Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. Your people can help answer critical questions: Are we solving the right problem? Is a process or culture change also needed for the solution to work?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. But for the evaluation process to be meaningful, the majority of directors should be enthusiastic participants. “Our new governing model makes us work smarter,” Andrea observed. “I

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Summit makes short work of analyzing plenty of tough problems. In this age of unprecedented processing power, why is critical thinking important? Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis. quadrillion floating-point operations per second.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity. They work together to make the leap from ideas to processes. AI chatbots give fast answers, provide guidance, and handle clerical processes. Make them responsible for understanding technology trends. Enhanced Communication.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The problem might be something you’ve never considered. ENA brings objectivity to the process by using the net promoter score as a tool to measure success. But there was agreement that membership retention and loyalty problems might be symptomatic of declining confidence. Stay tuned for Sharon’s analysis of the dialogue.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data silos are a common problem across all industries and can cause serious pain points, especially as data volume increases. Specifically, this issue is relevant for the nonprofit healthcare industry, which generates nearly 19 terabytes of clinical data each year and must leverage that data within their current decision-making processes.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2024

Our aim is to provide the most robust and current data possible to facilitate the social sector’s work on the vast problems we face as a society. Starting with the raw 990s, they go through 20 steps to clean, process, and categorize the data to make it far more usable and meaningful. We do this in three ways: Enhance 990s.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

Provide training opportunities for employees and review your taxonomy from time to time to update any new processes. If the departments within your association are not communicating with one another about the data available, you might have an accessibility problem. Solution : First, don’t confuse availability with accessibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

The strategic planning process is a rare chance for a nonprofit’s leaders to step back and look at their organization and its activities as a whole—to understand what success looks like and to allocate time, talent, and dollars to the activities that can help achieve it.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

No longer an abstract concept, many nonprofit staff are experiencing the “dividend of time” as they adopt tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT for scheduling and managing meetings, processing email, writing drafts, summarizing long reports, analyzing data, and creating efficiencies in other common workflows.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Contact Us Salesforce AI Capabilities – and how they’re changing Salesforce’s AI capabilities help users to automate existing processes and improve the experience they’re offering members and donors. It’s also going to lower the entry bar to data analysis, giving everyone in your organization the ability to make better decisions on the fly.

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

While it’s good to collect input, this can be a problem. Efforts need to be coordinated across the organization so that data informs your decision-making process, whether it is deciding on a meeting venue or supporting your strategic plan. What problem are we trying to solve? What question are we trying to answer?

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NetWits

APRIL 23, 2012

There’s one problem though. How do you solve the problem of building your website for the wrong audience? Audience analysis. Here are four steps you can take to ensure you perform proper audience analysis: 1. You’re focus is in the wrong place. Identify Your Audience.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But we have SO MUCH information in our CRM or database that it’s easy to become stuck in analysis paralysis when it comes to using data for donor acquisition. Improve Your Online Donation Process How many people visit your website every month? It reassures donors about the security and impact of their donation.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

The Analysis Exchange is a first-of-its-kind effort to freely provide analytical insights to nonprofits and non-governmental organizations. Joining Analysis Exchange is completely free and the entire process takes about three weeks beginning to end. What I love about the Analysis Exchange is the learning is reciprocal.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Too many manual processes to get what you need. No matter your biggest challenge, the ticket to solving those issues is figuring out how to break down these silos and make your data analysis easier. What does X process cost us every month? All together this process is called Extract, Transform, Load (ETL).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As we process new ideas -- including from management books! -- we're always looking for social validation. "I I found this concept difficult -- does the problem lie with me?" Billhardt and Kracklauer : Learning is fundamentally a social activity. or "This is news to me -- has everyone else known this all along?"

