Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

We are very fortunate to have a team of social media employees; there are 5 full time and one part time staff members who touch social media in some way and are on what we call the Emerging Media Team. Every full time staffer we have on the Emerging Media team has been paid for by raising money on social networks. Listen first.

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APRIL 22, 2021

However, it’s important that you understand the parameters of their services, whether they’d be a valuable addition to your team, and how to find the ideal partner for you. What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? The services of an eLearning consultant are wide-ranging and depend on the needs of your team.

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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. Identify 6-10 candidates for phone interviews. Schedule 30- to 45-minute phone interviews . That way they will all be fresh in your mind as you evaluate.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

” One answer to this critical question is: Evaluate the strength of your appeal copy. Our Allegiance copywriters will often interview clients to get to know them better and hone in on the case for giving. How often have you asked yourself, “How can my organization improve its fundraising campaign results?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team. Photo by Leff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

KD Paine and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Arlene McCrehan social media team at Goodwill for our soon to be launched book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Goodwill uses measurement and learning in its evolution into a networked nonprofit. What advice do you have for others? ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

How you can apply what our team learned to your next event. She was more than happy to share what her and her team learned about the planning and execution of a large virtual conference, and how you can apply these lessons to your nonprofit’s next event. Ways to measure your efficiency and success within each . Have an Emcee.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Throughout the pandemic, I fielded calls from colleagues asking for advice on a range of issues. Social skills— along with empathy, help teams successfully collaborate to get work done. It can also help you evaluate your group’s current strengths and weaknesses. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. It takes some action learning, small focused experiments where you track, evaluate, and learn from before investing more time and effort. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. The Case Study.

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Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2023

Interview your colleagues, particularly those who: Write, post, or edit content often (writers, web managers, digital directors) Speak with your audiences often (help desk, membership coordinators, community managers, event planners) Maintain the site (developers, system administrators) Ask them what’s working and what’s not. Just listen.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Then, I match this against participant feedback/evaluations. Working with the team at the Meyer Trust - Marie, Amy, Aaron, and everyone was fantastic. I always try to incorporate new learnings and observations that I've discovered from the many interviews I do on my blog, resources discovered, and stories. What worked?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010 Build A Strong Team. Be An Effective Team Member. Its somewhat difficult to find a copy of Price Pritchetts 1992 handbook called, The Team Member Handbook For Teamwork, but if you do locate a copy, it provides you good, practical, useful information. Youll learn as a manager how to build a strong team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Be An Effective Team Member.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

I've posted an edited transcript of my conversation with Rebecca during her interview for the Big Vision Podcast. What advice do you have? In 12 cities we have teams of people that do all kinds of volunteer activities from hosting trunk shows to planning fundraisers, to taking interested people out to coffee. Two things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2012

Note From Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) with Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group, that helped OE analyze its “goldmine” of grantee data.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

And so it’s sort of unmanaged, sort of unmanaged because people, we trust our teams, we trust our peers, and we trust that they’re going to figure out what systems, or tools, or apps they need to get their work done. So my advice for you here, low tech. Your team needs training and support. Can you orient me to them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

One unique idea is in the area of donor advice, for example developing a personal assistant for donors to help them decide where to donate. 12 hosted by Data Analysts for Social Good features Peter York, an evaluation expert. A section of the report is devoted to how AI and automation might impact communications with donors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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JULY 21, 2022

We hope you find their advice for nonprofit multi-channel marketing helpful! Scott’s marketing advice for nonprofits can absolutely lead to increased support and donations. You’ll first submit your website to the Google Ad Grants team. Next, let’s hear from Carl Diesing, Managing Partner at DNL Omnimedia.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

It acts somewhat similar to an email spell checker, and you can select the suggested alternatives or ignore the advice. The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. . 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. MacKay writes, "Common sense, thorough research and sound advice should allay your fears to a reasonable level." Take a moment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2010

They provide the following great, simple and straight-forward advice about giving feedback: Make it timely -- give your feedback as soon as possible to the performance. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Make it individualized -- tailor your feedback to the feedback receiver. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The survey typically takes respondents seven to 10 minutes to fill out and the results you get will identify your strengths and weaknesses, and will allow you to compare your evaluators responses to your own self-assessment. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

Via the App, David promises to bring his communications industry expert advice and wisdom right to your fingertips. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. David just launched his new App, called " Ask David." How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

I appreciate all the work you’ve put into it, as do your team members.&# ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite books of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Author Peter F.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Dont evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Ask for wild ideas.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Hes the author of three best-selling books, including Re-engage and The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Reynolds shared her expertise with me recently during an interview. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

. ▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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