sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Evaluate how your organization’s and your community’s core values are being articulated and experienced in the stories you tell , in your interactions with the public, and in your communications with donors. Develop two-way trust from there: 1. Start the relationship on the right foot with confidence-building touchpoints.

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Retention Donor Build Strategy 86

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. We may want to move toward treating reporting as a compliance tool to public reporting as an articulation of shared desires and advocacy.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 70

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This means you’ve got (1) a constituency who cares about your mission, vision and values; (2) a relevant case for support with clearly articulated needs and goals; (3) commitment from all stakeholders; (4) a communications mechanism, and (5) processes in place to steward your resources. Human Resources. Management. Dynamic Functions.

Place 90

Place Fundraising Articulate Charity 90

The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 18, 2023

If you find that your current tech suite is causing more hindrance than help, it may be time to evaluate a new solution. Leverage Technological Developments: Stay Ahead of the Curve Innovations like AI (Artificial Intelligence) are often misunderstood but hold infinite potential.

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Technology Registration Nonprofit Tools 98

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. Has the organization’s policies, practices, and overall culture been evaluated through the lens of a JEDI approach? . Have you evaluated your public-facing JEDI statements and practices? . Avoid labels and stereotypes.

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Consultant Script Evaluation Nonprofit 113

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Inconsistent terminology, incomplete information, and conflicting recommendations are all challenges that foundations face when developing grantmaking practices. The leaders of a foundation must ensure that the foundation’s mission is clearly defined and articulated. Evaluate to learn. Heed legal requirements.

Adopt 52

Adopt Foundation Practice Support 52

Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We can help you move analytics to the top of the list by giving you tips to build a business case and how to articulate it to others. More time – your staff can spend more time on valuable projects rather than creating reports or developing Excel spreadsheets. Evaluate Your Opportunity Costs.

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Analytics Language Associations Case Study 169

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Do they articulate an understanding of and/or demonstrate affinity for your mission and vision? Evaluation matrix . Interview questions.

Consultant 125

Consultant Process Proposal Nonprofit 125

Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

They’ve demonstrated a deep commitment to your cause and have developed a strong relationship with your organization. They may be evaluating their financial and philanthropic goals, and thinking of ways to leave a lasting impact.

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Gift Practice United States New York City 62

Forj

AUGUST 17, 2021

In episode 7 of the Managing eLearning Podcast , Jon & Matt sit down with Celisa Steele Co-Founder & Managing Director for Tagoras to discuss the Learning Business Maturity Model , which articulates the characteristics of a mature market-facing learning business or line of business, as well as the stages that typically precede full maturity.

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eLearning Summary Podcast Management 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. Benetech is a Silicon Valley nonprofit organization developing innovative technology solutions with a primary goal of positive social change rather than profit. 7 We are committed to personal and professional development.

Literacy 145

Literacy Articulate Open Source Conservancy 145

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

For that to happen one has to look at a maturity of practice and where to take small steps towards improvement. I developed one for networked nonprofits and social media called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” Click to See Larger Version. Click to See Larger Version. Join RWJF online Thursday, April 18, at 3 p.m.

Measure 103

Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. You must allocate human resources to strategically plan and implement development strategies. Development staff, and even development board committees, are shoved to a corner and ordered to “go raise money.”

Trend 137

Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 137

Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By developing a brand, organizations, companies, and even individuals can promote their products, services, and causes in a consistent and memorable way. A big part of your brand creation is developing your mission, vision, values, beliefs, personality, and tone. Branding is at the heart of all forms of marketing.

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Guidelines Nonprofit Audience International 72

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. Development is a data game. Track your own data. The point is this: You are where you are; the goal is to improve.

Analytics 125

Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 125

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Surprises are few and opportunities are easily evaluated and leveraged. You need to articulately describe the need you’re addressing in a way that moves listeners’ hearts. When a leader is a planner, the organization is more stable and the team feels a sense of security knowing what’s coming down the pike.

Skills 119

Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 24, 2013

Stop telling your executive director to lower the salary they can offer a talented development director, not to spend money on technology, or to use volunteers when they need experts. Then make the case for why a development director, or a strategic plan, or an evaluation study, or new technology will grow the results your.

Gift 92

Gift Giving Oregon Nonprofit 92

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. This is a really interesting professional development activity, I think.

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Practice Open Source Consultant Articulate 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

As Osborn wrote in his book, “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” The simple rules of brainstorming are typically articulated at the beginning of a session as ground rules and include the following: NO criticism or debate. Quantity matters. Basic Approaches.

