Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Last spring at the “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations ” meeting convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, practitioners from social media, measurement, evaluation, programs, communication, and philanthropy worked on a synthesis of these disciplines to address measurement. Technology!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

4) Evaluate your team’s capabilities As often as not, nonprofits overbuy when it comes to their marketing application. Maybe they don’t need everything they thought they did — or maybe the team wasn’t up to the task of full adoption. When choosing an application, you can’t just evaluate your needs and the tool’s functions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

have successfully adopted social enterprise strategies to diversify their revenue portfolios and create sustainable revenue streams, such as the YMCA and Goodwill Industries. It is best to take the time to plan and evaluate issues before making a debut in the marketplace. Several organizations across the U.S.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 29, 2023

Your association can more easily navigate the ups and downs of your technology adoption when you leverage an AMS selection consultant. Finally, a consultant can help you evaluate the AMS vendor responses, assisting you as you make an informed decision. A consultant can provide a vital framework for the AMS adoption process.

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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

While usage is a great data point to evaluate your product’s success, there’s so much more to consider when weighing the options to build an in-house solution or use an off-the-shelf product. Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

In our experience, TBP is the logical result of listening to grassroots organizations, rather than a theoretical framework that grantmakers should adopt for purely philosophical reasons. A recent evaluation of our funding to date found that our approach to grantmaking is meeting the real needs of our partners and leading to lasting impact.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Fostering User Adoption in your Learning Program. One of the easiest and strongest components of User adoption is making your users feel as if they have a say in what is to be selected. Allowing them to evaluate and discern features of the products which are available to them. Keep Users involved in the Selection Process.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Adopt a culture that values feedback. Adopt a culture that supports flexibility. Adopt a culture that values training. Many organizations tend to provide a quick overview of how things are supposed to work without a proper system to evaluate their staff’s understanding of the proposed changes.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

This may involve conducting equity audits , adopting anti-racist policies and practices, and actively working to dismantle barriers to access and opportunity. Adopt Agile and Adaptable Strategies: The future of grantmaking equity demands flexibility and adaptability in response to changing social, economic, and political landscapes.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Here are six best practices your nonprofit organization should adopt to increase collaboration and enhance its relationship with your audit firm. Evaluate Post Audit and Strive for Continuous Improvement Once your audit is complete, your nonprofit should conduct a post-audit evaluation both internally and with their auditors.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2023

Change Management is Key The adoption of new data governance practices must be prioritized through an effective change management plan if it’s to succeed. Finally, create a roadmap and set clear goals with evaluation criteria for hitting each goal. Your data is the tool that will drive success across departments, at every stage.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 25, 2022

Like it or not, in our digital-driven world, non-members will evaluate how your association leverages innovative technologies to determine whether your organization is worth joining. Adopt innovative technology at your association. Consider adopting modern association management software (AMS) to drive member recruitment.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Adopting technology like automation can help to improve the employee work-life balance , improving workplace satisfaction by up to 89%. Adopting a modern AMS can help your organization in its member recruitment strategy and boost your retention and engagement efforts. . . Innovative e-commerce to personalize member shopping. .

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Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

To gain a comprehensive understanding of what your experience should look like, and what to look for when evaluating software, it’s vital to consider how a software provider prioritizes your success. Personalized Onboarding Onboarding is one of the most important steps in successfully adopting volunteer management software.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 16, 2024

It also comes a few weeks after Blackbaud’s board voted to repeal a “poison pill” it adopted in October 2023 to prevent any entity from acquiring a stake of more than 20%. billion cash offer comes one year after Clearlake’s unsolicited $4 billion offer was rejected by Blackbaud’s board. Clearlake already owns an 18.3%

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. There are a lot of decisions to be made in order to use ChatGPT responsibly.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Prospect research allows you to evaluate donors’ capacity to give using information such as business affiliations, stock ownership, and home value. Continuing with our animal shelter example, you may have three main groups of supporters: Young adults looking to volunteer, families looking to adopt, and older adults looking to donate.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 7, 2022

