Twenty Hats

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Volunteer engagement is endlessly bloggable because our profession is about people, building community, and transforming this world for the better. To figure that out, I took my own browse of the Twenty Hats archives and found the three posts that articulate other important messages. What’s Behind the Why of Working with Volunteers.

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Kindful

APRIL 5, 2021

Video is beneficial in demonstrating the impact your organization has on the community. Do people in your community know who you are, but have trouble articulating what your mission is? For this type of video, you should interview people within your organization who can properly articulate what it is you do.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

It must be articulate enough to measure progress against, inspiring enough to move people to action, and still broad enough to withstand the test of time. By engaging the community in which we serve, and by including our own staff and volunteers, we are opening ourselves up to the most diverse feedback, insights, and ideas available.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Nonprofits are most successful when they’re focused on one primary issue because it makes it easier to communicate the organization’s purpose to potential donors. Does the community have a strong need for this nonprofit? Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Organizations should also articulate the particular characteristics and leadership traits needed for different types of crises within their plans. Natalia has been working in the nonprofit sector for 10 years and is currently the Director of Guest Experience Programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

Some people want an outcome-oriented training (as opposed to a community co-created summer camp). This year, to address these issues, we're experimenting with hosting two camps instead of one: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION BOOTCAMP , June 7-8, 2018. This bootcamp will be led by me, Nina Simon, MAH executive director. Learn more here.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Even if your development team and your board work well together, there is probably more that the executive director, development director, and board chair can do to ensure that the organization is taking advantage of everyone’s strengths. Here's how to get started: 1.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

It starts with articulating a clear, authentic, and long-term purpose — something that is true today, and that guides the organization into the future. When the company found that factory workers lacked access to clean drinking water, it partnered with Planet Water Foundation to install purified water towers in several worker communities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The degree to which a nonprofit can articulate the strength of its reach, resources, reputation, and capabilities is an important key in securing productive collaborative relationships. Nonprofit leaders bring unique value to their cross-sector partners, including an authentic connection and proximity to communities they serve.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Articulate Your Brand Vision. Funders, board members and policymakers are increasingly interested to know what value your brand provides to a community and what change they exist to create. Intelligent networking or communication will not help a nonprofit that’s unclear about its objectives. Credible, Recognizable Leadership.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

Welcome to the real world of “more than a great fundraising technician”—and that holds true for pretty much any senior-level position, e.g., program director, finance officer, and of course the ED/CEO.”. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2021

As many organizations begin eyeing the post-COVID fundraising landscape, many may find themselves in need of increased capacity to better serve their communities and drive their missions forward. . Your Executive Director and Board Chair will lead the charge in conducting interviews and distilling them into concrete recommendations.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

However, according to Dr. Darrick Hamilton , founding director of the Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification and Political Economy at The New School, that is just not the case. . This will require you to pay attention to your community in a holistic way and to move outside of your relationship and network comfort zone. .

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2020

Doctors, nurses , and the teams working on the front lines have gone through extraordinary measures to save lives and protect their communities through challenging times. . One hospital needed bed linens folded so the foundation’s director step ped up. However, where there is endurance there is hope. .

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

I think we have all come to realize that just adding a minority seat to your board of directors, or consciously making an attempt to fill that open position with someone from a different cultural background, simply isn’t enough. Encourage the board of directors to articulate an inclusivity statement for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

But I was able to catch up with this curated collection of tweets, blog posts, and videos. A column by Kriss Deiglmeier, executive director for the Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, caught my eye and she graciously agreed to republish it as a guest post. A is for alignment. I is for impact.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

By Jocelyn Harmon, Director of Nonprofit Services, Care2 Unless you've been living under a barrel, you know the demographics of the U.S. Different communities have different tastes, dreams, challenges, goals and desires! Nearly all (92 percent) of national organizations are led by white executive directors." are changing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I was very fortunate to be a part of the early Network of Network Funders community of practice. I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact.

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BoardAssist

MAY 19, 2015

With board members giving so much of their time and energy to their board service, many Executive Directors feel uncomfortable asking board members to financial contribute as well. But this is an important part of any Executive Director’s job. And board members typically understand that better than just about anyone else. .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

In the last six years, Community Boost_r , ReStart Challenges , and Things Camp have used an open community challenge model. These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2016

Graham is the principal and creative director of SW Creatives , and has provided branding and design consultation to nonprofits for over 10 years. 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.

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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.”. Gabriela says that senior leaders at her nonprofit model self-care.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The opportunity to do meaningful work that directly impacts the community their organization aims to serve. The chance to do work with an impassioned, articulate, and engaged CEO behind whom they can rally. Here’s what board members want: Fellow board members with a solid reputation. Boards are not one-size-fits-all. Don’t pigeonhole.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Others will say their career, community work, or their relationships with family and friends. They may tell you a story about a Development Director who was super nervous or a friend who asked for a big gift on the golf course. Many will say their children are their proudest accomplishment.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

posted by Sheryl Keeme , Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Whether the staff is asked on a plane, in an elevator or on a panel, he or she should be able to articulate in 30 to 60 seconds what their charity does. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. So the role of the board, every nonprofit has a board of directors, which as we know provides strategy, oversight, and participation. Compared to when fundraising expectations are not clearly articulated during board recruitment.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

We have a huge need in our community as Mother Earth is no longer able to cry tears because the rivers are drying up. 1,900 of community members surveyed (6 percent of community) have reported negative effects on the overall environment due to this prolonged drought that is a result of climate change (SOURCE NAME, DATE).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

It is in the best interest of the community at large for us to work with Mark and other free agents.&#. I hope you’ll spend the three minutes to watch and listen to the video – both Mark and Christian articulated the issues so well. You are not open to some of the possibilities of what exists out there.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2015

This begins with the CEO or president, who needs to articulate what she or he sees as the fundamental importance of dedicating staff time towards these goals. Prototype : It is one thing for you to articulate why integrating data is important, and it's another to show your colleagues why. Case Study: Salvation Army.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Carson , CEO and president of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The event will be moderated by Chip Edelsberg , executive director of the Jim Joseph Foundation. Foundation Center President Bradford Smith started off with a very clear articulation about why transparency is important.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

posted by Patrick McWhortor Arizona Campaign Director Open Primaries. In April, I left the helm of the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, after ten years of building it into a force for strength and progress in serving the state’s nonprofit community. I know that because we articulated that message repeatedly at the Alliance.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

We just posted a part-time position at my museum for a Community Engagement/Marketing Associate. At our museum, we distribute marketing tasks--some with our membership director, our programs staff, and our visitor services staff. As director, I post, tweet, and talk with visitors along with the rest of my team. We started.

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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. The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). So here goes. I got involved in Linux a long time ago.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. My Prediction. So grab your headsets and watch this space. Image : kevin / CC BY. spanhidden.

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BoardAssist

MAY 20, 2014

8) Are the roles and responsibilities of the board trustees, investment committee members and staff properly articulated? As is the case with any human interactions, excellent communications foster greater understanding and harmony among all parties involved to insure the long-term success of the endowment and its not-for-profit entity.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: Serving donors. While the financial markets gradually have recovered since they crashed in 2008, a focus on providing good customer services to donors has helped generate annual giving of roughly $300 million a year over the past five years to the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.

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