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

It was created in the 1920s as a financial measure developed by DuPont and used by Alfred Sloan to make General Motors manageable. A theory of change is a specific and measurable description of a social change initiative that forms the basis for strategic planning, on-going decision-making and evaluation.

Social Media 101

Social Media Change Media Social 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Develop a first draft of a crowd funding strategy for their organization. While evaluation surveys are great, they are only one form of feedback. The learning objectives for the workshop were two fold: Participants understand best practices and how to apply. How do you incorporate ways for participants to synthesize their learning?

Activities 105

Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. Developing the Stewardship Process. Finally, staff should also review its stewardship process and survey donors to evaluate the impact of stewardship efforts.

Arts 37

Arts Culture Donor Wisconsin 37

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Jara Dean-Coffey discussed impact, with a focus on how organizations should be evaluative , rather than simply doing evaluation. Evaluative thinking needs to be built into the foundation of both strategy and everyday operation, and means much more than deploying an annual survey. Impact: Be Rather Than Do.

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Model Impact Business Case Study 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions.

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Return on Investment (ROI) was created in the 1920s as a financial measure developed by DuPont and used by Alfred Sloan to make General Motors manageable. He is talking about outcomes based program evaluation, not evaluating your social media strategy. There's an entire book devoted to the topic: Nonprofit ROI.

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ROI Social Media Media Measure 74

Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2013

I loved focusing on one thing and doing it well—a welcome break from the “many hats” conundrum in which development professionals frequently find themselves. Consider how you evaluate cover letters and resumes: Misspellings or missed deadlines make it easy to trim your list. Wanna know a secret? Grantmakers will do the same.

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Grant Proposal Articulate Foundation 34

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Both of these are examples of nonprofits that have developed a highly-recognizable and trustworthy brand. Before we dive into how to develop your nonprofit’s brand, let’s walk through why having an established brand is so important. Is it the American Red Cross’s classic, eye-catching logo? How to Brand a Nonprofit Organization.

Guide 52

Guide Guidelines Nonprofit Mind 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Step #1) G – Get the FOA/RFP/NOFA The first step in developing a grant template with the GRANTS formula is to G et the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) or Request of Proposal (RFP) or NOFA (Notice of Funding Availability): i.e. the grant instructions. These are N arrowed objectives.

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Grant Award Project Proposal 97

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Articulating content priorities for your homepage and other key pages/sections of your web presence. Determining what content needs to be written from scratch, revised and deleted and developing an editorial plan (for now and in the future) for when this work should be complete and who is responsible.

Design 36

Design Process Content Web 36

See3

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

I don’t have a complete articulation of what that is yet, but two things got my attention recently that feel different. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! phenomena of portable content and user generated content is just the transition to something deeper.

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Phase Web Articulate FAQ 40

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

The easiest way to develop this understanding is to simply ask your supporters questions. That includes web development, technical strategy, fundraising, and CRM and data management— each of which depends on a strong understanding of an organization’s audience to be successful. How to Conduct Nonprofit Market Research in 6 Steps.

Research 52

Research Marketing Survey Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers. I discovered that walking is an important part of my work process- it helps me think, it helps me develop professional relationships, and can help when I am leading trainings. I will continue to blog about walking as work and do workshops.

Iowa 50

Iowa Facilitation Teach San Antonio 50

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

Program staff invent guerrilla marketing techniques, run the photobooths and program evaluations, and send out the follow-up emails. We sometimes lose track of the big goals that should underline all of our promotion, and we don't spend the time to develop and refine those goals based on research. We started.

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Job Marketing Difference Museum 51

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Donors don’t like duplication of services, and getting grants will be tough if you can’t articulate how your approach is unique. Evaluation Plan. This can be a separate section, or evaluation methods can be added to various other sections. Marketing Plan. Make sure someone is noting which social media posts are catching on.

Business 124

Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll cover things to consider when evaluating the safety of your event, share some resources, and provide best practices on how to develop your plan. This exercise is a great way to develop your checklist. Know that whatever plan you develop, you’re not going to make everyone happy. Not sold yet?

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Personal Sponsor Virtual Volunteer 52

Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

The pillars range from leadership to management to evaluation for mission effectiveness. Develop systems for soliciting feed-back from clients and other stakeholders about data plans, needs, and findings. Part V of the Head Start Resource Guide reviews some of these strategies in greater detail.

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Impact Organization Build Culture 33