Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. Our LinkedIn group for Active pro bono consultants is a great place where these people can connect based on a current interest—giving back using their current skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You’ll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins’ new book, Burn The Boats – a business-advice and self-help book. That’s why I tell entrepreneurs to be careful who you consult with your nascent dreams.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

After I graduated from college, I thought about all of the conversations I heard back at home, about how there was just nothing you could do to stop injustices. When I returned to America I began my career as a nonprofit consultant. Thanks to Mazarine for providing a free copy and for participating in this valuable conversation!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Without further ado, check out my interview with this consulting expert. TechSoup : Could you tell us a bit about your background - how long you've been with Tech Impact, what work you do, and what you enjoy most about providing tech consulting to nonprofits? Linda is one of the great ones in nonprofit technology.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Development officers, executive directors, event planners, consultants, and emerging leaders came together to discuss fundraising trends, donor retention, DEI (diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace) strategies, and so much more. It’s a conversation. His advice to the audience, “Everyday you can learn a little more.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

One of the most important pieces of advice I can give to growing nonprofits is something that I heard years ago from a business consultant: be slow to hire and quick to fire. As a 30-year nonprofit consultant, I’m no longer surprised to hear of organizations suffering from revolving doors of staff.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Worldchanging Interview: Jean Russell on Thrivability - Great interview with Jean Russell at Worldchanging! After that talk (which you can hear via the above link), I asked Jean to join me in a brief but enlightening Worldchanging interview." Find me on Delicious for more!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

This week we've had a lively discussion about Module 2: Participate in the Conversation. I put a call out for a mini-case study, for someone to add it or agree to an email interview. How do you find conversations on Twitter that you want to join? What is the benefit of having a conversation? Advice to nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Capacity building includes both money (grants), consultants/technical assistance, peer learning/communities of practice, and collaboration. Have honest conversations for maximum learning and sharing. Capacity builders or consultants are part this equation. If you are a nonprofit consultant, these guides are well worth reading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." " So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. In addition, have a conversation with the three people who joined you - what did you learn?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

I’ve been noticing that I tend to get more engagement on technology posts than social engagement posts, although when I worked hard at stirring the pot, there have been a few productive conversations. The problem with Google + as it stands right now (and it will be changing) is that lack of community features and mainstream adoption.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 15, 2014

Last month we turned to fundraising guru and guest blogger Gail Perry for advice on how to make your board members a little less BORED. 8) Interview the Executive Director. Occasionally consider allowing time for the board members to interview the executive director about what is on his/her mind.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, provides some great advice in this week’s guest post. Having this standing committee become more active will force the right conversations about roles and responsibilities, composition, orientation, effectiveness, and the right leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Here's my interview: 1. Like many of us out there, you work as an independent consultant - so you are paid for your expertise and knowledge. When I first started out consulting, one of the first pieces of advice I got was that giving things away free is an avenue to getting business.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

How do I deal with going through the interview process all over again? You’ll get expert advice and tips from them based on how they’ve gone through certain journeys in their lives. I work as a fundraising consultant. What should I be doing to find the next big thing for me? Full Transcript: Steven: All right.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Here’s a little background: Since 2009, Camber Collective— the result of Hope Consulting and SwitchPoint LLC’s merger—has led the Money for Good research series to seek “the voice of the donor” for charitable giving. Because we live in a world where people want to express their ideas, share opinions and participate in the conversation.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

At Treanor & Associates, his public affairs and political consulting firm, clients included RealNetworks, The Casey Family Programs and the American Bar Association. Q: What advice do you have for nonprofits that are considering developing their own video content? The old maxim is true - you get what you pay for.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

A few blogosphere posts offering advice about online safety and what you can do help stop cyberbullying can be found here. If you're at the conference, hand me an index card the URL of a web resource that you discovered in a session or informal conversation, write a brief description, and hand it to me while at the conference.

