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The first step is articulating a strong story about the organization, then making sure that every element on the website reinforces that. Samihah Azim. Product Design Manager. Bluenose Analytics.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 25, 2016
A personal story is an articulation about the values, beliefs, and events in someone’s life that have lead them to give and now fundraise. To articulate this, Ganz developed a storytelling model based on challenge, choice, and outcome.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 22, 2016
The ability to better articulate the work, by both funder and grantee partner, ensures these new champions of philanthropy can be confident of the return on investment, in the form of specific and measurable impact.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Be sure to articulate your expectations so you’re up and running in no time. What technology is best? How can I get the most out of my software solution? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions – you’re not alone. As an account executive for foundation management technology solutions at MicroEdge + Blackbaud , I get asked these questions a lot.
TechImpact
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Additionally, it can be sometimes difficult to articulate exactly how a CRM can do all these great things we just outlined. Identify those individuals and be able to articulate how that specific employee will benefit. Image courtesy of Waiting for the Elevator.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
npTech2016: “It’s not just about a phone, it’s about delivering data whereever you are” Westmoreland and MacLaughlin articulate that our expectations of mobile will only grow in 2016.
Connection Cafe
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The key is to begin by considering the ways in which your employees can more meaningfully give back, share their experiences, inspire their peers and help your organization more clearly articulate an effective impact story.
NonProfit Hub
APRIL 14, 2016
Articulate Your Message. The secret to successfully communicating your brand to audiences is knowing what you want to say, and articulating that message so nobody can be confused. An organization’s brand is much more than what meets the eye. There’s strategy, planning and effort that go into it. At Cause Camp , Shala Wilson Graham talked about anything and everything that is related to branding and how nonprofits can improve.
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Here are some cool jobs, hand-picked by me, that you can find via the SocialFish job board ! We focus on jobs in social media , marketing , communications , PR , advocacy , and digital. .
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It might not matter if you’re very effective at serving people, if you can’t articulate that clearly. Also, the people with the most resources have the most demands on their time, so you need a pitch that you can articulate in maybe around forty-five seconds or so.
Connection Cafe
MAY 19, 2017
A successful brand will help you engage generational donors, maintain relevance, shift audience perceptions, and clearly articulate your organization’s purpose. Each year, I crisscross the country speaking at various nonprofit conferences.
Connection Cafe
JULY 21, 2011
If you, like me, have ever struggled to come up with an articulate explanation of what this whole "cloud computing" this is, look no further, because Salesforce has you covered. Author: Noah Cooper.
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JUNE 30, 2016
Here are some of the principles articulated in Pillar 5 of the Performance Imperative: The board, management, and staff take on the challenge of collecting and using information, not because it’s a good marketing tool and not because a funder said they have to.
Connection Cafe
APRIL 25, 2017
These foundations and nonprofits are collaborating on a deeper level, structuring initiatives based on a common language of giving with an articulation of an action plan for achieving intended impacts.
SocialFish
APRIL 22, 2014
How can we articulate feeling? Feelings are your brand. Your association’s brand is the sum of the feelings members and the broader community have about the association. Brands are about feeling and emotion; not tangibles.
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 5, 2016
The real takeaway here is to be able to articulate why the particular reserve funds exist for your organization and what their purposes are, rather than getting hung up on the aggregate number.
SocialFish
MARCH 2, 2017
Guide the strategy for all communications, website, and public relations messages and collateral to consistently articulate and strengthen the AMAF’s mission and brand. Here are some cool jobs, hand-picked by me, that you can find via the SocialFish job board !
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 3, 2014
The art part is how you articulate your organization’s measure of success and formulate strategies to realize that success. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools. Photo by Notemily.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
I have embraced this approach myself and I make it clear to my team that I would rather not get a pre-dawn email , but instead get a more fully articulated idea after they have had time to contemplate it and strategize on how to make it effective.”.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 17, 2014
During visual design, we treated each breakpoint individually to ensure we articulated the ideal look and feel for each screen size. When we design a nonprofit site, creating a responsive design is almost always a requirement. Going responsive just makes sense!
SocialFish
JANUARY 12, 2012
Here’s an excerpt: “I don’t know yet how to articulate this properly, but if you look at the Altimeter report , and the screenshot of the 5 use cases in particular – where are the people?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JULY 10, 2008
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice.
SocialFish
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
There is: lean startup methodology, as most fully developed and articulated by Eric Ries in his 2011 book The Lean Startup.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JUNE 25, 2008
I realize that I haven’t talked about this in a while, and I’m not sure I’ve actually ever articulated this completely on this blog. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops.
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 12, 2017
Lovely, articulate, and bold vision. For years I have preached the importance of understanding the true need, the real issue that your organization is trying to solve, and making sure that need is clearly documented and articulated in grant requests.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 3, 2013
When I was interviewed for this report several months, a post I wrote called “ Social Media Is Engagement With Purpose ” was fresh in my mind and I think the same advice applies to video. To measure success of your video, you need to articulate a goal.
Connection Cafe
JULY 10, 2017
More often than not, the success of your campaign will depend on how well you’ve articulated and backed up your case for support, and whether you’ve applied the results of the feasibility study. .
SocialFish
MARCH 25, 2014
Do you need to do a better job of articulating why the mission matters? Your brand is not advertising. Your brand is not a clever name for a product.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
npTech2016: “It’s not just about a phone, it’s about delivering data whereever you are” Westmoreland and MacLaughlin articulate that our expectations of mobile will only grow in 2016.
Connection Cafe
MAY 15, 2014
Visual Design : How we articulate the creative vision for the site and combine the aesthetic with the solid foundation of User Research and Information Architecture.
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 4, 2015
Overall giving to 96 foundations representing over $414.6 million in annual revenue grew 4.7 percent in the three months ending in June 2015, compared to the same period in 2014, according to a Foundation Index introduced this month by Blackbaud. Giving to those foundations grew 7.6
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 31, 2015
Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs. Flickr Photo by Kris Krug. I’ve been working on my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , with Aliza Sherman.
Frogloop
MARCH 12, 2012
And a story of now articulates the present as a moment of challenge, choice, and hope,” says Ganz.
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 2, 2011
I couldn't very well articulate the benefits of social media for an organization and the idea (temporarily) died. Author: Cheryl Black. A couple jobs ago I was working in a mid-sized nonprofit and trying to sell the communications director and executive team on the idea of launching a Facebook page. As a recent college grad at that time, I knew people and organizations were connecting on social media but that our organization should be there was really more of a gut feeling.
NonProfit Hub
JANUARY 25, 2017
If you haven’t articulated your newsletter’s goals recently, or you are just starting to plan a new newsletter, it’s important to sit down with your team, establish a list of primary objectives , and prioritize them. Sponsored by iContact.
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 4, 2012
As a change agent, I also like to articulate my perspectives on changes that I consider important to embrace. Author: Vinay Bhagat.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 11, 2017
But the answers hewed to the priorities articulated through these two exercises. This is the sixth in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 4, 2017
2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Number three, how do we articulate and communicate our impact to others? Overall U.S. giving was up 4.9% during 2013 while online giving was up 13.5%. In order to see those types of increases in fundraising performance it’s essential for you to get the basics right.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 22, 2011
It requires stakeholders to articulate underlying assumptions which can be tested and measured, and it also charts an incremental path towards results. Engage Media's Theory of Change.
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