Ask your staff to further understand what kind of technology your association can adopt to improve both the staff and member experience. Evaluate membership benefits. Honestly, ask yourself if your staff possesses the bandwidth to adopt new technology. Survey staff. Consider staff resources and skills.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This will drive adoption of being a data-driven organization. Culture shift – getting company-wide adoption of anything new can be challenging. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs. Complexity – how difficult or easy is it to implement and adopt compared to other priorities? This will save time and money.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

Be a Skeptic Resilience asks you to identify possibilities, but it also requires adopting flexible approaches to strategy and viewing your future projections with a dose of skepticism. But scenarios are also a tool that can be used to evaluate longer-term initiatives. Read more of Kevin’s story in our Book “ Association 4.0:

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. Your committee can evaluate solutions and the benefits and challenges of new software while helping educate your school’s stakeholders on how complicated and sophisticated data management can be.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

We began this project because, as early adopters of digital solutions, we could see that technology was creating waves and that a rogue tsunami was not out of the question. The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. A contemporary approach must incorporate continuous transformation.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022. This evaluation looks at one such program, Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED).

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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?" . Evaluates current processes and systems on a regular basis and updates them as needed on an incremental basis.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With AI showing up as a wonder tool in nearly every platform we use, it’s no surprise that every industry, every business unit is suddenly racing to adopt AI. Leah Payne, Director of Prospect Management and Research at Longwood University , is head of the team that participated in an early adopter program for Prospect Insights Pro.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2023

Eight cybersecurity strategies Following are eight cybersecurity measures nonprofit web managers can adopt to help protect their websites and stay ahead of new threats. Security audits identify and evaluate an organization’s strengths and weaknesses to protect itself from cyberattacks. Conduct regular security audits.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The digital maturity index Evaluating relationships that drive change Employees are at the center What’s next for digitally mature nonprofits? ” To focus on the benefits of digital adoption for nonprofits, we created the Salesforce for Nonprofits Digital Maturity Index based on answers to five simple questions.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

A report from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative found that some perceived “best practices” or unspoken norms in grantmaking may actually have a negative impact on equity efforts. Evaluators are the experts and final arbiters: Grantees are closest to the problem and have the best perspective on how to approach the issue.

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Greater Giving

JULY 24, 2023

For example, an animal shelter’s welfare program will need funding to provide medical services to adoptable animals. Make a list of what you need and evaluate your software today. You’ll need to provide details about the work that your auction is raising money to support. All financial data, from expenditures to revenue and assets.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? Technology adoption: More nonprofits are using technology to manage their operations , communicate with their stakeholders, and deliver their services. How are you using each piece of data you collect from your grantees?

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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. This session will explore ethics and privacy in the age of AI as well as the benefits experienced through Blackbaud’s adoption of AI within its own solutions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It is demanding of an organizational cultural change that will adopt inclusivity in all aspects, both internally and externally. This phase starts with evaluating current board composition using a board matrix. Phase 3: Evaluate and celebrate. Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards can be divided into three broad phases.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

” To focus on the benefits of digital adoption for nonprofits, we created the Salesforce for Nonprofits Digital Maturity Index based on answers to five simple questions. Evaluating Relationships That Drive Change. It illustrates how technology is supporting nonprofit resiliency and success. Digitally mature nonprofits were: 3.5x

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Modern CRM reporting is crucial for several reasons, namely because the right reports will help you: Evaluate performance: Get a bird’s-eye view of your organization’s fundraising efficacy by analyzing key metrics like donation amounts, donor engagement, and campaign success. My Dad’s axiom rings true, “ you get what you pay for.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Marginalized communities will be disproportionately affected by the adoption of AI, an imbalance that calls out for giving. Now the pandemic has given this approach more urgency and we will see more adoption. The coronavirus has accelerated the use of AI, with technology stepping in for human interaction and efficiencies.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

The SOC 2 certification was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as a way of evaluating that a company follows the criteria for managing customer data based on principles of trust. . There are two parts of the SOC 2 Certification, Type 1 and Type 2.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

In the example above, the organization recently adopted HubSpot to fill the role of email marketing and CRM but still needed to integrate it fully into its processes. Then, arrows show how information moves from one platform to another, and a lack of arrows means there is no information moving between the platforms.

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