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.orgSource

APRIL 3, 2023

Adele is a globally recognized publicist who has served as a public relations strategist, corporate counsel, and crisis management consultant for clients such as Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, DuPont, Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and President Joe Biden. The tendency is to begin the conversation with what we are passionate about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Forget brochure-speak — this is a world of conversations. You can get the word out, sure, but you can also: Get buy-in or advice on new projects. It's up to you to go looking for the conversations you want to have. Here's a great interview that I did with Elana Wolowitz from Wellstone Action on their use of Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. something like a consulting company or creative manager." Beth Dunn's " Money for Nothing, IT for Free " has a post about the importance of considering the total cost of a technology investment even if it is free and some advice for getting started. So, you want to build a MashUp?

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Make your storytelling more emotional by using the following techniques: Include direct quotes or video interviews of your story’s protagonists. When it comes to nonprofit marketing , understanding the types of emotional appeals that resonate with your unique audience will help you increase marketing engagement and conversions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

But in an email this morning pointing out my, gasp, mistake, I learned that there were two nonprofit technology consultants named Michael Stein! I view mistakes as opportunities, so I took this chance to do an interview with Michael Stein (east) and perhaps help avoid any name confusion (at least on my part). We also do consulting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. You can also listen to our conversation on iTunes. What makes us special, I think, is the caliber of consulting that we do. We interview the teams. You're getting advice from someone who has been there and done that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb. So far, I have interviewed people who I have met face-to-face or have known through my work in the nonprofit tech field. Can you give me an example of some advice you've given some nonprofits? human aspects of technology.

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Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

We sat down with Neon One’s Product Marketing Manager, Samantha Nyland, for an in-depth conversation about the ins and out of switching to a new nonprofit CRM. Sam: My best piece of advice when talking to stakeholders in your nonprofit is to ask questions that break things down into “needs” and “wants.” Do You Need a New CRM?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So the question here is, you know, when you look at your workflow, how much of your time is spent actually having these face-to-face conversations with your donors? . And a little shout out to our colleague Tina Cincotti who’s a lovely consultant based in Boston, Tina created this. Are you hiding and avoiding them? .

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

The most important one for our conversation—95% of donors consider content created by nonprofits to be trustworthy! We hope you find their advice for nonprofit multi-channel marketing helpful! Pro tip: don’t ignore your website conversion rate. At BDI, we also see total website conversion rates of 8 to 10%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Google+ Groups – Easy to use, most individuals have a Gmail address (or can get one easily), but limited feature set and potential for making some private conversations public. Consultants/Advisors. Provides advice, tips, tricks, questions, and support. Michelle Groff Burling. Rachel Happe, Community Roundtable.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast : Or read the edited transcript below. It wasn't being included in a lot of the conversations. I just wanted to bring that to the conversation. What advice do you have for them if they're interested, but don't know what to do? I like to start with the food.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

” Pew interviewed technology experts and scholars (including me) about the benefits and drawbacks of our digital lives. Life-saving advice and assistance. They should have provocative ethics conversations – with their peers, not just their parents – about online content and about technology in general. 11, 2017, and Jan.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

And so we were able to through understanding that there are these moments that there’s a disconnect and using a community planning process, create conversations where we can sit down and say, “What is your assessment of this situation and why do you behave that way?” And so I came in and I was his consultant.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010 Communicate Often And Tell A Story "Most leaders visions fail, not due to a leaders inadequacies, but due to the leaders lack of communication," said Margaret Reynolds of Reynolds Consulting, LLC in Lees Summit, MO. Reynolds shared her expertise with me recently during an interview.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. Make conversation with your team. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2010

Saturday, May 22, 2010 Use This eBook To Improve Your Communication The former director of communications for McDonalds, David Grossman, now a leading consultant, speaker and author has released a free eBook about how to communicate effectively. Make conversation with your team. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

Its contributors include consultants and professors who present leadership theory in a practitioner-friendly format that provides easy-to-follow explanations on how to apply the best of leadership theory. Make conversation with your team. I benefit from the variety of experience these people have."

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And that’s what I’m going to do today, I’m going to try to cover a lot of ground but leave some time at the end for Q&A and conversation and all of that. I interviewed Steven on my podcast, Smart Communications Podcast, about his book. So thank you for bearing with me so far on this conversation.

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