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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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We work with submitters on their pitches to help them consolidate their thoughts, articulate their proposition, and have the courage to defend their idea in front of the entire company.” Your purpose statement and core values become the foundational layers of culture. The goal is to get one or more executives to sponsor the initiative.

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How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. ” Or if you are a self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Six month agos, I was introduced to Luma Institute’s work as a participant in a Foundation convening to get ideas for their digital strategy development. I not only learned a huge amount, but I was able to systematically apply and iterate with the techniques over the last year. Making: Methods for Envisioning Future Possibilities.

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Five Marketing Mistakes Nonprofits Need to Avoid

NonProfit Hub

Here are five traps to avoid as you plan your inbound marketing campaign and chart your course to success. A positioning statement is a one or two sentence statement that articulates your organization’s value. And that’s good news, because 65% of millennials (ages 20-35) prefer to learn about your nonprofit online*.

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IT Budget Cuts: How to Do it Right

NTEN

Here are some of the highlights: If you aren't articulating how IT relates to your mission, expect leadership to cut deep. You need to articulate how IT relates to mission, over and over again. This prompted @jasonricci (CIO at the Energy Foundation ) to reply: IT shouldn't have to "articulate" anything.

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Write Your Nonprofit Business Plan in 9 Sections

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But a nonprofit business plan is necessary to attract major donors, foundations, Board members, and other potential partners. Donors don’t like duplication of services, and getting grants will be tough if you can’t articulate how your approach is unique. Management and Organizational Charts. Marketing Plan. Use only text.

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