Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In July 2019, The Opportunity of Collaborative Benchmarking whitepaper was released in partnership between Blackbaud, NetHope, and NTEN. It focused on answering the question, “How do we as a sector improve by collaboratively sharing our data?”. Insights into the Collaborative Benchmarking Survey Results.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? If your application has not changed in more than three years, it may not reflect your current goals, strategies, or priorities. Does it ask for information that builds trust, fosters collaboration, or encourages learning ?

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 91

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Try to adopt some of what they do. Herminia Ibarra Today, Ibarra shares this update: Question : When you wrote your book in 2015 did you think you would ultimately publish an updated edition? What do they do especially well? Allocate less time to what you do best to devote more time to learning other things that are also important.

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Leadership Skills Adopt Professional 52

Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We reflected. Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Collaborative Partnerships and Community Support (5 percent).

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Let’s explore how these two factors impact higher education and the potential strategies institutions can adopt. This leaves students questioning if they can make more money more quickly—and avoid student debt—by entering the workplace with a certificate instead of a college degree. What makes you stand out? Focus on differentiation.

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Education Student Award University 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace. Think about some of the changes reflected by this typewriter, manufactured by E. I was struck by his reflections of the Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2009

At last weekend's Transparency Camp West , Ellen Miller from the Sunlight Foundation asked me a great question. "What are the characteristics of nonprofits that have successfully adopted social media?" . Organization can easily collaborate, connect, and reach out to others beyond the firewall. Photo by TCMHitchHiker.

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Social Media Adopt Media Social 88

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Mayberry shares these additional insights with us: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

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Culture Classes Build Lesson 69

VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

Just as the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of virtual volunteering year-round for many organizations – a strategy that has increased impact and made volunteering more accessible for many organizations for years – what innovations from our pandemic era days of service can fuel an evolved vision for days of service?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Earlier this year, Mayberry shared these additional insights: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

Culture 87

Culture Build Impact Lesson 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. She calls it "joyful funeral" -- that you quickly say this didn't work, reflect on why, and move on.

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Peer discussion on use of online tools for collaboration for bounded networks, exploring some of the concepts in Digital Habits (each participant got a copy). Some reflections on the game: Many the networks in the room had a track record of working together and a number had deep social media expertise. It worked well.

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Social Media Reflection Network Strategy 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

We’ve settled in on an innovation lab process that will help participants reflect on their current “Impact Leadership” practice, brainstorm solutions to key challenges, and come up with innovative and practical ideas to implement. What are the points of pain, strengths, and opportunities?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Adopt a decision-making framework. A question to ask yourself when you visit your nonprofit’s site is, “Can I easily understand what my organization’s purpose is and is it easy to measure the impact it has had on our community?” Take time out of your week to call a team meeting and asking questions.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Adopt a decision-making framework. A question to ask yourself when you visit your nonprofit’s site is, “Can I easily understand what my organization’s purpose is and is it easy to measure the impact it has had on our community?” Take time out of your week to call a team meeting and asking questions.

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Grant Guide Proposal Nonprofit 78

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Collaborate with peers : Engage with other fundraisers and organizations to share insights and best practices. Collaborative efforts can lead to innovative solutions and improved fundraising results. Current budget numbers reflect your existing program commitments, not your aspirational ones. That’s fifty-two “moves” each year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

Second Wave Adoption The slide show comes from Nancy White (I've had slide share on my list. "I have been thinking about six practices around tool adoption. She starts off with a post that summarizes what she and her colleagues have been writing about as it relates to " Second Wave Adoption " and online collaboration.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Question: What is the most common pain point of a company trying to change culture? Question: Describe your notion of a Cultural Purpose Statement.

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Culture Build Impact Lesson 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Today, Mayberry shares these additional insights with us: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

Culture 52

Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Like many years in the past, 2017 continued to bring significant change to the way foundations approach their grantmaking, collaborate with each other, collaborate with their grant partners, collaborate with the public and private sectors and how they are utilizing technology and data to drive their strategy forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving I ended up getting sick and have been behind in posting my conference slides and reflections. In this workshop you will discover how the latest tools for online collaboration and sharing can offer opportunities to improve the way you work. adoption in businesses and large nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

I love this new video from the Case Foundation about the power of social media for social change. The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.” ” I often used [.]

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Social Network Network Social Online 96

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 21, 2023

Implementing Raiser’s Edge NXT for the first time, adopting new custom integrations, or running major updates requires careful thought about how best to manage your data during this process. Instead, introduce your nonprofit, discuss the types of services you are interested in, and ask any questions you might have about their offerings.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

A successful implementation can take a significant amount of time and collaboration among your team. Envisioning the process from end-to-end allows those in charge of a system change to anticipate questions, concerns, and pain points from all those affected by the new system. Here are some key questions to ask: People.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

We used Dave Gray’s “ Board Thing ” online tool to crowdsource questions to discuss from the audience. What was most exciting for me was to finally meet three people in person after following their writing, blogs, and books for almost a decade. He asked to reflect on our network map. He asked us to list them.

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Learning Work Knowledge Management Knowledge 98

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Knowledge processes always start with some explicit or underlying questions. Being targeted about the questions we ask on applications and throughout our grantee relationships helps to frame understandings, document learning, and identify challenges or barriers. or “What is the geographic location served?”

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While technology for nonprofits is a win for nonprofits, a question exists about what shapes this technology’s development. The inherent collaboration of nonprofit organizations globally drives the need for structures that facilitate exchanging nonprofit data. This is genuinely a good thing.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Unfortunately, I cannot answer this question for you. Is there a hot new social platform that your entire workforce is adopting? Consistency is key in fostering user adoption, as well as choosing elements that are not too far displaced from methods your workforce is already familiar with. Fortunately, it is entirely answerable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

Dorine is currently involved a pilot project for KM4DEV where a community of practice is collaborating on sharing delicious feeds. e-collaboration??? She gave me some very rich reflections as a reply in the comments. Not the early adopters suffering from Alzheimers ) What's their secret? Why not just use search?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development??? " technologies, these tools allow people to collaborate over time and distance in both new ways and in new networked forms. Call for Papers. KM4Dev Journal Vol. 3, Issue 1, June 2007. ???Stewarding Sometimes called "Web 2.0"

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Knowledge Collaboration Share Develop 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2006

2005) Susan Tenby's response to the question, " Why I use Tags " shows progression from retrieval, to social bookmarking, to sharing with others - on a personal level. See also Marc's post w/more reflections. Tagging for Self or Finding: Other term used at social architecture conference was "tagsturbation."

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Tag Collaboration Bookmarking Project 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

We reconnected over lunch and quickly realized we had a lot in common, namely questioning what being “always on” and connected to technology was doing to our relationships, our bodies, our spirits, and our ability to concentrate on our work. So, what better way to live and breath this topic than to collaborate on a book with Aliza.

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Alaska Nonprofit Internet Exercise 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

I probably shouldn't get too much further in this blog post without asking myself why I'm interested in this topic at all and raise a skeptic question: Does Real Time Web have any value or benefit to nonprofits? Constant stream of information - where do get a chance to reflect? I'm not sure why this topic caught my attention.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? One answer to these questions may be the social enterprise model, which has the potential to revolutionize both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. As noted earlier, however, the United States has been slow to adopt this model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. and storify.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. Transparency and “ Arab NGOs” can they go together?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The purpose of the Design Lab was to answer two key questions to gather input for its strategy: How can the Brainerd Foundation and its philanthropic partners accelerate the transition to 21st Century advocacy for grantees? This concept responds to the question: “How do we develop a funding model that nourishes innovation and flexibility?”

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