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. , 50% of businesses that do not have a plan in place will not survive a major crisis. Organizations need to use the time now to regroup and learn from the unpredictability faced last year.

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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 new, experimental training is a hands-on deep dive into the MAH’s model.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The loss of many volunteers from their community. When I think of the six people who mentioned to me in the last week that they have been struggling with loss and grief, it’s hard not to consider the many others who are also struggling, but weren’t brave enough, comfortable enough, or simply able to articulate that.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2022

Emily has taught in underprivileged communities in New York and Buenos Aires. Her passions are community-building and behavioral psychology, and so she is excited to be working at their crossroads in nonprofit technology. Intimate knowledge of your nonprofit is a cornerstone of your communications strategy. Donor community?

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Marketing Impact Strategy Exercise 98

Candid

MAY 20, 2021

The capital campaign model can be adapted to the wide variety of circumstances that nonprofits currently face. For organizations in desperate need to grow their capacity in order to meet increased need in their communities, this flexibility is invaluable. But this is not the only definition of a capital campaign.

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Forj

APRIL 7, 2017

OrgCommunity and Web Courseworks are excited to present the closing webinar of the Spring eLearning Thought Leaders series, The Learning Business Maturity Model , featuring Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele of Tagoras. In 2016, Tagoras unveiled the Learning Business Maturity Model. The Learning Business Maturity Model [Audio podcast].

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2023

Have you witnessed or even been a part of other organizations’ campaigns in your community? Capital Campaign Models: 4 Categories Many nonprofits think of capital campaigns as major initiatives only used to fund the construction of new buildings. What does the term “capital campaign” evoke for you?

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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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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. . Disruption to the normal business model, for many, impacts cash flow and reduces revenue. And it is challenging on so many fronts.

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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. . Of course, many nonprofits are likely to feel some hesitation about abandoning the consultant-led model of feasibility studies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

These include the lack of funding and difficulty securing adequate funds, funding structures that incentivize counterproductive practices, strained relationships between funders and nonprofits, and shifts in funding models and strategy. The leaders of a foundation must ensure that the foundation’s mission is clearly defined and articulated.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 25, 2005

The software needs to have tools that allow me to model the approach I take to member service and member sales." And of course the blast emailer that lets you communicate directly with any subgroup of your community. Articulate your model. This is your model. Your model was built on groupings and actions.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit. to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept. A company in which employees are co-owners might translate well to a coop model.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 31, 2013

But, finding the way to translate this philosophy into an integral part of your entire organization’s fundraising ethos and support system that is clearly understood, embraced—and then articulated– by all on your team can often be your biggest challenge.

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Picture Associations Fundraising Articulate 52

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

At a minimum, a team with a poor leader is unproductive like this one: With the right leadership, a nonprofit can grow quickly, fulfilling its mission and meeting a community need or eliminating a problem. You need to articulately describe the need you’re addressing in a way that moves listeners’ hearts.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

If you are looking to strengthen you Public Narrative model, you may want to look to your organization’s community for examples of Story of Self. Here’s a short case study of how Ultra Violet has done this. 30 Minute Storytelling Workouts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

User or community guidelines are important. Guidelines should be articulated to participants in community guidelines. (Information shared behind this password protected area should not be shared with the mainstream media.). If community guidelines are formally articulated, they need to be enforced.

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Guidelines Articulate Social Media Conversation 80

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Technology is dramatically changing the way we work and live our lives, and the social good community needs to account for this digital transformation that demands increased transparency and also opens new doors. If you’re just starting this process, consider the creation of a logic model.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. 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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Mentoring Work Phoenix Nonprofit 70

Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2017

The problem with that view, or brand model, is that it’s no longer enough, especially in today’s competitive giving environment. It inspires staff, donors, board members, corporate sponsors, community partners, and perhaps most importantly, those you serve. What is a brand? It builds pride and creates alignment.

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Guidelines Nonprofit Retention Articulate 31

BoardAssist

MAY 19, 2015

As nonprofit board recruiters, we see very clearly every day, board candidates greatly prefer nonprofits that articulate for them exactly what is expected from them. Though many in the nonprofit community have used these two models for years, board candidates typically do not like the ambiguity associated with these policies.

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Practice Law Classes Generation 40

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. The top management of your organization helps to provide a role model by setting a meaningful example of how the rest of the staff should follow and embrace change.

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Culture Data Create Case Study 36

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

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. In particular, I hope the leaders of today and tomorrow in our nonprofit community heed these three concerns: Nonprofits have unique value in the public space.

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Reflection Arizona Nonprofit Classes 40

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In the end, our organization for this model better for our visitors and our needs. Museums often don’t have enough clout to be about to be community-centered or audience centered on their own. We didn’t articulate where our norms overlapped and where our goals connected. Profit decreased but repeat attendance increased.

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Audience Museum Classes Library 38

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

The Austin Game Developers Conference is finishing up, and from it comes Gamasutra's intriguing account of the session on Engaging and Empowering Community Influencers. There are some obvious ties to the role of "community" in museums. Second, the community managers give these influencers special responsibilities and perks.

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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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Grant Award Project Proposal 93

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. Is that when fundraising expectations are clearly articulated during recruitment 52% of CEOs report that their boards are actively engaged in an organization’s fundraising efforts. Okay, so positive trend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

This is absolutely true and the reason why we must lead with a value proposition that is transparent, and clearly articulates how impact and long-term sustainability will be achieved. They must ask "Have we provided enough value, and demonstrated enough proof behind our model or concept to ask people to give?".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

And before even getting to the meat of the metrics, conceptual models, and ideas, the introduction provides a powerful case for using social media that is well articulated: For the first time in history, technology has reached a point where everyone has a voice. This is beginning resonates with online community roles in a way.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

But the reality is that in many nonprofit organizations, different teams and departments do not have a shared mental model for a culture of philanthropy. Too many nonprofit staff are so busy doing the work, they don’t step back to consider the bigger picture of organizational culture and a shared mental model. Business guru Peter F.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. We inspired a community and got real results. Give away the fun (and easy) part.

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Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

An older woman of color noted that a lot of the problems that open source developers were solving weren’t problems that communities faced. One person had brought up the idea of open source as a model for egalitarian participatory economics, and I made a brief comment that it wasn’t all that egalitarian, really.

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Open Source Open Software Music 100

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

They are either from other countries, or they are embedded in communities of color or of other places, or they've traveled and worked extensively with communities. Novella Carpenter got into the point that you don't necessarily want to go back to the land without your community. What brought you here? I went to France.

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Interview Authoring Change Oakland 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Last week I was lucky enough to facilitate a mini-innovation lab for 60 community foundation program officers at the first meeting of ProNet during the Council on Foundations conference in Cleveland, Ohio that celebrated 100 years of community philanthropy. Shark Bank. Retreat on the Street. Big Idea Day.

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Foundation Design Community Work 102

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. If you don't have a sense of an outcome--whether that be internal research, community conversation, or something else--you can't decide how or whether contributions should be documented or archived.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2017

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. But the answers hewed to the priorities articulated through these two exercises. Money is on the table. Values are on the table.

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