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 6, 2023

Technologies like AI have dramatically altered the way nonprofit professionals at tech-savvy organizations work, and they have the potential to become a staple in the fundraising process. With AI, nonprofits can automate this process, allowing them to reach out with personalized giving requests to thousands of donors.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Instead, we should capture all of our tasks and ideas in a system, and then process them at a later time. GTD is a five-step process: Capture : Capture everything that comes into your mind, whether it’s a task, an idea, or a thought. In GTD, the 2-minute rule is applied during the “processing” stage.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In 2018 analysis by Ben Gose , a reported 57% of nonprofits doubted their ability to continue meeting demand, motiving many nonprofit leaders to consider collaboration with other nonprofits and across sector lines in order to increase organizational capacity. Layer two begins with the implementation process. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Wow – that’s a problem almost every nonprofit would like to have, right? Instead, ALSA should start the process of learning about those donors and identifying segments for outreach. It is time for data mining, data analysis, data science. million new donors. That is a recipe for donor-turnoff and a tarnished brand.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 2, 2024

However, the wide range of revenue sources and expenses your nonprofit may have can quickly complicate your data collection and analysis. It’s possible to solve this last problem by using a modified cash accounting system, in which you add additional sections to your spreadsheet to log assets, payables, and receivables.

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sgEngage

APRIL 3, 2023

Once your organization sets up a passive fundraiser, the process of actually running it is fairly hands-off. These partnership processes are more streamlined than local businesses’, but chains often don’t accept applications from small organizations. These fundraisers are convenient both for your supporters and for your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Project Planning: Includes two methods, one for agile planning and the other for complex projects. Brainstorm: Methods for generating new ideas – recombining, adding, subtracting. Brainstorm: Methods for generating new ideas – recombining, adding, subtracting.

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Forum One

JUNE 2, 2022

Embark on a gap analysis to discover where you are today, where your plans are headed, and what changes you may need to make. The IRS can’t launch new platforms in early April, any more than FEMA can roll out new processes in the middle of hurricane season). Focus on inclusive products and processes. 2) What about accessibility?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

First, it’s important to note that this analysis is based on U.S. Compounding the problem, few funders—including in the United States—publish detailed data about their grantmaking. . How many established streamlined application processes? How many relaxed reporting requirements or adjusted grant terms?

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

Let’s face it … there is a direct relationship between the number of fundraising software systems we are using and the data problems we are creating for ourselves. What’s the extent of the problem? There are search results, however, that help us define the problem. There’s a lot.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

They are currently in the process of delivering on this goal. Machine readability : The work must be provided in a format that can be processed by a computer and where the individual elements of the work can be easily accessed and modified. Open Data Defined. You might think that the 990 has always been open, so what has changed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. We had to understand the problem and the challenge we were working on.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

An analysis team from European Commission's Joint Research Center analyzed the text messages gathered through Ushahidi together with data on damaged buildings collected by the World Bank and the UN from satellite images. The text message stream doesn't help the decision process. We think that this is important and valuable.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Leadership is both a process/action and a result, but we often only hear about the results of good leadership. By fostering relationships, promoting knowledge exchange, and encouraging collective problem-solving, foundations help create a vibrant ecosystem where nonprofits can learn from one another, share resources, and amplify their impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

Human rights workers collect massive amounts of information about abuse that occurs in their countries—the individual stories are compelling, but scientific analysis of the collective data can inspire action. The analysis made news globally and expanded an international conversation.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Get your board’s approval early in the process. Be sure to include evaluating consultants in your timeline, as this process can often take weeks to months. Analytics: Learn more about your nonprofit’s operations with web analytics, data analysis, strategic planning, digital measurement and testing, and reporting and visualizations.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Be sure to consider the root causes, scope, and severity of the problem and how you think your nonprofit will solve it. Perform an analysis to determine the gap between existing resources and the actual needs in your community. Connect with community members, stakeholders, and relevant organizations in the needs assessment process.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Many organizations’ risk management plans focus on the steps they’ll take to mitigate problems once they’ve occurred. Conduct an operational analysis in which you identify all potential risks and prioritize them based on which ones are most likely to occur. Which of these risks affects your organization most significantly will vary.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Our Member Lapse Prediction solution can help reduce staff time by using the power of artificial intelligence to identify and highlight high risk members and avoid costly, time-intensive analysis.? Because staff will spend less time researching member retention problems, they’ll be able to focus on actions to increase retention.?.

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