the next phase, we will continue to work with the community to build out these ideas. These ideas are just the beginning. Rachel Machen.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2022

To meet rapidly changing donor expectations, we need to adopt a digital-first mindset to keep our organizations relevant and grow our missions. Myth 2: Meetings are the only way to build meaningful relationships A vast majority of our donors want to engage digitally. Trailhead Quick Look There's a lot to know about AI.

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Gift Strategy Amazon Digital 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It isn’t a new field—it has been around for decades—but recent increases in computing power combined with decreases in the cost of that power have created a new generation of AI-powered tools and applications that are available to everyday people and organizations. They have been applying machine learning for programs and fundraising.

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Benefit Fundraising Retention Conversation 65

Forj

MARCH 2, 2021

Why One Organization Chose Salesforce. The Association for Molecular Pathology was using a traditional AMS, but the organization’s leaders were concerned that data “was going in all different places” and couldn’t be easily integrated, says Eriko Clements, senior manager of educational programs at AMP. .”

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